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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Reflection for 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A

My Dear Brothers and Sisters God gave us free will. We are responsible for our life, our behavior, words, deeds and decisions. And because of that free will, one day each one of us will have stand in front of God and be judged for our good deeds or bad. The good news is that [...]

Attention Craft Vendors: sign-up now

We invite craft vendors and artisans to our first ever Holiday Market to be held Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the parish, 1752 Harton Avenue, East Meadown, Long Island, New York. Click on the form below to download it and return it to the parish as soon as possible. Reserve your space now. Thank you [...]

Reflection for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A

We just heard great teaching of Jesus. The principle lesson of this parable is that God is generous, that the kingdom of heaven is not run like the kingdom of earth, that God’s ways are not people’s way. Yes, God is generous. The question is: are we generous? Many times we hear statements: “I grew [...]

Reflection for Solemnity of Brotherly Love

On the second Sunday of September each year we celebrate a special feast day, the Solemnity of Brotherly Love. This Solemnity was set aside by the Synod of our Church in Chicago in 1914. The General Synod established this day for the faithful of the Church in order to remember the great commandment of God [...]

Reflection for 23 Sunday in Ordinary Time – A

On a busy corner in New York City an Irish cop was directing traffic. While doing his duty, he saw a pedestrian starting across on a red light. The policeman went to that offender and discovered that he was a fellow Irishman. Calmly but firmly the cop explains: “Wait a minute, Red is not you [...]

Blessing of Animals – October 4th