Sunday December 4

We will be moving ahead to the first half of the next installment of the Catholicism series by Fr. Barron.  Lesson 5 is on Saints Peter and Paul.  This week we will likely go through the section on Peter, and then take up the section on Paul on Dec 18, as I believe classes are cancelled on Dec 11 in favor of the Parish Brunch after the Teen Mass celebration for Joyful Sunday.
SLG

Tim Tebow....ya'all must have heard of him!

I came across this post on Tebow's Eye Black , which is a blog dedicated to none other than Mr. Tebow.  He made quite a sensation when he took the Florida Gators to two national championships and is making big waves in the NFL now that the Denver Broncos have actually let him play football.

There are a lot of critical comments in the press about him.  Many commentators do not like him.  His wide open Christianity is derided and has made him the object of scorn and hatred.  Not a big surprise in our current secular culture.  I find that very sad, and so should all of you.  Please have a look at the link above and read the article.  It contains an interesting challenge to all of us, and especially to us Catholics.  As you read through this simply insert Catholic where the article says Christian.

I would love for some of you to comment on this!

SLG

Here is your answer.....better late than never!

St. Justin Martyr in about the year 150, only about 

55 years after the last of the New Testament books

was penned!  To my reading this is essentially and 

almost EXACTLY what we do in the Mass TODAY, 

each and every day.  Please follow this 

link to The Crossroads Initiative by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio.

From there you can also read the writings of St. Cyril of

Jerusalem on the Real Presence and St. Ambrose on Eucharistic

Consecration.

Remember what Cardinal John Henry Newman said, roughly paraphrased:

"To be deep in the history of the Church Fathers is to cease to be Protestant."

So, have the courage to stand up to the lies you are told about how Catholics "added to" the Faith and challenge those who say such things (charitably of course!) to go read the Church Fathers for themselves.

All of this should fit in nicely with Fr. Wise's class on Wed nights.  We are

 looking 

at the Church 

Fathers.  

It should be very interesting.  

I hope to see you there!

SLG