Entries by Marie H

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 29, 2023

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 29th  – Fr. Cederberg We call January 1st New Year’s Day.  For the church, however, it is the Feast of the Holy Name.  On this day, eight days after Jesus’ birth, he was circumcised and given the name “Jesus”.  The name Jesus means “The Lord saves”.  In Hebrew it is the […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 22, 2023

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 22nd  – Fr. Cederberg How strange it is that God would become human flesh.  Skin and bones.  Eyebrows and toenails.  What has someone infinite like God got to do with such things?  Good question.  Philosophers through the ages have been offended by the idea.  Yet, it all comes down to one […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 15, 2023

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 17th – Fr. Cederberg How do you pray? Do you feel like God is working in your prayers? I mentioned this tool in my sermon last week. I have found it helpful in my own prayer life and know that many others use it daily as well. You might want to […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 8, 2023

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 10th – Fr. Cederberg Time is such a strange thing.  We talk about saving it, killing it, and finding it, yet it eludes us on every side.  “Where did the time go?” we ask, with no good answer.  We remain puzzled. Perhaps that is why the Church calendar is such a tremendous […]

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 1, 2023

WEEKLY MESSAGE – December 1st – Fr. Cederberg The word “advent” means coming into place, or arrival. For the Christian Church that means the arrival of Jesus, who we have been waiting for. So, what do we do while we wait? We prepare. Like getting our house in order before a guest arrives, the season […]