January 12, 2025
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, The Christmas season comes to an end with the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. We still have a glimpse of the season when we celebrate the [...]
January 5, 2025
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, The first reading, from Isaiah, speaks about how light shows us everything. When Jerusalem is filled with light, then the whole earth is filled with light. This is [...]
December 29, 2024
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, Upon entering a house during the Christmas season, we always take note of a few things, the various lights and decorations, most especially the Christmas tree and how [...]
December 22, 2024
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, Have you ever had a religious experience? I wonder what that question even makes you think of. Do you think of something extraordinary, angels in the sky, a [...]
December 15, 2024
FROM THE DESK OF DEACON NICK The image of Jesus at the table is a recurring and significant image in Scripture, rich with spiritual, theological, and communal meaning. Throughout the Gospels, these moments often reveal [...]
December 8, 2024
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, On the Second Sunday of Advent the Church has us contemplate the person and mission of Saint John the Baptist, the great prophet of the coming of Christ. [...]
December 1, 2024
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK My Dear Parishioners, Waiting. I have grown accustomed to waiting, which is not to say that I gladly welcome it in any sense. When I take my mom to her doctor's [...]
November 24, 2024
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 [...]
November 17, 2024
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' [...]
November 10, 2024
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 [...]
November 3, 2024
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 [...]
October 27, 2024
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 [...]
October 20, 2024
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 [...]
October 13, 2024
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 [...]
October 6, 2024
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 [...]
September 29, 2024
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 [...]



