September 21, 2023, 7-8 pm
Enjoy a glass of locally-produced Wine and learn more about the Word of God and Wine in the Bible. Open to all denominations – Free Will Offering.
Non-alcoholic beverages and light snacks will also be available – Call us and let us know you are coming 763-682-1394.
The City of Buffalo will begin working on the road that goes around the lake in downtown Buffalo on July 10, 2023.
This may affect the route that you take to the retreat center, which may be different than what is posted on your GPS systems. Please contact the retreat center at 763-682-1394 if you have any questions.
FROM THE NORTH AND WEST– AT HIGHWAY 55 BY THE TARGET STORE, TURN WEST ONTO SETTLER’S PKWY. AT THE ROUND-A-BOUT, GO SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 25 TO PIKE’S GAS STATION, 17TH STREET S.
TURN RIGHT ONTO 17TH ST AND GO TO THE “T” WITH MONTROSE BLVD.
TURN RIGHT ONTO MONTROSE BLVD, GO TO 7TH ST.
TURN LEFT ONTO 7TH STREET UNTIL YOU REACH THE RETREAT CENTER.
FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST – GO TO MONTROSE AND TAKE COUNTY ROAD 12 NORTH, IT BECOMES MONTROSE BLVD IN BUFFALO CITY LIMITS. GO TO 7TH ST AND TURN LEFT. FOLLOW 7TH STREET TO THE RETREAT CENTER.
Last evening God presented a beautiful sunset for us and we thought we’d share it with you. Experiencing the calm and quiet of our retreat center, we are blessed to be able to see the beauty that God creates. If time allows, take a few minutes to meditate on this image. Have a very blessed day!!
This is the message that is at the heart of Christian identity. In the 15th chapter of St. Paul’s first letter to the Church in Corinth, he proclaims the truth of the resurrection.
If there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ himself has not been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is void of content and your faith is empty too…Because if the dead are not raised, then Christ was not raised; and if Christ was not raised then your faith is worthless. You are still in your sins, and those who have fallen asleep in Christ are the deadest of the dead. If our hopes in Christ are limited to this life only, we are the most pitiable of men and women.
The belief we have in the victory of the resurrection is something that we often take for granted. I would urge you to imagine what it would be like if you did not believe this great truth. I often do that very thing. I try to imagine what it would be like if I stood at the grave of my father and mother without the belief that for them life is changed and not end. I try to imagine what it would be like to face the death of dear friends without the promise of life eternal. I try to imagine what it would be like to face the pain and suffering of this life without the confidence of faith that allowed the mystic Julian of Norwich to proclaim, “all shall be well, and all shall be well”.
Because we are believers in the resurrection, we are not afraid to confront the difficulties of life. Because we are believers in the resurrection, we are not afraid to lay down our lives for others. Because we are believers in the resurrection, we overcome our fears. Our hope can be seen in the lyrics of the song by Bette Midler “the Rose”
“When the night has been too lonely, and the road has been too long, and you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong. Just remember, in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows, lies the seed that with the sun’s love, in the spring, becomes the rose.”
Alleluia! He is risen. He is truly risen!! Fr. Richard M. Sudlik, OMI, Director
The offices of Christ the King Retreat Center will be closing at 4 pm on Thursday, April 6, 2023, in observance of the Easter Triduum. The offices will reopen on Monday, April 10, at 8 am.
