Feast of the Most holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Sunday, June 19, 2022 St. Augustine Catholic Church (Take this. It is my body. Take This. It is my Blood. As often as you do this, it is in memory of ME.) Today we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi which has other […]
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I give my sheep eternal life.
Pastor’s Pen Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 8, 2022 St. Augustine’s Catholic Church I give my sheep eternal life. My Sisters and Brothers, Jesus Christ, our Lord, used ordinary images known to mankind to describe what He is likened to with us. He called Himself, The light, “I am the Light of the world.” This […]
Lenten Reflection from Father Chris
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, March 13, 2022 Second Sunday of Lent Lenten Reflection from Father Chris Dear Church Family, Last week through some sort of snafu, we were deprived of Fr. Chris’ very instructive words to us regarding Lent. Well, thanks be to God, here it is! My brothers and sisters, […]
Blessed are you when people hate you…
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church February 13, 2022 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Church Family, During every Sunday and on weekday celebrations of the Mass, we listen to the Lord speaking to us in the Scriptures through the prophets or from Christ Our Lord, Himself. The Prophet Jeremiah proclaimed that complete and […]
Prepare you the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, December 19, 2021 Fourth Sunday of Advent Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me? The Fourth Sunday of Advent brings the Advent Season to an end. The fourth candle of the Advent wreath will be lit and at the end of Mass, […]
DEATH, JUDGMENT, HEAVEN, and HELL
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, November 14, 2021 Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Times Brothers and Sisters in Christ, With the passing of the years, the Church, as our Mother, informs us about what is yet to come in our existential life. We are to believe strongly that our God lives forever, but we, […]
What will your contribution be?
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, November 7, 2021 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Times Brothers and Sisters, In the First Reading and the Gospel, we see a similarity in the two speaking of widows who were exemplary and generous in life. Widows are women who have lost their husbands and therefore, have become […]
Our Savior, Jesus, destroyed death and brought light through to the Gospel.
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, June 27, 2021 Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Times Our Savior, Jesus, destroyed death and brought light through to the Gospel. Brothers and Sisters, Our first reading of this Mass tells us that death, which we know as a common phenomenon in our physical and material world, did not […]
FAITHFULNESS and SELF-CONTROL
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 23, 2021 Pentecost Sunday Come, Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of the faithful and kindle in them the fire of thy love. Send forth thy Spirit and they shall be created, and they shall renew the face of the earth. My Brothers and Sisters, Today we […]
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 2, 2021 Fifth Sunday of Easter I am the Vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me, you will bear much fruit. (John 15:1-8) Last Sunday was named Good Shepherd Sunday. Christ used the image of a shepherd, one who rears or cares for sheep […]