Just what you need….We all need a day of hope and inspiration!!! Join us next Sunday, August 9, 2020 for The FEST@Home. It’s going to be an amazing day of faith and family, uplifting music and messages of hope and inspiration all from the comfort of your home.

"The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.”" Solomon answered: “O LORD, my God, you have made me, your servant, king to succeed my father David; but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act. I serve you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a people so vast that it cannot be numbered or counted. Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong...”

Silver Rose Prayer Service will be sponsored by the Knights of Columbus; for Life in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This will be held on Monday, July 20th at 7:00 PM in the Church. This event will be Live-Stream on our Facebook site, www.fb.com/stmarychurchchardon.

This Sunday is the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the shorter form of the Gospel of Matthew (13:1-9), Jesus shares a parable about a sower who went out to sow seed. Of course, we know that the seed is the word of God and Christ is the sower.

This weekend, our nation celebrates its Independence. While the 4th of July falls on a Saturday, the entire weekend offers us an opportunity to reflect on the gift of freedom. From a Catholic perspective, true freedom allows us to do that which is right. Liberty can often be misunderstood for license. We are not free to do whatever we want. Our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles that presumed that there is objective right and wrong.