FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Efficiency and organization are certainly gifts, but they are not the most important ones. There are other qualities that are more fundamental, more necessary for life. A young naval [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Today’s gospel presents Jesus as the judge of the entire world. It reminds us that a day will come where we will stand before the Lord to give an [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, It is easier for us to see what is negative rather than what is good. We tend to focus on what is wrong rather than on what is right. [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Many of us are suspicious of the promises that people make to us and sometimes even of the promises that we make to ourselves. It is common to encounter [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Today's gospel is not about the Pharisees. It is about us. However, we imagine Jesus' relationship to the Pharisees during his earthly ministry, his words of criticism in today's [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Jesus pulls a fast one in today's Gospel. A lawyer comes up to him with a simple question: choose from all the commandments one that is the greatest. Jesus [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, The following letter was found in the files on the Internal Revenue Service. "Dear IRS, my conscience has been bothering me. I am including a check for $5,000 to [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, A woman decided that she was going to have a dinner party for a good number of her friends. So, she spent most of the week cleaning, baking, cooking, [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Not all of Jesus’ parables describe the bright future Kingdom of God. Some of them describe our present world. Those are often tragic parables. We have an example of [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, In today's gospel parable, we know more about the two sons than we know about the father. The first son tells his father that he will not go into [...]
