Archive for July 2020

For Sunday, July 26, 2020 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin The Gospels contain many stories regarding Jesus’ teaching on the coming kingdom of heaven. Catholics are called daily to pursue the building of the kingdom of heaven in our hearts first, our family second and then the community. On this Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary…

For Sunday, July 19, 2020 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin The Gospel passage from Matthew for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time is filled with cautionary and consoling lessons for the Christian, as Jesus used several parables to describe the kingdom of heaven and the Christian role in it. First, He compared the kingdom…

For Sunday, July 12, 2020 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin On this Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time in today’s Gospel from Matthew, our Lord shares the Parable of the Sower who scatters seed on many kinds of land. This is a wonderful analogy for our walk as a Catholic Christian, demonstrating the slow and…

For Sunday, July 5, 2020 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin In recent days, we have seen protestors topple statues on the evening news. On the East Coast and in the Southern States, many city centers and parks have historic statues of presidents, generals, and other notable people. Recent condemnation was directed toward Confederate Generals…