November 2017 archive of FROM THE DESK OF FR. JEFF
December 2-3, 2017
Posted by Sharon Myers on 11/27/17
New liturgical season, new worship aids (“Celebrating the Eucharist”), new pastor! This is just some of the newness we might see this weekend of December here at Transfiguration parish. The Advent season has arrived, the beginning of the new Church year. With something new, with a new beginning there ... Read More »
November 25-26, 2017
Posted by Sharon Myers on 11/20/17
(A reflection based on Luke 10:38-42)
A THANKSGIVING PRAYER FOR ONESELF Lord God, thank you for making me who I am. This is difficult for me to say because so often I have wanted to be someone else. I didn’t like the way I was built, the bodily features ... Read More »
November 18-19, 2017
Posted by Sharon Myers on 11/15/17
In a few weeks we will be hearing Christmas carols in retail stores as we walk down the aisles of colorful packaged holiday merchandise and decorations. On our TVs we will notice the traditional Christmas movies being promoted and programmed once again. One of my favorite films for the ... Read More »
November 11-12, 2017
Posted by Sharon Myers on 11/07/17
What are we looking for in our lives? What really matters to us? What is that for which our hearts and souls hunger and thirst so deeply? From a mere academic or catechetical viewpoint we might say “God is my deepest longing. To be at one with God is ... Read More »