Sunday, January 31st – IV Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - January 28th, 2021

Please read Fr. Manny’s ABCD Message HERE.

Church of the Little Flower

A Message from Fr. Manny

From the Pastor’s Desk - January 22nd, 2021

My dear parish family, I wanted to inform you that last night I tested positive for COVID-19. I am feeling well, and will be confined to my room in the rectory for quarantine. Rest assured that all Masses and sacraments in the parish will proceed as scheduled.  Outside priests have generously stepped up to help. Please pray …

January 24th – III Sunday in Ordinary Time – ABCD Sunday

From the Pastor’s Desk - January 21st, 2021

My Dear Friends, The pandemic has taken a toll on so many aspects of our lives. As a Church, we had to endure a lockdown and then the slow gradual buildup of our Masses when we reopened. Our ministries are sadly still shuttered, but our Homeless Ministry has not stopped in helping to feed the poor. …

January 17th – II Sunday in Ordinary Time

From the Pastor’s Desk - January 14th, 2021

My Dear Friends, Now that the Coronavirus vaccines have begun to be distributed, I wanted to share with you a statement from the U.S. Bishops regarding the morality of the vaccines. Above all, it should be stated: it is morally acceptable to receive the vaccine. The U.S. Bishops affirm this, the Vatican has affirmed this, …

January 10th – The Baptism of the Lord

From the Pastor’s Desk - January 8th, 2021

My Dear Friends, With today’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we conclude the Christmas season and what a blessed Christmas season we have had. Our priests were overjoyed, like the Magi when they saw the star, when they saw the amount of people that came to Mass during Christmas. I still remember Father …

January 3rd – The Epiphany of the Lord

From the Pastor’s Desk - January 1st, 2021

My Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I don’t think we have ever started a new year with so much hope in our hearts: hope that some sense of normalcy will return in 2021, hope that this pandemic will soon be relegated to the history books, and hope that this new year will bring us back …

December 27th – The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

From the Pastor’s Desk - December 26th, 2020

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family ofJesus, Mary, and Joseph. As we continue to celebrate the joy of Christmas, we commend the families of our parish and school to the Holy Family because, as we have often said, the family is the core of society and of our Church. Yet we know …

December 20th – Pastor’s Christmas Message

From the Pastor’s Desk - December 17th, 2020

My Dear Friends, “…the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) A few weeks ago, I received a Christmas card from a brother priest in a neighboring parish that had a beautiful silhouette of the newborn Jesus along with Mary and Joseph in the manger and the bible verse …

December 13th – III Sunday of Advent

From the Pastor’s Desk - December 11th, 2020

My Dear Friends, As we rapidly approach Christmas, which is less than two weeks away, today we are called to reflect on the virtue of joy on this Gaudete Sunday. The joy that the Lord is near. The joy that Christmas always brings. The joy of our God definitively intervening in our lives to cast …