Archive for February 2022

Sunday, February 27th 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin This is the final weekend before the start of the Lenten Season. On the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary time our readings exhort us as Christian disciples to form ourselves — mind and heart — in imitation of Christ so we can better reflect His goodness…

Sunday, February 20th 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin On this Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, today’s Gospel is taken from the sixth chapter of the holy Gospel according to Saint Luke, where Jesus offered a very challenging, seemingly impossible approach to daily life. “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,…

Sunday, February 13th 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin On this Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time the readings at Mass speak of an essential quality for the followers of Jesus Christ — hope. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven…

Sunday, February 6th 2022 | By Rev. Michael P. Hanifin The readings for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time remind us of the great privilege we have in calling ourselves both children and disciples of the Most High God. The First Reading from Isaiah described a vision of the prophet in which angels surrounded the…