God an infinity of truth

Whenever we speak about the Name of God, there is always more that cannot be said than can be said. Because God is, by definition, an endless, tremendous mystery. Human language simply cannot exhaust the infinite reality of the One True God.
So after we have said everything that we know, or even everything that has been revealed to us, in Scripture and Tradition, about God by God Himself, there is... still an infinity of truth that we cannot yet comprehend, and cannot adequately explain.
For God is incandescent splendor, absolute truth, and endless glory! Even those dogmas of our Faith that are preserved from any error through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, only begin to describe God. God is too great, God is too wonderful, God is too awesome, God is too good, to ever be completely disclosed by any definition.
Our notions about God are rather like a blind person’s ideas of color, or a deaf person’s perceptions of sound. God made us to know, love and serve Him, but our knowledge, our love, and our service are imperfect while we live on earth in this passing instant of time.
Therefore, to see our God face to face in heaven will be the ceaseless perfection of the Beatific Vision, a joy and a bliss beyond all telling. St. Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians, puts it this way: “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, not has it so much dawned on man, what God has prepared for those who love him."

Men's March 2013

 To watch and listen to the homily click here: MEN'S MARCH HOMILY 2013

 

150 Years of Catholic Education Peoria Notre Dame

We had Mass at Peoria Notre Dame celebrating the schools 25th Anniversary and celebrating 150 years of Catholic Education in the Diocese.

Call to Catholic Men of Faith

It’s time to mark your calendars for the

Call to Catholic Men of Faith. The tenth annual Men’s

March and Mass will be held Saturday, May 11, 2013. All men of the diocese—young and old,

married, single, religious, and our priests—are invited to gather at the Peoria riverfront and

march to the Cathedral of St. Mary for Holy Mass.

In this Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI called for Catholics all over the world to grow in their

knowledge of the Faith and joyfully witness to the love of Jesus Christ by their very lives. A

rapidly expanding secularism has made witnessing to Christ all the more challenging in recent

years, and the recent HHS Mandate has placed a particular heavy burden and challenge upon the

Catholic Church in the United States. Now, more than ever in recent history, we, as Catholics

are being called to take a stand for our Faith, as the secularists attempt to negate and silence the

Church. The Year of Faith is prompting Catholic men, in particular, to rise up in defense of

Faith, Freedom, Family and the Priesthood.

The tenth annual Call to Catholic Men of Faith will begin with a 9:45 a.m. gathering at Liberty

Park on Peoria’s riverfront. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available at the riverfront

before the Rally. Following a few opening remarks and an inspirational presentation by Fr.

Adam Stimpson, Chaplain of Peoria Notre Dame, a Rosary March will begin towards Cathedral of St. Mary, where I will celebrate Holy Mass. Fellowship and lunch, in the Spalding Pastoral Center, will be available following our Eucharistic celebration.

I would be honored if you and the men of your parish would support and attend this march and

Mass. With St. Joseph, the patron of this annual event, let us give thanks to God the Father

through our Lord Jesus Christ as we march and pray together celebrating our Catholic Faith.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

+Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky,
Bishop of Peoria

Blessing of New Servers

The blessing of new servers for the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria.