May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord
through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.
Gal 6:14
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
The priests of the Diocese of Orlando …
Glenda Meekins
Be Opened – September 2021
“Ephphatha!”— that is, “Be opened!”
Mark 7:34
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Once a gentleman wrote to me complaining about his pastor. He said that the pastor spoke about Scripture in his homily and that Scripture is …
Choose God – August 2021
As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Who do you serve? Every day this question is posed to us as we arise and as we ready ourselves for …
Teach Your Children – August 2021
And be kind to one another, compassionate,
forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.
So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love,
as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us
as …
The Hand of the Lord Feeds Us – July 2021
…The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom
and speak of
God’s Law is Freedom – July 2021
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor.Luke 4:18
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
To whom did Christ send us to bring glad tidings to the poor? …
Do you not have faith? – June 2021
“Do you not yet have faith?”
Mark 4:40
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
I prepare this column for your reading as Father’s Day approaches. It is a perfect time to pray about our relationship with God the …
Eucharist: Body and Blood of Christ – June 2021
…O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament
have left us a memorial of your Passion,
grant us, we pray,
so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood
that we may always experience in ourselves
the fruits of
Letter to God’s People – May 2021
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain.John 15:16
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Throughout this Easter season we journey with each other …
Why Are You Standing There? – May 2021
. . . why are you standing there looking at the sky”
Acts 1: 11
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Why are you standing there and looking at the sky? Jesus is not to be found looking up to …