Sunday’s Readings: Sirach 27:4-7; Psalms 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45

……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. …

Sunday’s Readings: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38

……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 exam-ples as to how we can live a loving and a (more) peaceful life. …

Sunday’s Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26

……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. …

Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8; Psalms 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 OR 15:3-8, 11; Luke 5:1-11

……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. …

Sunday’s Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; Psalms 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17; 1 Corinthians 12:31—13:13 OR 1 Corinthians 13:4-13; Luke 4:21-30

……from your Pastor’s Desk – … A reflection on todays Scripture readings – How many weddings have you attended in your life? And how many times have you heard, “Love is patient, love is kind . . . it is not rude”? It’s an all-time favorite. Yet, to make those wonderful words come true for the newlyweds, …

Sunday’s Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 15; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Or 12:12-14, 27; Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21

……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. …

Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11

……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 country one of equality for all people. …

Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Psalms 104:1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-30; Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22

……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. …

Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12

……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 best things you have ever done in your life …