St. John the Baptist 

St. Albert the Great - St. Mary Queen of Heaven

Are you seeking to hear the Sunday homily once again? Every Sunday I post my homilies on the link below. If you have questions or comment, feel free to email me.

Fr. Cody

http://www.ctkmsla.com/homilies

Nothing is more fundamental to our faith than the question, who is God? Thus we will explore this question from both a philosophical and theological perspective. If you are afraid that you are not smart enough to keep up with the material, give it a try anyways. I will lead you through each topic and I thoroughly enjoy questions. Our first topic is the overarching theme, what do we mean by “God”? Then we will move from the general topic of God throughout revelation to Jesus. From Jesus we will discuss the Holy Spirit and the Trinity. I have planned this series to be free-flowing to allow the freedom to discuss a topic as long as we need. So, please join us in Alberton on Sundays from 4-5 pm. Schedule on the back.
 

The summer is fast approaching and so is our chance to go outside and enjoy the beauty of Montana. Starting in April, I will be leading monthly hikes to locations near MIssoula. You are welcome to join us for these hikes. The dates are listed below:

Saturday, August 11th at 9 am. This time we are going north for a family friendly hike to kick off the start of school. Holland Lake and Falls are located north of Seeley lake and offer both recreation besides a lake, a short 3 mile hike to a waterfall, and opportunities to camp if you so wish. We will be at the trailhead by 10 am, or you can meet at Christ the King to carpool at 9 am. 

Monday, September 3rd at 10 am. We are headed west for a double-header. The first part of the hike, for those who want something simple and fun, is a 2.4 mile hike with 75 ft elevation gain to Lost Creek Falls. Then, for those wanting a little more adventure, we will head an additional 2.5 miiles to Lost Lake with a elevation gain of 1200 ft. The total trip if you take both hikes is 7.5 miles with 1200 feet elevation gain. We will meet at Christ the King in Missoula at 10 am with the hope of being at the trail head by 11:30.
 

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Fr. Cody’s Corner

What is prayer? I realized that I started off took quickly into the topic of prayer, necessity kind of dictated it. Therefore I am going to take a step back and start with the basic question: what is prayer? Prayer is the movement of the mind and heart to a God whom loves us.
Great … what does that mean. Let’s start from the beginning. Prayer is the movement of the mind and heart. Normally we talk of prayer as a conversation with God. A conversation with God opens us to speak with him and listen to him freely. It allows us to tell God what is happening in our lives but also to hear him guide and direct us. But prayer is more than a conversation. Prayer can be completely silent. In prayer we can sit and wonder at the mystery of God or clear our minds to prepare a place for God to speak. These forms of prayer are much more difficult and take time to enter into.
A common misnomer in prayer is that prayer can be anything. Although this statement has some merit, it has a lot of problems as well. I am not going to pray to a cabbage, a brick wall or a statue. Prayer is always directed to someone, namely God. Therefore the second part of prayer is to recognize to whom we are praying. Scripture greatly aids this part of prayer by supplying us with examples from those who encountered God, more about this coming soon. If we want to pray to God, we first have to strive to know him.
The last part of our definition ties everything together. We do not pray out of obligation or fear of a wrathful God; we pray to a God whom loves us. This part of the definition of prayer reminds of why we pray. Prayer is to encounter a God whom loves us.
Fr. Cody