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Readings for Today "If you have ever been on a small boat, or even a large ship, in very rough waters, you know it is no fun. You can identify with the disciples, who are terrified, thinking that they are going to sink. How Jesus can sleep through all of this I have never quite understood. They go to him and he saves them. Its' a great parable, or allegory, of life itself; that sometimes life gets a little rough. It gets a little turbulent and we are not quite sure we are going to survive the turmoil or the trial. The lesson here is to turn ourselves over to the Lord; to trust in His care and His unconditional love for us. If the storms come up in your lives, wake up Christ." Monsignor Daniel Hoye

Tuesday, June 28, 2016  at 7:00 PM Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., D.D.  Bishop of Fall River “The New Evangelization for the 21st Century” We will take a look at the development of the concept of Evangelization from the Second Vatican Council to the present. Examine the meaning of Evangelization and discuss why it is everybody’s business. Take a look at what Evangelization has to do with each of us personally, with the mission of our parishes and the mission of the whole Church. Thursday,  July 21, 2016  at 7:00 PM Sr. Cynthia Bauer.OP, “Compassion, the Heart of the Year of Mercy” To understand Compassion in Our Lord’s public life is to get a glimpse of his hidden life. With this understanding comes a desire to reflect Christ in our own lives. There is no “app” for Compassion. You can  only find it in your own heart. Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM   MC Sullivan RN MTS JD, Director, Initiative for Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning A

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Sunday 10:30 Mass Homily - We begin with a quote from Charles Darwin.  We all know him as the famous author of “On the Origin of Species,” that landmark publication giving us an understanding of evolution.  Darwin said:  “Englishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grief; whereas in some parts of the Continent the men shed tears much more readily and freely.” I can relate to this quote since I’m strictly of English descent, and I’m not one to cry easily. However, according to author Bryant McGill, perhaps I should.  He said: “Crying is like a thundershower for the soul.  The air feels so wonderful after the rain.  Don’t think too much.  Breathe.  Don’t be harsh or demanding on yourself.  Just experience your feelings and know that your tears are announcing change in your life.  Change is coming; like a summer rain — to wash away your pain.  Have faith that things are getting better.” So, we all should shed more tears.

Homily for June 19, 2016 the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings for today's Homily To watch Mass in its entirety click The Mass

Why did the chicken cross the road?   Ans.   To get to the other side.    This is a very old joke dating back to at least 1847.    Why did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed cross the road?  Multiple choice answers: (1) To escape from a mob of their angry, hypercritical, and hypocritical followers; (2) In hopes that we would follow them; or (3) To get to the "other" defined as those considered to be outsiders – those belonging to a different group, gender, orientation, party, community, religion, race, culture, or creed. How would they have answered?  More importantly, how should we answer?  This last question has great relevance for us all as we consider recent and likely future world and U.S. events.  Let's cross the road with Jesus with #3 as our answer.

“It’s mystery.”   We often refer to that we just don’t understand as a mystery.   And we should.   I’m reminded of this by an America magazine May 2 article “Back to Wonder: The search for mystery in a scientific world” by John Savant.   After noting our failures to end war, injustice, poverty and violence and that our institutions, resolutions, and technological wonders have failed us and will continue to do so, he offers the following: “…when we tossed out myth with superstition; when we confined our sense of the infinite within the constraints of the microscope and the test tube; when we reduced longing to market allure, tragedy to pathology and love to sexuality; when we addressed the ageless evils of war and injustice as problems in strategy and use of force – we betrayed our sense of mystery, our sense of wonder over all we intuit but cannot know. If we, indeed, must change ourselves before we can change a world in crisis, we can begin by recapturing our lost sense of wonder

Today we hear Jesus tell his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.  But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.  When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.  If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well.  Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles.  Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.”  In this day and age the eye-for-an-eye and tooth-for-a-tooth approach seems to be standard practice.    Hit me; I hit you.    Insult me, and it will be returned.    Retribution and revenge are the norm.   This applies for individuals and governments.   And let’s face it.   Offering no resistance to one who is evil is more than foolish; it’s reckless.  It’s simply bad strategy unless of course like during Jesus’ time, oppressors, such as the Roman Empire, have total control, all

Homily for June 12, 2016 the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings for today's Homily To watch Mass in its entirety click The Mass

I am a member of the ethics committee at Falmouth Hospital. I have to say, it is the most enjoyable, thought-provoking, and beneficial meeting that I attend. At the meetings we strive to come to a morally ethical solution to medical issues that face patients in the hospital, especially when the patient is near death. The discussions can be as simple as how do we get the information out to people of the importance of having a health care proxy to very complex issues on life and death situations. Recently we had one of those cases where almost every discipline of the hospital was involved including the Chaplaincy Department. We spent several hours during the episode and as follow-up determining a proper course of action in a very difficult situation. I must say that it was amazing how all departments of the hospital worked together to resolve the issues. But that is a story for another blog. What I think is more pressing is the importance of a HealthCare Proxy . A typical situati

Club President Jeanne Dennis, Nathan Ryan, Daniel Burke, Msgr. Daniel Hoye, Kendall Hoover, Mary Kate Fitzgerald & Club Vice President Teri Sweatman Click to view photos from the evening

For me there is nothing more powerful then reading and meditating on the beatitudes. Today we read in the Gospel “The Beatitudes,” the beginning of the first of five discourses that Jesus presents in the Gospel of Matthew. The first discourse lasts for three full chapters. There is much food for thought in those three chapters normally called “The Sermon on the Mount” but it is significant that Jesus starts with the beatitudes. They are essential to the theme that Matthew presents throughout his Gospel. They are teachings that give us practical guidance as we seek to live a life faithful to the Gospel. When I prepare for a homily I have at least fifty Biblical Commentary sources at home that I can use as well as the multitude of references that you find on the internet. Because I can get overwhelmed with all the various interpretations, plus the time element, I usually only use four or five sources. One that is my favorite that I know that will always give me food for thought is f

Homily for June 5, 2016 Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings for today's Homily To watch Mass in its entirety click The Mass