From the Desk of Fr. Mike
Protect - Don't Condemn
Posted by Anne Serwe on 1/10/22
It is 7:08 am on Tuesday morning December 28, and as I write this column, once again Dr. Ashi Jha is giving the same report on the COVID virus. The major change of the moment (so that there might be anything to report) is that the waiting period if ... Read More »
Happy & Blessed New Year to All
Posted by Anne Serwe on 1/03/22
Happy and blessed New Year to you and your families!
I am writing this before we celebrate the Christmas liturgies, but already I am seeing the choirs doing extra practice, the decorators spending their time in the church getting it ready for our celebrations. It takes so many different ... Read More »
Merry Christmas & Thank You
Posted by Anne Serwe on 12/23/21
At the end of this week we celebrate the One who comes to bring us all together in love. He is Emmanuel: God who is with us. The scriptures never put a singular when they speak of God; in other words; It isn’t God who is with Mike Anderson ... Read More »
Saintly Aspirations
Posted by Anne Serwe on 12/23/21
I do not remember when I first heard the story of Marthe-Louise Robin; a French woman who lived on theEucharist alone. She was born in 1902 and she died in 1981. From the 1930s onward, Marthe’s only sustenance was Christ in the Eucharist. No food or water would ever ... Read More »
Working Toward Christian Unity
Posted by Anne Serwe on 12/23/21
Five hundred years ago the Christian Church began an internal war (historically we call it the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation) that caused us to lose our way in completing the call of the Gospel. We get a glimpse of this call in the first reading from Baruch as he ... Read More »
Entering Advent
Posted by Anne Serwe on 12/23/21
Jesus said: “People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand ... Read More »
Working toward Christian Unity
Posted by Anne Serwe on 12/06/21
Five hundred years ago the Christian Church began an internal war (historically we call it the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation) that caused us to lose our way in completing the call of the Gospel. We get a glimpse of this call in the first reading from Baruch as he ... Read More »
Entering Advent
Posted by Anne Serwe on 11/29/21
Jesus said: “People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand ... Read More »
What We Believe
Posted by Anne Serwe on 11/22/21
Whether I am reciting the Nicene Creed at Mass or reciting the Apostle’s Creed while praying the rosary I find that while I spend a great amount of time thinking about the earliest parts of the creed: I believe in God…. And slide quickly through the last parts of ... Read More »
Be Kind
Posted by Anne Serwe on 11/09/21
I had lunch with a friend in a restaurant in St. Cloud this past week. Attached to a menu was a printed note asking customers to be patient and kind in these difficult times. The note explained that the restaurant was having difficulty in hiring people as well as ... Read More »