Dear Family of St. Augustine, A Joyous 4th of July and prayers to make it a better world with better understanding of opening our hearts to the evils of racism and pray, pray, pray for a solution to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Very often I go to this most comforting passage of Jesus in […]
Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, June 28, 2020 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Times Dear Church Family, I’ve been resting in the first four sentences of the gospel reading because they are particularly challenging to understand all the way. They are certainly an overemphasis but the point that I understand is that He […]
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, June 21, 2020 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Times “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body” (Matt. 10: 26-33). Brothers and Sisters, We are back again to the Sundays in Ordinary Time where we left it to enter the seasons of Lent, Easter, and the solemnities […]
Menschers
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, June 14, 2020 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Dear Church family, This is one of my favorite feast days, the Feast of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, Corpus Christi, the Body of Christ. We have those words said to us each […]
We are glad to follow. Alleluia!!
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 24, 2020 The Ascension of the Lord Dear Church family, In this time of renewal and beginning again our worship during the Pandemic Crisis, we come together with joy and hope as we celebrate the great feast of the Ascension. Our window on the east can […]
Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts!
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 17, 2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter Dear Easter People filled with the Holy Spirit, Here in the sacred word for this sixth Sunday of Eastertime is a message that God’s spirit is more powerfully present in us. Peter and John laid hands on them and they received […]
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter My Dear Church Family, “Master, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” (John 14:1-12) At birth, our brain is empty like a blank sheet of paper. Philosophy call it, “a table raza”. By the […]
I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 3, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Easter It is Good Shepherd Sunday in addition to World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Both are needed in these perilous Coronavirus times that we are experiencing. We certainly need a shepherd to protect us and provide for us. We also need […]
Road to Emmaus
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, April 26, 2020 Third Sunday of Easter My Dear Church Family, Reflect this week on your own roads to Emmaus. Sometimes our journey is really tough and with the Coronavirus pandemic we can really say, “Amen” to that. So, we have our own journeys, just like Cleopas and […]
As the Father sends me, so I send you. Receive the Holy Spirit
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, April 19, 2020 Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy Deacon’s Corner I know that for many of our parishioners this has been a strange and somewhat lonely time. But for me, it has been a quieter time and has allowed me to give more of my […]