When we began this study, I mentioned that, in order to make sense of the big picture of Sacred Scripture, we’d read fourteen books that present to us 12 different time periods in Biblical history. We’ve now completed three of these: the Early World (Genesis 1-11), the Patriarchs (Genesis 12-50), along withe Egypt and the […]
Unfolding Scripture – Week 6
While many of the staff & students in Evergreen Catholic Schools are on a well deserved fall break this week, I want to encourage you to keep on reading. We’re going to pick up the story of Moses & Israel this week following their unforgettable escape from slavery. What we’re going to see is that […]
“Respond to God’s Word with Love”
The following is the homily Deacon Pat Hessel has shared with staff from various schools in Spruce Grove & Stony Plain (part of Evergreen Catholic where I work), as we prepare to launch into the 2020-21 school year: I’m an epidemiologist. Among other things, epidemiologists investigate epidemics. An epidemic is an increase in the occurrence […]
Who is Jesus? (Deacon Pat Hessel’s Homily for August 22 & 23, 2020)
The following is the text of Deacon Pat Hessel’s homily, preached the weekend of August 22-23, 2020 at Holy Trinity Parish in Spruce Grove, AB Canada: Jesus begins today’s Gospel asking: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” He was asking them how people viewed him. Was he worried about his image? […]
Study the Bible with Mike!
The Guinness Book of World Records says that the Bible is the best selling and most distributed book of all time – in 1995, this included an estimated 5 BILLION copies translated into 349 different languages. Twenty-five years later, that number has surely increased (and that would be without counting people accessing the Bible via […]
Practicing Catholicism during Pandemic Measures
An announcement came out late yesterday afternoon from the Alberta Bishops regarding what the Church is doing during these strange and difficult times. In the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Archbishop Smith released a letter explaining what’s going to happen (and some of the rationale behind it) as the Church is doing her part to comply with […]