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October 5, 2025 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson The disasters vary, but the post-event interviews of the heroes who responded have a certain commonality. The reporter offers them praise but they almost always respond: “I was only...

September 28, 2025 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Were you to ask me, I would call it “The Dream Machine.” No, it is not a car; a sleep aide for insomniacs; or an “AI” genie. It is the lottery machine that stands in many a place...

September 21, 2025 – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson When the 47-year-old John Jacob Astor IV strode up the gangplank of the HMS Titanic, he was the richest man in America. In fact, he was the first American to reach...

September 14, 2025 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson You can easily picture the scene. A parade down Main Street of “Any Town, USA” to honor the local Medal of Honor winner. There she sits, dressed in her military uniform, riding...

September 7, 2025 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson Whether your job is to design a plane or design a plain dress, it is always easier when you have a model. It makes the concept not only more realistic but also quite tangible. Take...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson It was a relatively minor event that took place on the afternoon of Sunday June 1. Pope Leo XIV, who had just finished celebrating a Mass for 70,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Families, from children...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson I risk dating myself when I refer to a song from the 60’s called “It’s My Party.” But that teenage pouting came to my mind when I pondered the theme of today’s gospel, which is the inclusiveness of God’s plan. No one is left out....

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson When anyone in a crowded space suddenly shouts “Fire!” there is a mass exit that could be dangerous. But when Our Lord says that He came to start a fire, nobody moves because we want Him to explain. And so, He does by way of the...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson This weekend’s Scriptures led me to do some research about a modern health problem we live with in present day America. Call it “heart disease.” The results I found online were gruesome, to say the least. First, heart disease is...

Reflection by Rev. Leonard N. Peterson We can all easily that scene from books, plays, or movies called “The Reading of the Will.” A group of people are gathered in a lawyer’s office to hear him read out the terms of what a deceased supposedly “loved one” has decided...