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  Monday - 18 th Week in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew 14:22-36 Come to Me!!   Something different today!   A musical reminder/reflection that He is always here with us, even in the midst of the storm!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vu8EqK_5Yw&list=LL&index=42   We saw You feed a thousand By grace five thousand more When the miracle was over We headed for the shore You sent us on ahead Said You’d stay and pray Then You climbed the hill alone As the sunlight slipped away So we sailed across the lake And the waters start to shake Storms rose, waves crashed Lord, how long can we last Why don’t you just come Come, come to me Step out onto the sea Why don’t you just come Come, come to mе Keep your eyes on me Storms may appеar, but you’re safe when I’m near Why don’t you just come Come, come to me Come to me We saw a shadow walkin' Across the waves that night Fear gripped every heartbeat “Is that a ghost in sight?” Bu...
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  18 th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel – Matthew14:13-21 Juggling Life Praying at Church of Holy Sepulchre   A couple of Sundays ago at morning Mass, a little baby started to get a bit ‘fidgety’.   Despite every effort by the dad, the litt le one just got more and more, shall we say, vocal!   Finally the dad got up and took him back to the cry room to calm him down. And yet even though the baby was fussy and squirming in his arms, as he stepped out of the pew and into the aisle, the dad still turned, faced the altar and genuflected!   Talk about a juggling act!   Despite his fatherly duties to calm an upset child, the dad still managed to acknowledge his religious beliefs!   Those of us who are parents are very well acquainted with this situation or something very similar.   One of those very long days.   Long day at work, at home, juggling too many tasks and way too many stresses!   All we wanted to do was curl up under the c...
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  Saturday – St. Alphonsus Liguori Gospel – Matthew14:1-12 Gotcha! Old City of Jerusalem Remember when you were little and you did something wrong?   Maybe you broke something and then tried to hide the evidence.   Maybe you stole something or played with matches.   Maybe you lied to your parents, maybe more than once!    And nothing happened!   You thought you got away with it and you breathed a sigh of relief.   And then later on, days even months later, suddenly the truth comes out and bites you in the rear.   You thought all was well and then it all comes back to haunt you. That’s what happens to Herod Antipas in today’s Gospel.   He hears about Jesus, the preacher, the miracle worker.   And his first thought is – oh no, John the Baptist is risen from the dead.   He has come back to torment me again, even though I had him beheaded. Herod had let his insecurities, his fears and selfish desires, rule his life.   ...
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