HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers of the parish and the mothers of all our parishioners! We all know how important our mothers have been to us as we grew up and so we join with our nation in honoring them today. And, as we are still in a stay-at-home state due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we become even more aware of the essential role they play in our homes in ways that we may have taken for granted in the past. So often I hear Mother’s Day derided [...]
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Year A)
John 14:1 - 12 Welcome to my annotated commentary of 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 provide us. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers! This will be a most unusual Mother’s Day but please know that you will all be in my special prayers! This Sunday, we hear a portion of Jesus’ address to the apostles during the Last [...]
FEAST OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA
We celebrated the feast of our patron, St. Catherine of Siena, this past Wednesday and, as I reflected on her life, I also turned to our stained glass window in church for inspiration. Like so many of our stained glass windows, this one is filled with symbolism that teaches us about our patron saint. So, I would like to tell you about this window. First, however, allow me to offer you a brief biography of our patron saint; you may be surprised how much our time has in common with [...]
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Year A)
John 10:1 - 10 Welcome to my annotated commentary of 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 provide us. As I mentioned last week, most of the Sunday Gospels during Easter this year will be from the Gospel of John. We heard from the Gospel of Luke last week but we return to John’s Gospel. This Sunday, we hear a presentation of the [...]
Happy Feastday Saint Catherine of Siena
As we celebrate the Feast of our patron saint, Catherine of Siena, let me invite you to watch an excellent YouTube presentation by the then Fr. Robert Barron on St. Catherine. As always with Bishop Barron, it’s an excellent presentation, giving us really good insights into her life and influence in the world of her day and even today; you will find a link to his presentation below. And, if you didn’t join in the live streamed school Mass earlier this morning, you will find a link to [...]
INTERESTING DETAILS ABOUT OUR CHURCH MADE MORE EVIDENT THROUGHT LIVE STREAMING
I hope you are staying healthy – physically, mentally and spiritually – during these ongoing stressful times as we all try to weather the coronavirus pandemic. I’m delighted that so many of our parishioners are watching the live streamed Masses; it’s a very important way for us to stay together as a faith community. Over the past several weeks, I’ve had a number of parishioners ask about some of the details of our church that they hadn’t noticed before but now see on the live streamed Masses. They have asked [...]