FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Each year on the Sunday before Easter, Christians around the world celebrate and commemorate what is traditionally called Palm or Passion Sunday, when we recount the events leading up [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Jesus is trying to do a difficult thing in today’s gospel. He is trying to promote a positive dimension to death. Jesus describes his own death as his moment [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Late one afternoon, a teenager sneaks into the back row of church. He takes off his backpack, unplugs his I-pod and rolls his basketball under his seat. He's overwhelmed [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Aristotle has written, "It is easy to become angry. Anyone can do it. But to become angry at the right moment, to the right degree, for the right purpose, [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, A famous musician was debuting a new work which he had just written for the piano. As he struck the last chord, the audience rose to their feet applauding [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, On the first Sunday of every Lent, we find Jesus in the wilderness. He is in the desert without food, without shelter. He is tempted by Satan. We have [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, There is little doubt that the leper in today's gospel had a deep respect for Jesus. Who would not honor someone who healed them of leprosy? But if this [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, The evangelist Mark can be quite succinct. Whereas other evangelists will take a few paragraphs or even a whole chapter to tell a story, Mark can do it in [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, My Perhaps the most useful question we could ask about today’s Gospel is: What is an unclean spirit doing in a synagogue? It was commonly accepted in the world [...]
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Dear Parishioners, Once upon a time, a boy said to God: "Oh God, when I grow up, I want to live in a huge house with a big front porch and [...]
