WEEKLY MESSAGE – March 22nd  – Fr. Cederberg Palm Sunday is coming up, and it always feels to me like such a whipsaw of emotions.  The service starts with a blessing of the palms and the triumphal procession.  “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”, the people cry.  Then, in […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – March 15th – Fr. Cederberg Bodies are funny things, aren’t they?  I mean, the fact that we all walk upright, have two eyes in the front of our heads, and ten toes.  Do you ever look at yourself in the mirror and laugh?  I suppose that’s why it is so easy to take […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – March 8th – Fr. Cederberg If you were to look on a liturgical calendar (yes, there is such a thing!), you would see that this coming Sunday is called Laetare Sunday, “laetare” being the Latin word for rejoice.  It always falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, similar to Gaudete (which also means […]

  WEEKLY MESSAGE – March 3rd – Fr. Cederberg The balance between law and grace is one of those constant struggles of the spiritual life.  At any given time, which do I emphasize?  The answer, according to Jesus, is both.  You can’t have one without the other. On the one hand, the law is a gift […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – February 23rd – Fr. Cederberg What don’t you know?  That’s a big question, but one we don’t think enough about.  Psychologists tell us that our brains can only hold a certain amount of information, so the only way we can really function in today’s world is to make big guesses.  We have to […]