“Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” (LK 12:15) “Vanity of vanities.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2)

“Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples.” Michael Pennock has devoted his life to our Catholic faith via his profession as a teacher. He has edited and written different books concerning our faith, and maintained an open heart to Christ Jesus via his classroom work with teenagers; their questions and struggles and desire to search for the Real Presence in their lives have challenged his own faith.

“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.” (LK 10:41). In her book, Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life, Joanna Weaver states:

“But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. . . .He took him to an inn, and cared for him”

Celebrating our independence in the midst of summer, we graciously welcome Fr. Joy Kalliyath,a Carmalite Missionary, who is temporarily in the United States seeking aid for seminarian studies and social projects within the parish he is serving in Madagascar.