My Dear Friends, With school beginning this week, I want to welcome many of you back from summer vacation. It is good that we are all gathered in the house of the Lord again to celebrate the Sunday Eucharist. With school getting under way, parish life begins to pick up even though the majority of …
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XX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - August 11th, 2022
August 7th – XIX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - August 5th, 2022
My Dear Friends, There are saints among us. We don’t know their names, but they sit next to you in the pews during Mass. They’re saying prayers for you before you arrive at church and long after Mass is over. They do tiny acts of love for you here in our parish. Their good deeds …
July 2022 – “Desiderio Desideravi”
From the Pastor’s Desk - July 13th, 2022
My Dear Friends, As we continue the National Eucharistic Revival that began last month on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, we are blessed that our Holy Father, Pope Francis has gifted us with an Apostolic Letter on the liturgy for our reflection. The letter was released just a few weeks ago on the Solemnity of …
July 3rd – XIV Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 30th, 2022
My Dear Friends, To say that we are living in historic times would be a severe understatement. This week our nation turns 246 years old amid an environment that seems to be moving as quickly as ever. Independence Day celebrates our common American values. Again this year, we are struggling to grasp how to live …
June 26th – XIII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 23rd, 2022
My Dear Friends, As I am away on vacation this week, I leave you Archbishop Wenski’s column, “No Vacation From Sunday Mass.” When I was a young seminarian, the rector, before dismissing us for our summer break, would admonish us: remember, guys, there’s no vacation from a vocation. This was certainly wise advice — we …
June 19th – Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 15th, 2022
My Dear Friends, Happy Father’s Day to all our fathers! I pray, through the intercession of St. Joseph, that all our fathers may be as holy, just, and wise as Joseph as they guide their families closer to Jesus. Today we also celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. We celebrate one of the dogmas that …
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June 12 – Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 9th, 2022
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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June 5th – The Solemnity of Pentecost
From the Pastor’s Desk - June 2nd, 2022
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 …
May 29th – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
From the Pastor’s Desk - May 26th, 2022
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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