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…

Sunday’s Readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Psalm 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11, Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32 From the Pastor’s Desk…  Until the end of the world When we suddenly find ourselves in difficult times, due to the mysterious or to the unknown, these times may provoke in us a mixture of fear and hope. This occurs to us when we glimpse the imminence of death. Death is…

Sunday’s Readings 1 Kings 17:10-16; Psalm 146:7, 8-10; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44 From the Pastor’s Desk…  “We trust because we believe” We all experience times when trusting in God just doesn’t seem to make sense. It may be the sudden death of a spouse or a child, learning one has a terminal illness or being laid…

Sunday’s Readings Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; PS 24:1BC-2, 3-4AB, 5-6; 1-John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 From the Pastor’s Desk…  Feast of All Saints We start this article with the question: Who are the saints? I think a little girl in catechism class gave a good definition in answer to this question: “Saints are those men and women that are…

Sunday’s Readings Jeremiah 31:7-9; PS 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 From the Pastor’s Desk…  Blindness The Gospel of St. Mark does not only describe a great miracle, but it also preaches a catechesis that invites us to change and to be converted. When the Teacher calls him, he throws aside his cloak, jumps up and runs toward Him. His obscure eyes are opened and…

Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 53:10-11; PS 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22;  Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45 From the Pastor’s Desk…  To Serve & Give One’s Life The longing to be powerful is as ancient as the world. We ourselves experience it every day in the most commonplace situations, as in wanting to occupy the best or first place, in choosing the best of partners, in climbing up…

Sundays Readings: Wisdom 7:7-11, Hebrews 4:12-13, Mark 10:17-30 From the Pastor’s Desk…  We are called to follow the Lord. The Gospel reading today is a well-known passage, one we may be tempted to ignore because we think it does not apply to us. It is important to remember, however, that Jesus is speaking to each…