It seems crazy that I’d be able to say it year after year, but this is the OLMC reality: we’ve come a long way, and we’re just getting started.

As we bring forth our beloved dogs and cats (and others!) to receive their blessing, it’s also a good opportunity to reflect on the Saint behind the simplicity of this day.

In the daily rhythm of ordinary life, peace is rarely forged by insisting on our own way; rather, it is found in the generous and humble love by which each makes room for the other. 

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The Church dedicates September in a particular way to Our Lady of Sorrows, honoring the profound suffering Mary endured in union with her son.

Work is ultimately about more than paychecks and promotions; it’s a daily opportunity to offer ourselves to God for the good of his beloved world.

The home is where we begin our day, get ready for our various tasks, where we are fed, take our rest, and start over again.

God constantly seeks to connect us with others who will lead us closer to true joy.

“….a happy life is not found in having nothing asked of us, but in finding something - and someone - worthy of giving ourselves to.”

Worry, in turn, is the exact opposite of imagination’s purpose. Far better for us to entrust ourselves to God’s providence and direct our thoughts not towards what might go wrong, but rather towards what might yet become possible. 

One key to accepting Jesus’ offer is presence - that is, mastering the art of living in the now - a lesson August can teach us well if we let it.

These “in-between” moments of summer are providential for deepening our heart-to-heart with God. We can take advantage of the opportunity to reset, recommit, renew, or simply ask him how he wants us to pray. Openness and perseverance are key.

This is a providential moment for OLMC to welcome Father John and Father Lucas, as our parish continues to grow in both numbers and mission.

Join us for this year’s Procession through the streets of Boonton for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Scan this QR code for the worship aid of hymns and prayers.

This season offers a fitting moment to pause and recognize the tireless dedication of our parish staff and countless volunteers whose behind-the-scenes efforts make every celebration, ministry, and moment of worship possible. 

Real patriotism is a virtue of well-ordered love.

In a scattered world, a father’s gift of self is a gathering force whose power cannot be overstated.

A vocation, then, is the unique and unrepeatable path by which each of us is drawn into communion with God - right here and now - and sent forth by him into the waiting world (also right here and now).

As we send our graduates forth on their chosen paths, we would do well to remember that we, too, are called to be forever young at heart: filled with zeal and energetic anticipation for the great and wild adventure God has planned for each and every tomorrow.

We dedicate June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in order to contemplate the depths of Christ’s love poured out for each of us.

This coming Monday, then, should be a solemn act of gratitude: a moment for each of us to resolve that no life surrendered in duty will be forgotten.

In the Ascension, the glory of the Resurrection is taken into heaven itself.

Today we pause to reflect on the gift of motherhood and give thanks for all the women who show us what true invincibility means: steadfast in the fight, unbroken in spirit, and relentless in devotion.

Love, in turn, is not an abstract responsibility but a concrete commission; we fulfill it most significantly by ministering to each other and the larger community.

Our Father/Daughter dance is more than just a charming tradition; it’s a formative encounter that reinforces the centrality of family and the beauty of rightly-ordered love.

Having gathered us to himself through the undimmable light of Christ, God is now sending us out to his beloved world powered by that same source.

Tomorrow, many of our 8th graders will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Often the least understood and most under-appreciated of the Sacraments,

[W]e need not long to be people in high places, for we belong to the person in the highest place of all, and he has loved us into life beyond death.

We were created by charity, for charity. When we separate ourselves from love - that is, when we distance ourselves from God - we cut ourselves off from the source of meaning, mercy, and joy.

It’s a great time to finally let go of doubt and fear, and to place our complete trust in God so that we, like our Blessed Mother, may say with full conviction and joy: “May it be done to me according to your word.”