Weekly insight and thoughts from Fr. Damian Zuerlein
Pastor’s Letter 8.7.16
Dear Friends, I am taking a quick vacation to visit friends who live in Alaska. I will be gone for one week and will keep you in my prayers. In the mean time, I will allow Pope Francis to use my Pastor’s letter space to teach you. The following comments and those for...
Pastor’s Letter 7.31.16
Dear Friends, I do not often recommend movies in this space, but I saw a movie this past week that I would recommend to those of you who want to see movie that presents a vivid portrayal of faith and goodness in the midst of the evil of the world and will be showing...
Pastor’s Letter 7.24.16
Dear Friends, In the heat of the last few days I heard a sound that reminded me of what is around the corner. As a child, I knew that summer began winding down when I would hear the cicadas make their noise-like cacophony of Reee…ree…Reee…ree. My childhood memories...
Pastor’s Letter 7.17.16
Dear Friends, I am writing this letter as I return from our planning meeting in Guatemala, so my mind is fresh with our discussions about the sister relationship we have between the Archdiocese of Omaha and the Diocese of Huehuetenango. One of the things we looked at...
Pastor’s Letter 7.10.16
Dear Friends, I am heading to Guatemala early on Monday morning for a couple days of meetings with the leadership team from the diocese of Huehuetenango to plan for the next few years of mission trips. I will be back on Friday. In 2003, the Archdiocese of Omaha and...
Pastor’s letter 7.3.16
Dear Friends, As we celebrate our country’s independence from England this weekend, I think it is good to reflect upon the history of the struggle and its goals, because it can teach us lessons in faith. One thing that always strikes me is the tremendous risk that...
Pastor’s Letter 6.26.16
Dear Friends, As I get older my memory seems to be more necessary, so I thought it interesting recently when I was reading Gerhard Lohfink’s book on Jesus that the people of Israel had a very different view of memory than we have. He says that ancient Israel always...
Pastor’s Letter 6.19.16
Dear Friends, Happy Father’s Day to all the dads in the parish! We are delighted to be honoring you today and the important role you play in the lives of your children. You deserve our gratitude and our praise. On Thursday of this week I went to a symposium hosted by...
Pastor’s Letter 6-12-16
Dear Friends, If all goes as planned, you should be hearing the original church bells ringing again this weekend before Masses and in jubilation as the Santa Lucia statue is taken from the church down Tenth Street to the annual festival. What a joy for us to have the...
Pastor’s Letter 6-5-16
Dear Friends, This weekend I celebrate 35 years of priesthood. It has been a rich and wonderful journey of service and love. I could have never imagined all the wonder that God would put into my life when I lay prostrate on the floor of the Cathedral 35 years ago....
Pastor’s Letter 5-29-16
Dear Friends, I heard a story recently from a mother who had raised several children. One Sunday morning at Mass she was enjoying herself sitting behind a young family at church. The young family had two children under the age of three and the two-year old was...
Pastor’s Letter 5-22-16
Dear friends, There were a couple of pieces of news this week that we should use and celebrate. The first one concerned the positive health benefits from attending Mass each week; the other concerned religious freedom. The first was a study published by JAMA last...