Deacon’s Corner Our Miraculous God. In our first reading from Genesis, God shows His greatness and love to Abram by telling him that his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky. This was a great surprise for a man with no children and both he and Sara were advanced in […]
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For God so loved the world that He gave His Only Son
Pastor’s Pen A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, As you can see Fr. Bob is wearing rose or pink-colored vestments to symbolize Laetare Sunday which means rejoice. We are rejoicing today and proclaiming one of my favorite passages of scriptures. You have this little passage memorized also, “For God so loved the […]
Be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord
Pastor’s Pen A word from—Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, An anointing on your Lenten spiritual journey for that deeper union with the Lord. But first today all of you, church family, and many, many friends who have gone out of their way with special efforts to share in helping us help so many, […]
PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION -2018
Pastor’s Pen PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, As I sit in my favorite prayer chair on this Wednesday morning with the sun shining in on me, I reflect once again on this sacred journey I take with you each Lent. I also reflect on […]
Sacrament of Reconciliation of Confession
Pastor’s Pen Homily: Create a Clean heart in me, O God (Ps 51) A Word from Fr. Chris Every year as the great feast of Easter approaches it’s always in our parish program, as we had it last week, for the priests to administer the anointing with holy oil to the faithful […]
God is so good all the time!
Pastor’s Pen FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, As you can see Fr. Bob is wearing rose or pink-colored vestments to symbolize Laetare Sunday which means rejoice. We are rejoicing today and proclaiming one of my favorite passages of scriptures. You have […]
He himself understood it well
A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, I was struck by the last sentence of the Gospel which says, “He himself understood it (human nature) well.” We see Jesus challenging all of us to have right attitudes toward putting the Lord first and His worship pure without a bunch of money matter things […]
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2017
In our Gospel today, Christ heals the man born blind. Jesus tells His disciples that this man’s disability is not because of his or his parent’s sinfulness but rather to be able to show the goodness of God in Jesus’ healing of him. Oh, how we are always ready to accuse or blame or find […]
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – 2017
Dear Church Family, You who are journeying with me in a special way during this Lenten Season I want you to know I really enjoyed the Gospel today. As we journey into this third week of Lent, in my reflection I have an interpretation that might be the right interpretation or just one of many […]
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT 2017
A word from Deacon Ed Father Bob’s homily this past Sunday centered on the word “longing”. Of course, the “longing”, refers to our longing to be one with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Our ultimate goal of being in Heaven is based on our achieving that longing. But the unstated and most incredible […]