Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 12.6.20
Dear Friends, What does the Pope do when bishops, priests and lay Catholics stop coming to Rome to visit? What does he do when he gets caught up on all those delayed phone calls and emails? What does he do when he is finished with appointing bishops and cardinals? If...
Pastor’s letter 11.29.20
Dear Friends, We enter the Advent Season. A time of longing, a walking in darkness, a time filled with the hope of the return of our Savior, a time of quiet, long winter nights, a time when one little light can pierce the gloom… Are you familiar with Emily Dickinson’s...
Pastor’s Letter 11.22.20
Dear Friends, Who would have thought when we spent Easter in a “covid-safe” mode that we would still be doing the same thing at Thanksgiving and Christmas? Our normal times of gathering with family and friends have been limited by a greater good to keep our loved ones...
Pastor’s Letter 11.15.20
God
knocks at my door
seeking a home for his son.
Pastor’s Letter 11.8.20
Dear Friends, This past week, our parish ministerial team was listening in on a church conference dealing with digitalmedia. One of the speakers expressed how essential it is that churches today speak with their membersabout the importance of a person’s core identity....
Pastor’s Letter 11.1.20
Dear Friends, This Sunday, we celebrate the feast of All Saints and Monday, on the commemoration of All Souls, we pause to pray for our loved ones who have died. There may be a bit of God’s grace working in the timing of these two feasts arriving a few days before the...
Pastor’s Letter 10.25.20
Dear Friends, Pope Francis makes headlines when he says things that surprise the public, yet he is constantly teachingus about things that truly matter in the lives of Christians. This week, at his Wednesday audience, hecontinued his teaching on prayer: “Today we will...
Pastor’s Letter 10.18.20
Dear Friends, As we enter into the final weeks before the election, it becomes increasingly difficult to have simple andpleasant conversations with neighbors and family members. There is no shortage of strong opinionsfloating around. We might be tempted to run and...
Pastor’s Letter 10.11.20
Dear Friends, Last Sunday, Pope Francis sent you a letter about friendship. Have you had a chance to read it? Okay, I admit, it is a bit long (more like a book than a letter) and maybe you have not had time to read it all. It will take hours to read the entire letter!...
Pastor’s Letter 10.4.20
Dear Friends, On Wednesday of this week, in his weekly address, Pope Francis talked about the 1600th anniversary of the death of St. Jerome and his very important work of translating the Bible into the common language of his day so that everyone could read it. The...
Pastor’s Letter 9.27.20
(By Deacon Doug Lenz) In this Sunday’s second reading, St. Paul instructs the Philippians, “Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for...
Pastor’s Letter 9.20.20
Dear Friends, Our present pandemic crisis has speeded up a social change that was already transforming almost all parts of life. That change is the reality of living in a social media age. It is filled with both blessing and challenge. Let me ask you, before you use...