Pastor’s Letter 12.18.16

Pastor’s Letter 12.18.16

Dear Friends, This year you are getting a two for one special! Both Christmas and the Feast of Mary the Mother of God (January 1) fall on a Sunday this year. Most years, we celebrate those two holy days and then have to turn right around and celebrate the Sunday...
Pastor’s Letter 12.11.16

Pastor’s Letter 12.11.16

“Be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You too must be patient. Make your hearts firm, because the coming of...
Pastor’s Letter 12.4.16

Pastor’s Letter 12.4.16

  Dear Friends, Welcome to the Second Sunday of Advent. We continue preparing our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ at Christmas and his second coming at the end of time. The Second Sunday always belongs to John the Baptist who prepared for the first...
Pastor’s Letter 11.27.16

Pastor’s Letter 11.27.16

Dear Friends, At the close of the Jubilee Year last Sunday, Pope Francis spoke about mercy one last time. It was a wonderful talk that I would encourage all of you to read in its entirety. Here is the beginning of the talk:              “MISERICORDIA ET MISERA is a...
Pastor’s Letter 11.20.16

Pastor’s Letter 11.20.16

Dear Friends, Today, the Feast of Christ the King, wraps up our Jubilee Year of Mercy. Pope Francis had offered this special year as an opportunity and a challenge. It was to be an opportunity to reflect on the wonder of God’s mercy, to change ourselves for the...
Pastor’s Letter 11.13.16

Pastor’s Letter 11.13.16

Dear Friends, The hard work of a democracy is not the election process, it is what happens between elections in the ongoing interchange between the citizens and those who were elected. Your work as a citizen in a democracy did not end on Tuesday. You simply chose...