Spiritual Insights
“I’m carrying this baby just to bury it,” said a Louisiana woman whose recently-conceived child was diagnosed with acrania, a fatal pre-natal condition that prevents a child’s skull from developing. Abortion advocates have coopted such gut-wrenching cases as emotional blackmail to keep abortion legal. “Medically futile pregnancies” is the euphemism for children destined to die in utero…
Read More >>I couldn’t believe it was happening again. Not now. Not at 20 weeks gestation. Losing a baby at eight weeks had been hard enough, let alone losing another one halfway through my pregnancy. Yet the ultrasound confirmed what my body was already telling me. Fetal demise, the midwife called it. In the following days, I felt…
Read More >>Brothers and sisters: For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery (Gal 5:1). St. Paul in this Sunday’s second reading uses very strong language to make his point. When we think of slavery, we think of bitter hardship, harsh labor, and cruel slave drivers. So, why…
Read More >>Sermon given by Fr. Justin Braun
Read More >>Sermon given by Fr. Justin Braun
Read More >>Last Saturday was the 49th anniversary of the tragic decision Roe v. Wade. The question that still faces our nation is: At what point am I not comfortable in ending the life of a child? The phrase among so-called pro-choice people used to be “Abortion should be rare but legal,” but in recent years, abortion…
Read More >>Homily by Fr. Nolan Lowry onSunday, October 4, 2020 [W]hatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things (Phil 4:8) Twenty-five years ago, Pope St. John Paul II published…
Read More >>Sunday, February 9, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In 2002, the summer after I graduated high school and before I entered seminary, Pope John Paul II visited Toronto, Canada for World Youth Day. I went with a youth group from St. Mary’s Parish in Longview. The theme for that World Youth Day was…
Read More >>Dear Brothers and Sister in Christ, Have you ever had one of those dark, cold days where you felt drowsy, depressed, and sluggish? Or a time when things were just not going right and you wanted to give up? If we are honest with ourselves, we have all been through days like these — even if generally…
Read More >>“But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.” Matthew 6:6 Fr. Lowry’s Sermon dated September 29, 2019 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, When I was in Rome studying for the priesthood, I used…
Read More >>"As disciples of Jesus, we are called to become neighbors to everyone (cf. Lk 10:29-37), and to show special favor to those who are poorest, most alone and most in need. In helping the hungry, the thirsty, the foreigner, the naked, the sick, the imprisoned—as well as the child in the womb and the old person who is suffering or near death—we have the opportunity to serve Jesus."
- Pope St. John Paul II