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Lenten Music 2021 - Week 4

The Emmaus Pastorate is glad to provide another week of meditative music for your Lenten Journey.  Selections this week include More Precious than Silver by Lynn DeShazo, The Cross of Jesus by Francis Patrick O'Brien, and Tree of Life by Marty Haugen.

Homily from March 14, 2021

Nic was only comfortable coming to Jesus at night.  Are we only comfortable getting to know Jesus in the dark?  As faulty humans, we tend to prefer the darkness over the light; that's John's verdict.  But Jesus said, "I am the light of the world."   What's your verdict?  Will you receive Christ into your life?  Will it be in the dark or in the light?

Lenten Music 2021 - Week 3

The Emmaus Pastorate is happy to offer a third week of Lenten music for your prayer and reflection.  Return to God by John Angotti, Sanctuary by John Thompson & Randy Scruggs, and Take Up Your Cross to the tune of O WALY WALY are included on this release.  As you rend, lend, and mend this week, may this music lead you deeper into God's love!

Homily from March 7, 2021

Anger can be a terrible thing if it's misplaced, and if we're honest with ourselves it often is.  Anger can be harmful to our relationships and ourselves.  But righteous anger, such as Jesus' anger and overturning tables in the temple, is different.  In his homily on the Third Sunday of Lent, Fr. John dives into the difference and asks us, "What does your anger say about you?"

Lenten Music 2021 - Week 2

The Emmaus Pastorate is happy to provide another few minutes of music to deepen your heart rending this week.  Week Two's Lenten music includes Deep Within by David Haas, Return to God by Marty Haugen, and Canticle of the Turning by Rory Cooney.  Permission to stream granted by ONE LICENSE #626030.  All rights reserved.

Homily from February 28, 2021

Do you have faith enough to believe the impossible?  Peter, James, and John believed Jesus was the Son of God, but even they wondered about rising to new life!  The key to raising our level of faith and trust in God - blind as it needs to be - is to listen to him every day in every moment.  How strong is your faith?  How much stronger could it be?

Lenten Music 2021 - Week 1

A few minutes of seasonal music to add to your prayer this week courteous of the Emmaus Pastorate

St. Mark Town Hall 2021

An audio recording of the Town Hall Meeting held at St. Mark Parish on February 21, 2021

Homily from February 21, 2021

What drives you, and where does it drive you?  Jesus was driven by his love for the Father, and it drove him into the desert for 40 days!  As we enter the season of Lent - an annual desert-like experience - we should be reminded of all the things that should drive us all year, often things that don't.  Where are your priorities these days?  Do they need some adjusting?

Homily from February 17, 2021

As we begin Lent in the year 2021, we're reminded - as we are every year - that TODAY is the day and NOW is the acceptable time.  How will you challenge yourself this Lent?  How will test the devil as he tests you?  How will you rend your heart, lend your hands, and mend lives?