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 [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners One of my greatest fears—one that returns to me often, sometimes daily—is not failure, suffering, or even persecution. It is something much subtler and far more dangerous. My [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners Christ tells us in today’s Gospel that, “your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.” In this one [...]
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 [...]
