Dear Church Family, I write this Pastor’s Pen on Ascension Thursday which our Church changed to Ascension Sunday, coming up this Sunday and this is the last day of the Easter Paschal Season. Next week we will celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit in a deeper and more powerful way into our lives. Ascension […]
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Burdens
Dear Church Family, It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and us not to place any burden beyond these necessities: In some social groups and in some places, for example, the older members are inclined to demonstrate their superiority over the new ones and create or enforce some rules for the new members to […]
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life
Fifth Sunday of Easter A word from—Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, We come together today to celebrate not only my vocation as a priest but all who have blessed me so much over these 55 years. We celebrate our vocation of growing deeper in love with the Lord and having a deeper love […]
Removing the Veil
Pastor’s Pen A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, Alleluia! Along with that word, Ah-h-h! It is good during Easter time to notice anybody feeling Resurrection moments. Those are moments where they feel good about their love in relations and they feel good about loving the Lord. That’s you and that’s […]
The Sunday of Divine Mercy
Pastor’s Pen A Word from Fr. Chris The Second Sunday of Easter (C): The Sunday of Divine Mercy Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated today, the second Sunday of Easter. It is a feast promulgated in the Church by Pope St. John […]
Easter 2019
Pastor’s Pen EASTER 2019 A word from—Father Bob Dear Risen Spirited Family of God, The Lord has Risen and we have the victory of victories! The victory of Jesus dying and rising for us so that when we die, we rise eternally, forever to be with the Lord. also our spirit will continue in […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Family of God, For the last twenty-five years I have been celebrating the great Feast of Victory and Completion. This is the Feast of the Ascension. My favorite window is depicted graphically on the east side of our church. This is the wonderful […]
God’s love is revealed
Dear St. Augustine Church Family, On this sixth Sunday of Easter, we are reminded of our Heavenly Father’s steadfast love for us, His beloved sons and daughters in Christ Jesus. Here God’s love is revealed in the lives of every human being created in His divine image and likeness, irrespective of the race, culture, educational […]
Get real, get real!
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Family of Saint Augustine, You have heard the expression and have probably used it yourself in discussions with people, “Get real, get real!” Maybe you can imagine as in the gospel today, Jesus appearing to His apostles and they are shocked and stunned. He […]
Easter 2018
EASTER SUNDAY A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Wonderful Alleluia Family, One of our alleluia church family members, Kenny Hearndon, our former maintenance engineer says, “After I get out of church, I keep on churching”. That means there is an afterglow to what happens at church. Maybe it’s much more than an afterglow because […]