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Sacred Heart Catholic Parish in Punta Gorda

Sacred Heart Catholic Parish in Punta Gorda

It's not the building…it's the people.

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Author: Gwenda Coté (page 12)

A Guy in a Ditch

Unfortunately, none of us are immune to life’s tragedies. When I recognize myself as one among, not one above, those who suffer, it changes my perspective and response.
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Posted on: July 9, 2022 Last updated on: July 9, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

We Are the 72

Perhaps the Holy Spirit will give us a phoenix rising from the ashes of the old way to breathe new understanding into our Church.
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Posted on: July 1, 2022 Last updated on: July 1, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Wounded Sacred Heart

Until we love our God more than our personal and political positions, we cannot solve the problems plaguing our society. It is that simple.
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Posted on: June 25, 2022 Last updated on: June 12, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Amen, I Believe

We must never allow Eucharist to become rote. It is the most intimate moment we have with God. Eucharist is God becoming incarnate in us. That is God becoming incarnate in us just as He did in Jesus.
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Posted on: June 18, 2022 Last updated on: June 6, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Trinity – That’s Easy

God is God. That is enough for me. Knowing God loves me in all the ways I need to be loved is enough for me. It always has been.
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Posted on: June 11, 2022 Last updated on: May 26, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Your Love and Your Grace

God’s love and grace are enough for me to take the next step on my path to union with Him. All the rest is so much rubbish.
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Posted on: June 4, 2022 Last updated on: May 16, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Three Breaths

They had a choice to grumble about Jesus ascending to the Father, or they could take what they learned and be who they were called to be. 
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Posted on: May 28, 2022 Last updated on: May 8, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

God Indwelling

Sometimes God has seemed so far beyond my reach, and he was always right here within me, saying, “You are looking the wrong way. Turn around. Look within. I am already here. Rely on me. I’ve got you.”
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Posted on: May 21, 2022 Last updated on: April 29, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Love as I Have Loved

Agape, loving with divine love, or put another way loving as Jesus did, is not an emotional response. It is a decision.
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Posted on: May 14, 2022 Last updated on: May 8, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté

The Call to Be

God knew what He was doing when He created us and gave us life. God knew what He was doing when He gifted us each differently. We need to learn to look at one another and see the gift and not the lack.
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Posted on: May 8, 2022 Last updated on: April 22, 2022 Written by: Gwenda Coté
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211 W Charlotte Ave
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950

Office & Chapel Hours
Monday—Friday: 9:00AM-4:00PM,
Mass Times: Saturday 4:00PM
& Sunday: 7:00, 9:00, 11:00AM

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We have been the Catholic presence at the heart of Punta Gorda, Florida since 1929.

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