Pastor’s Pen December 25, 2022 Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) St. Augustine Catholic Church Dear Wonderful, Christ-centered Church Family, Here we are again for the 30th time celebrating together the Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Alleluia!! We have gone through birth, death and now resurrection. Praise God!! Alleluia, again!! We celebrated Christmas […]
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Behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son
Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2022 St. Augustine Catholic Church Behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son: They shall call his name Emmanuel, meaning God is with us (Matt. 1:28-24) Dear Church Family, In history, popular men and women have their beginnings and ends recorded for posterity to read, learn, and sometime […]
Make your hearts firm because the coming of the Lord is at hand.” Alleluia!!
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, December 11, 2022 Third Sunday of Advent Dear Church Family, You are wonderful Advent people who have a lot of hope. Here we are starting masses for the time being in our own cafeteria. Hopefully, you can adjust to this situation and find a nice comfortable chair. […]
Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, December 4, 2022 Second Sunday of Advent Dear Church Family, Needless to say, the poetry of the Prophet Isaiah is truly striking in showing that animals and humans can get along together. Therefore, we need, here in the second Sunday of Advent, to pray all week long […]
Stay awake, be prepared, the Lord is coming
Dear Church Family, It is time to begin again. We begin with watching and waiting. We start together with the Unity Mass bringing us together so that we journey together. In Advent time, the first word for us all is “Stay awake, be prepared, the Lord is coming.” What we want to do more and […]
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 […]