My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the gift of our mothers. What is more precious than a mother? So precious that even our Lord chose one when he called the Blessed Virgin Mary. During this month in which we honor Mary our Mother, we honor all mothers too. Their sacrifice, their love, their comfort, and their reassuring presence …
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My Dear Friends, As we begin the month of May, the month of our Blessed Mother, I wanted to give the community an update on our Centennial Campaign. A few weeks ago, a parishioner approached me after Mass and astutely pointed out that the thermometer on our weekly campaign updates has not moved much in …
My Dear Friends, Happy Easter, brothers and sisters! Yes, we celebrate this Easter season for an additional three weeks. The joy of the Resurrection simply cannot be contained by space or time! Throughout the Easter season, the Church in her liturgy has been offering us readings from the Acts of the Apostles. This essential book, …
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 …
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 …
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).” …
Continue reading “March 31st – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord”
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 …
Continue reading “March 24th – Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord”
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 …
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 …