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 […]
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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 […]
With these you shall be my people and I will be your God…
Blessed are you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, You have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. After the fall of Man, it is still the will of God to love Man to the end. He, therefore, gave them a rule of law called “The Ten Commandments and said, “With these […]
JESUS IS COMING
Deacon’s Corner JESUS IS COMING Our scriptures today can be perceived to be ominous. They are warnings about the end times. As the Boy Scouts have always said, “Be Prepared”. Spiritually we say, “Be Prayed Up.” If you are reading this, I know that you are. One of the challenges of scripture is finding […]
Searching for Souls
Pastor’s Pen My Dear Church Family, To all of our companions with me on the journey of union with the Lord. All of us are seeking heaven. I just got back from my annual retreat and so I am filled with the spirit of joy that it was a retreat that challenges me to grow […]
That’s It!!
Pastor’s Pen Dear Church, Expression-two words: That’s It! That’s It! That’s it! Once you hear those words you know that you have come to a conclusion and you feel a new enlightenment—Alleluia!! That’s It! Is that all scripture is inspired by God, and that scripture is capable to giving you wisdom for salvation and […]
Start blessing others as much as you can
Pastor’s Pen St. Paul proclaims to Timothy, “Stir into flame the gift of God that you have received by being blessed.” Each of us feels that we are blessed, as I proclaimed last week, because overall, we have enough going for us—so we are blessed. So, stir into flame now that blessing we have. Church, […]
Don’t be complacent! Observe, be aware and act!
Pastor’s Pen Dear Church Family, I think I’m living a very comfortable life and I think most of the time we are blessed by being so fortunate and thankful. So, the emphasis today is to observe, be aware and act. Listen to Amos speaking of the rich people who don’t even care and […]
God will forgive no matter what
Dear Church Family, With sad hearts and sorrowful memories, we again remember the events of 9/11 eighteen years ago. This is a very sacred day in our memory. It made us all so aware that there were a great number of people in the world who wanted to kill us and throw the whole world […]