March 29th, 2020
So, it appears that everyone in the world is on a 30 day retreat. Welcome to the Lentiest Lent there ever was.
The French priest and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin once wrote that “we as human beings come to a point in our lives where we have to make a choice, either we genuflect before something higher or we begin to self-destruct.” The author Simone Weil concurs. “The deepest need in the human soul is an obedience to something higher, something beyond ourselves or else we grow silly and pompous.” Both of them are reflecting the strange and wonderful paradox of human existence: we only discover and experience the meaning of life when we are dying to ourselves and in doing so, are giving life away.
Think about this for a second and test it against your own experience. Have you ever met someone in your life who is completely selfish and wrapped up in themselves? How about the people with twelve cases of toilet paper and 16 gallons of milk in their cart? Were they happy? Were they remotely satisfied or at peace? On the other hand, the people who are serene and hospitable, the ones who seem at home with life are those who do not place themselves at the center of the universe, are those who recognize that the secret of life is not to cling, not to horde, not to grasp, but to give.
As I mentioned in my homily last weekend, all of us are learning important lessons about ourselves. We will look back at this time and hopefully grow to become better Catholics, better Christians, better people.
Father Kevin
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March 22nd, 2020
Welcome to the New Normal! At least for a while. As you are probably aware of, our school will be closed until at least April 6th. This may be longer. Many of you are probably just reading this on line, that is one way to keep in touch and to stay a vibrant parish. Many people are questioning whether or not [...]
March 15th, 2020
St. Patrick was born in Britain, under the rule of Rome in the fifth century (the 400’s for you math people.) Like so many young people throughout all of history, he was rather rebellious and he rejected the Christian faith of his family. (So hang in there, mom and dad, God isn’t finished yet.) In his early teens, Patrick had an [...]
March 8th, 2020
Today, the Second Sunday of Lent, we normally read the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus. Traditional- ly, we say that this event occurred on Mount Tabor in northern Israel. Luckily on my trip to Israel in 2012, I visited Mount Tabor. Unfortunately, it was almost completely fogged in, so we didn’t get to see much when we were up there, [...]
March 1st, 2020
Congratulations to Julie Malloy and Susan Steiner and the army of people they had working with them on the Dinner Auction. It was a fabulous time and we not only made money for Holy, we gave part of it to other parishes which are struggling. Thank you to all who worked and all who participated. It was a great night!! Ready, [...]
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Holy Redeemer Fish Fry–Cancelled!
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Vacation Bible School 2020
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2019 Christmas Tree Lot
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2019 Mass and Picnic
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