…from your Pastor’s Desk This Wednesday we have a fascinating conflation of days. Wednesday is both Valentine’s Day, a special day of special recognition of our loved one[s] and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Holy Season of Lent – the time we change our lives for the better in preparation for the Most Holy of days – Easter Sunday. I remember…

…from your Pastor’s Desk As I re-read this bulletin – I see a lot of reminders of the rules…let us not forget why we follow them. Let our motivations be pure. It’s not sufficient to know the rules, let us live them — understanding the spirit in which these rules were fashioned. Let us allow God’s spirit to penetrate our being so…

…from your Pastor’s Desk How to Overcome the Darkness of Anxiety -Speak with the authority and humility of a Child of God.-Have a place where you belong and can pray.-Have people in your life who call you their kin or neighbor.-Find good or Holy ways of keeping anxiety far from your person so you may live fully for the greater Glory of…

…from your Pastor’s Desk A.M.A. Annual Ministry Appeal. I want to start by assuring you that not a single penny of the monies collected go to any legal defense or settlements. All monies collected go only to the specific ministries mentioned in the informational packet. That being said, the A.M.A. is something you are very familiar with. For many years Holy Spirit…

…from your Pastor’s Desk John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King Jr.. To some 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 country one…

…from your 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…

…from your Pastor’s Desk We are on the verge of another year. Hard to believe that Monday will be 2024! It also means that we have another Holy Day to celebrate! A very special feast day. Monday was Christmas, today is the feast of The Holy Family. This coming Monday, we celebrate: ‘Mary, The Holy Mother Of God’ – the most ancient…

…from your 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 your Pastor’s Desk Happy Gaudete Sunday! Gaudete Sunday happens every year on the third Sunday of Advent. Back in the 1900’s, when most 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 your Pastor’s Desk Advent To-Do List People ask me what they can ‘do’ during Advent to make it more meaningful. Lent has pretty clear-cut things, but Advent – not so much. In that light here is a practical Advent ‘To-Do-List. Try a few each day, even random numbers. Your world and the world of those around you will be a better…