FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners During the first three centuries of the Church, being a Christian was no easy thing. Christianity was illegal. The first thirty-three popes were all martyred. For over three [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners In our Scripture readings today, we hear two things: first, how much our heavenly Father cares for us; and second, the way in which He shows us that [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners I will never forget the last time I missed Sunday Mass. I was eleven years old and my dad, brother, and myself joined some family and friends on [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, It is easy for the most important words of our faith to become the most familiar—and therefore the least noticed. Phrases like “Trinity” or “divine life” can drift [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Almost 2000 years ago on this day, the Church was born. The Church would be nothing without the Holy Spirit. The Church couldn’t have been born without the [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Today’s gospel reading is the conclusion of St. Matthew’s account. In many ways, it is the summation of the entire gospel. Jesus reminds us of His authority, noting, [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners As the weeks of the Easter Season draw on, we hear more and more in the Scriptures at Holy Mass about God the Holy Spirit. We hear less [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners As we continue basking in Easter joy, our diocese also celebrates the hundreds of people who joined the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. By all accounts, this [...]
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 [...]
