From our Pastor 26 | Saint Katharine of Siena, Wayne PA

Adopt-a-Family, Christmas Food Basket, Mercy Hospice Giving Tree

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to grip our nation and – indeed, our world – I’m sure you’re all aware of the impact it’s having on millions of families who have lost their jobs or had their work hours severely reduced. Many parishioners in our sister parish, St. Martin de Porres, are among those struggling families. We also have families in our own parish who could use some assistance as Christmas arrives; it’s less than six weeks away! We have several parish initiatives that will allow you to give to […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-11-06T14:32:27-05:00November 7th, 2020|

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A)

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us. I hope you find it helpful!

Wisdom 6:12 – 16

This Sunday, we will hear from the Book of Wisdom. Again, the passage was clearly chosen to prepare us for the Gospel. We need to seek wisdom in our lives in order to prepare for the time when God calls us […]

sksparish.org2020-11-05T19:54:24-05:00November 5th, 2020|

Emerency Aid to Hurricane and Wildfire Victims/St. Charles Seminary Annual Appeal

Emergency Aid to Hurricane and Wildfire Victims

As if the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t already have us in its fearful grip as the daily count of those infected and killed continues to rise, it seems that very day we hear more tragic stories about new hurricanes obliterating towns in Florida and throughout the Gulf Coast and the seemingly endless wildfires throughout the west. Just as we probably all know someone who has been stricken – and, perhaps, even killed – by COVID-19, we probably have family and friends living in […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-10-30T08:53:59-04:00October 31st, 2020|

ALL SAINTS DAY – November 1, 2020

Revelation 7:2 – 4, 9 -14

This Sunday, we interrupt our ordinary celebration of Sundays of the Year because an important Solemnity happens to land on Sunday: All Saints. This feast gives us the opportunity to reflect on a very important aspect of our faith: our belief in God’s promise for everlasting life with him in heaven. Before we review the readings that are recommended for this Sunday, let’s review the development of belief in everlasting life in the history of our faith. As I have mentioned in the past, it […]

sksparish.org2020-10-29T18:38:43-04:00October 29th, 2020|

Stewardship Weekend

“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” (Mt. 22: 21). As we heard in last week’s Gospel, when some of the religious leaders try to trap Jesus with a question about whether or not to pay the Roman taxes, Jesus reminds his listeners that everything belongs to God; after all, he is the creator of the universe and gives us all that we have. We read in the Bible that, after God had created the heavens and the earth, he planted a garden […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-10-23T08:59:32-04:00October 24th, 2020|

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A)

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us. I hope you find it helpful!

Exodus 22:20 – 26

This Sunday, we will hear from the Book of Exodus. Although it is just a small part of a long expansion of the Decalogue (cf. 20:1-17 and 21:1 – 23:33 and finally the mention of Moses writing down these laws in […]

sksparish.org2020-10-22T18:43:45-04:00October 22nd, 2020|

MISSION SUNDAY IN PREPARATION FOR STEWARDSHIP SUNDATY

“Go, make disciples of all nations…teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt 28:19). After Jesus overcame death by his Resurrection, he did not just return to heaven to sit at the right of the Father. Before ascending to the Father, he commissioned those who had come to believe in him to make disciples, that is, others who would come to believe in the one, true God and his son, Jesus, who came to save us. That is the ongoing mission of the Church; we are the […]

Barbara Lombardi2020-10-17T09:26:40-04:00October 17th, 2020|

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A)

OPENING PRAYER: Isaiah 24

Isaiah 45:1, 4 – 6

This Sunday, we will again hear from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. Since it is from chapter 45, we know that it is from Deutero-Isaiah. We recall that Deutero-Isaiah prophesied 587 – 539BC, during the Babylonian exile. During this time, the political scene in the Ancient Near East changed dramatically as a result of the rise of Cyrus II (the Great). Until he came into power in 559BC, the great powers controlling the Ancient Near East were usually Semites, originally of the […]

sksparish.org2020-10-15T15:50:39-04:00October 15th, 2020|

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A)

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us. I hope you find it helpful!

Isaiah 25:6-10a

This Sunday, we will again hear from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. Since it is from chapter 25, it would be understandable if you were to conclude that it is from Isaiah himself. There is lively debate among scripture scholars, however, as […]

sksparish.org2020-10-08T16:29:55-04:00October 8th, 2020|

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year A)

Welcome to my annotated commentary on Sunday’s readings. The purpose of my commentary is to give you the background for each reading, a little better understanding of its message and the message that all of the Sunday readings together provide us. I hope you find it helpful!

Isaiah 5:1 – 7

This Sunday, we will hear from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. Since it is from chapter 5, we know that it is from Isaiah himself. The prophet Isaiah prophesied from around 742 until 686BC, from the reign of King Azariah, […]

sksparish.org2020-10-02T13:35:58-04:00October 2nd, 2020|

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