Former Pope Benedict XVI, while addressing at the convention in Rome on June, 2011 with the theme on “Transmission of faith”, told the Parents: “Children stand in need of God from an early age; they have the ability to perceive his greatness, and grasp the value of prayer and ritual, Read more
In an effort to passing on the faith, a family needs to consider some specific points: Life of piety within the family comes first. Children always look up to the parents as their models. Hence, praying grace at meals, teaching the children to recite the Rosary and thus develop devotion Read more
According to Merriam-Webster, America’s most trusted online dictionary, Freedom is defined as the quality of state of being free, such as: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action, liberation from slavery or from the power of another. Freedom does not mean that one can do whatever Read more
Teenage period is, in reality, a period of crisis. The crisis is experienced mainly in matters of faith. This may be due to the pressure from the peer group, that ridicules other’s religious convictions or from a teacher, who instills atheistic ideas, or from older people, who belittle the importance Read more
Our faith teaches that every child is a gift of God and a fruit of love, that the father and the mother share with each other. As His gift, God entrusts to the parents a son or a daughter, in order to help them attain eternal happiness, which alone can Read more
Dear Parishioners, Please take a moment to view this video message from our Dean, Father Ed Shuttleworth. I hope that you would consider attending the Deanery Convocation on October 30th. For more information and to register visit www.pointdeanery.org/revive. God bless you, Fr. Arul Joseph V.
One of the teachings of Jesus advises: “So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty’” (Luke 17:10). Why does Jesus advise his disciple to call himself/herself as “Unworthy servant”? This certainly affects one’s Read more
Do you know that each month has a traditional Catholic Devotion? Thus, August is devoted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. On August 15th, we celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady. Therefore, it is very fitting that we turn our prayerful focus on the Immaculate Heart of Read more
The last of the Ten Commandments is: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods What does it mean to covet? To covet someone’s goods/property is to desire to take those goods/property without just cause. Covetous desires are sinful, just like evil deeds, because an act is the execution of one’s Read more
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife I would like to resume explaining last two of the Ten Commandments, in order to give you a whole picture of what God wants of His people and how our way of life should be regulated. The continuity was broken, because of the Read more