Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish

My dear family in Christ,  The third Sunday of Lent kicks off a three-Sunday campaign of beautiful Gospel readings that the Church offers particularly to those who are preparing for Baptism at Easter. Of course, they are also perfectly applicable to all of us preparing to renew our Baptismal vows on the same day. Each of these three Gospels focuses on a particular aspect of the gift of our Baptism, that we may not even know, or may just take for granted. The account of Jesus encountering the...

“If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” My dear family in Christ,  One of the most powerful scenes of all time (in my not-so-humble opinion) is ‘Mufasa’s Ghost’ from the 1994 Disney film ‘The Lion King’. If you haven’t seen it, or if it’s been too long, I give you permission to temporarily break whatever Lenten media fast you have made to remedy this as soon as possible. There is no need to send me a thank-you card after, just pay it forward and remember...

“ You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled underfoot.” Dear Family in Christ,  There is a metaphor that has become increasingly relevant. It goes by the name ‘Ant Wars’, and is attributed by some to American nature writer Henry David Thoreau. It goes a little something like this: Red ants and blue ants, when placed in a jar or a terrarium, coexist peacefully. They largely...