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In the beginning

In the beginning

The first reading today is taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Ephesians is a letter about the church – not necessarily just the congregation in the city of Ephesus but rather with the worldwide church. While in other letters Paul describes the church...
Grace and Freedom

Grace and Freedom

As mentioned in reflection on last Friday’s first reading, the epistle to the Galatians, the apostles make clear that justification does not come by works of the law: “For all who depend on works of the law are under a curse.” The Church has, from its earliest times,...
2024 Chili Cook-Off

2024 Chili Cook-Off

Download form for (a) attendance and (b) entry into various cooking contests. The “charge to FACTS” is only for SFA School families. Parish families, please return the completed form and payment to the parish (Attn: Jessica Ulsenheimer)  ...
Grace and Freedom

Not without us

In today’s first reading, the epistle to the Galatians, the apostles make clear that justification does come by works of the law: “For all who depend on works of the law are under a curse.” The Church has, from its earliest times, condemned “works of  salvation” as...
Lessons from Martha

Lessons from Martha

In this gospel story I think poor Martha is given a bit of a hard time. After all, Jesus says that Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be denied her. And what do we then conclude about the part that Martha has chosen? Another way to look at this is to put...