……from your 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 your 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 your Pastor’s Desk The Baptism of the Lord And a voice came from the heavens,“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” Jesus has just been baptized by John. There’s a crowd. Many of them have also just been baptized. Jesus feels the enormity of the occasion. Then, suddenly, something happens to change everything. The heavens open and…

……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 Saturday will be 2022! It also means that we have another Holy Day to celebrate! A very special feast day. Saturday was Christmas, today is the feast of The Holy Family. This coming Saturday, we celebrate: ‘Mary, The Holy Mother Of God’ – the most ancient…