10-04-20 Fr. Leo

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/30/20

27th Sunday of Ordinary Time- Fr. Leo

There is a deliberate parallel in the vineyard stories in our first reading from Isaiah and today’s gospel from Matthew.  In both, God has painstakingly set up a vineyard to produce grapes.  In both stories God’s intention is defeated by man’s infidelity.  ... Read More »

10-11-20 Fr. Leo

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/30/20

28th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Fr. Leo

 In our first reading, there is great celebrating over God’s saving his people.  Gratitude and joy emirate from the reading.  In the Gospel there is a parable about another celebration, a wedding feast, but things aren’t going so smoothly.  The king ... Read More »

10-25-20 Fr Leo

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/30/20

30th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Fr. Leo

When we entered school as kids, we entered a system of assignments, tests and grading.  Learning was accomplished in many different ways, but the main method of learning was through assignments.  We got our homework, took it home and did it.  ... Read More »

10-18-20 Fr Leo

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/30/20

29th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Fr. Leo

 The humility of God is astounding.  The creator of all things, sent his Son to incarnate into the human realm as God’s presence with us in flesh.  Jesus was born in poverty and began his life as a fugitive.  In the ... Read More »

11-01-20 Fr. Leo

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 10/30/20

Feast of All Saints  - Fr. Leo

 Today we honor and pray for thousands of women and men who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith.  People whom we believe are sharing in the heavenly kingdom, and who from their union with God, intercedes for us ... Read More »

Fr. Leo- 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Erin O'Leary on 9/27/20

26th Sunday - Fr. Leo

As I read today’s Gospel about the two brothers, one who says he won’t do the father’s will and does, and the other who says he will, and doesn’t, I think the same can be said of those who say they are Christian.  We ... Read More »

Fr. Leo 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Erin O'Leary on 9/20/20

25th Sunday - Fr. Leo

“As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways.” (IS 55:9)

These words at the end of our first reading this morning prepare us to receive the Gospel with openness.  God’s ways are not always understandable ... Read More »

Fr. Leo- 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Erin O'Leary on 9/06/20

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Fr. Leo

In imitation of Christ, we are called to love God with our whole being, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.  This sums up the Christian way of life.  Animated by the Spirit God bestows on us we strive to live ... Read More »

Fr. Leo- 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Erin O'Leary on 8/30/20

22nd Sunday - Fr. Leo

Our first reading opens with a pious recognition of Jeremiah’s gift of prophesy.  I love his opening line, “You duped me, O Lord, and I let myself be duped.”  This expresses his deep and profound passion for God’s truth.  Though he would like to ... Read More »

August 9, 2020

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 8/04/20

19th Sunday of Ordinary Time- Fr. Leo

Today’s gospel picks up where we left off last Sunday.  Jesus has just fed the five thousand, not including women and children, and dismissed them to go home.  Jesus sends his disciples to go to the other side of the lake where ... Read More »