Amen Corner - December 13

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

This Advent, unlike any other in our lifetime, we find ourselves betwixt and between.

We are betwixt and between Iife as we knew it pre-COVID-19, and life as we hope to know it post vaccine. We are betwixt and between living with the cautions that advise us to ... Read More »

Amen Corner - December 6

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

Keeping Christ in Christmas Click above for this weeks' Amen Corner.

Amen Corner - November 29, 2020

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

The first Sunday of Advent ushers in a new liturgical year. Since the Second Vatican Council, the readings for Sunday have been expanded from hearing only one Gospel (Matthew) to hearing three Gospels over a three-year cycle. In Cycle A, we hear Matthew’s Gospel account, in Cycle B, ... Read More »

Amen Corner - November 22, 2020

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ the King. This date, November 22, is also the feast of St. Cecilia, a Roman martyr and the patron saint of musicians. Legend has it that Saint Cecilia heard and sang music from heaven as she was being forced to marry the pagan Valerian. She is often portrayed with a ... Read More »

Amen Corner - November 15, 2020

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

November is the month when we Church remembers and honors our dead. At some point in our lives, we will be involved in planning a funeral liturgy either for a loved one or perhaps for ourselves. The Funeral Rites offer ritual prayers that encourage the entire community to be present and to ... Read More »

Amen Corner - November 8, 2020

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

The Lamb of God Click above for this weeks' Amen Corner.

Amen Corner - November 1, 2020

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

Saints Show Us the Way to God Click above for this weeks' Amen Corner.

Amen Corner - October 11, 2002

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

The popular musical Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of a family who live in the town of Anatevka. In the story, Tevye, the Papa, talks to God as if God were sitting on a chair next to him, giving us a glimpse of his ongoing relationship ... Read More »

Amen Corner - October 4, 2020

Posted by Lia Armstead

Mom was a devout Catholic.  That meant going to church—a lot. She not only went to church every Sunday but on weekdays as well. When my brother was an altar server, she would drag me out of bed and into the car for the early bird Mass at ... Read More »

Jimmy Carter at 96

Posted by Kathy Kuczka

Today former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his 96th birthday! I first met the 39th President of the United States many years ago on the way to visit our sister parish in Haiti. Several of us from St. Thomas Aquinas were sitting on the airplane when the pilot ... Read More »