Category: Messages from Fr. Kevin
Why go to Church? Reason #6
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Go to Mass for the sake of others, not just me. To pray for the living and the dead (a work of mercy). In continuing my column series of “Why do I have to go to Mass, when I can just pray on my own?...
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Why go to Church? Reason #5
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To unite myself to the saving sacrifice if Christ on the Cross, done most perfectly through the Mass. Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross is central to the saving work of Christ, that there is a POWER i...
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ATLAS of Central Iowa
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Learn more about ATLAS of Central Iowa, the organization that helps manage the Barnabas House at St. Mark. Click here for the ATLAS Brochure....
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Why go to Church? Reason #4
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In continuing my column series of “… why do I have to go to Church, when I can just pray on my own?” Why go to Mass? Here is Reason 4) To ponder how to live and love better (both individually an...
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Why go to Church? Reason #3
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Two weeks ago in my column, I talked about how one important aspect of being Church is gathering together as a Church in prayer, in the public communal liturgical prayer that is the Holy Sacrifice of ...
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Why go to Church? Reasons #1 & 2
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I talked in my column last week about how one important aspect of being Church is gathering together as Church in prayer, in the public communal liturgical prayer that is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mas...
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Happy Birthday, Church! 7 Reasons to go to Mass
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Happy Pentecost! Pentecost is sometimes referred to as the “Birthday of the Church” because it is the Holy Spirit given by Christ that makes us more than just a club or service organization, but b...
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Institute of Priestly Formation
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As some of you know, I have been gone this past week. I was gone attending the “Spiritual Director Training Program” through the “Institute of Priestly Formation” (or IPF for short). This prog...
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Why do we call it Easter?
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Why do we call this season, “Easter?” In Spanish, we simply call it “Pascua” from the Hebrew word referring to the Jewish “Passover” in Exodus, where the Jews were protected from death by ...
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