Browsing the July 2020 archive of MESSAGES FROM FR. PECCHIE

Fr. Pecchie's Message 07/19/20

Posted by Web Staff on 7/25/20

Most of us have heard about reincarnation, a common belief among Hindu and Buddhist religions that originated in the Orient.  Reincarnation teaches that at death, unenlightened human souls transmigrate from our body into another body, either of an animal, vegetable, or mineral. That process of transmigration is repeated over ... Read More »

Fr. Pecchie's Message 07/12/20

Posted by Web Staff on 7/18/20

Christ's words have power. Immense crowds press upon Him as He teaches. The crowd was so big, Jesus actually got into a fishing boat and used the lake as His speaking platform, so that He could address everyone gathered on the shore.  Crowds like this hung on His every ... Read More »

Fr. Pecchie's Message 07/05/20

Posted by Web Staff on 7/11/20

This is why faithful Christians are always courageous defenders of peace, in all its forms: since Christ has established His own peace in their hearts, they are able to become peacemakers for others. Take St. Genevieve, for example. She lived in France, in the 400s. Paganism was still strong ... Read More »

Fr. Pecchie's Message 06/28/20

Posted by Web Staff on 7/06/20

One of St. Paul's most famous phrases summarizes an essential Christian truth. In his Letter to the Romans, Chapter 8 verse 18 - just two chapters after the passage we just heard proclaimed - St. Paul writes: "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not ... Read More »