1st Sunday of Lent (Fr. Francis)

by | Mar 10, 2017 | Sunday Homilies

WHAT IS TEMPTATION? There is a wise counsel in Scriptures, which says, “My Son, if thou art ready to serve the Lord, prepare thyself for temptations” (Ecclesiasticus 2.1). The word temptation is from the Latin tentare, which means to feel or to try. To tempt,...

1st Sunday of Lent (Fr. Vinner)

by | Mar 4, 2017 | Sunday Homilies

My Sisters and Brothers in the Lord, On Wednesday we began the season of Lent which is our preparation for the Easter celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. It is a time in imitation of Jesus spending forty days in the desert. Jesus fasted in the desert, and overcame the...