My Dear Friends, Stillness. Advent should be a season marked with stillness and silence. We are waiting, and yet our hearts are full of clutter and confusion. During this time of year, we are called to be at so many parties and events, to buy presents for a certain number of people, and we never …
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December 6th – II Sunday of Advent
From the Pastor’s Desk - December 3rd, 2020
November 29th – I Sunday of Advent
From the Pastor’s Desk - November 27th, 2020
This Sunday we begin the beautiful season of Advent. It is a time of waiting and hope. And boy do we need hope this year. I am so looking forward to Christmas this year, but first we have Advent where we wait and hope! Waiting: because we wait for the newborn Christ who will bring light to the darkness …
November 22nd – Christ the King
From the Pastor’s Desk - November 19th, 2020
My dear friends, “What could we possibly be thankful for during this challenging year?” I’m sure many of you have been asking yourself that question as we approach Thanksgiving Day. Yet we are reminded by St. Paul in his First Letter to the Thessalonians: “In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ …
November 15th – XXXIII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - November 12th, 2020
My dear friends, Today in the gospel we hear the parable of the talents, and I want to focus specifically on the third servant who buried the one talent his master gave him in the ground. The third servant had been blessed. Sure he hadn’t been blessed with as many talents as the other two …
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November 8th – XXXII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - November 5th, 2020
My Dear Friends, The Catholic tradition of offering Masses for our loved ones, especially those who have died, can be traced to the beginnings of the Catholic Church. In the Eucharist we are united in a unique way with the faithful departed and the Communion of Saint. Why do we offer Masses for our loved …
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November 1st – Solemnity of All Saints
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 29th, 2020
My Dear Friends, Happy All Saints Day! On this solemnity, I invite you to open up the Catechism of the Catholic Church to explore a line that we say in the Creed every Sunday. Paragraph 946 says: After confessing “the holy catholic Church,” the Apostles’ Creed adds “the communion of saints.” In a certain sense this …
October 25th – XXX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 23rd, 2020
“Which commandment in the law is the greatest?” (Matthew 22:36) We hear this question in today’s gospel. This is more than just a trick question that the Pharisees offer up to Jesus. We hear this question and immediately think that Jesus has to choose from among the 10 commandments given to Moses. But the Pharisees …
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October 18th – XXIX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 15th, 2020
My Dear Friends, We know how anxious many of you are to return to the physical meetings of our ministries. Trust me, we are too because it gets very quiet around here after the 5:30 p.m. Mass has ended. Ministries are the lifeblood of the parish. They take what we have received at the Holy Eucharist and not only …
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October 11 – XXVIII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 9th, 2020
My dear friends, It never ceases to amaze me how the simple things in life can bring us such joy. Last weekend, as I concluded the two Dominical Masses that I celebrated, I joyfully told the congregation “I finally have announcements to give you of upcoming events!” I was gleeful as I shared with my parish all the events we had …
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