Pastor’s Pen A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, The African American tradition is for the preacher to use the word “hello” in the middle of his sermon. He does that to wonder whether anybody is hearing and understanding the Word of God. He puts it out there anyway but for preachers, […]
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Do not be afraid, just have faith
Dear Church Family, “Do not be afraid, just have faith”. These are the words of Jesus to Jairus and his wife and loved ones at the loss of their daughter. Let us reflect on faith these summer days. We pray for the great gift of faith. It seems that we open ourselves up to it. […]
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2017
A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, Like Solomon, we long for an understanding heart of knowing that our God is to be continually, intentionally and intensely present in our spiritually longing for union with the Lord. Now that’s a long sentence! Just know that “all things work for the good of those who […]
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2017
A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, “WEEDY”, this is a good theme for us this week. When we say the word “Weedy”, we can think of our own personal lives having a few weeds in it. We can think of our prayer life having some weeds in it and our moral living having […]
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
A word from Deacon Ed Making rich soil in which the Word of God will take root is the most important function we have as children of God. Of course, this reference comes from today’s Gospel in which Christ is relating the parable of “The Sower of Seed”. What will be the condition of our […]
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, Let us give thanks to the Lord for our country but also let us continue to pray for the evil that is so present amongst us. That is the evil of drugs, gangs and murder. It’s out there. It’s around us. Each of us can touch it in some way by prayer […]
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, Probably more than any other pastor in the whole Archdiocese, this pastor of yours seems to be around death more than anyone else. A few reasons: first we offer assistance to families who are struggling to bury loved ones or don’t have the grave or enough funds. So we help them usually […]
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, What a joyous celebration we had last Sunday on our 24th year of celebration. I just thought it was wonderful! I am so grateful to Bishop Hermann for coming and embellishing our spirit of joy and thanksgiving for being church these last 24 years. We have grown and come along so greatly […]
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The loved church family of St. Augustine, On this our 24th anniversary is being quote, “Church Together”. Today we feel a certain amount of joy and accomplishment that this church family has tried to stay steady, living, loving and hearing the gospel message. We today celebrate the continued challenge of being church, of loving the […]
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, I again quote from Fr. Art Cavitt, “So, what you gonna do?” In the Scriptures today the Lord is telling us through Isaiah that great joy shall come to us because of victory with the Lord. Jesus keeps emphasizing, “the kingdom of God is at hand.” We pray in the Our Father […]