Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein

Pastor’s Letter 5.30.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.30.21

Dear Friends, At 10:00 am on June 6, 1981, I and four of my classmates walked into St. Cecilia’s Cathedral to be ordainedpriests for the Archdiocese of Omaha; forty years ago. Not sure where all those years went, but they went.One of my classmates, Fr. Owen Korte,...

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Pastor’s Letter 5.23.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.23.21

Dear Friends, This weekend, I am with a group of men from Cabrini on retreat at Cloisters on the Platte. We are keeping you in our prayers, please keep us in yours. Since I am not around, I will let Pope Francis speak to you this weekend in the letter about the...

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Pastor’s Letter 5.16.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.16.21

Dear Friends, In today’s gospel we hear a section of Jesus’ prayer for his disciples that he prayed the evening of the Last Supper. In that prayer, he also prays for us. Part of his prayer may be a bit difficult to understand. Listen to what Jesus prays, “They do not...

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Pastor’s Letter 5.9.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.9.21

Dear Friends, While it is so important to honor our mothers and to say thank you to them for all they have done for us, I have come to feel like this one-day-a-year event is either at best insufficient or at worst insulting. I look back at the cards and gifts I gave...

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Pastor’s Letter 5.2.21

Pastor’s Letter 5.2.21

Dear Friends, You probably know people who met online, got to know each other, fell in love and got married. It is not uncommon anymore that people meet through online services and get married. I have had a few of those weddings and those couples are very happy...

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Pastor’s Letter 4.25.21

Pastor’s Letter 4.25.21

Dear Friends, While I am preparing food in my kitchen, I like to listen to The Moth podcast. Are you familiar with The Moth Radio Hour on PBS? They are real stories told by real people. They are simply stories from their lives. Often times, the stories will move me to...

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Pastor’s Letter 4.18.21

Pastor’s Letter 4.18.21

Dear Friends, I was not surprised this past week by Governor Ricketts declining a federal request to house children in Nebraska who are refugees at the US border. Not surprised but disappointed and saddened.  He said, “Nebraska is declining their request because...

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Pastor’s Letter 4.11.21

Pastor’s Letter 4.11.21

Dear Friends, On this Divine Mercy Sunday, I would like to share with you some reflections from Pope Francis for this day: Last Sunday we celebrated the Lord’s resurrection; today we witness the resurrection of his disciple. It has already been a week, a week since...

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Pastor’s Letter 4.4.21

Pastor’s Letter 4.4.21

Happy Easter! I trust your Lent was deeply spiritual. Perhaps you were able to join us in the Exodus Bible Study or the Marriage Course or the most recent Alpha series or maybe you did some spiritual reading or engaged in more prayer or maybe you took on some works of...

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Pastor’s Letter 3.28.21

Pastor’s Letter 3.28.21

Dear Friends, The most sacred week of the year is here. I hope your Lent was holy and that your relationship with the Lord has deepened. I hope, too, that it has prepared you for walking with Jesus during the Triduum when we remember the gift of the Eucharist, the...

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Pastor’s Letter 3.21.21

Pastor’s Letter 3.21.21

Dear Friends, If you walked into the church this weekend, then you noticed that the statues and images are covered – at least the ones we can reach! You may be wondering why the parish does this the last couple weeks of Lent. We might first ask why we have statues and...

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Pastor’s Letter 3.14.21

Pastor’s Letter 3.14.21

Dear Friends, Pope Francis’ extraordinary visit to war-weary Iraq moved me to tears a number of times. He went to bring comfort and support to the remaining Christians who had suffered so terribly under the ISIS regime. He clearly was acting as a good shepherd who...

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