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Remembering with Hope: A Reflection for All Souls’ Day
Fr. Matt’s Catechetical Corner: November 1, 2026 Happy Sunday and All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day! While All Saints’ Day is a great gift for us toexamine our spiritual lives in light of the saints, I want to focus on All Souls’ Day in order to not forget ourdeceased loved ones. In honor of…
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Charity in Truth: Pope Benedict XVI’s Answer to a World Without Truth
As Fr. Matt is on retreat, here is part of Caritas in Veritatae, the Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI published onJune 29, 2009. Normal reflections resume next week.This section is especially relevant because so many would accuse the Church (and Catholics) of not “loving them”by affirming them in their sin. This is Pope Benedict XVI’s…
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A Church Alive Through Prayer, Mission, and Hope
Fr. Matt’s Catechetical Corner: October 11, 2026As the priests were at the Clergy Conference, here is part of a homily from Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic visitto France:If Notre-Dame is a sign of this encounter at the heart of Paris, then the other cities and regions of France,even the most remote and rural, can be transformed…
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One Faith, Many Nations: Why We’re Celebrating St. Michael’s Today
Happy Sunday, and Happy Parish Festival! It is my hope that everyone here will enjoy our parish festival and willjoin us in celebrating the wonderful parish we have! To that end, I wish to share a personal story that will demonstrate, I think, one of the central reasons to celebrate St. Michael’s parish.During my seminary…
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Christ at the Center: A Reflection on Mass at the High Altar
Happy Sunday! In preparation for the parish festival, I want to take this time to offer a reflection on the celebrationof the Mass ad orientem (meaning “to the east”) using the High Altar of St. Michael’s Church for the Masses offered on the weekend of our parish festival (September 26-27). Please note that this is…
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Living Martyrdom and the Power of Love: Lessons from Pope Benedict XVI
Happy Sunday! Before we launch into a catechesis on the Virtues, I want to take this opportunity to offer the wordsof Pope Benedict XVI on martyrdom. This homily, quoted in part here, was given at the Basilica of St. Bartholomewon Tiber Island in Rome, Italy, on April 7, 2008. It is worth noting because, at…
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