Disappointed, Fearful, Sad or Unsure? Let’s Bring Some Light to This Dark Time. – Sunday, December 1, 2024

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Let’s light up the night early this year. Together, we can shine a beacon of positivity and resilience. Let’s illuminate the darkness, one light at a time. Put up your Christmas lights, even if its just a few strands. It’s a simple act that can bring hope and unity. The recent national campaign has caused … Read more

Hold Fast to Hope…

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This Sunday, as Catholics on this Sunday’s Solemnity of Christ the King, we will sit and ponder the meaning of the Lord’s Kingship. This Solemnity reminds us that Christ’s power is absolute. What Christ demands cannot be balanced by other considerations and so it often requires us to reconsider our own life balance and importance … Read more

God Knows.

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Do you ever feel like you have nothing to offer? I can only imagine how the widow felt that day in the Temple, watching the others pass by on their way to the collection box, dressed in their luxurious clothes. As she watched them donate large sums of money to the Temple funds, making sure … Read more

Lord, Give Me Eyes to Truly See!

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Most of you have heard enough of my preaching that you won’t be surprised when I tell you that I don’t literalize this week’s gospel. For me, we lose something if we make it about only physical blindness and sight. We often hear this story and think of blindness and seeing in outward forms, but … Read more

Join us for our 2024 Silent Auction

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Benefitting our School & Outreach Programs – Just in time for your early holiday shopping! Our annual silent auction begins on Sunday, November 10th before and after all masses, and ends after all masses on Sunday, November 17th. We depend on donated items and/or services in order to make the Silent Auction event a success! I am reaching out … Read more

Are You a Disciple of Jesus Christ?  

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‘Well, of course I am’, many of us would respond. I’m baptized. I go to church. I give in the collection. I try not to sin.   That’s all good. (And thank you for your contribution!)   But the question remains: Am I a disciple of Jesus? A student, a learner, a follower? You see, at the end of the gospel passage … Read more

We can ALL be GERM BUSTERS!

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Please help us stop the spread of germs! We’re in need of a few classroom essentials! Donations of hand sanitizer, hand gel, Lysol spray, disinfectant wipes, tissues (a highly used item) and baby wipes would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for help us keep our classrooms clean and healthy!

2024 All Saints & All Souls at Saint Miriam

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All Saints and All Souls Day will be honored at all Masses on Sunday, November 3rd. All Souls’ Day Memorial Envelopes wrapped with Back Ribbons! There is an old tradition of placing the names of the faithful departed on the Altar during the month November, as we pray in a special way for all departed. … Read more

Tattoos on the Heart.

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Every time the Sunday Scriptures deal with the topic of marriage, I automatically recall one of my favorite passages from Greg Boyle’s book Tattoos on the Heart. Greg writes about a trip he took with his mother to the hospital to visit his dad. Greg’s mom has brought along a pillow in a flowery case for … Read more

Remembering Francis and One Another.

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As the nation deals with the recovery from Hurricane Helene, I cant help but remember when Joel Osteen led his Lakewood Church congregation into the stadium formerly known as the Compaq Center in Houston. After $95 million in renovations and much political wrangling, the church moved into its new 16,000-seat home on July 16, 2005. … Read more

Pumpkins and Scarecrows! It’s a Contest and Helps Local Kids!

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Scarecrow Contest at Saint Miriam – Proceeds Benefit School Scholarships This Halloween team up with your friends, neighbors and families and join in our Scarecrow contest at Saint Miriam! Awards will include certificates and prizes – and all the proceeds will benefit kids at our Saint Miriam School. Everyone who sends us a scarecrow will … Read more

All I Want is Peace.

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I was asked the other day how I was doing. I told my therapist, “All is want is peace.” Then, I began to cry.  It isn’t easy being a pastor today. It certainly isn’t made an easier by the concerns over the lasting impact of COVID and returning to whatever normal used to be after … Read more

A Cup of Water is Mercy.

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Dear Friends, I have been trying really hard not to get caught up in Facebook arguments. But the other day I couldn’t help myself. (Surprise?!) Someone had posted a favorable review of Taylor Swift, calling her Christian-like for her many acts of generosity, including the money she donates to food banks at every town where … Read more

Pure Love.

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I’m sitting here in my apartment in Assisi reading the Scriptures for this coming Sunday. As I read James explaining that all our jealousies and selfish ambitions and conflicts and wars come from our out-of-order passions. We all know that’s true. And election season makes it abundantly clear. Crazed unruly passions seem to dominate. It’s … Read more

Annual Pumpkin Patch will be Open October 10, 2024!

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Saint Miriam’s Annual Pumpkin Patch will be open from October 10th to October 31st! Pumpkins will be available for sale and proceeds will benefit scholarships for the Saint Miriam School! You are also welcome to take family photos with the whole family including members with paws in our dog-friendly Pumpkin Patch! The Pumpkin Patch will … Read more

One Home One Future: We Only Have One Planet

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Join Saint Miriam This Fall As We Celebrate Joining One Home One Future: We Only Have One Planet One Home One Future, a multi-faith campaign for visible and collective climate action that educates, activates, and supports clergy, congregants, youth and all spiritual people in meaningful and just solutions locally, regionally, and nationally in ways that … Read more

Being Small.

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It has been said that Jesus came proclaiming an upside-down kingdom. It’s a catchy way of saying that so much of what Jesus said and taught turns our way of thinking on its’ head. He said things like, if you want to live, you must die; and if you want to save your life, you must … Read more