FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, Stories of kings and queens are often relegated to fairy tales or medieval gallantry. Sometimes, of course, we see modern royalty in the media. Many might remember the [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, This Sunday is the second to last Sunday of our liturgical year. As we approach the end of the Church year, our Gospel invites us to consider Jesus' [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, How wonderful to be a prophet and to be able to promise that God will watch over another person! When we see the gifts of the prophets, we [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, Love God and love your neighbor. This short and clear commandment expressed the whole of the law of God. Today we don’t like to think of God’s word [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, In St. Luke's Gospel, we have the famous "Sermon on the Plain" in chapter 6. In this sermon, St. Luke gives us Jesus' blueprint of reversal for the [...]
FROM THE DESK OF DEACON NICK The Bread of Life Discourse and the 2024 Eucharistic Revival The Eucharistic Revival was initiated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) aimed at reigniting a deep [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus continues to make radical demands of those who want to be His disciples. Last Sunday it was about marriage, today it is about [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Marriage is surely one of the most misunderstood realities of our present age. We who are people of the Book, the Sacred Scriptures, have a clear teaching about marriage [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, In the gospel this weekend, Jesus prioritizes the good deeds done by His expansive group of followers. He welcomes those who take action in His name without stopping to [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, "On the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest" (Mark 9:34). How do you imagine that argument went? Today's gospel (Mark 9:30-37) doesn't tell us [...]
