A WORD FROM FR. BOB Dear Church Family, I have decided to revisit the reason I put the Joyous Family of St. Augustine on my car nine years ago. I have a deep identity with all of you. Some of you know that I put lettering on my car and identified myself with you, […]
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
A WORD FROM FR. CHRIS Some of us, if not many have received care from a nurse in a health care center or elsewhere to treat our wounds or given a shot to alleviate our pain or blood drawn from us for a laboratory test. These things hurt but the giver does it very gently […]
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, A confusing word we hear in our theology is the word, “justification” which means that God gives us the totally free gift of faith, salvation and He saves us. At the same time while feeling His gift upon us, we are called to do good work. So we hear very challenging passages […]
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
“Master to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” These are the words of Peter in today’s Gospel. Later he says, “We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” Wow!!! Peter and the other apostles have the gift of faith. In todays’ world, […]
TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, I’m on vacation but we welcome our Missionary Priest who will tell us about his ministry. It is so good to be aware that we are a Universal Church. Certainly for over 50 years we have supported our on own missionaries sent to Bolivia and Chile. Today we welcome this fine missionary. […]
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, At Debra Lancaster’s home-going last Monday, we had so many people that wanted to give condolences. There were people from many different churches the Mormons, Pentecostals, Sanctified. Our dear Bea Logan had to get up and say, “We really have to cut the remarks to two minutes for sure.” This one bishop […]
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, It is very important in my spiritual journey that I have the Bread of Life. I know that the Bread of Life is Jesus and I hear in the concluding words of the Gospel, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in […]
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, Sometimes when a few extra people come over and you don’t think you have enough food, it is enough. Sometimes you think your little efforts of cheering someone up in their struggles isn’t enough, but sometimes when many others also pitch in then the person is uplifted. Sometimes we don’t think we […]
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, As I prepared the Sacred Word of God last Monday for this Sunday, a few words impressed me. First, the two words “Rest awhile” and the words from St. Paul; Rest awhile – as I read these words last Monday early in the morning before daily Mass, I said, “That’s what I need.” […]
23 Years of Spiritual Growth!
I have been present for all twenty-three anniversaries, and to my knowledge, I have not been out of town. However, for this anniversary I am out of town because of a family wedding that I will definitely be “called on the carpet” if I do not attend. Know that I am thinking of you all […]