Brothers and Sisters: Guess who is speaking to us in the Gospels today; you won’t believe it! SATAN! Yep, in the devil’s temptations of Jesus in the desert, we too see our own hungers, our own temptations! The devil tempts Jesus in his hunger for bread, yet Jesus resists knowing…

From Our Pastor: Fellow parishioners: As we near the beginning of Lent (this Wednesday is Ash Wednesday,) I sense in all of us a need and a desire to deepen our relationship with our God and I want to walk with you this Lent to accomplish that and in reality,…

From Our Pastor – February 20, 2022 Many times when we read the teachings of Jesus in Sacred Scripture, our immediate feeling might be, “easy for you to say!” The teachings of Jesus seem impossible to us at times. Today’s Gospel is one of those occasions. “Turn the other cheek,”…

From Our Pastor Early this week we will be celebrating the feast day of Saint Valentine, a martyr for the faith. In line with our secular tradition of celebrating him by recognizing the virtue of love between couples, I wish all of you an increased experience of love from those…

From Our Pastor: Did you ever feel like you would do more for Christ if you could, but with work, family, relationships, etc. you just don’t have the time or energy? That’s how the disciples felt in Sunday’s Gospel. They were bone-tired, they had been fishing all night with nothing…

The Holiness of Ordinary! Today’s gospel is a continuation of last week’s account of Jesus preaching in His hometown, Nazareth. However, things turn ugly and Mark tells us about it. The people who heard Him and were in awe, now turn on Him. In fact, they drive Him out of…

Another view of Jesus’ ministry is given to us in today’s Gospel; his ministry of Preaching. We find him in the Synagogue reading from the prophet Isaiah and then explaining it to the attendees. “In your hearing, this prophesy is fulfilled.” This is a very important teaching for us! Most…

Living the Gospel – January 16, 2022 Second Sunday of Ordinary Time – Though the Feast of the Epiphany occurred twelve days after Christmas, the early weeks of Ordinary time have their own “epiphanies.” Last week, with the Baptism of Jesus we recognize our relationship with God as co-heirs and…

The Baptism of the Lord is for me, an odd celebration. Why would Jesus need Baptism? He’s the Son of the Father! This odd outlook is really a misunderstanding of Baptism in general. It’s true you and I needed Baptism because of the existence of Original Sin by our nature….

From Our Pastor – January 02, 2022 Brothers and sisters, how appropriate that in the midst of the Octave of Christmas, the whole Church interjects the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God! This truth is announced in the prophecies of the Old Testament, proclaimed in the Gospels of the…