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TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

As we listened to today’s Gospel, it was easy for us to imagine why such strong tension developed between Jesus and the Jewish chief priests and elders.  Jesus presented this parable right after he presented the one we heard last week about the two sons, one of whom said he would go to work in the vineyard but didn’t and the other who said he wouldn’t go but did.  In both of these parables, the owner of the vineyard is clearly God.  In both stories, we can see that Jesus […]

2026-10-05T15:12:35-04:00October 5th, 2026|

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY

Next weekend, we will join with the Church Universal in celebrating World Mission Sunday with its theme: “One in Christ, United in Mission”.  This year’s World Mission Sunday celebration is unlike any other in our lifetime!  First, 2026 marks the centennial milestone of this worldwide observance.  Second, we celebrate it with a theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV who was himself a missionary priest and bishop for many years in Peru.  While there, he spoke often about how dependent he was on the support generated by World Mission Sunday.  Now, […]

2026-10-02T13:14:05-04:00October 3rd, 2026|

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

We are all familiar with the saying, “Actions speak louder than words.” Our readings today teach this very lesson very well.  In our Gospel today, we hear the parable about two sons who are called by their father to work in the vineyard.  Of course, we all recognize that Jesus is teaching us about God, our heavenly Father, who calls us to work in his vineyard. The first son says “I will not,” but changes his mind and goes.  The second says “Yes, sir”, but doesn’t go after all.  And […]

2026-10-02T13:11:42-04:00October 2nd, 2026|

ANNUAL EUCHARISTIC DEVOTION

After the celebration of the Eucharist itself, what better Eucharistic event is there than our annual Forty Hours Eucharistic Devotion?  It’s a great opportunity to linger with our Lord, recalling all that he has done for us and preparing for our eternity with him.   Our annual Forty Hours Eucharistic Devotion will begin next Sunday after the 11:30am Mass and conclude with a 7:00pm Mass on Tuesday.  I encourage everyone to join in this wonderful devotion!

As you know, we believe that, when we celebrate Mass, we participate in the Paschal Mystery: […]

2026-09-25T13:04:42-04:00September 26th, 2026|

Continued Importance of MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS

 Artificial Intelligence has certainly been a big topic on the news this past week!  Last Saturday, Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development.  The leaders of two other top AI companies – Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI and SpaceXAI founder, Elon Musk – quickly voiced their agreement with Mr. Amodei’s ideas.  During the week, King Charles III of Britain met with leaders from major artificial intelligence companies, including Nvidia, Google, DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic, “to discuss how AI can […]

2026-09-18T13:33:11-04:00September 19th, 2026|

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Today, we hear some very important readings teaching us about the infinite power of God’s love demonstrated in one of the most important gifts of our faith: the gift of forgiveness.  It’s a gift we all need and one that we all need to learn to share generously.  We started our Eucharistic celebration admitting that we are all sinners and we need God’s merciful forgiveness.  “Lord, have mercy, Christ, have mercy, Lord, have mercy,” we all said together as we recognized God’s merciful love demonstrated so clearly through his son’s […]

2026-09-14T09:27:57-04:00September 14th, 2026|
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