ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO  81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com
Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 4373
ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433
Fr. Nathanael Foshage
March 8, 2026
Third Sunday of Lent

Sunday (Mar 8)         9:00 am                             + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Monday                                                                        Father Nat’s Day off
Tuesday                        5:00 pm                                + Carl, Ed, Sheri & Mickey Boyer by Laura
Wednesday                 7:30 am                                Wayne Drake & Cathy Russo by Laura Boyer
Wednesday                                                                Bible Study
Thursday                     5:00 pm                                + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Friday                           7:30 am                                 For Our Many Sick
Friday                           5:00 pm                                Stations of the Cross
Saturday                      9:00 am                                Confession
Sunday (Mar 15)       9:00 am                             For Our Sick

SILVERTON
Saturday (Mar 8)     4:00 pm                             For Parish

Saturday (Mar 15)   4:00 pm                              For Our Many Sick, esp. Larry Raab

Minister Schedule:          March 15th
Lector:                            Ernie Meruelo

Collection: St. Daniel      3/1/2026   $ 2996.00
St. Patrick   2/21/2026      $ 197.10         Black & Indian / Africa  $41.90

Prayer for Insight
Days pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles.
Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing.
Let there be moments when your presence, like lightning,
illuminates the darkness in which we walk.
Help us to see, wherever we gaze, that the bush burns, unconsumed.
And we, clay touched by God, will reach out for holiness
and exclaim in wonder, “How filled with awe is this place
and we did not know it.”

Prayer for Hope
O my God, relying on your infinite goodness and promises,
I hope to obtain pardon of my sins,
the help of your grace and life everlasting,
through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and redeemer.

Prayer of Generosity
Lord God, I want to love you, not that I might gain eternal heaven, nor escape eternal hell, but simply to love you
just because you are my God.
Teach me to be generous. Grant me to give to you
and not to count the cost; to fight for you
and not to mind the wounds;
to toil and not to look for rest;
to labor and to ask for no reward,
except the knowledge that I serve my Lord.

ST.  DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO  81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com
Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 4373
ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433

Fr. Nathanael Foshage
March 1, 2026

Second Sunday of Lent

OURAY 
Sunday (Mar 1)       9:00 am          H&W Georgia Pesicka & Victoria Trujillo by Ron
Monday                     Fr. Nat’s day off
Tuesday                     5:00 pm          + Fran Stovicek by Family
Wednesday               7:30 am          + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Wednesday                                        Bible Study
Thursday                  5:00 pm           + Harry Castle by Castle Family
Friday                        7:30 am            +Alvin Ficco by Louise Ficco
Friday                        5:00 pm           Stations of the Cross
Saturday                   9:00 am           Confession
Sunday (Mar 8)     9:00 am          +Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
SILVERTON
Saturday (Feb 28)   4:00 pm         For Parish
  
Saturday (Mar 7)     4:00 pm         For Parish

Minister Schedule:                                       March 8th
Lector:                                                                  Louise Ficco

COLLECTION:   St. Daniel  2/22/2026  $1698.00         Special Collection   $485.00
St. Patrick 2/14/2026    $108.00

This Friday is First Friday. There will be Adoration, Benediction and recitation of the Rosary after the 7:30 am Mass, all for the intention of more vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

Prayer to St. Raphael, Archangel

We beseech you to help us
In all our needs and trials of this life, as you,
Through the power of God,
Did restore sight and give guidance to young Tobit.
We humbly seek your aid and intercession,
That our souls may be healed,
Our bodies protected from all ills,
And that through divine grace we may be made fit
To dwell in the eternal glory of God in heaven. Amen.
-Traditional prayer for the intercession of St. Raphael.

Prayer Before a Crucifix

Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before you
I humbly kneel and with burning soul pray and beseech
you to fix deep in my hear lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity,
true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment;
while I contemplate with great love and tender pity
your five wounds, pondering over them within me
and calling to mind the words which David, your prophet,
said of you, my Jesus; “They have pierced my hands and my feet;
they have numbered all my bones.”

ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO 81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com
Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 437
ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433
Fr. Nathanael Foshage
February 22, 2026
First Sunday of Lent

OURAY

Sunday (Feb 22) 9:00 am                                                     + Dick Oblak by Bea Oblak
Monday Fr.                                                                                     Nat’s day off
Tuesday 5:00 pm                                                                          + Rebecca Trujillo by Ron Trujillo
Wednesday 7:30 am                                                                    + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann Plienis
Wednesday Bible Study
Thursday 5:00 pm                                                                        H&W Georgia Pesicka & Victoria Trujillo by Ron Trujillo
Friday 7:30 am                                                                               + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Friday 5:00 pm                                                                              Stations of the Cross
Saturday 9:00 am                                                                         Confessions
Sunday (Mar 1) 9:00 am                                                        H&W Georgia Pesicka & Victoria Trujillo by Ron Trujillo

SILVERTON
Saturday (Feb 21) 4:00 pm For Parish

Saturday (Feb 28) 4:00 pm For Parish

Minister Schedule:                                                                        March 1
Lector:                                                                                              Julie Furstenfeld

Collection:                            St. Daniel        2/15/2026              $ 1794.00
St. Patrick       2/07/2026               $ 195.00

Today’s special collection will be divided equally between the Black and Indian Mission and the Solidarity Fund for Churches in Africa.

Next Sunday is Food Bank Sunday. Non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations may be left on the altar.

Trust in the Slow Work of God
Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything
To reach the end without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown,
Something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
That it is made by passing through some stages of instability and that it may take a very long time.
And so I think it is with you.
Your ideas mature gradually. Let them grow.
Let them shape themselves without undue haste.
Don’t’ try to force them on,
As though you could be today what time
That is to say, grace and circumstances
Acting on your own good will –
Will make of you tomorrow.
Only God could say what this new spirit
Gradually forming within you will be.
Give Our Lord the benefit of believing
That his hand is leading you,
And accept the anxiety
Of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.
Pierre Tellhard de Chardin, SJ

                                 ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO  81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com

Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 4373
  ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433

       Fr. Nathanael Foshage
     February 15, 2026
      Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday (Feb 15)         9:00 am    + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Monday                                               Father Nat’s Day off
Tuesday                         5:00 pm      + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Wednesday                                        Bible Study
Wednesday                6:00 pm     Ash Wednesday +Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Thursday                       5:00 pm       + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann
Friday                             7:30 am        + Fred & Margaret Pearce by Bernie
Friday                             5:00 pm        Stations of the Cross
Saturday                        9:00 am        Confession
Sunday (Feb 22)        9:00 am       + Dick Oblak by Bea

SILVERTON
Saturday (Feb 14)     4:00 pm        For Parish
Wednesday               4:00 pm        Ash Wednesday  For Parish
Saturday (Feb 21)     4:00 pm        For Parish

Minister Schedule:    February 18          February 22               
Lector:                           Irene Mattivi       Ron Heinrichs

Collection: St. Daniel     2/8/2026   $2451.00
St. Patrick    1/31/2026    $303.30          Latin America   $53.70

Parish Council will meet this Thursday in the church hall at 6:30 pm.

A Message From The Diocese
The Special Collection this year on February 22 will be equally divided between the Black & Indian Missions & the Solidarity fund for Churches in Africa. Next year this combination of Collections will also include the Collection for the Church in Latin America. The reason for this is to make room for some needs of our own Diocese. In place of the combined Collections we will have special collections for the Diocese. More info to follow.

A Prayer for Refugees
God of wandering Ancestors,
Long have we known
That your heart is with the refugee.
That you were born into time
In a family of refugees
Fleeing violence in their homeland.
Who then gathered up their hungry child
And fled into alien country.
Their cry, your cry, resounds through the ages.
“Will you let me in?”
Give us hearts that break open
When our brothers and sisters turn to us
With that same cry.
Then surely all these things will follow:
Ears will no longer turn deaf to their voices,
Eyes will see a moment for grace instead of a threat,
Tongues will not be silenced but will instead advocate,
And hands will reach out –
Working for peace in their homeland,
Working for justice in the lands where they seek safe haven,
Lord, protect all refugees in their travels.
May they find a friend in me
And so make me worthy
Of the refuge I have found in you.
-Catholic Relief Services

ST.  DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO  81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com
Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 4373
ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433

Fr. Nathanael Foshage
February 8, 2026
              Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

OURAY 
Sunday (Feb 8)       9:00 am          + Carl, Ed, Sheri & Mickey Boyer by Laura
Monday                      Fr. Nat’s day off
Tuesday                      5:00 pm         +Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann Plienis
Wednesday               7:30 am          + Carl, Ed, Sheri & Mickey Boyer by Laura Boyer
Wednesday                                         Bible Study
Thursday                   5:00 pm          + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann Plienis
Friday                         7:30 am           + Wayne Drake & Kathy Russo by Laura Boyer
Saturday                   9:00 am           Confession
Sunday (Feb 15)     9:00 am         + Jerry Plienis by Phil & Ann Plienis
SILVERTON
Saturday (Feb 7)    4:00 pm        For Parish
  
Saturday (Feb 14)   4:00 pm        For Parish

Minister Schedule:                                       Feb  15                           
Lector:                                                        Karen Miller

COLLECTION:  St. Daniel   1/11/2026  $ 6420.00
St. Patrick  1/17/2026    $ 142.00

Please bring last year’s palms to Mass next week. They will be burned to make the ashes for Ash Wednesday.

Radiating Christ
Dear Jesus, help me to spread
Your fragrance everywhere I go.
Flood my soul with your spirit and life.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly
That my life may be only a radiance of yours.
Shine through me and be so in me that every soul
I come in contact with may feel
Your presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me
But only Jesus!
Stay with me and then I will begin to shine as you shine,
So to shine as to be a light to others.
The light, O Jesus, will be all from you;
None of it will be mine.
It will be you, shining on others through me.
Let me thus praise you in the way that you love best,
By shining on those around me.
Let me preach you without preaching,
Not by words but by my example,
By the catching force of the sympathetic
Influence of what I do,
The evident fullness of the love
My heart bears to you, Amen
-Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman

ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO 81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com
Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 4373

ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433

Fr. Nathanael Foshage
February 1, 2026
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

OURAY

Sunday (Feb 1)                   9:00 am                        + Larry Fredericksen by Fredericksen Family
Monday                                                                            Fr. Nat’s day off
Tuesday                                  5:00 pm                          + Gilbert Martinez by Rosalie Lynn
Wednesday                           7:30 am                           + Alex Pretti by Margo Early
Wednesday                                                                     Bible Study
Thursday                                5:00 pm                           For Parish
Friday                                      7:30 am                           + Alvin Ficco by Louise Ficco
Saturday                                 9:00 am                          Confessions
Sunday (Feb 8)                   9:00 am                        + Carl, Ed, Sheri & Mickey Boyer by Laura Boyer

SILVERTON

Saturday (Jan 31)               4:00 pm                        + Raymond deKay by deKay Family
Saturday (Feb 7)                4:00 pm                        + Raymond deKay by deKay Family

Minister Schedule:                                           February 8
Lector:                                                                Nancy Nixon

Collection:             St. Daniel     1/25/2026          $ 1722.00
St. Patrick      1/7/2026            $ 142.00

This Friday is First Friday. There will be Adoration, Benediction and recitation of the Rosary after the 7:30 am Mass, all for the intention of more vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

O Gracious Light
O gracious Light, pure brightness
of the everliving Father in heaven,
O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed!
Now as we come to the setting of the sun,
And our eyes behold the vesper light,
We sing thy praises, O God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Thou art worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices,
O Son of God, O Giver of life.
And to be glorified through all the worlds.
-Phos Hilaron

Vesper is an old-fashioned word. For a layperson like myself, I evokes images of bird-bones nuns at prayer in convents, or chanting monks in monasteries. But I like old-fashioned words. I try to preserve them in writing. I put them up like jam that may never be opened.

Vesper sounds like “whisper.” It is an apt rhyme for a prayer. Vespers, which comes from the Latin for “evening,” is a formal part of the Liturgy of the Hours. Prayed daily by many Catholics, both lay and consecrated, it continues the Jewish tradition of praying at dusk.

The setting sun transforms brightness of day into onset of night. The vesper light guides us from light to dark, from dusk that leads to dawn. Vesper light remembers day and anticipates night. If I seem preoccupied with the setting of the sun these days, it may be because I’ve just written a book about aging. More sunsets lie behind me that ahead.

 ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO  81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com
Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 4373
    ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 8143

Fr. Nathanael Foshage

January 25, 2026
    3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday (Jan 25)         9:00 am                                + Kathy Russo by Laura Boyer
Monday                                                                             Father Nat- Day off
Tuesday                          5:00 pm                                  + Thomas Hinds by Lil Fredericksen
Wednesday                    7:30 am                                  + For Parish
Wednesday                                                                     Bible Study
Thursday                        5:00 pm                                  + Gilbert Martinez by Rosalie Lynn
Friday                              7:30 am                                  + Thomas Hinds by Lil Fredericksen
Saturday                         9:00 am                                 Confession
Sunday (Feb 1)            9:00 am                              + Larry Fredericksen by Fredericksen Family

SILVERTON
Saturday (Jan 24)      4:00 pm                             + Raymond deKay by deKay Family

Saturday (Jan 31)        4:00 pm                            + Raymond deKay by deKay Family

Minister Schedule:                                               February 1 
Lector:                                                                     John Nixon

Collection: St. Daniel     1/18/2026   $ 1,529.00
St. Patrick    1/10/2026      $ 165.00

Next Sunday is Food Bank Sunday. Non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations may be left on the altar.

                                                                             Teach Us to Pray
“Lord, teach me to be generous,” begins a prayer titled “The Prayer for Generosity”, known by countless people educated in Jesuit schools across the world. The prayer is traditionally attributed to St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order, but was most likely composed later.
The prayer also asks God to teach us “to serve you as you deserve, to give and not count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds.” It’s what you might call an aspirational prayer, because it sets out some high spiritual standards. Even some Jesuits quail at praying to “toil and not to seek for rest.” “That’s a prayer for burnout!” said one of my spiritual directors.

But asking for a generous heart and spirit are key for the life of the Christian disciple. And we need to ask for this gift because it’s easy to become stingy, narrow-minded, and turned in upon ourselves, especially in a world where selfishness and egocentrism are often the norm. Our natural inclination might be to think of ourselves first, our families and friends second, and then perhaps – if there’s any room left in our hearts – for those in need: the poor, the sick, the struggling.

Thus, St. Ignatius knew that we had to ask for this important grace – generosity.  It’s also something that he counsels for those on retreat. We pray to give ourselves to the retreat, or the prayer, generously. To be as open to God as we can be. A good way to begin a retreat or really any day, then, is by praying, “Lord, teach me to be generous.”
-James Martin, S.J.

ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH

PO Box 565 614 5^th St., Ouray, CO  81427

Email: sdouray@gmail.com

Website: stdanielouray.org

(970) 325 4373

PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON

1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433

Fr. Nathanael Foshage

January 18, 2026

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

OURAY

Sunday (Jan 18)     9:00 am          + Larry Fredericksen by Family

Monday                                                Fr. Nat’s day off

Tuesday                     5:00 pm           + H&W Heckenkamp Family

Wednesday              7:30 am            + Fred & Margaret Pearce by Bernie Pearce

Wednesday                                         Bible Study

Thursday                  5:00 pm            + Jim Spear by Stoviceks

Friday                       7:30 am             + Special Intention by Biolchini Family

Saturday                   9:00 am           Confession

Sunday (Jan 25)    9:00 am          + Cathy Russo by Laura Boyer

 

SILVERTON

Saturday (Jan 17)   4:00 pm        For Parish

Saturday (Jan 24)   4:00 pm        For Parish

 

Minister Schedule:                                       Jan 25                      

Lector:                                                  Mary Ann Guilinger

COLLECTION: St. Daniel  1/11/2026    $ 2,110.50

St. Patrick  1/3/2026    $  209.50

Praying to be Pilgrims of Hope

 The Jubilee Year, with its theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” has just ended. In his papal bull announcing the Jubilee, Pope Francis invited the faithful to embrace hope, calling it “a virtue which must be sourced above all in the grace of God and in the fullness of His mercy.”

How can we, as this Jubilee Year ends, continue to embrace hope? For some, this might seem difficult. Financial woes, polarization in nations and in the Church and personal problems – with our health, in our family, at the workplace- can overwhelm us. Sometimes despair seems like the most rational response to the realities of life. But despair never comes from God. Hope always does.

We might think of the story of the Holy Family. We can imagine Joseph and Mary, even as recipients of astonishing graces, worrying. Mary, of course, was graced with the conception if Jesus. Joseph was graced with a dream. But as they journeyed to Bethlehem , and later to Egypt, there must have been moments when they said, “How can this work?”

What enables them to hope is the confidence that “the grace of God” is with them. Sometimes all it takes to move from despair to hope is noticing signs of God’s presence – and remembering times in the past when things looked bleak, but we survived. Mary and Joseph were pilgrims of hope. We can be too.     James Martin, S.J.

Be yourself! Everyone else is taken.

-Church Signs

ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH
PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO 81427
Email: sdouray@gmail.com
Website: stdanielouray.org
(970) 325 4373
ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON
1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433
Fr. Nathanael Foshage
January 11, 2026
The Baptism of the Lord

OURAY

Sunday (Jan 11)                        9:00 am                           + Thomas Hinds by Lil Fredericksen
Monday                                                                                      Fr. Nat’s day off
Tuesday                                        5:00 pm                              + Gilbert Martinez by Rosalie Lynn
Wednesday                                 7:30 am                               + Vera Degenhardt by Stoviceks
Wednesday                                                                               Bible Study
Thursday                                      5:00 pm                              H&W Biolchini Family
Friday                                            7:30 am                               + Vicki Jurist by Stoviceks
Saturday                                      9:00 am                               Confessions
Sunday (Jan 18)                      9:00 am                            + Larry Fredericksen by Family

SILVERTON

Saturday (Jan 10)                    4:00 pm                             For Parish
Saturday (Jan 17)                    4:00 pm                             For Parish

Minister Schedule:                                               January 18
Lector:                                                                     Bernie Pearce

Collection: St. Daniel                 1/4/2026            $1,979.00
St. Patrick                                 12/27/2025              $389.00

Parish Council meets this Thursday at 6:30 pm in the Parish Hall.

                                                                              Winter Thoughts
Now in the New Year, on January 25, we celebrate the Conversion of St. Paul. A devout, zealous man, he rides on the road to Damascus. On that road he is taken down and granted a vision. The Kingdom of God, the place where heaven meets earth, the center of his faith, changes. He sees a brilliant radiance: the face of Jesus Christ. Paul’s journey of conversion now begins. For some twelve more years Paul studies and prays, through a virtual winter of solitude, being prepared for the road ahead. Then he returns to the nascent Christian community in Jerusalem. And then into the world, carrying the Gospel of Christ, crucified, resurrected, and present amongst us.

Embracing the winter respite opens invisible doors to the future. We are on the long journey of conversion, with its ups and downs. The Holy Spirit is working for and within us, and it is time to bring this to mind. Deep thinking is in order. Follow every idea through. There are nets to be abandoned, and new steps to be taken. The coming springtime is inevitable. Let’s allow ourselves a time-out while the sap is still dormant, to take stock and recharge. The road to grace is open, and renewal is on the way!                                                                                                    -Bishop Berg

ST. DANIEL THE PROPHET CHURCH

PO Box 565 614 5th St, Ouray, CO  81427

Email: sdouray@gmail.com

Website: stdanielouray.org

(970) 325 4373

ST. PATRICK CHURCH- SILVERTON

1005 Reese, Silverton, CO. 81433

Fr. Nathanael Foshage

January 4, 2026

Epiphany

Sunday (Jan 4)         9:00 am      + Larry Fredericksen by Lil Fredericksen

Monday                                               Father Nat- Day off

Tuesday                      5:00 pm         + Thomas Hinds by Lil Fredericksen

Wednesday               7:30 am          + Deceased of the Biolchini Family by Biolchini Family

Wednesday                                        Bible Study

Thursday                     5:00 pm        + Larry Fredericksen by Lil Fredericksen

Friday                          7:30 am         + Deceased of the Nekenkamp Family by Biolchini Family

Saturday                     9:00 am        Confession

Sunday (Jan 11)        9:00 am       + Thomas Hinds by Lil Fredericksen

SILVERTON
Saturday (Jan 3)      4:00 pm        For Parish

Saturday (Jan 10)    4:00 pm        For Parish

Minister Schedule:                   January 11
Lector:                                  Ernie Meruelo

Collection: St. Daniel     Christmas               $ 4846.00        12/28/2025    $ 1707.00
St. Patrick    Christmas                  $ 603.41         12/27/2025    $ 389.00

Today is Food Bank Sunday. Non-perishable food items as well as monetary donations may be left on the altar.

From the Bishop’s Desk:
With the winter comes a respite for some hopeful, productive downtime, taking stock and recharging. There’s time to evaluate life and make changes. For that, we’re having a nice winter this year. A little snow and some cold. It’s not as it was, growing up in eastern Montana, when I delivered newspapers in some bitter minus 50 degree weather. Even then, I loved the winter, when nature went into hibernation; and a world of new possibilities took shape. A time of peace, silent and reflective.

The time for interior reflection is here. The Sunday liturgical readings reveal Jesus calling his disciples, preparing for the road ahead. The goal is to proclaim that the Kingdom of God is at hand. Jesus chooses the most unlikely people for the mission. Simon, Andrew, James, and John are hardworking fishermen with much to learn.

Something about Jesus proves irresistible to them. They are drawn in and offered a new path with no guarantees. They make their choice; they “abandoned their nets and followed him (Mk 1:14)”. Within days these fishermen will be amongst swarming crowds, beholding amazing wonders: demons driven out, the sick healed, the challenges of a new message of truth and compassion proclaimed in word and deed. God loves us all! There will be difficulties, miracles, and suffering ahead, transforming the journey of life, as it formerly was, into a new experience of joy.                –Bishop Berg

Saints Among Us:
St. Carlo Acutis died in 2006 when he was just 15 years old. Carlo loved video games. However, he understood their dangers and so limited himself to playing only 2 hours a week. Instead, he focused on building relationships, spending time with family and friends and developing meaningful hobbies. He even taught himself coding to create a website dedicated to Eucharistic miracles. The saintly teen modeled moderation in the use of technology and can encourage us to consider how to be more intentional about focusing on the people God has placed in our lives.             –Faith Catholic