Browsing the June 2020 archive of Thoughts from Fr. Bob
13 OT
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 6/24/20
This is the time of year when students complete their schooling and celebrate with a graduation ceremony. Often a famous politician, sports figure, movie star, or other noted person is asked to give words of advice to the graduates as they move on to a new phase in their ... Read More »
OT 12
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 6/19/20
We are back to green colors for the vestments and the surrounding environment. It tells us we are in the ordinary liturgical season. Not in the sense of ordinary or routine, but the ordered events in the life of our Lord. Prior to this we were celebrating Lent, Holy ... Read More »
Corpus Christi
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 6/10/20
If we’re fortunate, we spend some time each day eating together with family and friends. It may be with just one other person; it might be with a large family. We may often eat with coworkers or even neighbors. But the Eucharist is the one occasion at which we ... Read More »
Trinity Sunday
Posted by Fr Bob Betz on 6/04/20
It was great to see so many of our parishioners gathering together on Pentecost Sunday after nine or ten weeks of not being able to celebrate public Masses. But to be honest, I was a little disappointed that we didn’t have more people in attendance. Only about a third ... Read More »