Pastor’s Letter 4.14.24

Pastor’s Letter 4.14.24

Dear Friends, Last week in my homily, I speculated that Thomas wanted to make sure that the Jesus who was appearing to the disciples in the resurrection was the same Jesus who had died on the cross, that Thomas needed to see the wounds, not Jesus’ face or voice, but...
Pastor’s Letter 4.7.24

Pastor’s Letter 4.7.24

Dear Friends, I was talking with a friend today and she said, “I find Easter a letdown. Lent is so full of the self-improvement activities of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. I add prayers to my usual prayer time, I give alms to special organizations, and I fast, not...
Pastor’s Letter 3.31.24

Pastor’s Letter 3.31.24

Happy Easter, My Friends! Pope Francis wrote a letter to young people a couple months ago and I thought part of his letter would be a good reflection for this Easter day: The same Christ who, by his cross, saved us from our sins, today continues to save and redeem us...
Pastor’s Letter 3.24.24

Pastor’s Letter 3.24.24

Dear Friends, During my recent trip to Guatemala (for meetings to plan the summer mission trip), we had an opportunity to be a part of Antigua’s Lenten procession. It involved hundreds of people dressed in purple, playing drums and pipes, walking ahead of several...
Pastor’s Letter 3.10.24

Pastor’s Letter 3.10.24

Dear Friends, I have felt the power of your prayers and the warmth of your love this past week as we began the work of recovery from the destruction of last Sunday’s break-in. As I have said so often this past week, I am happy to be among the living for a little while...
Pastor’s Letter 3.3.24

Pastor’s Letter 3.3.24

Dear Friends, As I mentioned at Mass, I had the opportunity in January to see a preview of the new movie about St. Frances Cabrini at a local theater. I, along with a hundred or so other folks from the Omaha area, got to experience a deeply...