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From the Pastor – May 3, 2020

Byfernandezusa May 2, 2020

The image of the shepherd is always one of comfort and care. Shepherds have a serious responsibility to watch over, lead and care for the sheep. Jesus is the Good Shepherd, the one who has shown us how much he cares for all of us by giving us an example of his concern and love….

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From the Pastor – April 26, 2020

Byfernandezusa April 25, 2020

Now that we have adjusted somewhat to the world of masks and social distancing, it is easy to notice how much everything has changed. Doing what we are used to doing, like grocery shopping, etc., has taken on new dimensions. We wonder when it will all end so we can return to some type of…

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From the Pastor – April 19, 2020

Byfernandezusa April 19, 2020

We begin this Second Week of Easter. Today is also  DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY! Normally, we would pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet this afternoon, but because of Covid-19, please pray it on your own at home. The Easter Season, the 50 Day Period of Mystagogia, is meant for us to reflect more deeply on the Easter experience and…

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From the Pastor – April 18, 2020

Byfernandezusa April 18, 2020

We begin this Second Week of Easter. Today is also  DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY! Normally, we would pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet this afternoon, but because of Covid-19, please pray it on your own at home. The Easter Season, the 50 Day Period of Mystagogia, is meant for us to reflect more deeply on the Easter…

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From the Pastor – Easter Sunday 2020

Byfernandezusa April 11, 2020

Today is the FEAST OF EASTER! This is the day that the Lord has made. It is a day of resurrection and newlife. But Easter is also a season of 50 Days, the Great Period of Mystagogia. That means we have 50 days to reflecton the impact of the resurrection in our lives, and how…

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From the Pastor – Palm Sunday 2020

Byfernandezusa April 4, 2020

We begin a very different Holy Week today. There are no congregation and processions this week. It is still the most serious and solemnweek in the church year. Holy Week this year has taken on a different coloration because of the coronavirus pandemic. This week beginsas always on this day with the entry of Jesus into…

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From the Pastor – March 29, 2020

Byfernandezusa March 28, 2020

​”THE HUMAN RACE MAY BE COMPAREDTO SPIKES OF WHEAT IN A FIELD, RISING, AS IT WERE, FROM THE EARTH, AWAITINGTHEIR FULL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN IN TIME BEING CUT DOWN BY THEREAPER, WHICH IS DEATH.” (A LentSourcebook: The Forty Days, Book Two, p. 118). These are very different times. Noone could have foreseen what effect…

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From the Pastor – March 22, 2020

Byfernandezusa March 23, 2020

“A CHRISTIAN LENT CAN NEVER BE SAD. WITH THE FOURTH SUNDAY THE PENTUP SPIRITUAL JOY IN THE TRUE MEMBER OF CHRIST BURSTS FORTH IN ANTICIPATION OF THE EASTER JOY TO COME. ‘REJOICE, O, JERUSALEM, AND COME TOGETHER ALL YOU THAT LOVE HER’…” “A Lenten Sourcebook:  The Forty Days, Book Two, p. 51  The coronavirus certainly has…

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From the Pastor – March 15, 2020

Byfernandezusa March 17, 2020

Water is a vital element in our existence. We need water to live. Yet, as important as water is for us, sometimes itis a destructive force in our world. Consider the many floods we have read and heard about recently, especiallywith climate change occurring in our world. It is important that we hydrate so that…

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From the Pastor- March 8, 2020

Byfernandezusa March 11, 2020

The coronavirus has dominated the news as well as people’s lives. It has affected activities around the world.Public events are cancelled, gatherings or large crowds are discouraged, airlines have cancelled flights to China andelsewhere, and Japan has closed schools for a month. Commerce between nations has been affected and peopleare cautious about how they move…

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