Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10; Acts 10:34-38; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 From the Pastor’s Desk…… We are Baptized to Transform the World The Epiphany was the manifestation of Christ’s divinity to the world and His Baptism is a new “Epiphany”; for God reveals to His people that Jesus Christ is His Son.…
Sunday’s Readings…..Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13, Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 From the Pastor’s Desk …. We have come to adore the King! This is the feast of the epiphany – the showing or manifestation – of Jesus to the rest of the world. The promises of God to the people of the first covenant…
Sunday’s Readings .. Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; or Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28; Psalm 4:2-3, 5-6, 9-10; Colossians 3:12-21; Luke 2:41-52 From the Pastor’s Desk …. Holy Family of Nazareth, Pray for Us! The Scriptures tell us a lot about Jesus, especially how he came into the world and how he left it. Although Scripture doesn’t say much about…
Christmas Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Matthew 1:1-25 From the Pastor’s Desk …. A Child, A Mother and the Shepherds. Today a great light shines – the light of charity. Despite the fact that 2000 years have passed by, this still is the “Holy Night”. The only good news that can remove the fears of…
Sunday’s Readings: Micah 5:1-4; Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45 From the Pastor’s Desk …. Blessed are you… In today’s Gospel, Elizabeth calls Mary blessed. One definition of blessed is holy; another is favored by God. Mary is all of these things – blessed, holy and favored by God – because God chooses her…
Sundays Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 From the Pastor’s Desk …. The Song of Happiness Not all is penitence, pain, and death as we journey through this desert. Today’s liturgy pauses to ring a hymn of joy. How can we not be delighted when the Son of God, who comes to save us, is near. Jesus is coming, Jesus is with us. With…
Sundays Readings: Baruch 5:1-9; Psalms 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6 From the Pastor’s Desk …. The Word in the Desert The Church continues to prepare the way of Our Lord for His Coming. The desert is a place of solitude, hardships of life, and of temptation. The desert educates one that an essential part of life will require renunciations, detachments, and a radical change of…
Sundays Readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalms 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14; 1 Thes 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 From the Pastor’s Desk… A Time to Wait and Hope. We call Advent an “ardent time”, a time of contrasts. Advent begins the liturgical year, yet it is already speaking to us of the end of time. We prepare ourselves for the birth of Christ, His first arrival, yet…