FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners One of my favorite poems is “The Great Mercy,” by Irish poet Katherine Tynan, which succinctly and beautifully wrestles with the overwhelming mercy available to us from God. [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Jesus’ teaching on the Church in Matthew 18 begins with two important realities: reconciliation and forgiveness. Last week the Gospel reading focused on reconciliation. Today, it turns to [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah ….” My Dear Parishioners Today’s Responsorial Psalm comes from Psalm 95. The last section of Sunday’s [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Jesus seemed to have given Peter the power to make all things right with the world. But then Jesus tells Peter that he, the Messiah, would have to [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners A pastor of a west coast parish became frustrated by the number of people in his community who were not coming to church on Sunday, so he formed [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners On Saturday we celebrated the great feast of Mary, Our Blessed Mother, her Assumption. In the gospel, Mary thinks about her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant in her advanced age [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Today the Church begins placing a new theme in front of us, a theme for us to pay attention to for the next several weeks. Remember where we’ve [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners What do you think is the meaning of Jesus feeding a crowd of more than five thousand people with only a few loaves of bread and a couple [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Ten centuries before Christ, the son of David became the King of Israel. Solomon was a young man. He recognized his lack of experience and lack of ability [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Weeds and wheat are everywhere (especially in my dad’s tomato garden!). Jesus’ first parable in Sunday’s Gospel Reading can help you sort through the weeds and wheat. Like [...]
