Group Picture - This Saturday, May 2

Just a reminder that our group picture will be this Saturday, May 2.  Brush your hair.

Weekly Session - April 25: A 33:32 Man is One Who has Repented and Surrendered His Life to JESUS

Have we as a group of men truly surrendered our lives to Jesus??  Sometimes maybe, sometimes maybe not, the question is whether maybe not has a bigger time frame than maybe.

Two more weeks to go before breaking for the summer, make the best of it and make a vow to join the group the two weekends. 

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.  Proverbs 3:5-6

A Man and His Family A Man and His Family - Saturday, April 18, 2015

Brothers in Christ,

You won't want to miss the session this week.  This session is based on Ephesians 5:21-6:4, my favorite scripture verse regarding the family. 

Including this Saturday we will meet for three more weekends and then break for the summer.  We'll take a group picture on May 2nd, the last session of the spring semester.  May 2nd is also spring clean-up day for the church and everyone is asked to help spruce up the church campus.

See you Saturday!

"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live." St John Paul II

The Last Four Things - Saturday, April 11, 2015

The Last Four Things.

We are all going to die and at that time we will deal with The Last Four Things; Death, Judgement, Heaven, or Hell.  If your time on this earth ended now, what legacy would you leave?  How would you be judged?  Will your final destination be Heaven or Hell?

We'll give Fr. Larry and the online presentation a go once more.  I thing it will work this time.  See you Saturday morning!

SB

Whiy is this night different than any other?

"Why is night different than any other?"   Brothers in Christ, "Today, the Church enters liturgically into its greatest mystery, the Sacred Triduum, in which we celebrate the events that, together, have brought about our salvation.  At the close of tonight’s Mass of the Lord’s Supper, there will be no final prayer and closing blessing or dismissal. After the Sacred Body of the Lord is carried to the Altar of Repose, and venerated there, the ministers will depart in silence. Tomorrow, at the beginning of the Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday, the ministers enter and leave in silence and there is no “In the name of the Father…” at the beginning of the liturgy and no closing blessing at the end. After the profound reverence before the cross, the presider immediately intones the opening prayer. At the end, all is silence. On Saturday evening, at the Great Vigil, the service again begins abnormally, with the lighting of the Paschal fire. Only at the end of the Vigil Mass do we return to normal when the presider imparts a blessing and the people are dismissed by the deacon. The Triduum is one, long, continuous prayer just as the work of salvation, the Paschal Mystery, is one event, one mystery of his passion for us." Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter This Holy Saturday the Band of Bros. will not meet but have the opportunity to participate in Tenebrae at 5:00 a.m. in the Church.  Tenebrae is a profound blessing in that it continues on Holy Saturday morning what began on Holy Thursday.  It's early and it may be a sacrifice to attend that early but there is no better sacrifice that to rise and praise our Lord for his utmost sacrifice.  I can pretty much guarantee the blessing you experience is worth the time.  Afterwards we will go to breakfast at the Sunrise Sunset Restaurant at 6th and Garrison.  I look forward to seeing you Saturday morning and wish you a joyous Easter!  In Christ! Sam Berning