Pastor’s Pen Sunday, February 12, 2023 St. Augustine Catholic Church Dear Church Family, The word of God today tells us to go deeper—to dig deeper into our minds and hearts, and souls so that we can follow Jesus all the more. In other words, one of the most important things we can do […]
Archive | Ordinary Time
Let your Light shine in the darkness
Pastor’s Pen Sunday,February 5, 2023 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church Dear Church Family, The theme of this week’s readings is Light. “Let your Light shine in the darkness. Don’t hide it under a bushel basket.” Light shines on us and from us sometimes in very humble ways and even then it […]
Humility and Poverty in Spirit
Humility and Poverty in Spirit Pastor’s Pen January 29, 2023, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church My Brothers and Sisters, Being Christ-like is the most important goal we can have in life. However, our society tells us that being beautiful and honored and wealthy should be our goals. We all have those […]
I am a new me!
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, January 22, 2023 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church Dear Church Family, I can remember back to a retreat I made in 1973 that has had an effect on me to this day. I told my friends and parishioners that “I am a new me!” As you […]
Evangelize, Evangelize, Evangelize
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, January 15, 2023 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Church Family, I like this passage from John 1:34, “Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.” It means a little bit more because our testimonies and stories about our faith journey […]
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Pastor’s Pen November 20, 2022 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe St. Augustine Catholic Church My Dear Church Family, Well church, once again we know our God is all in all. We call him King but maybe that does not mean too much to us who have lived in a democracy all […]
By your perseverance you will secure your lives
Pastor’s Pen November 13, 2022 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church My Dear Church Family, I am writing this after our recent mid-term elections. We might say, “It is, what it is!” but we have hopes and aspirations that this will be a peaceful exchange of power in some cases and […]
Encourage your hearts
Pastor’s Pen November 6, 2022 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church My Dear Church Family, As I celebrate my 84th birthday, my 85th year of living in the Lord. I am encouraged to respond to the people that I meet when they ask me, “How are you doing?” I am telling […]
The Son of Man has come to seek and save what was lost.
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, October 30, 2022 Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Times St. Augustine Catholic Church The Son of Man has come to seek and save what was lost. My Brothers and Sisters, Our patron, Saint Augustine, in his famous book, “The Confessions …” said, “God, our Father, created us without our permission but cannot […]
Give me a clean heart, O Lord, and I will serve you
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, October 23, 2022 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church Dear Church Family, The theme of today’s readings centers on being concerned about the welfare of our neighbors and focusing less on ourselves. Jesus used very harsh words on hypocrisy and hypocrites, on people who were accustomed to drawing attention […]