2024 archive of Pastor's Notes
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Maria Franxman on 7/19/24
A few weeks back, I spent Monday evening through Thursday morning at Saint Meinrad School of Theology with about 90% of the priests serving in parishes & Archdiocesan offices for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Under Archbishop Thompson, the ArchIndy Priest Convocation has become an annual event (prior to, it ... Read More »
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Maria Franxman on 7/15/24
Take this, all of you, and eat of it, For this is my Body Take this, and drink from it, for this is the Chalice of my Blood
The National Eucharistic Congress is this week – July 17-22! I will be attending Thursday & Friday (18 & 19, so ... Read More »
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Maria Franxman on 7/15/24
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me” Matthew 16:24
This week, the National Eucharistic Procession passes through the New Albany Deanery. On Tuesday July 9th, Jesus Christ, Truly Present in the Eucharist, will cross the Big Four Bridge carried by ... Read More »
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Maria Franxman on 6/28/24
Take this, all of you, and eat of it, For this is my Body Take this, and drink from it, for this is the Chalice of my Blood
In advance of the National Eucharistic Congress this July, I’m continuing to look at some of the Scriptural precursors of the ... Read More »
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Maria Franxman on 6/21/24
Take this, all of you, and eat of it, For this is my Body Take this, and drink from it, for this is the Chalice of my Blood
In advance of the National Eucharistic Congress this July, I’m continuing to look at some of the Scriptural precursors of the ... Read More »
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Maria Franxman on 6/21/24
Take this, all of you, and eat of it, For this is my Body Take this, and drink from it, for this is the Chalice of my Blood
In advance of the National Eucharistic Congress this July, I’m continuing to look at some of the Scriptural precursors of the ... Read More »
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Maria Franxman on 6/21/24
Take this, all of you, and eat of it, For this is my Body Take this, and drink from it, for this is the Chalice of my Blood
In advance of the National Eucharistic Congress this July, I’m continuing to look at some of the Scriptural precursors of the ... Read More »
The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
Posted by Maria Franxman on 6/21/24
Take this, all of you, and eat of it, For this is my Body Take this, and drink from it, for this is the Chalice of my Blood
In advance of the National Eucharistic Congress this July, I’m continuing to look at some of the Scriptural precursors of the ... Read More »
The Most Holy Trinity
Posted by Maria Franxman on 6/21/24
Go baptize in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
In advance of the National Eucharistic Congress this July, I’m continuing to look at some of the Scriptural precursors of the Eucharist. There are so many which show God’s Plan from the beginning included the Eucharist.\
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: Your lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish. You may take it from either the sheep or the goats. You will keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then, with the whole community of Israel assembled, it will be slaughtered during the evening twilight. They will take some of its blood and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They will consume its meat that same night, eating it roasted with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or even boiled in water, but roasted, with its head and shanks and inner organs. You must not keep any of it beyond the morning; whatever is left over in the morning must be burned up. This is how you are to eat it: with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand, you will eat it in a hurry. It is the Lord’s Passover. For on this same night I will go through Egypt, striking down every firstborn in the land, human being and beast alike, and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt—I, the Lord! But for you the blood will mark the houses where you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thereby, when I strike the land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you. Exodus ... Read More »
Pentecost Sunday
Posted by Maria Franxman on 5/17/24
COME HOLY SPIRIT AND FILL THE HEARTS OF THY FAITHFUL!In advance of the National Eucharistic Congress this July, I’m continuing to look at some of the Scriptural precursors of the Eucharist. There are so many that show God’s Plan from the beginning included the Eucharist.
The LORD said to ... Read More »