Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEMonday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Today’s first reading and Gospel remind us of the great dignity of our vocations as religious called to give up all things in order to serve Christ. In the first reading from Sirach, we heard that “to the penitent God provides a way back.” […]
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEEighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear brothers and sisters, although it’s hard to believe, Lent is almost upon us. This coming Wednesday will be Ash Wednesday, and we’ll have our forty days of preparation for the commemoration of the passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lent is a time for returning
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEOriginally preached on the Feast of the Presentation A seminarian recently mentioned how difficult it was for Blessed Miguel Pro to accept his sister’s entrance into religious life; he had a quote from the blessed that read, “Heaven must be beautiful, because it costs so much.” Unless we have a sibling or a
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEPreached on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 – Chair of St. Peter Today we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, which isn’t simply a celebration of a physical object or of just Saint Peter; it commemorates that “privileged sign of God’s love,” the papacy, and the spiritual authority entrusted to
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer, IVEWednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Today’s Gospel recounts the healing of a blind man; in fact, this miracle is only recounted in Mark’s Gospel. There’s a lot of interesting details for us to consider, but one things that strikes us is that this is the only miracle in the
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