Pastor’s Pen Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sept. 25, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church “You received what was good, Lazarus what was bad; now he is comforted, whereas you are tormented.” Every Sunday or at any other time we gather at Mass, we listen to the Sacred Word of God from the Old […]
You are trustworthy, not only in small things but in big things
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, September 18, 2022 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Dear Church Family, In today’s first reading, We hear the Prophet Amos condemning the people for trampling upon the needy and destroying the poor of the land, by fixing their scales for cheating and buying the lowly for silver and […]
The Lord is truly your friend who you can talk with
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Times St. Augustine Catholic Church Dear Church Family, Today your pastor just wants to give you a couple of reflections. The first reflection, the book of Exodus gives a beautiful feeling of Moses’ intimacy with the Lord and how he can “talk turkey” and […]
Focus on God!!
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, September 4, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Dear Church Family, Our Gospel this weekend from St. Luke shows Jesus trying to get our attention. He makes a very bold statement. “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, […]
St. Augustine
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, August 28, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Dear Joyous Church Family, Last week your pastor got so excited about our feast day that he wrote the following pastor’s pen. So, I am glad to share these words with you again because I feel that it gives us a special view of our […]
…our hearts are restless until they rest in you
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, August 21, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Dear Church Family, Here we are coming to the end of our 30th anniversary in having special masses of St. Augustine as our patron. As you probably know, one of my favorite words of scripture and prayer is “Alleluia!” I even have it on my […]
I have come not to establish peace, but division.
Pastor’s Pen 20th Sunday in Ordinary time August 14, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church I have come not to establish peace, but division. Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire and how I wish it were already blazing! …Again, “do you think that I have come to establish […]
Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen
Pastor’s Pen August 7, 2022 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Times St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Dear Parish Family, St. Paul in his letter to the Hebrews says,” Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” To simplify St. Paul, let us just say, Jesus I Trust in You. Trust […]
Vanity of Vanities! All things are vanity!
Pastor’s Pen 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 31, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Dear Church Family, August is just around the corner and that means school, and everything gets back in order, but I still want to have a little more fun. Maybe a little more vacationing, getting together with family and friends, or […]
The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger and rich in mercy
Pastor’s Pen 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 24, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Brothers and Sisters, You must have come across this biblical psalm which says, “The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to anger and rich in mercy” (Psalm 103:8). God, our creator and Father of us all, walks, as it […]