Appearing at Faith Promise Dinner 2019 "Mariachi Matters is an after school music education program for youth that teaches basic music fundamentals and Mariachi ensemble performance. It first began in September of 2011, with the help of Mariachi veteran, Romeoville resident and current artistic director, Juan Cervantes, whose goal and dream was to see the … Continue reading Special Musical Guests – Mariachi Matters! →

Today's Readings: Romans 4:20-25 Luke 1:69-75 Luke 12:13-21 The common thread in the Scripture readings for today is the great theme of life. To Abraham – at the sunset of his earthly journey, according to the story of Genesis, without hope of seeing the promise of a descendant realized – God confirms that biological barriers … Continue reading The Great Theme of Life →

Today's Readings: Romans 4:13,16-18 Psalms 105:6-9,42-43 Luke 12:8-12 In today’s Gospel, Jesus foresees the various contexts in which his apostles will be witnesses to him, including the possibility that they will encounter hostile reactions. Appearing in the synagogues and before the civil authorities, they will bear their witness of faith both in religious and secular … Continue reading Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross →

Today's Readings: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalms 121:1-8 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke 18:1-8 Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for World Mission Day 2019 BAPTIZED AND SENT: THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON MISSION IN THE WORLD By falling on the Sunday dedicated by the Church to its evangelizing mission in the world, today’s first reading, which narrates … Continue reading World Mission Day 2019 →

Today's Readings: 2 Timothy 4:10-17b Psalms 145:10-13,17-18 Luke 10:1-9 On this Feast of St. Luke, we listen to Paul’s letter to his trusted emissary Timothy, in which he complains that he has no one to travel with, except for Luke. In Luke’s account of Paul’s travels in the Acts of the Apostles, we find at … Continue reading Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist →

Faith Promise Dinner - Special Guest Speaker, Edwina Gately Edwina’s life has been described by Publisher’s Weekly as “fascinating – an exceptional blend of contemplation and action”. Her journey has led her to teaching in Africa, founding the Volunteer Missionary Movement (VMM), sojourning in the Sahara Desert, spending nine months of prayer in a trailer … Continue reading Edwin Gately – Faith Promise Special Guest Speaker →

Today's Readings: Romans 3:21-30 Psalms 130:1b-6ab Luke 11:47-54 Paul brings his presentation in Rom 1:18-3:20 to a close with a dramatic statement: “Jews and Greeks alike … are all under the domination of sin” (Rom 3:9). If this is so, it seems that there is no possibility of salvation for anyone, relying only on human … Continue reading Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch →

Today's Readings: Romans 2:1-11 Psalms 62:2-3,6-7,9 Luke 11:42-46 In the first reading, Paul, addressing the believers of Rome, insists that the Jews, like the pagans, commit evil. Indeed, he points to how easily the Jews accuse the pagans of immorality, basking in the conviction of being better than others because of their total observance of … Continue reading Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque →

Today's Readings: Romans 1:16-25 Psalms 19:2-5 Luke 11:37-41 In the first reading, the loss to which humanity has condemned itself against the will of God is re-read by St. Paul through a sort of history of sin that he offers to the believers of Rome. Created by God for truth and justice, the human person … Continue reading Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus →

Romans 1:1-7 Psalms 98:1-4 Luke 11:29-32 The Liturgy of the Word today focuses on the power of the proclamation of the Gospel. The proclaimed word of God is pregnant with salvation; we must be willing to welcome it and to listen to it. Listening is the Gospel, which recalls the invitatory Psalm: “Oh, that today … Continue reading Memorial of St. Callistus →