Father Ben Bray

I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and are recovering from the festivities! This weekend we celebrate the Holy Family and I would like to mention something about St. Joseph. He is a part of every Nativity scene yet remains forgotten by many. However, St. Joseph teaches us something important about silence and action. He is the only major figure in the Gospels to never say a word. This silence isn’t a lack of something; it was a presence of something—attentiveness. Because St. Joseph was...

If I were to ask you what the most important promises are, how would you respond? While most may say wedding vows, there is another kind we all share regardless of vocation. I am speaking about the Baptismal promises we periodically renew at Mass. But have you ever stopped to think about what you are saying “I do” to? I remember listening to a podcast with a former marriage/family therapist named Dr. Bob Schuchts. He encouraged his listeners to pray their baptismal vows daily. His point was...

In his October 26 note, our parochial vicar reflects on how scripture calls us to “the one thing necessary” and invites us to sit at the feet of Jesus amid our busy lives.