Pastor’s Letter 1.9.22

Pastor’s Letter 1.9.22

Dear Friends, After my letter explaining the octave of Christmas, several people asked about the origin of the idea that there are 12 days to Christmas. In the traditional Christmas calendar, January 6th is Epiphany or Theophany. The 6th of January would be the 12th...
Pastor’s Letter 1.2.22

Pastor’s Letter 1.2.22

Dear Friends, If all has gone well, then I am on retreat this week. Priests are required to take a retreat every year and 2021 had slipped by me without a retreat – so I am sneaking it in under the wire. I will be back soon. As a letter, I am giving you a little story...
Pastor’s Letter 1.26.21

Pastor’s Letter 1.26.21

Merry Christmas!!! The Church thinks this is such a special feast that one day is not sufficient. Christmas is not a day, Christmas has an “octave”. An octave has a unique meaning in music and math. Pythagoras, the ancient Greek mathematician, discovered that notes...
Pastor’s Letter 12.19.21

Pastor’s Letter 12.19.21

Dear Friends, We have arrived at our last week of Advent. Just a bit more time to prepare. If you have been doing any shopping out and about, then you have been hearing the melodies of Christmas carols being played ahead of Christmas. If we focused on the words of the...
Pastor’s Letter 12.12.21

Pastor’s Letter 12.12.21

Dear Friends, Did you hear the amazing words in today’s first reading? It is the last line of a beautiful reading from the prophet Zephaniah: “The LORD, your God, is in your midst,        a mighty savior;    he will rejoice...
Pastor’s Letter 12.5.21

Pastor’s Letter 12.5.21

Dear Friends, December 6th is the feast of St. Nicholas. Do you know his story? Saint Nicholas lived between 260 and 343, born in Patara, a Lycian port town, an area that is part of present-day Turkey. He lost both of his parents as a young man and reportedly used his...