Sunday’s Readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30
Our Hope and Strength – The risen Christ is our shepherd. “We are his people: the sheep of his flock.” He gives us eternal life, and we shall never perish. The risen Christ is “a light to the nations,” so that all people everywhere are renewed by the Easter event. …
Sunday’s Readings: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 OR 21:1-14
…A View – from the Pew… From 2015, but could have been written today. – Many of you have told me of spiritual quickenings or illuminations that came to you either at Mass or other times during the week from something you experienced at Mass or other parish activities. Times when you knew God was speaking directly to you. I thought how edifying it would be to share these with other parishioners. …
Sunday’s Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Colossians 3:1-4 OR 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9
…from your Pastor’s Desk – HAPPY EASTER! A Happy Thought on a Happy Feast. – Have you ever considered that this is the only time when people, even strangers, give a spiritually based greeting? Merry Christmas is often replaced by ‘Happy Holidays’ and ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ has become a secular salutation; but so far ‘Happy Easter’ stands firm in its acknowledgement of what we commemorate. …
Sunday’s Readings: PROCESSION: Luke 19:28-40; MASS: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14—23:56 OR 23:1-49
…from your Pastor’s Desk – Holy Week – 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. …
Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11
…from your Pastor’s Desk – One in Great Misery and the One with Great Mercy – Holy Week is drawing nigh. In fact, a week from today is Palm Sunday and the following Sunday is Easter. For many or most of us the season of Lent has sped by very quickly, since, at least for me, it seems we just began, and are now moving toward the conclusion of this season of renewal. …
Sunday’s Readings: Joshua 5:9a, 10-12; Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
…from your Pastor’s Desk – WOOF! – Have you noticed the way dogs hang their heads and grovel when they are scolded, wheedling their way back into good graces? To us humans it looks as if they are saying “I’m really, really sorry for what I did, and please, please, please forgive me. …
Sunday’s Readings: Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9
…from your Pastor’s Desk – Bearing Fruit for God – All parables make us ponder what they might mean. Today, Jesus imagines a withering fig tree that has failed to bear fruit for the past three years. …
Sunday’s Readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14; Philippians 3:17—4:1 OR 3:20—4:1; Luke 9:28b-36
…from your Pastor’s Desk – SPRING CLEANING – This Thursday, March 20th, is the first day of spring. Perhaps it is time we all did a little ‘Spring Cleaning.’ So many of us have accumulated much more than we need. It bursts from our closets, overflows our shelves and clutters our lives to the point we even rent storage areas. Lent might be a wonderful time to deliberately release ourselves from the many “things” we own by cleaning out our closets and simplifying our lives in a prayerful and intentional way. …
Sunday’s Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13
…from your Pastor’s Desk – Hello Friends, I was looking through the ‘Archives’ for an idea as to what to write in this ‘Pastor’s Desk’. I found this from three years ago. Strikingly poignant, it is. With the health issues of our beloved Pope Francis, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, …