Father Jerry’s video to celebrate Father’s Day is available below. As more parishioners feel safe and comfortable attending Mass in-person at All Hallows, we wanted to let you know that Father Jerry plans to send daily videos to you through Independence Day, July 4th. He has enjoyed the opportunity to share God’s Word with you […]
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Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
https://youtu.be/5ws4eyF-rF8 If we are anxious about tomorrow, we will be continually anxious, for tomorrow never arrives! Too often we find ourselves being torn in several directions at once. The demands of being a spouse, a parent, a son, a daughter, a brother, or sister pull us in several different directions. At the same time, the […]
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https://youtu.be/7rkPHcTUxH8 During World War II, the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon hid thousands of Jewish refugees from the Nazis. In 1943, 12-year-old Eric Schwam and his parents were among those taken in by the villagers. After the war, the Schwams returned to Austria, where Eric went on to study Pharmacy and marry. Eric never forgot what […]
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https://youtu.be/wB40oo1_2MQ If God already knows what we need, then why pray at all? We do not pray to instruct God, but to become intimate with Him to be reminded of our sins and our neediness. Christians have always been instructed to recite the Lord’s Prayer, at least three times a day. The instruction by […]
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https://youtu.be/sLu60-96_SY “Today, Jesus gives us a key instruction about three important acts of piety,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily above. Do not do things in order to be seen. Being seen, and acts which are done in order to be seen, are not the same thing. In Jesus’ time, some Jews practiced extreme fasting […]
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