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FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, I'd like to say a few words today about compassion. Compassion comes from a Latin word that means to feel with or to suffer with. And compassion might not [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Jesus sends out the twelve on a long and difficult mission. But he tells them they are to take no bag. Now, what sense does that make? Well, it [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Today's Gospel is strangely disturbing, but it also carries a thread of consolation. This passage from Mark's gospel is the only passage in the gospels where Jesus is said [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, When I was assigned to St. Philip the Apostle back in 2021, I was given not only a wonderful assignment, but a wonderful associate, Fr. Nico Quintos. I had [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Normally we are quite respectful when we speak to God. Controlled and subservient we place our needs before the Lord. "Dear Jesus, help my son be accepted into the [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, In today’s Gospel, Jesus is again speaking in parables. Parables were Jesus’ favorite way of teaching. He used parables, because parables force you to think. You have to pause [...]