Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 3.6.22
Dear Friends, As I mentioned in the Ash Wednesday homily, the world this year is giving us a very clear demonstration of the consequences of evil actions. All we have to do is look on our phones or our televisions to see the consequences of evil in the invasion of...
Pastor’s Letter 2.27.22
Dear Friends, Lent begins on Wednesday! Ready or not, this amazing liturgical season is here! You should have all received a flyer from us with our Lenten offerings to help you live your Lent better. Hopefully, you are aware that we are launching Cabrini Communities...
Pastor’s Letter 2.20.22
Pastor’s Letter 2.13.22
Dear Friends, Some of you have been asking me what will be our topics for reflection and discussion in the Cabrini Community. To be honest, we have just started putting together the ideas for reflection so we do not know what the topic will be a year from now....
Pastor’s Letter 2.6.22
Dear Friends, Every time we profess our belief in a Triune God we hold up the truth that God, in God’s self, is relational. It is a love relationship between Father, Son and Spirit. The wonder of that love calls forth the rest of creation. God loved us so much that we...
Cabrini Communities
Dear Friends, When Jesus called his disciples, he would say to them, “Follow me”. In doing so Jesus was inviting them to be part of his journey, a journey that involves a transformation both inward and outward. Jesus is still calling people to follow him. Through our...
Pastor’s Letter 1.30.22
The fourth component of the Community is story-telling. No matter what the particular dimension of discipleship may be up for discussion that particular month, they all involve a dimension of story-telling. People in the Communities all come from different backgrounds with unique histories. It is in the sharing of their own story of attempting to follow Jesus that every member of the Community discovers a greater depth of faith. By having to articulate your own faith story, you take ownership for your story and begin to discover that it is not difficult to witness to the powerful presence of Jesus in your life with others.
Pastor’s Letter 1.23.22
Dear Friends, Have you ever noticed how often in the scriptures that Jesus meets with his disciples? It took up a lot of Jesus’ time. Apparently, Jesus did not think it was a waste of time, but that it was important. We will be doing a study of the Acts of the...
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
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
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
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...