My Dear Friends, Merry Christmas! We welcome those who are visiting our beautiful church this Christmas weekend. We pray that you will find here the warmth, the peace, and the presence of the Christ Child born in Bethlehem over two thousand years ago. In the days leading up to this Feast of our Redemption, our Carmelite Sisters …
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My Dear Friends: There’s a word that should jump out at all of us as we read/listen to today’s readings: the word “small.” Today we gather on this last Sunday of Advent to celebrate, to rejoice in, and to remember that salvation came from a small town and from a small human being who also …
My Dear Friends, Pure joy! On the opening night of the fair last weekend, after going through a lockdown and a pandemic that we’re still going though and all the obstacles we underwent to get to that point, I stood by myself near one of the rides just observing the pure joy on the faces …
My Dear Friends, As we continue our Advent journey, I want to revisit one the key figures of Christ’s nativity: St. Joseph. This coming Wednesday, the Year of St. Joseph draws to a close. One year ago, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, proclaimed a year dedicated to Joseph, the spouse of our Blessed Mother. It …
My Dear Friends, Advent is here! What a blessing that we are able to enter this holy season to prepare our hearts for the coming of our Lord! When I was a child, my family had a hard and fast rule that we would not start decorating the house for Christmas until December 1st. As …
My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, and our liturgical year draws to a close. Next Sunday, we begin the Advent season and the themes that we heard in last week’s readings and in today’s will be present in the liturgy for the next month: Christ is coming! Today’s second …
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My Dear Friends, You’ve probably seen it announced in the bulletin over the last month or so, but I wanted to make it official: the Parish & School Fair will go on as planned on December 3-5 on the grounds of our school! We are very excited! So many of you have approached me about …
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My Dear Friends, Two weeks ago, Comber Hall was as full as I have ever seen as we hosted an exhibit and presentation of Eucharist Miracles. It was edifying for me as a pastor to see so many of you there because it reaffirmed to me that our community is truly in love with our …
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My Dear Friends, As gather this Sunday on All Hallow’s Eve, we think about the Solemnity we celebrate tomorrow, All Saints Day, and the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed that we celebrate the day after. We recall that we are all called to be saints, and that as good Christians, we have an obligation to …
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