FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners When reading Scripture (or any other written work) it is important to identify the genre of the writing so to gain greater insight into what the author is [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners One of the great blessings of my priesthood was spending my first three years at St. Joseph in Mendham, which had the oldest church building in our diocese [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners When you think about your growth as a Christian, what is the goal? How do you know you’re getting there? We might say: going to Mass, knowing the [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners In today’s Gospel Reading we hear of a wedding feast hosted by a king. As we’d expect, the feast reflects his personality. We’re given hints of how lavish [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Parables are often puzzling and intended to get under your skin. This Sunday’s parable is no exception. The parable’s setting is a vineyard, which in the words of [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Likely you’ve seen those license plate frames with sayings on the top and bottom. One of them states: “Insanity is hereditary: you get it from your children.” We [...]
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 [...]
