Fr. Bob’s message is clear. We are not expected to change the world but to make a change in our little part of the world. With this, we each take direct responsibility for a manageable part of making our church community a better place. The ripple effect of this simple approach became evident when my […]
A word from—Fr. Chris Our English language has words that go with the prefix, trans… to explain a potential change of a person, place or thing. We have such words as transport, transfer, translate, transpose, transgender, transition, transubstantiation, now transfiguration and so on. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord […]
Dear Church Family, This is our 24th celebration of the Feast of Saint Augustine. Each year we like to make it special because he is such a wonderful role model. He inspires us with the help of his dear mother, St. Monica to always reform our lives and have what is central to the Sacred […]
Dear Church Family, As I sat in my prayer room chair, I composed this prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, Best Friend all the more Savior and Lord. After always humbly asking for forgiveness by picking up the pieces of my life and desire to enter by the “narrow gate”. I say to You, Lord that I […]
Without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11: 6) Our second reading today speaks to us about faith, the first of the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. Faith is a supernatural gift of God that enables us to believe without doubting whatever God has revealed. The book of the Hebrews also […]
Dear Church Family, A confusing word we hear in our theology is the word, “justification” which means that God gives us the totally free gift of faith, salvation and He saves us. At the same time while feeling His gift upon us, we are called to do good work. So we hear very challenging passages […]
“Master to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” These are the words of Peter in today’s Gospel. Later he says, “We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.” Wow!!! Peter and the other apostles have the gift of faith. In todays’ world, […]
Dear Church Family, I’m on vacation but we welcome our Missionary Priest who will tell us about his ministry. It is so good to be aware that we are a Universal Church. Certainly for over 50 years we have supported our on own missionaries sent to Bolivia and Chile. Today we welcome this fine missionary. […]
Dear Church Family, At Debra Lancaster’s home-going last Monday, we had so many people that wanted to give condolences. There were people from many different churches the Mormons, Pentecostals, Sanctified. Our dear Bea Logan had to get up and say, “We really have to cut the remarks to two minutes for sure.” This one bishop […]
Dear Church Family, It is very important in my spiritual journey that I have the Bread of Life. I know that the Bread of Life is Jesus and I hear in the concluding words of the Gospel, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in […]
