My Dear Friends, “Quiero lío.” These words have no adequate translation into English (we translate it to “noise” but “ruckus” is my preferred translation). These were the words of Pope Francis to the young people of Argentina gathered in a cathedral in Rio for World Youth Day not long after he was elected pope in …
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My Dear Friends, On this Labor Day Weekend, we start turning our gaze as a parish towards the fall months and the many activities that we are planning. Yes, the surge in COVID cases kind of derailed us a bit there in August, but we forge ahead with the hopes of returning to the normal …
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And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does …
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My dear friends, It is that time of year to register our parish children in our Religious Education program. Last year, our catechists were heroic as they taught their classes completely virtual the entire school year. I also commend our families and students who were so patient and helped achieve this seemingly impossible feat. This …
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My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We are blessed this year that it falls on aSunday! Here is a catechesis from St. John Paul II on the dogma of the Assumption: The Church’s constant and unanimous Tradition shows how Mary’s Assumption is part of the …
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My Dear Friends, It was so great to return to the parish this past Monday after spending some much-needed vacation time refreshing the batteries with family and friends. I have missed all of you, and we are ready to embrace all the wonderful ministerial and pastoral activities that this fall will bring to the Church …
Dear family: In today’s Gospel reading we have heard the greatest and most wonderful invitation humanity has ever received: “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst” (John 6:35). This is an invitation to come to the Lord and believe in him. …
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Dear family: Today’s Responsorial Psalm is reminding us that, “The hands of the Lord feed us; he answers all our needs,” and St. Paul is urging us to live in a matter worthy of the call we have received, and he says, “with humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving …
My dear parish family: Psalm 23 is very familiar to many of us. Perhaps it is too familiar; we know it by heart, so we hardly think about it. The entire Psalm is a declaration of what it means to be God’s children – or the sheep belonging to the shepherd. It is a Psalm …