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FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

This is one great parable, isn’t it!?!  Especially in this Lenten season, we can all relate to the prodigal son, wasteful and extravagant in our use of all that God has given us to fulfill our own desires rather than for the building up of God’s kingdom.  But, sinful though we are, if we convert our lives, God, in his love and care for us – will always demonstrate his love, always forgive us and welcome us back

We know this parable under the title of the prodigal son because he […]

2022-03-30T16:34:18-04:00March 30th, 2022|

LAETARE SUNDAY

Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her.

Be joyful, all who were in mourning;

Exult and be satisfied at her consoling breast. (Is 66:10:11)

Today, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, is also known as Laetare Sunday.  It gets this name from the first word of the Entrance Antiphon used at Mass when there is no music; you will see it quoted above.  In Latin, the antiphon begins with the word “Laetare,” which, as you see above, translates into “Rejoice.”  As we quickly approach the end of Lent – next week is the Fifth […]

2022-03-26T07:43:28-04:00March 26th, 2022|

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

I hope you’re all enjoying the first taste of spring; yesterday was such a beautiful day that helped to distract us from the devastating war in Ukraine that continues to capture our attention as the people caught in the crosshairs call for our prayers and support.  Unfortunately, this is only the latest of calamities that we have encountered over the past few years, isn’t it?  The coronavirus has claimed over 6 million lives worldwide, and epic floods, relentless forest fires, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes here and around the world fill […]

2022-03-21T16:04:41-04:00March 21st, 2022|

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

“While he was praying, his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white.”  Well, that would certainly get your attention, wouldn’t it.  You join your dear friend and mentor, Jesus, as he goes up a mountain to pray.  He has often gone apart to pray – up a mountain, into the desert – but it’s always been alone.  This time, he has invited you, and two other of his closest companions, to join him.  And then, like Moses up on Mount Sinai, he begins to glow and shine. […]

2022-03-18T09:06:44-04:00March 18th, 2022|

COLLECTION FOR THE CHURCH IN LATIN AMERICA

On June 26, 2020, Fr. Ricardo Antonio Cortez Martínez, rector of the St. Óscar Arnulfo Romero seminary in Usulutan, El Salvador, sent a request to the Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America for financial aid for 42 seminarians in the philosophy stage of their formation. Less than two months later, on August 7, Fr. Ricardo was found assassinated. Tragically, three priests were slain from 2019 through August 2020 in El Salvador as drug cartels control the country and drug lords feel threatened by the Church’s call to peace and […]

2022-03-12T10:03:03-05:00March 12th, 2022|

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

i don’t know about you, but I have been watching with disbelief and horror the events unfolding in the Ukraine as Russia invades it, causing wanton destruction and killing both soldiers and civilians without any compunction.  It is, tragically, just the latest reminder that, ever since Cain slew Abel, there are those among us who do not respect the rights of others and will do anything they can to get their way.  We see the same scenario playing out between Israel and Palestine and China and Taiwan. We are, once […]

2022-03-10T10:30:10-05:00March 10th, 2022|

EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

So, how do you like the new look in our church?  Finally, all 2,242 pipes of our new organ are in place, both in the choir loft and the positiv divisions over the doorways flanking our Blessed Sacrament Chapel.  Aren’t they magnificent!?!  We are very blessed to have a beautiful church, with splendid stained glass windows that present all of Salvation History, a handsome, granite altar and ambo, from which we hear the Word of God proclaimed and we receive the sacred Body and Blood of Christ, the source of […]

2022-02-28T14:06:17-05:00February 28th, 2022|
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