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Envy: The Joy-Stealing Sin | Fr. Will Rooney | 4th Sunday of Lent

Episode Overview On the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Fr. Will reflects on the healing of the man born blind and the deadly sin of envy. Beginning with the reality that inequalities exist in the world, this homily explores how comparison can become fertile soil for resentment, sorrow, and insecurity. Envy twists the desire for joy and communion, making another person’s good feel like our loss. But the Gospel offers a different vision. In Christ, weakness

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Living Water for the Wounded Heart: Lust and the Woman at the Well | Fr. Will Rooney | 3rd Sunday of Lent

Episode Overview Why is the Samaritan woman at the well in the middle of the day? Fr. Will reflects on the deep wounds and spiritual thirst revealed in the Gospel of the Woman at the Well. Through the lens of the Lenten series on the deadly sins, this homily explores the destructive power of lust—not simply as a moral failure, but as a distortion of our deepest desire for love, intimacy, and communion. Yet the

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Rise and Do Not Be Afraid: The Transfiguration, Zeal, and Sloth | Fr. Will Rooney | 2nd Sunday of Lent

Episode Overview On the Second Sunday of Lent, Fr. Will reflects on the Transfiguration: why Jesus reveals His glory to Peter, James, and John—and how that vision strengthens the disciples against the coming scandal of the Cross. Connecting the Gospel to the Lenten series on the deadly sins, this homily explores sloth (acedia) as “sorrow at spiritual joy,” and calls us to renewed zeal: living our mission, investing in prayer, and loving those closest to

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Communio Relationship Health Survey

Helping St. Mary’s Build a Thriving Relationship Ministry Our parish has partnered with Communio, a nonprofit ministry that equips parishes with outreach tools and ministry strategies to evangelize and disciple people through the renewal of healthy marriages, relationships, and the family. They’re helping us set ambitious ministry outcomes and the activities to achieve those outcomes: We’re going to use digital and mail outreach to invite members of our community to the parish. We’re going to

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Listen to Fr. Will’s Homily from last week about the amazing things happening at St. Mary’s and learn how you can help.