My Dear Friends, This weekend we welcome our new parochial vicar, Father Andrew Tomonto. He comes to us from St. Coleman’s Parish in Pompano Beach where he served his first assignment for two years after being ordained, and as I mentioned when I announced his arrival, he spent a summer here at Little Flower as …
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A Farewell Message from Fr. Omar Dear Family, Today, the Universal Church celebrates Pentecost Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Spirit. With the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, Christ’s Paschal Mystery was brought to completion. It was this day that the Church came to be this great force in the hearts of those …
My Dear Friends, As we commemorate Memorial Day this weekend, it is “right and just” to remember and pray for those who gave their lives for our country and our freedoms. In our school there is a World War II memorial plaque honoring the brave young men who not long after leaving our school (St. …
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My Dear Friends, Last Sunday, Father Omar announced in this space that Archbishop Wenski has appointed him as the new administrator of St. Katherine Drexel in Weston. While we are obviously saddened to lose such a wonderful priest, we congratulate Father Omar for soon he will be charged with shepherding a parish, and I thank …
This weekend’s column is written by Fr. Omar Ayubi. Dear Family: In today’s Gospel the Lord is giving us an enormous responsibility. He is giving us a new commandment, as he did to his disciples during the Last Supper: “Love one another.” Furthermore, Jesus added an important thing right after that: “This is how all …
My Dear Friends: Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers! It is only right that we celebrate this day during the Month of Mary. We turn to her maternal protection during these trying times when we all need the maternal embrace of our Blessed Mother as we wander through this vale of tears. The reason …
My Dear Friends: Today the liturgy presents us with one of my favorite gospel scenes: the Risen Jesus appearing to the disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Why was Jesus waiting for the disciples on the shore? St. Gregory the Great offers an explanation: We may ask why, after Jesus’ Resurrection, he …
My Dear Friends: Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! What a beautiful Holy Week and Easter Week we have just had! We thank all of you for your prayerful participation in the most holy days of the year. Our church was full (really full) , our confession lines were long, the music was divine, and I kept …
My Dear Friends: Happy Easter! We welcome all our parishioners and all of those visiting our beautiful church to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord! “The joy of the resurrection renews the whole world.” –From the Old Translation of the First Easter Preface We are filled with overwhelming joy on the Easter morning. We have …