My Dear Friends: I want to thank all of you who attended the all-day prayer vigil and adoration on Election Day. Once again, the faith of our parish shined through, and I am particularly proud of the efforts of all of you in the campaign against Amendment 4. Because of your prayers and work, thankfully the …
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My Dear Friends: Once again, I invite all of you to prayer this week for our nation as we approach Election Day. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration in the church from 7:00am -7:00pm while the polls are open on Tuesday, November 5th. Come and spend time with Our Lord in this most …
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My Dear Friends: As we get closer to Election Day, I am calling on this parish community to prayer especially when it comes to the defeat of Amendment 4 which if passed would enshrine abortion rights in our state constitution. Many of you did not hear my homily on Respect Life Sunday that I preached …
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My Dear Friends: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) We all come to Mass because we have this question. We all long and hunger for the transcendent, for something greater than ourselves. We want what the young man in the gospel wants: we want immortality, and thankfully, the young man has …
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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 …
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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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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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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