Browsing the May 2024 archive of Pastor's Column

6-02-24 - The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 5/22/24

Corpus Christi - Fr. Leo

In our reading from Exodus, Moses sacrifices young bulls to celebrate a blood covenant with the Lord.  There is a more primitive understanding of God in the idea of atonement through animal sacrifice. Unfortunately, a thousand years ago this was brought into our concept of ... Read More »

5-26-24Holy Trinity - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 5/20/24

Trinity Sunday - Fr. Leo 

When I thought about peaching this Sunday, I asked myself, How can I make the Holy Trinity more accessible, or helpful to us in our spiritual lives? My first thought, was the community we express in making the sign of the cross and saying, ... Read More »

5-19-24 Pentecost - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 5/14/24

Pentecost - Fr. Leo 

The Holy Spirit is the life giving presence of God given to us in every moment.  We have the Church, her teachings, the Gospels conveying the word of God the Father and Son, but it is the Holy Spirit that makes our faith real in the ... Read More »

5-12-24 - Ascension of the Lord - Fr. Leo Schneider

Posted by Jennifer Stephan on 5/07/24

Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord. - Fr. Leo 

As the priest prepares the water and wine for consecration he prays, “Through the mingling of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.”  

This ... Read More »