Ordinary Time continues to show us the way to live a fruitful life. Jesus is telling us what the Kingdom of God is likened to.

He tells us the kingdom is like fine pearls that are discovered. We learn that when we search for our treasure, we bury it only to uncover it again with renewed excitement and gratitude.

How can God work with an unconfessed heart? He can’t! How can He grow us in faith? God can work with only the willing, let that sink in. How willing are you?

Ordinary Time never disappoints, as we can contemplate some of the most foundational aspects of our faith as Catholics.

We have now turned our attention toward managing the seeds that we sow, and our desire to maintain a direct focus on Christ, and to realize that the Gospel of Mathew today unfolds for us three distinct lessons.

What kind of Sower are you? It’s an important question to ask. We sow thousands and thousands of seeds in lifetime.

We never know the mark we leave behind because of the seeds we sow and scatter. A Sower of good and holy seed sows principally faith, hope, and love. A Sower of holiness avoids seeds that are partially harmful, corrupted, and corrupted seeds.

Are we willing and ready to belong to God?

Delving deep into our Scripture passages today, as well as the Gospel of Matthew, we are secured in our desire to know God most intimately.

We are encouraged to seek understanding, to strive for forgiveness when necessary, and to reconcile with God most definitely, and with one another when at all possible.

Parish Family,

Our office is undergoing some necessary reorganization as we move toward building an effective team. Many of you have been getting to know Zoraya Garcia, who is a great support to our parish community. Zoraya has been with the parish office for several months now and, in that short time, has taken her role to heart and applied her knowledge well, helping us elevate the parish office's role as a key means of support for the many ministerial needs that come our way.

Living for greater things, that is the call for us all in Christ. We aspire to move beyond worldly perspectives, trading them for heavenly ones. The problem with keeping this perspective is our tunnel vision. When we fail to expand our view, we often cannot see the forest for the trees. Our faith gives us perspective, our walk in the Lord gives us focus. How focused are you? is the question.

Dear St. Catherine Laboure Family,

What does it really mean to belong to God? The Book of Exodus shows how God’s love is for those who seek Him from on high Moses sought the Lord God on top of Mount Sinai. Seeking God requires us to move to the highest heights; it is there that we aspire to seek Him out and listen to him, because He has called each of us by name.

Today marks the second of two catechetical Sundays that the Church honors. The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity last week, and the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, today. These catechetical Sundays are teaching Sundays because they allow us to contemplate the richness of our Catholic Faith and certain dogmatic truths most profoundly. The Eucharist is the center of our faith and a dogmatic truth. The Mass pivots upon the Word and Sacrament.

The essence of Divine Mystery is revealed through the Sacred Trinity. It's not a term associated with the Bible, but like many aspects of the Church, it's implied in how God has chosen to reveal Himself, as Jesus directed His prayer to His Father in heaven, while Jesus is also the human encounter with God and the sending forth of the Holy Spirit as the third person of this homeostatic union. The formality of the Sacred Trinity as theology began to develop in the early life of the Church around the second century.

Lord Send Forth Your Spirit and Renew the Face of the Earth!

For over two thousand years, the Church has been an ever-present fixture in the world, offering hope and faith, and embodying the bold zeal of the Holy Spirit's gift. The Primitive Church laid this foundation, which is also remarkably the work of the Holy Spirit.

The grand narrative of the Easter story keeps unfolding. We have been delving deep into the richness of John’s Gospel. I hope you have been paying attention. We have learned that John’s Gospel is much different than the other Gospels in that the message goes straight to the heart of the matter. The Gospel of John is divided into three significant components that reveal the deepest aspects of the Paschal Mystery.

Dear Parish Family,

It is with renewed spirit and heart that I return to the parish, vibrant and ready to continue in the mission work of the Church. Serving on assignment for the Maritime Diocese is rewarding because a priest never hangs his priestly hat, but finds ways to renew it. Witnessing the greater church in the world at work is always an invigorating inspiration for me. I am most grateful to the parishioners who joined me on this journey, assisting me in the ministry at sea and making it fruitful as we served a few hundred Catholics at sea, who comprised passengers and crew.