All Saints Parish Homilies and News

July 15, 2018 St. Francis summer flower garden at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brunswick Pastor Tom Murphy taught about the Prophet Amos * , who lived about 700BC, consistent with the message in the First Reading of the liturgy:  First Reading: Amaziah, priest of Bethel, said to Amos, “Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah!  There earn your bread by prophesying, but never again prophesy in Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”  Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor have I belonged to a company of prophets; I was a shepherd and a dresser of sycamores.  The LORD took me from following the flock, and said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.” Amos 7:12-15 New International Version (NIV) Other quotes from the Book of Amos: Amos 5:24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!  Amos 7:8 And the LORD asked me, "What do you see, Amos?" "A plumb line...

A beautiful day in Harspwell Maine where my husband and I enjoyed Mass at the Saint Katherine Drexel chapel, a summer sanctuary in the All Saints Parish.  Celebant at the July 1, 2018 Mass was Father Peter Uhde * .   Quote from the Second reading:  Corinthians 2:   " It is not that you ought to relieve other people's needs and leave yourselves in hardship; but there should be a fair balance; your surplus, at present, may fill their deficit, and at another time their surplus may fill your deficit. So there may be a fair balance, as scripture says: No one who had collected more had too much, no one who collected less had too little ." Biography of St. Katharine Drexel ~ She is the second American-born saint to be canonized by the Catholic Church. This amazing woman was an heiress to a large bequest who became a religious sister and a brilliant educator. Katherine was born in Philadelphia on November 26, 1858, the second child of a prominent and wealthy b...