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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 21)

Get Off the Sidelines

To create the Kingdom, we need to get our hands dirty. We must be the carpenter and the architect in the building.
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Posted on: September 12, 2020 Last updated on: August 11, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Prayer for Peace September 11, 2001 Remembrance

May God bring light to the darkness to address the sources of anger, hate, dehumanization, rage, and indignation that leads to violent actions.
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Posted on: September 11, 2020 Last updated on: September 11, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Power and Responsibility

It is not a weakness to share your pain, and there is no honor in toughing it out alone. It is the command of Jesus that we are lowly enough to admit our sorrow and ask for help.
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Posted on: September 5, 2020 Last updated on: August 29, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Be Silent No Longer

With Jeremiah, we want to put our hands over our ears, close our eyes, and hope it will go away. But God is relentless. He has called us.
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Posted on: August 29, 2020 Last updated on: September 14, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Listen! Can You Hear the Echo?

Close your eyes and hear the question and let it echo in your soul. “Who do you say that I am?” Look into His eyes when you answer, don’t lie, fabricate or equivocate. There is no room for that.
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Posted on: August 22, 2020 Last updated on: August 15, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

I Don’t Get It or Maybe I Do

In the fullness of His humanity, Jesus took the opportunity to see the exchange as a shower of grace. It was a chance to change.
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Posted on: August 15, 2020 Last updated on: July 30, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Original Music -Sacred Heart Choir

Introducing the Sacred Heart Choir: Marcella, Joanne, Jean, Margene, Tracy and Kathy, Angel, Linda, Mary and Bob, Dave and Lori, Bill and Kathy, Kathy R, Sharon, Elaine, Rory on Piano, Rich, Billy, and Lori.

Inspired by Gwen Coté’s Reflections based on Matthew 6:9-14.

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Posted on: August 12, 2020 Last updated on: August 12, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Feast of Saint Lawrence — A Man Who Understood the Gospel

He was presented with the crowd of those who suffer. Lawrence told the soldier that such as these are the wealth and the treasure of the Catholic Church.
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Posted on: August 10, 2020 Last updated on: August 9, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

Naming the Wind

…doubt is not a weakness. It certainly wasn’t for the saints who went before me. Instead, it is the striving of the soul for truth.
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Posted on: August 8, 2020 Last updated on: August 3, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté

The Feast of Saint John Vianney

Patron Saint of Priests
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Posted on: August 4, 2020 Last updated on: August 4, 2020 Written by: Gwenda Coté
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211 W Charlotte Ave
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950

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

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