……from your Pastor’s Desk Don’t be a Hater! The first words we hear from Jesus in this Sunday’s Gospel passage might startle us. They were spoken by the Lord to convey without the shadow of a doubt a very important message to his followers. The words of Jesus are these: “If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother,…

……from your Pastor’s Desk A Lesson in Humility The Litany of Humility is a prayer worth pondering. As it is a long litany the following are only excerpts: From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire of…

……from your Pastor’s Desk Heaven’s Gate Jesus tells two parables about someone asking a favor at a late hour. They teach us a lot. Maybe you remember the first one, which Jesus told two weeks ago. He said there was a man knocking on a friend’s door at midnight, wanting to borrow some bread. The friend yelled back; Do not bother me;…

……from your Pastor’s Desk The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary Monday, August 15 “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb” – Luke 1:42 The feasts of Mary may be puzzling to the casual observer. And some are surprised at the brevity of the dogma of this specific feast in its entirety: “We pronounce, declare and…

……from your Pastor’s Desk “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much….” When Jesus says these words about us, two questions immediately arise. First, what has Jesus entrusted us with? Second, what therefore will be required of us? Each of us, naturally, has been given the gift of life. In our day and age, this is not a gift that…