Dear Family and Friends, For the Seith Family, 2023 started much like any other year, full of the ups and downs to which we've grown accustomed. Starting 2023 on a high note in February, Joni unexpectedly had her book, Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity, which she’s been working on for the past … Continue reading Seith Family’s Year in Review 2023
Deacon Bob
God Keeps His Promise (Deacon Bob’s Homily from the 4th Sunday of Advent)
In today’s gospel (Luke 1:26-38), we see the fulfillment of the promise made to David that we read about in the first reading. I’d like to reflect a little bit on the promises of God. I think it’s safe to say that all of us to some extent govern our lives according to God’s promises. … Continue reading God Keeps His Promise (Deacon Bob’s Homily from the 4th Sunday of Advent)
Parable of the Talents (Matt. 25)
A Homily by Deacon Bob... This is one of those gospel passages that has really good news, and really bad news. I’m going to end with the really good news. First, I want to talk about the guy who buried his talent. Notice that this guy ends up in hell not because he broke one … Continue reading Parable of the Talents (Matt. 25)
The 2 Greatest Commandments
I'm late in posting. Sorry! It is worth the read! Deacon Bob's Homily 30th Sunday, Cycle A (October 29th). In the gospel today (Matt. 22: 34-40), we have a scholar of the law test Jesus. Jesus has been doing a lot of teaching, he gave the sermon on the mount where he said– you have … Continue reading The 2 Greatest Commandments
God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways
Deacon Bob's Homily for September 24th, 2023 This (parable of the generous landowner) is one of those parables that shows us that God’s ways are not our ways. It does seem that the landowner (God) is unfair. The first group started working at 6:00 in the morning. The last group started working at 5:00 in … Continue reading God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways
Pray for Peter
I really love it when we can see how something in the new covenant follows the old. In the old covenant, as we see in the first reading, there was a prime minister. There were ministers who governed the country and from them one was chosen to be the prime minister who was second only … Continue reading Pray for Peter
Good Seed / Bad Seed
I’d like to share a little of the commentary on these parables (Matthew 13:24-30) and then there’s 2 practical themes I want to talk about. In the first parable of the wheat and the weeds, the commentators say the weed that Jesus has in mind is the darnel. The Jews referred to it as bastard … Continue reading Good Seed / Bad Seed
Deacon Bob Answers Questions about Pentecost
Last weekend our small group met, and I asked them what they’d like to hear about this weekend on the feast of Pentecost. They immediately started coming up with questions about the Holy Spirit. So, I’m going to start by going through some of their questions and then talk about how we can make the … Continue reading Deacon Bob Answers Questions about Pentecost
Deacon Bob asks, “Do You Know the Good Shepherd?”
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and I want to start and end with a question that I would like all of us to ponder and that is – do you know Jesus as the Good Shepherd? I’ll start by looking at our gospel and give a little Jewish background on what Jesus is saying, then … Continue reading Deacon Bob asks, “Do You Know the Good Shepherd?”
Truths of the Faith are Good and Unchanging
God is at work. He has a plan of salvation. Nothing happens that God does not permit, and He allows it because He will bring greater good out of it.