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The Voices Blog

New Website, New Blog, Same Amazing Parish Community

Hello! Welcome to the brand new Blessed Sacrament Parish Community website. We hope that this new website will be a source of information, formation, and… more

A Church on the Move

Beginning in September 2018, our parish, Blessed Sacrament in Midland, Michigan endeavored to create new pathways for discipleship and thus become “a church on the… more

1st Week of Advent: CONNECT

1st Week of Advent: CONNECT What do you think of when you think of connecting something? I immediately think about connecting my phone to it's… more

A Thrill of Hope

Each year I wait for inspiration for this Christmas reflection.  This year the word that came to me was 'hope'.  Perhaps because it's been an… more

2nd Week of Advent: PRAY

2nd Week of Advent: PRAY This week we heard about John the Baptist. He seems like a pretty interesting guy. People who live in the… more

An Advent Reflection

As I knelt in Adoration on Sunday, December 9th, I suddenly caught myself planning my route back to the social hall, thinking of the things… more

3rd Week of Advent: WAIT

3rd Week of Advent: WAIT Our first reading on Sunday was from the prophet Zephaniah and in the passage we heard, he is telling the… more

The Service of Love

I knew the name of the event that I was headed to:  The Open Door Community Christmas Dinner. Outside of that I was not sure… more

The Miracle of Christmas

They said that cousin Barbie had been waiting for Christmas to die. My mother’s cousin was only in her fifties, but everyone knew that she… more

Baptism of the Lord

Baptism of the Lord Luke 4:14-21 And, just like that, Jesus became famous. He decides to say His “yes” to God, is baptized by His… more

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time John 2:1-11 I love the story of Jesus’s first miracle at the Wedding at Cana because His humanity comes through… more

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time—Year C

4th Sunday of Ordinary Time—Year C Luke 4:20-30 We never really know another person, do we? We think we do, but we can’t ever know… more

5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 5:1-11 What’s one thing that we beat into our kids’ heads over and over and over? To… more

6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

Luke 6:17, 20-26 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C The word beatitude means “utmost bliss.” Think about what your idea of bliss is…if we’re… more

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

Luke 6:27-38 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Why Do You Give? “If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other… more

8th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

Luke 6:39-45, 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C A Plank’s Worth of Control To write the preschool Faith Formation curriculum each week, a lesson… more

A Lenten Thought

This quote was taken from the New Camaldoli Hermitage Facebook Page in Big Sur, CA- From our late and beloved Fr. Robert, some words for… more

1st Sunday of Lent, Year C

1st Sunday of Lent, Year C Luke 4:1-13 All That Glitters is Not Eternal I have a quote on my office wall an evangelical friend… more

2nd Sunday of Lent, Year C

2nd Sunday of Lent, Year C Luke 9:28-36 Huts on a Mountain…is That What We Really Want? The Transfiguration solidifies Peter, James, and John’s growing… more

3rd Sunday of Lent—Year C

3rd Sunday of Lent—Year C Luke 13:1-9 God is Willing to Get in the Dirt for Us My first reaction to the parable of the… more