St. John the Baptist 

St. Albert the Great - St. Mary Queen of Heaven

I decided to do something different with my homilies. Instead of posting them to a website, they are now available through a podcast. Click the link below to follow it. In addition to the podcast for homilies, starting in Janurary 2019 I will have a few different types of podcasts to further enhance your listening needs. 

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New Series has begun!

The Gospel of Luke!
 

As dive deep into the text we explore such questions as: Who is Jesus? What does Scripture tell us about Jesus’ life, ministry, and teachings? How do I read, understand, and pray with Scripture? How is Luke similar and different from the other Gospel writers?
Sundays, starting on Jan. 20^th, 4-5 pm at St. Albert the Great in Alberton

Topics for the series:
1: Biblical Interpretation and historicity
2. The intro and  Gospels
3. Teachings, Parables, and Miracles
4. Infancy narratives
5. Galilean Ministry
6. Jesus’ Journey to Jerusalem7. The Passion of Jesus
8. The Resurrection
9. Luke and the Book of Acts
10. Luke and the other Gospel writers
 


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Fr. Cody’s Corner

The last few columns that I wrote made prayer seem rather complicated either through understanding the Mass, reading Scripture, or even making time for prayer. I want to reverse that mentality in this month’s column. Prayer can be rather simple, even as simple as a word. Another common and useful form of prayer is called a spontaneous prayer (also known as an ejaculatory prayer). This form of prayer is usually a word or phrase to remind us of God’s presence.
This is how easy this form of prayer is: Jesus. Yep, the name of God, Jesus, is the simplest and best form of prayer. Through this simple and short prayer, we are reminding ourselves that God is present, we are asking for his help even without words, and taking a moment to acknowledge God. Other forms of this type of prayer include: Jesus, have mercy on me; Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on me; Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner; and Jesus, I trust in you. All of these have the same basic function: a simple easy prayer that can be recited anytime and anywhere that remind us of God’s ever presence.
Other ways to use this simple form of prayer is meal prayers, or praying before an activity, task, exam, or meeting. Prayer doesn’t need to be complicated, but it does need to lift our hearts and minds to God. The goal is to pray and short prayer so that our lives become imbued with prayer. Try it out and see if it works for you.

Fr. Cody