Dear Church, This is Divine Mercy Sunday! It comes from St. Faustina, who lived in the early part of the twentieth century in Poland. She received visions from the Lord proclaiming great “mercy.” I am still feeling the presence of the Risen Lord as we gather, most inspirationally, to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection and to […]
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EASTER SUNDAY
Dear Church Family, A Joyous Easter to each of you!! He is Risen, Alleluia!!! May those ordinary words of greeting be very special to you today. As you probably know after 23 years and more that your pastor enjoys the word “Joyous.” I call you the Joyous Family of St. Augustine and I have put it […]
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Dear Church Family, I pray for all our Mothers, living and deceased. We thank the Lord for all the ways they have mothered us. As a result of receiving love we give love, especially Mothers giving love to their children. Alleluia! Some of my favorite passages of Scriptures are in these Sacred Readings today. I […]
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Dear Church Family, Last Sunday afternoon your pastor had a wonderful experience riding his bike on the Kathy Trail in Defiance, Missouri outside of Saint Charles. We ended at a vineyard and we sat in a wine garden and sipped a little of the vintage. You can look out at the hills and see a […]
Good Shepherd’s Sunday – FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Dear Church Family, On Good Shepherd’s Sunday, every year Church Family, as I celebrate Mass and look out at you I am also looking up into the choir loft and there is my image of the Good Shepherd. For the last 23 years it has become all the more meaningful to me as the Good […]
Resurrection Moments – THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Resurrection Moments Dear Church Family, One joyful way of praying is to imagine yourself in the stories of the Resurrection. Enter into the feelings of the characters in the Gospel account. Like today, I am with Peter, James, and John, the other disciples, the Blessed Mother and some of Jesus’ special spiritual women friends. All […]
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY)
Dear Church Family, Today is Mercy Sunday! Alleluia! I am sure glad that I have reconfirmed, in the last 10 or so years, this celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. Certainly we already know that God is filled with pure love and mercy. He wants to do whatever He can to forgive us and welcome us […]
EASTER SUNDAY
Dear Family of God here at St. Augustine and guests, Alleluia! Alleluia! You probably know your pastor is an Alleluia person. When he can’t say Alleluia during Lent, it is hard for him. He has a hard time catching himself. The emotions of joy, bright colors, candles, Easter lilies, daffodils, tulips and anything that symbolizes […]