by Timothy Redinger | Jan 1, 2021 | Spiritual Advisor
Dear Brother Knights, Happy New Year! We put the old behind us and look to the new. It is a fresh start offering new opportunities and new expectations. On New Year’s Day, the Church honors Mary, the mother of God, she carried Jesus to the world, with her...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 31, 2020 | Blessed Mary
As a convert, there are still a great number of things that I have been unable to create habit forming devotions to, despite my acceptance of the Catholic faith. I wish I was better at getting to, and properly receiving the graces associated with the Sacrament of...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
A special thank you goes out to all members of Commandery 381 (West Seneca, New York) for making this year’s Christmas “Wish Tree” a success, most notably Captain Thomas Fischer. This will be the 29th year for our annual Parish “Wish Tree” at St. John XXIII, Parish,...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 24, 2020 | Holiday Greetings
We have all seen them, either on the big screen, little screen, or even in real life. That man standing on the street corner, holding the sign that says the end is near. They are often dismissed by the general public as crazy, a religious zealot taking his reading of...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 13, 2020 | Advent
Oh Gaudete Sunday, how I long for you to come every year. There are a great number of reasons to be excited when it comes to Gaudete Sunday. Living in the Northeast, it means I am one week closer to the end of Winter, God (and almost everyone else I know) knows that I...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 12, 2020 | The Roman Catholic Man
It’s a common question that we ask ourselves, especially with all that is currently happening in His Church. From within the institutional Church there are certainly many terrible, dastardly things from which to choose. This is a common dilemma of Christians as they...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 11, 2020 | Blessed Mary
Tomorrow we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this year marking the 125th Anniversary of the Coronation under this title. If you are unfamiliar with the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531 the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego four times, requesting...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 9, 2020 | Year of St. Joseph
On the same day that the universal church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, a day in which we look to the loving tenderness of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis declared the next year to be The Year of St. Joseph. The proclamation comes on the...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 8, 2020 | Advent, Blessed Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace. At the very end of his earthly ministry, Jesus gives one final proclamation. In the Gospel of John, chapter 19, verses 25-29, Jesus makes a compassionate plea to a disciple that he loved behold his mother. Widows had nothing, no property, no...
by Timothy Redinger | Dec 6, 2020 | Advent
Closer and closer we come to the celebration of the birth of Jesus. All too often we rush through the season of preparation to get to the celebration. How many times have you seen a child on Christmas morning, or their birthday for that matter, rip open their presents...
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