My Dear Friends: In the Old Testament towards the end of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses is coming to the end of his life and is preparing the people of Israel to enter the Promised Land. He is pleading with the people he has led for 40 years through the desert to follow the precepts …
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Oct 6th – XXVII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - October 3rd, 2024
September 29th – XXVI Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - September 26th, 2024
My Dear Friends: This coming week we celebrate the feast of our patroness, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower. There is so much wisdom that I keep discovering every time I open up her “Story of a Soul,” so much spiritual brilliance in such a young woman, and so much insight into how to …
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September 22, 2024 – XXV Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - September 19th, 2024
My Dear Friends: “`If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.’” Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, `Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives …
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September 15th – XXIV Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - September 12th, 2024
My Dear Friends: Today the Church celebrates Catechetical Sunday, and at our 10:30am Mass our catechists from our Religious Education program and our teachers from our parochial school will be commissioned as catechists for this school year. We have 250 students in Religious Education and 910 students in our school, so 1160 children will be …
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September 8th – A Message From Archbishop Wenski
From the Pastor’s Desk - September 5th, 2024
Archbishop Wenski’s column for May 2024 edition of the Florida Catholic Florida Amendment 4, which will appear on Florida’s November 2024 ballot, is an extreme proposal that legalizes full term abortion with no protections for the preborn child, including when the child is capable of feeling pain. This proposed amendment to our state constitution would …
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September 1st – XXII Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - August 30th, 2024
My Dear Friends: As we celebrate this much needed long weekend, as a parish we start preparing for a busy few months of retreats and activities by our ministries. As I wrote last week, this coming Wednesday, September 4 at 8pm, we will go as a parish to the feet of Our Lady to celebrate …
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August 25th – XXI Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - August 22nd, 2024
My Dear Friends: Our ministries are back in full force after a quiet, restful summer. Over the next two months, we have so many events and ministries starting up that we are honestly scrambling to find enough room in the bulletin to fit all these announcements. A very good problem to have as a parish. …
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August 18th – XX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - August 16th, 2024
My Dear Friends: School has started, and we had a wonderful first week across the street at St. Theresa, and I know many of our young parishioners had wonderful first weeks at their respective schools. Now that classes have begun (or about to begin at some of our local private schools), parents are no doubt …
August 11th – XIX Sunday in Ordinary Time
From the Pastor’s Desk - August 9th, 2024
My Dear Friends, It is so wonderful to be back home at Little Flower after some time of rest this summer. I have missed all of you, and more importantly, I have missed sharing with you the Word of God and the presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Vacations are moments of rest, reflection, …
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