Feast of St. Clare of Assisi
Sunday Scripture Reflections
Bishop Robert Barron - Let Christ Light a Fire in You: Friends, the readings for this weekend are tough. Here is the principle behind them, one that is simple to state, but difficult to take in: in a world gone wrong, those who come to us speaking and embodying the truth are going to be opposed. In our first reading from Jeremiah and in Jesus’ harsh, challenging message in the Gospel, we encounter the disruptive, burning, cleansing quality of authentic religion. listen to more...
Dr. Scott Hahn - Consuming Fire:
Our God is a consuming fire, the Scriptures tell us. And in this week’s Gospel, Jesus uses the image of fire to describe the demands of discipleship.
The fire He has come to cast on the earth is the fire that He wants to blaze in each of our hearts. He made us from the dust of the earth and filled us with the fire of the Holy Spirit in Baptism. read more...
Our Sunday Visitor – Opening the Word – Christian Peace Differs from the Worldview: A strange peace, undoubtedly. It’s a peace that’s disruptive.
It’s strange because that’s not how we normally think of peace. Usually, we think peace is the absence of conflict, thinking it a sort of calm, always affable, serenity. Where there is peace, there are no quarrels, certainly no violence. That’s what we usually think of as peace. read more...
Monday August 15th – Mass at 7pm
10:30 Livestream Mass
Pray with us online by following the YouTube link below. The stream is also accessible on the parish website and on our Facebook page.