FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Today’s Gospel passage is the first twelve verses of the fifth chapter of Matthew: the start of the Sermon on the Mount. In our own day, preachers often [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners This Sunday’s Scripture passages focus our attention upon the Word of God. The Gospel Reading is from only the fourth of the 28 chapters of Matthew’s Gospel account. [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners As I was discerning my vocation Cathedral Seminary Residence in NY, I was particularly struck by a famous quote from St. John Henry Newman, which was used in [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners The word “Trinity” does not appear even once in the New Testament. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the New Testament doesn’t teach us a lot about the [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners I heard this story long ago and feel it should be told again. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do on this feast of the [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Today the Church celebrates the Holy Family. This feast falls in between Christmas and New Years. When we see the Holy Family depicted, they look so holy, so [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Signs, symbols, oracles, portents: man has since time immemorial sought assurance from God of His providential will. King Ahaz in the First Reading is going against the grain [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Think about the person you miss most in your entire life. Picture them. And then think of the time you missed someone more intensely than you’ve ever missed [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Think about the person you miss most in your entire life. Picture them. And then think of the time you missed someone more intensely than you’ve ever missed [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners The great season of Advent is full of rich symbolism, especially in regard to the contrast of light and darkness. For example, Jesus is known as the “light [...]
