Parish Articles

Day: March 23, 2021

Freedom Ride to Support Voting Rights – Saturday June 26th

Do you support making every voter count the same regardless of color, income, age, or neighborhood? Join us in supporting the For the People Act and show your support this weekend! Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM) founded For the People – Maryland with 20 other groups to fight for these principles in the

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Repenting for the Sin of Racism

by Richard G. Malloy, S.J., Ph.D. Racism is sin, but I’ve never heard anyone confess it in the sacrament of reconciliation.   This Lent, we ought to repent of the racism in our history and society, and any racist ways of thinking and feeling harbored in our minds and hearts.  Metanoia, the

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The Impact of the Empty Tomb

By Henry M. Morris, PH.D. There are “many infallible proofs” of the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, but the testimony of the empty tomb is the most conclusive of all. Jesus had been buried, with the tomb sealed and guarded by a watch of Roman soldiers. Yet on

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Easter Sunday

Easter is the celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. It is celebrated on Sunday, and marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday), and is the beginning of the Easter season of the

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Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)

By Hugh McNicholOp/Ed Holy Saturday…anticipation! Holy Saturday is the period of Holy Week when Catholics remember Jesus’ entombment. It is a preparation day. Today is a day of quiet and prayerful reflection on the true gravity of the crucifixion and Jesus’ redemptive sacrifice. Throughout the world our Churches are empty

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Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. It also commemorates His institution of the priesthood. The holy day falls on the Thursday before Easter and is part of Holy Week. Jesus

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Parish: ‘The Thought’ – September 9, 2024

I film this video on September 5. Yesterday, as I was holding my 2-year old grandniece in my arms, I heard news of the terrible Apalachee School shooting in Georgia by a 14-year-old who had access to an AR14 assault rifle, a semi-automatic weapon. We are still uncertain whether he

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Labor Day’s Beginning Labor Day is set aside to celebrate the value and dignity of work. The Bible has some concrete things to teach us about work. Work is not a curse, but part of our created purpose so that we can serve God. The curse is increased hardship, not work. In fact,

Parish: ‘The Thought’ – September 9, 2024

I film this video on September 5. Yesterday, as I was holding my 2-year old grandniece in my arms, I heard news of the terrible Apalachee School shooting in Georgia by a 14-year-old who had access to an AR14 assault rifle, a semi-automatic weapon. We are still uncertain whether he

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Labor Day’s Beginning Labor Day is set aside to celebrate the value and dignity of work. The Bible has some concrete things to teach us about work. Work is not a curse, but part of our created purpose so that we can serve God. The curse is increased hardship, not work. In fact,

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