…from your Pastor’s Desk Setting the Stage for Our Advent Journey Today is the first day of the new Church year. It is also the first day of Advent. Advent is the 4-week period before Christmas when the Church celebrates the first coming of Christ and anticipates His second coming. “One of the best ways to prepare for the very special season…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe This Feast Day is enhanced by asking, and answering, a few questions: Who is Jesus?What does He mean in your life?We call Him Messiah or Christ. Do those words mean anything to you personally?We call Him Savior, Redeemer and Lord. What effect does this have in your life?In…

…from your Pastor’s Desk END TIMES? Every year on the last Sunday of Ordinary Time – we have apocalyptical readings about the ‘End-Times. Truth is, we do not know when the Last Day will come, Christ does not tell us. But what He does tell us very clearly in the Holy Gospel today is not to listen to those who say the…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Veterans Day – 2022 Veteran’s day is ACTUALLY this Friday, November 11th – Mass at 9am.But for continuity purposes, this writing says ‘Today’. Today is not Memorial Day – Not a day to pray for those who died under arms. We should do that EVERY day. Nor is today a day when we specifically honor and pray for…

…from your Pastor’s Desk All Saints Day and all Souls Day ALL SAINTS DAY: A ‘Happy’ Holy Day [of Obligation]Tuesday, November 1st, we celebrate all those countless persons who are in heaven, but do not have a special “feast day.” They are of all kinds and varieties: young and old, jolly and reserved, introverted and extroverted, active and contemplative, slim and not-so…