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Fr. Bryan
- Feb 27, 2017
- 3 min
Why Do Catholics Observe Lent?
So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ All these things the pagans seek....
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Fr. Bryan
- Feb 18, 2017
- 3 min
Immigration: Some Cases to Consider
This is not intended to be a thorough discussion of National Security and immigration. It is only to raise awareness of how certain...
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Fr. Bryan
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min
Catholicism: Pivotal Players
As Catholics, we love to celebrate what God has done through his Church, especially in the lives of real people. We celebrate the lives...
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Fr. Bryan
- Nov 4, 2016
- 3 min
Racist Vandalism at St. Rose
As you have likely heard, a serious act of vandalism occurred on St. Rose Church property early Monday morning. Specifically, there was...
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Fr. Bryan
- Sep 19, 2016
- 4 min
Mother Teresa and Her Critics
A couple of weeks ago Catholics around the world celebrated the Canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. What was surprising to many...
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Fr. Bryan
- Jul 19, 2016
- 2 min
Sick of Politics? We Understand.
Many Americans are very unhappy about the ideological division in our country, which seems to be widening every day. Furthermore, many...
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Fr. Bryan
- Jun 23, 2016
- 5 min
Bad Naked
This one contains adult themes. Some of you might be uncomfortable reading it. Reader discretion is advised. Much of the content was...
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Fr. Bryan
- Jun 17, 2016
- 3 min
Why Do Catholics Worship on Sunday?
Some people object to the traditional Christian practice of gathering on Sunday as a community to worship God, believing that Saturday is...
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Fr. Bryan
- Jun 1, 2016
- 3 min
Early Christians Comment on the Eucharist
Last Sunday we celebrated the feast of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, as it is commonly called in Latin. In...
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Fr. Bryan
- May 11, 2016
- 5 min
Secularization and Loneliness
One of the trends of our rapidly secularizing society is a rapid increase of loneliness. Observers in Great Britain are catching on. ...
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Fr. Bryan
- Mar 29, 2016
- 3 min
Thoughts On Raising Your Kids Catholic
A lot of people my age aren’t raising their children in the Church. Some aren’t even having their children baptized. One common reason...
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Fr. Bryan
- Mar 11, 2016
- 3 min
Darkness
Last week we celebrated the second “Scrutiny Rite” at the 9am mass at St. Rose. These are special prayers that we pray for our...
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Fr. Bryan
- Feb 27, 2016
- 3 min
Lent and the Battle Against False Gods
Last week we heard a small portion of St. Paul’s letter the Philippians that really struck me, and I thought I’d recap and expand on a...
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Fr. Bryan
- Feb 4, 2016
- 3 min
Something Different for Lent
Lent is already almost here! Ash Wednesday is February 10th, which begins our annual forty day observance of prayer and penance in...
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Fr. Bryan
- Jan 18, 2016
- 6 min
Archdiocese Discloses Names of Child Sex Abusers
Last weekend at St. Rose I made an important announcement about sexual abuse and our Catholic Church. Sexual abuse is a scourge on our...
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Fr. Bryan
- Dec 17, 2015
- 3 min
Is The Catholic Mass Bible Based?
Growing up Catholic I went to Mass often. I was really familiar with the parts of the Mass. I knew everything I was supposed to say and...
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Fr. Bryan
- Dec 10, 2015
- 4 min
Sexual Abuse, Catholic Priests, and the Film, "Spotlight"
Last week I drove down to Cinetopia in Vancouver to see the critically acclaimed film Spotlight, which tells the story of the team of...
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Fr. Bryan
- Nov 30, 2015
- 4 min
Why You Should Go To Confession
Confessing sins to priests is an important part of being Catholic. Despite its importance, it remains a much underappreciated and often...
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Fr. Bryan
- Nov 3, 2015
- 3 min
Welcome to Formed.org!
As we announced last weekend at Mass, we recently purchased a subscription to Formed.org which contains many resources that you can use...
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