#18 New Year Reflection Don’t Forget Baptism of the Lord 1/11/2026

New Year Reflection Don’t Forget The Baptism of the Lord 1/11/202

Final Reflection of the Season…don’t forget to continue to pick up the Gospel each and every day to live out your Christian vocation to be the saint God created you to be. Celebrate the sacramental life of the Catholic Church and give glory to God all the days of your life. Amen

#17 New Year Reflection Loosing is Good 1/10/2026

Loosing to God is good. As we end our Christmastime we are called to loose ourself in the person of Jesus Christ. We understand the more we give away what God blesses us with, the more we grow in love and live within the blessings of a intimate encounter and relationship with our Creator and Lord. The mystery of the more we loose the more we attain becomes a lived reality of hope.

#16 New Year Reflection Moving from Quiet to Silence 12 9 2026

When we find a place of quiet in our lives to dedicate this time to search for the voice of God we begin to desire the silence of true peace and live the life of virtue. Choosing the virtuous life we discover the perseverance to remain in silence and run towards our encounter with God

#15 New Year Reflection Renew and Putting Away 1/8/2026

Our faith journey is not a straight line. As we begin to put away Christmas decorations and look forward we call renewal of spirit to continue. We cannot live in one spot in our faith journey. We are invited to see anew our journey as a walk with Jesus. We know that all the symbols of Christmas will again invite us to continue this journey towards the life of unity in heavenly glory.

#14 New Year Reflection Open My Eyes Lord 1/7/2026

God places opportunities for us to receive his grace and blessing both from serving and being served. Removing our egos and allowing us to open the eyes of our heart and accept the gifts that are given in gratitude and joy allows us to be better stewards of the gift of life that we are called to share. Do we feed the 5,000 on day and then not accept the gift of being nourished the next day. Help me Lord to accept your presence and your desire to feed my soul.

#13 New Year Reflection Head to Heart Memorial of St. Andres Bessett 1/6/2026

What would you do if someone asked you to feed 5,000 people with five loves and two fish? From my head a quick calculation would get me to NO very quickly. But Jesus asks us to listen and act from the heart. We aren’t seeking foolishness but the plan of God in my lives. God asks us to look differently at the multitude before us, whether it is our problems and difficulties seeming to place roadblock after roadblock in our lives or if it the gifts of Christmas joy we are called to live daily. Choosing God’s gift to serve is always moving us in the right direction.

#12 New Year Reflection Seeking with Purpose Memorial of St. John Neumann 1/5/2026

God has made us for a purpose. In seeking the presence of God and the gifts he shares with us we begin to discover more fully our purpose. To use the gift given with the intended purpose leads us down the road of holiness. And if we do this…then we discover ever greater gifts confirming our purpose in life. That we become the saint God created us to be.

#11 New Year Reflection Epiphany Sunday Joyful Encounters 1/4/2026

The Wise men of the East follow the star of hope leading them to Jesus, the Son of God. We are also invited to see in the signs of the time and in our daily encounters the presence of God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Do we choose to ignore these encounters or do we embrace them and then choose to walk with our Savior Jesus Christ…Let us pray we also choose the encounter and live a life of holiness.

#10 New Year Reflections: The Name of Christian 1-3-2026

“Different men have different names, which they owe to their paretns or to themselves, that is, to their own pursuits and achievements. But our great pursuit, the great name we wanted, was to be Christians, to be called Christians.” (St. Gregory Nazianzen) As adoptive children, daughters and sons, we strive to choose to the holiness and love of our God and Father, to walk with Jesus in the pursuit of living the life of a Christian. Spiritual Renewal in the Holy Spirit. Amen

#9 New Year Reflections Spiritual Renewal 1-2-2025

On the memorial of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nazianzus we are reminded of the need for continual Spiritual Renewal in Jesus Christ. We thank God for the gift we are give as we strive to make space for Jesus and take time with him in remaining in his love. As this calendar year begins, let us make a resolution for a path of renewal for both our own soul and the heart of our family.

#8 New Year Reflections Mary our Mother 1-1-2026

As we begin this New Year we are asked to look closely at our relationship with Mary, Mother of God and as our Mother too. We place our trust in Mary to walk with us and help us to ponder the Word of God in our lives as she leads us ever closer to the Triune God. As we begin our New Year we ask her to help us find a path of peace and joy in knowing we are sons and daughters of the true and living God.