Entries by Marie H

WEEKLY MESSAGE – March 8, 2024

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 1, 2024

  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 23, 2024

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 […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – February 16, 2024

WEEKLY MESSAGE – February 16th – Fr. Cederberg Hard to believe, but Lent has begun.  It seems like I am just recovering from Christmas!  But, the pages of the calendar turn, and time sweeps us along. It helps for me to remember that the word “Lent” means “Spring”.  Far from dark and gloomy, Lent is the […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – February 9, 2024

WEEKLY MESSAGE – February 9th – Fr. Cederberg We are now coming to the end of the season of Epiphany, knocking on the door of Lent.  Epiphany is all about revelation; the revealing of who Jesus is.  Through his preaching and miracles he makes clear that he is no ordinary dude.  He has been sent […]