Monthly Archives: June 2012

“Priest, Prophet, and King”

    Fr. Michael PhillippinoThirteenth Sunday of Ordinary TimeJuly 1, 2012 The readings today invite us to reflect on what it means to be a prophet, and how we can be “content with…insults…and persecutions.” At our baptism, we were declared, … Continue reading

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Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist

  Saint Augustine of HippoEarly Church Father & Doctor of the Church    This reading on the birth of John the Baptist s taken by a sermon of St. Augustine (Sermo 293, 1-3; PL 38, 1327-1328) and is used in … Continue reading

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The Million Rosary Challenge

  Fr. Michael Phillippino Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeJune 17, 2012     Dear Parishioners, Here is a letter from Fr. Shenan Boquet. I want to encourage you to join him and me in this fortnight of freedom and to … Continue reading

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“I Live in You!”

Fr. Thomas S. Washburn, O.F.M. HOMILY FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS, Corpus Christi June 10, 2012 During a celebration of First Holy Communion, the priest was trying to help the children understand what … Continue reading

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Holiness of Life and Martyrdom for the Faith (Part III)

Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis  June 3, 2012Trinity Sunday When our upholding of the moral law, as we must uphold it, brings forth resistance, we must recall that we, alive in Christ, are a sign of … Continue reading

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