…from your Pastor’s Desk This week we begin a time so sacred to us Catholics that it is called ‘Holy Week.’ It is true that as far as individual celebrations go, Christmas seems to overshadow Easter, but Holy Week is more than just Easter Sunday. Today’s Liturgy makes a diametrical shift from the celebration of our Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem to…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Here is a ‘truism’ Every life worth living, every great work, has a price that has to be paid. And whatever that price is, it always involves letting go of something we value.The child, in a sense, has to let go of childhood to become an adult.The single have to let go of the ‘single’ lifestyle to become…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Here we are, half-way through Lent 2024. If you are like most of us – you’ve already struggled with your Lenten Resolutions – perhaps you have even flat out failed and fallen. Do not be discouraged – Christ Himself fell 3 times on His way to Calvary – but He got back up each time and so can…

…from your Pastor’s Desk MID-WAY. No, not the WWII battle or the Aircraft Carrier. This Thursday you will be mid-way through Lent 2024. How is it going? Have you been able to maintain your Lenten resolutions? I find myself doing a series of ‘re-starts’. I think God is okay with that. We do the best we can. But you may be asking…

…from your Pastor’s Desk “10 Things to Remember for Lent” Remember the formula. The Church does a good job capturing certain truths with easy-to-remember lists and formulas: 10 Commandments, 7 sacraments, 3 persons in the Trinity. For Lent, the Church gives us almost a slogan—Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving—as the three things we need to work on during the season. It’s a time…

…from your Pastor’s Desk Realigning Our Priorities All of us have, at one time or another, named certain things as our “priorities”. From time to time, when we become aware of our not doing something that is really important, we say, “I have to make that a priority.” Lent is an important time to do a top-to-bottom review of what we value…

…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…