From the Pastor – 3/20/2016


”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…
“CONVERTERE DOMINE ALIQUANTUM,ET NE TARDES VENIRE AD SERVOS TUOS.TURN TOWARD US, LORD, IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT,HURRY TO YOUR SERVANTS.” (An Advent Sourcebook, p.50) John the Baptist always appears in the Gospel on the Second Sunday of Advent. He lived in the desert with an extreme group called the Eseenes. He looked different than most folks at…
News and Updates This past week the parish’s Pastoral Council graciously hosted me for a Welcome BBQ! Spending time with the members of the Pastoral Council made it clear that they are ready and eager to assist me in leading the parish forward. Please know how excited I am to work with them. Forward…
We are now in Ordinary Time. It is easy to tell because the Christmas decorations are gone, and the color is green again. The Gospels are focused on the public ministry of Jesus. Ordinary Time will continue until Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The immigrant situation at the southern border of the United States…
We celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday this week. Thanksgiving is a day of traditions: football, family and food. It is a day when families get together in gratitude for who they are as a family and all that they celebrate and share together. No matter the distance, this holiday brings the family together. We can read…
Now that the political campaigns are over, we can resume our liveswithout all the noise from those commercials. It seems that the politicalcommercials become nastier each year, regardless of what political partysponsors them. As the weather gets colder and we move more of our activities indoors,the chances of contracting COVID-19 become greater if we don’t…