…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.…

…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. Today’s Liturgy makes a diametrical shift from the celebration of our Lord’s triumphal entry into…

…From your Pastor’s Desk Spring Cleaning This Friday, March 20th, was 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…

…From your Pastor’s Desk Here we are, half-way through Lent 2026. And what a Lent it has been. If you are like most of us – you’ve already struggled with your Lenten Resolutions – perhaps you‘ve even flat out failed and fallen. Do not be discouraged – Christ Himself fell 3 times on His way to Calvary – but He got back…

…From your Pastor’s Desk The Gospel Reading tells the story of a woman who is worthless by the standards of Jewish society at that time. Jesus has sent His disciples off for food, and He is sitting at a well when she comes to draw water. There is every reason why He should not talk to her at all. First, she is…

…From your Pastor’s Desk Transfiguration This week we have the wonderful Gospel of the Transfiguration of Jesus. For one brief moment, Jesus’ disciples are allowed to see what lies ahead for all who follow His way. We begin our own ‘Transfiguration’ while still on earth, not so much achieving a ‘glorified body’, but transforming our heart, our spirit, our soul into the…

…From your Pastor’s Desk “Where have all the Flowers gone?” A few years ago, it used to be fashionable at this time of the year in certain circles to say to people “Have a happy Lent!” I still do it. But I hope it does not overshadow the penitential season of Lent or make it sound just like Easter season which really…

…From your Pastor’s Desk 2026 Lenten Schedule for Holy Spirit Parish Ash Wednesday: February 18th Masses: 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.Daily Mass: Every weekday, Monday-Friday 9 am andWednesday Evenings Mass beginning March 4th: 6:30 p.m.Exposition/Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament [Holy Hour]: 2 p.m. every Friday (Except Good Friday, April 3rd).Stations of the Cross: Every Friday [Except Good Friday] at 3 p.m. in…

…From your Pastor’s Desk Following Jesus In the Gospels of the last four Sundays we have been following the story of Jesus’ early career. He went to be baptized. Then he moved to Capernaum from Galilee when John the Baptist was killed, and there he chose his apostles (who somehow knew him as the one to follow). Last Sunday we heard part…

…From your Pastor’s Desk Seek The Lord At the very beginning of this day’s readings, we are told to seek the Lord. And then, gratefully, we are told how to do that. Both readings, the psalm and the Gospel, all come together to give a definition of how to seek the Lord. We seek the Lord by seeking justice and righteousness, by…