I recently heard a great analogy that highlights the importance of confession. Often when you visit a website, a little box appears on the screen asking if you’ll accept the “cookies” associated with your activity on the site. Because you’re in a hurry, you often just click “Accept,” and move on. The buildup of all these cookies hampers our internet browsing over the course of time. It is recommended...

This week, we served 403 families. Thank you to St. Martin of Tours parishioners, St. Francis, St. Bartholomew, Damascus Helps, St. Patrick, Our Lady of Mercy, St. Rose of Lima, Washington Grove all the drivers and volunteers. Thank you to all who make this possible! Your continued generosity is a blessing to many...

“Increase our faith”. Have you prayed these words? The apostles prayed to Jesus in these words, as recorded in today’s Gospel. Did you think of their conversation with Jesus as a prayer? I want you to pray so that you “surpass the merits and desires” of your heart because God will “give what prayer does not dare to ask” (as the Collect Prayer to begin this Sunday’s Mass). Jesus meant this when he said...