My Dear Friends: Welcome to our (original) church. As you look around our new worship space this weekend, I want you to put yourself in the shoes of our founding parishioners. In 1927, the building where we will be celebrating Mass for the next few months was consecrated as a church. Imagine how the first …
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My dear friends, The mighty wind of the Holy Spirit always brings change. On the morning of Pentecost, the lives of the disciples were changed forever when they went from the familiar confines of the Upper Room to boldly preaching the Risen Christ to the multitudes in Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit changes simple bread and …
My Dear Friends, Summer is here! The move to Comber Hall, so that we can make the necessary renovations to our church, is now a little more than a week away. This beautiful church dreamed of and constructed by the founders of our parish stands a beacon of light rising among the canopy of trees …
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Homily of Pope Leo XIV Mass for the Inauguration of His Petrine Ministry, Sunday, May 18, 2025 I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me. Saint Augustine wrote: Lord, “you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless …
My Dear Friends: “Peace be with you all!” Those were the first words that our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, directed towards all of us when he walked out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8. These were the words of the Risen Christ to the apostles on the first EasterSunday. …
My Dear Friends, Holy Week is here! The most important week of the year. And so I present you with a very simple question: how do you intend to spend this week? We cannot go about the activities of the next seven days as if it were just another week. The events of Holy Week …
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My Dear Friends, As we begin Passiontide and are confronted with the stark visual of our statues being covered as we approach Easter, I urge all of you to make a good Lenten confession,if you have not already done so, before Holy Thursday. Elsewhere in this bulletin, you will find the Holy Week Schedule plus …
My Dear Friends, “…because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration began.” (Luke 15:24) Every time I have to preach on this gospel of The Prodigal Son, I spend most of my week staring at Rembrandt’s painting that hangs in …
My Dear Friends, As we continue to journey through Lent, I would like to share with you this reflection that our neighbor, Father Richard Vigoa, pastor of St. Augustine, wrote recently to members of the clergy on the liturgy. Father Vigoa not only is the pastor of our neighboring parish but is also the …