Bayside Community Center and the All Hallows Christmas Sponsor-a-Family Program All of our families have been sponsored. Thanks to you, All Hallows! Bayside also urgently needs gift certificates or monetary donations for clients not in the “Sponsor-a-Family” program. Senior gift bags are also most welcome. These are not homeless seniors—they are seniors in need. They […]
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Better to have it and not need it…
Homily 32nd Sunday, Ordinary Time Cycle “A” – 2017 One of my father’s favorite sayings, when I way growing up, was: “BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT; THAN NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT!” This saying applied “across the board” to almost any and every life situation: “Should I take a jacket?” […]
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Homily 31st Sunday, Ordinary time Cycle “A” – 2017 A dad was returning from a round of golf. As he opened the front door, his excited little son ran to meet him. “Daddy, Daddy, did you win?” the toddler asked. “Well son,” replied the father, “in golf it doesn’t matter so much […]
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Homily 28th Sunday, Ordinary Time “A” All Hallows – 2017 A priest-friend of mine recently shared his distress over the attire chosen by a retirement-aged parishioner to wear to Mass. The first Sunday, the gentleman came to Communion wearing a sweatshirt that said, “I can only be nice to one person a day, […]
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Homily 24th Sunday, Ordinary Time Cycle “A” – 2017 Two brothers had adjoining farms. For years they helped each other; sharing equipment and goods whenever they were needed. One day, however, they quarreled, and stopped speaking to each other. The younger brother even bulldozed a creek bed along the property line, and opened the […]
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