3-03-24 - 3rd Lent - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 2/27/24

3rd Sunday  of Lent Fr. Leo

 Jesus casting out the money changers from the temple area, the story we just heard from John’s Gospel, is the most assertive, some might say aggressive, Jesus is in all of sacred Scripture. His motive was his passion for true worship from the ... Read More »

2-25-24 - 1st Sunday of Lent - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 2/20/24

2nd Sunday  of Lent Fr. Leo

 Rembrandt’s painting, “The Sacrifice of Isaac," captures all the painful drama conveyed in the story we just heard. It makes me wonder, did God really ask Abraham to sacrifice his son? Did Abraham go out to do so? I don’t have answers for ... Read More »

2-18-24 - 1st Sunday of Lent - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 2/09/24

1st Sunday  of Lent Fr. Leo

“Jesus died for you, live in his love.”

“Repent, and believe in the Gospel”

These two phrases have the same purpose, to strengthen our relationship with God.  What for me is problematic in the second phrase, Repent, and believe in the Gospel, is the ... Read More »

2-11-24 - 6th Sunday OT B - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 2/06/24

6th Sunday  in Ordinary Time- Fr. Leo

Our first reading from Leviticus and our gospel from Mark, deal with leprosy.  Leviticus demands from the sick person honesty in being identified as a person with Leprosy.  The honesty of the ill person leads to his expulsion from the community.  Isolated and alone he ... Read More »