Farnan Spirituality Center - Kansas City, MO

You're invited to join us for Holy Week in the Heart of the City. Experience the Cathedral of the Streets—a vibrant collaboration of three historic urban Kansas City Catholic parishes living the Gospel in a new way.

Holy Thursday (April 2nd - 7 p.m. - Fr. Don Farnan) at St. Therese Little Flower Parish, Good Friday (April 3rd - 7 p.m. - Fr. Gary Richmeier) at St. James Parish, and Easter Vigil (April 4th - 8 p.m. - Fr. Don Farnan) at St. Francis Xavier Parish.

Easter Sunday Mass (April 5th) at St. Therese Little Flower (9 a.m. - Fr. Don Farnan), St. James (10 a.m. - Fr. Garry Richmeier), and St. Francis Xavier (10:30 a.m. - Fr. Don Farnan - *Prelude to music begins at 10 a.m.).

Less Than Perfect

The late Rabbi Harold Kushner once said: “I don’t believe in a God who looks for reasons to punish people for being less than perfect. It is bad religion to teach that—just as it’s a mistake for parents to be excessively disappointed every time their child makes a mistake. I believe, instead, in a God who knows how complicated human life is, how difficult it can be; I believe in a God who expects not a perfect life but an honest effort at a good life. Even the best people can’t get everything right all the time. Maybe human life is as difficult as it is because God loves goodness more than perfection and He appreciates our struggle to achieve good as preferable to our being programmed to be perfect. If God could not love flawed, imperfect people, He would be very lonely because imperfect people are the only ones around. And if we can’t accept and love people with all their imperfections, we condemn ourselves to loneliness as well.”

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Father Don and his sister, Barbie, drop a podcast about podcasts, particularly this podcast, Upon This Rock, as we pause operations to assess its impact and how the church can reach people in our twenty-first-century virtual society. They reminisce about messages from the hundred-plus conversations and how we can encourage people to talk with one another about matters of faith and faith that matters to us, our families and friends, our community, and our world.

Direct Link. Listen on Apple and Spotify. Download the MP3 file.

Listen to all the Upon This Rock episodes. #uponthisrockpodcast

Saint Thomas More (STM) Parish has a sister community relationship with San Andrés Itzapa, a rural parish in south-central Guatemala. STM Parishioners Phil Smith and Marla Byrne have visited frequently in recent decades, often leading groups on work retreats and pilgrimages of faith that support foreign friends. The STM group has escorted thousands of Kansas Citians, including over a thousand teenagers, to Central America to encounter brothers and sisters who struggle in ways that open their eyes and hearts.

Direct Link. Listen on Apple and Spotify. Download the MP3 file.

Listen to all the Upon This Rock episodes. #uponthisrockpodcast