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The Feast of the Holy Innocents

December 28, 2011 by Lisa Schmidt 2 Comments

The innocents were slaughtered as infants for Christ; spotless, they follow the lamb and sing forever: Glory to you, O Lord. Today the Church remembers the Holy Innocents, the male children executed because of Herod’s fury to find the Christ child. Herod, fearing for his throne after the Magi told him of the birth of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: abortion, Christmas, December 28, Herod, Hope, Incarnation, Manger, Martyr, Nativity, Outreach, Passion, saints

Spiritual Sticker Shock

August 25, 2011 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 1 Comment
Sticker Shock

August 28, 2011: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The juxtaposition of this week’s readings against last week’s readings is hard to ignore. Last week, Peter was “all in” when Jesus commanded him to build a Church, essentially to marshal a spiritual army of disciples and storm the gates of the sinful world with the power of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Devil, Discipleship, Evangelization, Faith, Follow Me, forgiveness, Gary Zimak, Gift, Great Deceiver, Heaven, Jeremiah, Jesus, love, Offer It Up, Passion, Persevere, Psalms, Punsihment, Rock, Romans, Satan, Scripture, St. Paul, St. Peter, Will, witness
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