Living The Gospel – May 22, 2022 Jesus tells his disciples that he has to go, but he will return. It’s not something they understood then, any more than my dog understands that I am going now, but I will come back once I buy more dog food. It’s just…

Living The Gospel “It is by your love for one another, that everyone will recognize you as my disciples.” Today’s Gospel – John 13:35 Whenever I hear this sentence from the Gospel I think of the cross-stitch wall hanging we had in our kitchen for many years. It read “No…

From Our Pastor Brothers and Sisters: Peace! Ad Jesum per Mariam (To Jesus through Mary) First off, know that I have missed you all throughout this ordeal of my stroke on St. Patrick’s Day. You have been in my heart and prayers ever since. Our separation is by far, the…

On this third Sunday of Easter, we are presented with the third appearance of Jesus to his disciples. While the first two appearances occurred in a room behind closed doors, this third appearance occurs in a context that the disciples were familiar with: fishing. One could wonder as to why…

Brothers and Sisters: I pray that the graces of your Easter celebration are still with you! I’m very grateful to Fr. Tassini for his presence and ministry in these past Holy Days. Our celebration of our Redemption continues throughout the next 5 weeks until the Feast of Pentecost. And on…

From Our Pastor: My friends, our Lenten Period of penance and reflection on the life, passion, death and Resurrection draws to a close this week, culminating in our celebration of the Risen Christ. Christ is Risen, indeed He is Risen! Along with our celebration comes the Mission. And the Mission…

Living the Gospel – April 10, 2022 Today we celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and for this triumphal entry he chose a simple, humble creature; he chose a donkey. This particular donkey was Chosen; out of all the donkeys in the village, this one was Chosen to be the…

From Our Pastor Brothers and Sisters: Peace! I’m so sorry I haven’t been able to be with you the past few weeks because I’ve struggled through a stroke. You’ve been in my prayers throughout this ordeal. More importantly, I have felt the effects of all your holy prayers for me…

Most of us know the story of the prodigal son by heart. We’ve all heard it many times, and we all – or at least most of us – don’t see ourselves as that younger son who squandered his inheritance. But there is a second part of that story, one…

From Our Pastor – March 20, 2022 Brothers and Sisters: This last week we were blessed with the opportunity to celebrate the feasts of two great Saints and examples for us who are still on our own way to deeper holiness; namely, Saint Patrick of Ireland and Saint Joseph, foster…