Church Bulletin – Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church April 19, 2020    Click on the above will bring up the PDF version    

Have you ever had a conversation with someone and their words sound impressive, but as you think of the actions of their past, their words don’t ring true? Have you ever attended a meeting and the speaker proposed an approach to a situation that sounds impressive, but you truly wonder…

The great gifts of Easter which we celebrate today are hope and faith. Hope, which gives us confidence in God and His goodness and Love which no one can take from us, and Faith which is the belief that God triumphs over evil. We take comfort in the resurrection when…

Today we begin Holy Week, a day of fleeting triumph when Jesus enters the great city of Jerusalem. Next Sunday is another day of triumph, but this one is a lasting triumph. In between is a mixture of joy and pain, of sorrow and fear. We sometimes wish life was…

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” I guess in the turbulent times we are currently living in, this question really stood…

As Jesus passed by, he saw a beggar, blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned….” Many years ago, just outside a small town in the northern mountains, a family…

Today’s gospel presents a very visual scene. Can’t you just see it in a movie? Here is Jesus walking along through Samaria—an area which the Jewish people avoided “like the plague” since the Jews and Samaritans were enemies. He didn’t have to travel that way as there were several other…

Abram went as the LORD directed him. He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design. “This is my beloved son, listen to him.” Three readings, one command: follow the directions of God. While it seems obvious to…

First Sunday Of Lent Shortly after Jesus’ Baptism, he was tempted in the desert. It seems like when we put our mind to following the Gospel message of loving everyone we too are frequently tempted. We don’t need to go to the desert or even leave our homes, community, workplace…

At the end of today’s gospel, Matthew 5:38-48, we read… “ be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” When I read this, I feel that there is no way I can ever be as perfect as God the Father. So how am I to deal with this?? First of…