Hello Friends, It was suggested to me that instead of this week’s usual ‘Pastor’s Desk’ it would be timely to put in this prayer. I agreed. Now more than ever. Fr. Ron Pope Francis’ Prayer for Peace Lord God of peace, hear our prayer, We have tried so many times and over so many years to resolve our conflicts by our own…

……from your Pastor’s Desk “Where have all the Flowers gone?” You’ve heard me say that Lent was not my favorite time of the year. I am, by nature, a jovial person. I love to laugh and smile, to joke and jest. So, as a lad in the 1950’s these did not go well with the Season as it was then observed. Through…

……from your Pastor’s Desk How to Love I don’t know if you have ever read Richard Carlson’s 1997 book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (and it’s all small stuff). It offers advice and examples as to how we can live a loving and a (more) peaceful life. One of my favorite chapters gives a way to use patience rather than being upset…

……from your Pastor’s Desk The Four Beatitudes and the Four Woes. Huh? Well, we are most familiar with the Eight Beatitudes that we hear in the Gospel of Matthew. But today we have Luke’s version.Why the difference? Read on. When spoken from the mountaintop in Matthew’s Gospel, we can’t miss the impression that Jesus is speaking with the authority and voice of…

……from your 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…