……from the Pastor’s Desk To Raise the World The First Reading is about the call of Isaiah: “Whom shall I send?” The next two readings are about the apostles, those who were sent by Jesus to carry his message and carry on his work. Who are Jesus’ apostles in our world? Whom will God send today? When God wants to send a…

……from the Pastor’s Desk The Story of ‘Children’s Bread’ If you’ve been to the 10:30 mass here before, you’ve noticed that we do something special right after it. It is ‘Children’s Bread’. A few of you know the origins of this custom, and a few more have asked me to tell ‘the story’. So, here it goes. Back in the 1990’s one…

……from the Pastor’s Desk Here is The Golden Rule as it is written in eight religions: Baha’i: Blessed are those who prefer others before themselves.Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.Christianity: In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.Islam: No one is a believer…

……from the Pastor’s Desk John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King Junior. To some of us reading this, these names bring back memories of personal experiences during the turbulent times of the sixties and seventies; the start of the Civil Rights Movement, the Catholic Worker Houses and the beginning of the changes that are still in process today to make this…

……from the Pastor’s Desk Baptism Requirements: If you attend the Sunday Morning Masses, especially the 10:30 Mass, you will notice an increased number of families. What a joy to see. And with families come young children and babies. And with babies and young children comes baptism! Accordingly we are including the basic requirements to have a child baptized in a parish. As…

……from the Pastor’s Desk Three Magi, Three Gifts for the Child-King If I asked you to think of the three worst things you ever did in your life, even if you didn‘t want to admit them, you could come up with them pretty quickly, certainly one of them, instantly. Now, if I asked you to think of the three best things you…

……from the Pastor’s Desk We are on the verge of another year. Hard to believe that Wednesday will be 2025! It also means that we have another Holy Day to celebrate! A very special feast day. Wednesday was Christmas, today is the feast of The Holy Family. Wednesday we celebrate; ‘Mary, The Holy Mother Of God’ – the most ancient of Marian…

……from the Pastor’s Desk For Unto Us This Day is Born a Savior Christ is born for us! That is the clear message of our celebration today. Christ is born— He didn’t just ‘appear’ but was born, just as we were all born. We believe that Christ, although Divine, is truly human like us in all things except sin. Christ is born—there…

……from the Pastor’s Desk Happy Gaudete Sunday! Gaudete Sunday happens every year on the third Sunday of Advent. Back in the 1900’s, when many of us were born – up until the early 1960’s – the words were in Latin: “Gaudete, iterum dico vobis, Gaudete.” Which means; “Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, Rejoice!” And so, this Sunday is still…

……from the Pastor’s Desk Feast of the Immaculate Conceptionof the Blessed Virgin Mary This Feast always falls on December 8th. But this year, December 8th is a Sunday. So, since it is such an integral Feast to our Faith – the Church has moved her Feast day to this Monday, December 9th. So, what is this feast all about? So, let us…