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FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, One of the problems that many of us have in following the teachings of Jesus is that we see those teachings as a series of obligations, as a list [...]

This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK Dear Parishioners, Greta Garbo was a famous Hollywood actress who was notorious for making whatever excuse she could [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Today’s gospel begins with love and ends with judgment. We are all attracted to the love: “God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, I am not sure that many people here would recognize the name Edwin Booth. But if you were living in the United States during the Civil War that name [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, “I could never forgive him after what he did to me.” “You want me to do what? Forgive her? No way!” “I’m supposed to just let them get away [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, I heard this joke a long time ago & it has always stuck with me. A college student landed a summer job working in the street department of a [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, The words of today's gospel are a beautiful description of eternal life. It is a gospel that I usually proclaim at every funeral Mass. Jesus promises us that we [...]

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Back in 2013, just before I was ordained a priest, Pope Francis asked the priests of the world to "be shepherds that smell of the sheep. Smelling like a [...]

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Easter is certainly a joyful feast. But the beginning of Easter is emptiness. There is not a gospel writer who tells [...]