FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH A change in plans Dreamers can’t explain themselves. People ask: “How could you? Why did you?” And dreamers shrug and smile. They make the sacrifice, they take the risk, they think differently, they become someone unimaginable. Ask any artist or composer, star athlete or entrepreneur, […]
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Friday 2nd Week of Advent
Today’s Mass Readings Friday 2nd Week of Advent Matthew 11:16-19. Jesus is teaching us that He comes into our lives in a way we do not expect – in a manner we are not expecting. His coming is always a surprise. Isn’t it good that we cannot predict what the Lord will do? The whole […]
Read moreFOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Take the leap of truth In one guidebook, the place was oddly listed as the “Mount of Hurling.” While that sounds like a site for overeager partygoers, Mount Precipice, as it’s more widely known, is a hill overlooking Nazareth where Jesus almost met an early end. Citizens of his hometown […]
Read moreFeast of St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome November 9
FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA Living stones How often, when we speak of church, we have to clarify whether we mean the faith community or the building where that community gathers. As we celebrate the Lateran Basilica—the pope’s own cathedral, the mother of all churches—we remember that human beings need things that appeal […]
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Remembering The Sacrificial Love of Jesus!!!
January 19, 2018 Ash Wednesday, which begins the Season of Lent, will be observed this year on February 14. As the nation celebrates love on this day, Catholics can reflect more deeply on the sacrificial love of Jesus that led to his dying on the Cross on Good Friday for the forgiveness of sins. During […]
Read moreFeast of St. Andrew the Apostle November 30
Today’ Mass Readings Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle November 30 Matthew 4:18-22 Jesus can call us even while we are fishing. When Jesus called Andrew, He told Him to “Come after me.” He was fishing with his brother, Peter. But inside he was longing for intimacy with God. Jesus knew that longing in […]
Read moreThursday 21st Week of the Year
Today’s Mass Readings Thursday 21st Week of the Year Matthew 23:42-51. Anticipation or looking forward to an event is something we do all the time. We do it with small things such as preparing for our day and its events. And we anticipate bigger things such as preparing for a wedding or the World […]
Read moreFeast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12th
Today’s Mass Readings Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12th …a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child… (Rev 12:1-2) This is the image Our Lady left on St. Juan Diego’s tilma or cloak. She is clothed […]
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BSCC selected to participate in National Parish Life Study
Please help us participate by completing a 10-15 minute survey online. The survey will be emailed to you by [email protected] The survey will only be available from February 17 to March 10 and will ask you to reflect on your own spiritual growth and enable you to provide feedback on what efforts the parish is doing to help […]
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Join the Roman Catholic Faith RCIA
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA, is the process by which those seeking the Catholic faith are instructed in scripture, dogma, and tradition of our faith. It is through this process that individuals receive the initiation sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist.
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