Pastor’s Letter 1.16.22

Pastor’s Letter 1.16.22

Dear Friends, One of the truths about our country is that we are basically a nation made up of immigrants. We are proud of that reality. Most people are also proud of their heritage and desire to help the family members and country they left behind. I remember in our...
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...