My Dear Friends, My predecessor, Father Davis, had a beautiful picture for the header of this column of him holding a lamb around his shoulders reminiscent of Christ the Good Shepherd. As priests, we are called to be shepherds to our flocks and lead them to greener pastures and ultimately into the arms of Christ …
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April 21st – IV Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 18th, 2024
April 14th – III Sunday of Easter
From the Pastor’s Desk - April 12th, 2024
My Dear Friends, This weekend the children of our parish begin receiving their First Holy Communion. It is a blessed time in the life of our parish, and I ask you pray for these little ones as they approach the altar for the first time. Do you remember the experience of your First Communion? If …
March 31st – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 30th, 2024
My Dear Friends, HAPPY EASTER! CHRIST IS RISEN! This is the rallying cry of the Christian. This is the central mystery of our faith. St. Paul says itvery clearly in his first letter to the Corinthians: “…if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith (1 Cor 15:14).” …
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March 24th – Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 21st, 2024
My Dear Friends, We begin the liturgy on this Palm Sunday with Christ’s grand entrance into Jerusalem. We sing Christ’s praises as the crowds did 2000 years ago, and we enter rejoicing because we are indeed praising our Lord and King. We wave those palm branches to herald Christ’s entrance into the City of David, and …
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March 17th – V Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 15th, 2024
My Dear Friends, Today on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, the Church begins the period that is known as Passiontide. As you walked into the church, you may have already noticed our statues covered in purple cloths. It is a jarring visual, for sure, and it is not something that has traditionally been done here at …
March 10th – IV Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - March 7th, 2024
My Dear Friends, As we are now three weeks away from 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 a specialized schedule with all the times we have for …
March 3rd – III Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - February 29th, 2024
My Dear Friends, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19) As a priest, so many times I’ve had to walk with a parishioner who is recovering from alcohol or drug addiction. I am always edified when I see the progress they make when they surrender themselves to the …
February 25th – II Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - February 23rd, 2024
My Dear Friends, As we continue our Lenten journey, like Jesus in the desert, we are often led to where we do not want to go. This is part of the great adventure of being a Christian: that as you follow Christ, he leads us down paths that we would not normally follow. Lent is …
February 15th – I Sunday of Lent
From the Pastor’s Desk - February 15th, 2024
My Dear Friends, Silence. That sound is so rare. Many of us avoid silence. I know there have been times in my life that I have avoided it, but yet the most blessed times I have had in my spiritual life are when I have embraced it. Only in silence can we listen to the …