Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 9:55AM Pentecost completes the 50 days of the Easter Season. We celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples confirming their faith in the resurrection and empowering them to bear witness to it to the ends of the earth.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 11:35AM The Seventh Sunday of Easter falls between the Feast of the Ascension (Thursday before Easter 7) and the Feast of Pentecost. Ascension marks the end of the Resurrection Appearances. The Risen Christ moves from outside ourselves to deep inside each one of us. The Risen Christ is no longer limited by the constraints of space and time but is now present to all disciples in all times and in all places. We await the descent of the Holy Spirit that will empower us to tell the whole world that Christ is Risen.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 10:51AM The long season of Easter has traditionally been called the time of Mystagogy. That's a big word that means penetrating into the depths of the Christian faith, what St. Paul calls, "The Mystery hidden for ages,but now revealed." We engage in activities to deepen both our faith, and the acts of love that flow from it.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 12:42PM Last Sunday we heard Jesus say, "I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in and there will be one flock, one shepherd." That reaching out to draw others begins this week with the earliest Christians reaching beyond their own people to proclaim the Gospel to more and more. COA takes a look at its participation in this process through their activities of Outreach.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 9:16AM The Fourth Sunday of Easter is called "Good Shepherd Sunday," because the Gospel is from St. John's 10th Chapter about Jesus who says, "I am the Good Shepherd." On this Sunday we celebrate the program by which we seek to accomplish one of the major goals of our parish: We will successfully pass on the faith to our children so that they will remain and participate in the Christian community for the whole of their life. We will support them in their journey to adulthood so that one day we all may stand together as adults and friends, a joy and comfort to one another all the days of our lives.