Christ at the Center

August 24, 2025: Are You Saved? Considering Salvation in Christ

During His journey to Jerusalem, someone asked the Lord Jesus Christ about how many people will be saved. It may have been due to curiosity or concern. Maybe the latter because of the challenging teachings that Jesus offered. Jesus encourages us to persevere in the process of being saved. Trust in the steadfast love and generous mercy of God.

August 10, 2025: What Time is It?

What time is it? When we ask this question, we are considering what is important to do relative the time of the day. In the Gospel Reading, the Lord Jesus states this question about our lives as His disciples within His Church. “‘You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.’” (Luke 2:30).

August 3, 2025: How to Become Rich

The so-called "prosperity gospel" is not the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the Gospel Reading, the Lord teaches the meaning of being rich.

July 27, 2025: Learning to Pray: Desire and Devotion

A disciple of the Lord Jesus asks, “Lord, teach us to pray…” The desire for a consistent and fruitful prayer life is an expression of love for God. The Lord Jesus is willing to teach us how to pray and to live to pray.

July 20, 2025: Being Welcoming and Setting Boundaries

Being welcoming helps to establish relationships between human beings. Healthy relationships also have good boundaries. However, there is a different application in our relationship with Christ as His disciples within His Church.

July 6, 2025: "Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody"

There is a temptation for disciples of Christ within His Church to make excuses instead of engaging in the mission of the Church. Those who accept their appointment and assignment from the Lord will rejoice in the accomplishments of the Lord through their apostolic engagement.

The Acts of an Apostolic Christian

The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles provides lessons for the Church. One of the charateristics or marks of the Church is to be apostolic. To be apostolic is to be “sent forth” by Christ as members of His Church to the world. In one sense, it means the ministry of the Apostles and their successors, the Bishops. In another sense, all baptized Christians are called to engage in the mission of the Church according to their distinctive vocations.  The actions of an apostolic Church are to profess and practice the Faith. To be perfected by the Faith and to persevere in the Faith. 

June 22, 2025: Grateful for our Generous God

On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood, Holy Family Catholic Church (Randallstown, Maryland) is thanking God for 149 years. The offering of Holy Mass is the t important action of a parish. The Second Vatican Council reminds us that what Christ instituted and entrusted to His Church is the “source and summit” of the Christian life. We remember the gift of God and the generous offering of God for our salvation. We respond with gratitude by glorifying God with our lives.

June 15, 2025: To Be Known and Loved

After extending Father’s Day greetings, Father Harris spoke about the significance of this Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. God wants to be known and loved. God already knows and loves us. Render an invocation to God. Remember the intention of God for revealed His presence to us. Rejoice in our inheritance from God.

April 20. 2025 - Christ Restores Us to Integrity of Life

Part 1 of the series, "Integrity: Experience Freedom in Christ." Catholics renew our baptismal promises on Easter Sunday. We desire to live authentic lives in union with God. God is the source of our lives, sustains us throughout our lives, and is saving us from sin and death. Integrity means to integrate what we believe - in response to what God has revealed - into our behavior. What are the steps that we take to grow with integrity as disciples of Christ in His Church?