FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, The Fourth Sunday of Easter is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Jesus Christ is, of course, the Good Shepherd—but he also gave us shepherds: the Apostles, and their [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners “Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how He was made known to them in the breaking of bread.” The purpose of the [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners You may have heard a beautiful Latin chat after the Communion hymn being sung at every Mass since Easter Sunday. It is called the Regina Caeli, or the [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Easter is certainly a joyful feast. But the beginning of Easter is emptiness. There is not a gospel writer who tells the story of Easter by beginning with [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners It is said that adults are just tall children! At times, there are similarities, such as some adults are always looking for attention, just like kids do. But [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners “I can’t wait until things go back to normal.” That instinct lives deep within us. Whenever life becomes uncomfortable or unfamiliar, we want what is predictable. Even if [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Most of us know the Gospel story of the woman at the well (Jn 4:1-42). Jesus and His disciples, traveling to Galilee, took the harder route through, not [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners The love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is what the Samaritan woman in today’s Gospel Reading is seeking. Jesus knows better than she does what kind of [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners If you’ve ever prayed the Rosary, odds are good you know the Salve Regina — the Hail, Holy Queen, a prayer passed down to us from the Middle [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners It is so easy to look with contempt and bemusement at many of the characters we encounter in the Scriptures. The Israelites saw the Red Sea open before [...]
