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EXALTATION OF THE CROSS

The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is celebrated every year on 14 September.  It is such an important feast that it supersedes the celebration of the Sunday in Ordinary Time when it occurs on a Sunday.  Of course, this doesn’t happen very often.  In fact, the last time it occurred on a Sunday was in 2014.  Allow me to provide some historical and theological background for this feast which we celebrate today.

There are three historical events that are commemorated in this celebration: the discovery of the True […]

2025-09-12T14:19:54-04:00September 12th, 2025|

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

You’re all familiar with Psalm 23, I’m sure.  It starts out with “The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.  In green pastures he makes me repose; he refreshes my soul.”  How comforting those words are.

They are a far cry from the words we hear in today’s Gospel, aren’t they?  Here, we hear Jesus declare: “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.”  That sounds really harsh, doesn’t […]

2025-09-08T14:53:27-04:00September 8th, 2025|

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

 31 August 2025

Those who know me know that one of my favorite forms of entertainment is getting together for dinner with my family or a few friends at someone’s home or at a fine restaurant.  My sister knows this well so when we got together for vacation last week in Myrtle Beach she took me out to Greg Norman’s Australian Grille.  One of their specials was one of my favorite meats:  venison.  And, it wasn’t a venison steak but a venison chop.  It was prepared in […]

2025-09-04T14:15:56-04:00September 4th, 2025|

FALL ACTIVITIES RESUME

As summer quickly comes to an end on this Labor Day weekend, I hope you have all had time for some rest and relaxation.  Now, it’s time to begin thinking of returning to full swing!  Our school begins this Wednesday, 3 September, PREP begins on Monday, 15 September, and all the other parish organizations resume their full fall schedule over the next few weeks.  It will be great to have the parish facilities become fully alive again!

Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA)

As fall activities resume, I would […]

2025-08-29T13:23:50-04:00August 29th, 2025|

TWO NEW SAINTS

CARLO ACUTIS AND PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI

 On 7 September, Pope Leo XIV will preside over the canonization of two young saints, Pier Giorgio Frassati from the early twentieth century and Carlo Acutis, the first twenty-first century saint.  As you may recall, Carlo Acutis’ canonization was originally scheduled for 27 April, to coincide with the Jubilee of Teenagers, and Pier Frassati’s canonization was set for 3 August, the culmination of the Jubilee for Youth.  Both canonizations were postponed due to Pope Francis’ death on 21 April.

The declaration that both of […]

2025-08-22T15:55:59-04:00August 22nd, 2025|

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

I hope you have all had some time for rest and relaxation with family and friends this summer – or that it’s on the horizon.  September is only two weeks away!  I enjoyed a week in Virginia Beach in July with some longtime friends and am looking forward to another week in Myrtle Beach with one of my sisters next week.  I love the eastern shore for a number of reasons.  One of them is the opportunity to enjoy spectacular sunrises.  Every morning, I make sure to be on the […]

2025-08-18T15:15:21-04:00August 18th, 2025|
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