Jennifer Wise helps us to know this recently canonized saint, whose life and thought contributed much to the Catholic Church in our time.  

Ever wondered what the early followers of Jesus believed about the Last Supper and Jesus body and blood?  Bill O’Brien reveals the Eucharistic faith of the early Church Fathers!

Want to learn more about the Eucharist?  Check out our Eucharistic Revival page:

Learn More About the Eucharist

• Fr. Henry Carmona speaks about Anointing of the Sick
• Deacon Scott Pearhill speaks about Catholic moral decision making.
• Joe Earnest Speaks about legal considerations (video part I & video part II).  Legal Consideration Presentation Handout.
• Dr. Lavonne Mills speaks about hospice care. Presentation Handout.
• Dr. Lavonne Mills speaks about Advanced Directives & Living Wills.
• Brock Wilks & Kari May of Wilks Funeral Home speak out Funeral Homes and Advanced Funeral Planning.  Presentation Handout
• Liz Johnson speaks about Lazarus Ministry.
• Barb Peterson helps us start a conversation with a loved one about end of life planning.

Through interviews with top Catholic speakers and inspiring portraits of lives of Eucharistic devotion, The Eucharist: Source of Our Healing and Hope seeks to show the truth of the Real Presence and inspire Catholics to renew and deepen their devotion to Christ in the Eucharist.

This 4 minute video by the Knights of Columbus features Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Mike Schmitz, Dr. Edward Sri and many others!

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Jennifer Wise helps us understand the Psalms.  Where did they come from, what are they about, what do they mean?  

"History instructs us, the law teaches us, prophecy foretells, correction punishes, morality persuades; but the book of psalms goes further than all these. It is medicine for our spiritual health." -- St. Ambrose of Milan

Thomas Smith helps us understand the Psalms in Christian scripture and worship. 


 

Deacon Scott Pearhill and Thomas Smith explore the meaning and power of psalms for our daily lives. Learn about the Liturgy of the Hours; discover a psalm for Covid-19. The psalms help us pray the lived liturgy that is our lives!

If you missed the  "Saints for the Season" presentation on Julian of Norwich by Jennifer Wise, you can view it here or on our Parish YouTube Channel.

Concering Julian of Norwich, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI wrote,

"It was precisely in the solitude infused with God that Julian of Norwich wrote her Revelations of Divine Love . . . This book contains a message of optimism based on the certainty of being loved by God and of being protected by his Providence.

In this book we read the following wonderful words: “And I saw full surely that ere God made us he loved us; which love was never lacking nor ever shall be. And in this love he has made all his works; and in this love he has made all things profitable to us; and in this love our life is everlasting... in which love we have our beginning. And all this shall we see in God, without end” (Revelations of Divine Love, Chapter 86).

The theme of divine love recurs frequently in the visions of Julian of Norwich who, with a certain daring, did not hesitate to compare them also to motherly love. This is one of the most characteristic messages of her mystical theology.

The tenderness, concern and gentleness of God’s kindness to us are so great that they remind us, pilgrims on earth, of a mother’s love for her children. In fact the biblical prophets also sometimes used this language that calls to mind the tenderness, intensity and totality of God’s love, which is manifested in creation and in the whole history of salvation that is crowned by the Incarnation of the Son."  -- Benedict XVI’s Wednesday Audience on Julian of Norwich:http://www.vatican.va/.../hf_benxvi_aud_20101201.html

See Jennifer's recommended resources below:

• “Julian of Norwich: Showings” translated by Edmund Colledge, OSA and James Walsh, SJ, Paulist Press, 1978 https://amzn.to/3LIOK6o

• “Julian’s Gospel” by Veronica Mary Rolf, Orbis, 2013 https://amzn.to/3xesQnw

• “Praying with Julian of Norwich” by Gloria Durka, St. Mary’s Press, 1989 https://amzn.to/3DN9Ldm

• JENNIFER’S PRESENTATION HANDOUT:https://drive.google.com/.../1XOtEh_7dvAlOF9Z2K.../view...

Ann Hysell presents the life of St. Francis of Assisi with passion and devotion, with sepcial attention to St. Francis' care for the poor.

Ann Hysell is a longtime parishioner at Holy Spirit Catholic Community. She was Director of Religious Education for elementary and young adults for 18 years. She graduated with a Masters Degree from the Loyal Institute for Ministry in 2005. She is married to Mike and they have seven children.
 

Ann's recommended resources:
St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton https://amzn.to/3iBBlR7

Fr. Joseph Lustig presents the extraordinary history of Fr. DeSmet, the "Apostle to the Rockies"!