…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…

…From your Pastor’s Desk Brothers and Sisters in Christ, today’s Gospel from Matthew 4 shows Jesus beginning His mission: moving to the darkness of Galilee, proclaiming the Kingdom’s arrival, and calling ordinary fishermen—Peter, Andrew, James, John—to “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”. This isn’t just history; it’s our call! Jesus sees potential in ordinary people in ordinary places,…

…From your Pastor’s Desk John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King Jr. To some 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…

…From your Pastor’s Desk The Baptism of the Lord And a voice came from the heavens, saying:“This is my beloved Son; with whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3) Jesus has just been baptized by John. There’s a crowd. Many of them have also just been baptized. Jesus feels the enormity of the occasion and kneels to pray. Then, suddenly, something happens…

…From the 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…