Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 24, 2020 The Ascension of the Lord Dear Church family, In this time of renewal and beginning again our worship during the Pandemic Crisis, we come together with joy and hope as we celebrate the great feast of the Ascension. Our window on the east can […]
Tag Archives | May
Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts!
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 17, 2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter Dear Easter People filled with the Holy Spirit, Here in the sacred word for this sixth Sunday of Eastertime is a message that God’s spirit is more powerfully present in us. Peter and John laid hands on them and they received […]
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter My Dear Church Family, “Master, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” (John 14:1-12) At birth, our brain is empty like a blank sheet of paper. Philosophy call it, “a table raza”. By the […]
I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, May 3, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Easter It is Good Shepherd Sunday in addition to World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Both are needed in these perilous Coronavirus times that we are experiencing. We certainly need a shepherd to protect us and provide for us. We also need […]
Burdens
Dear Church Family, It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and us not to place any burden beyond these necessities: In some social groups and in some places, for example, the older members are inclined to demonstrate their superiority over the new ones and create or enforce some rules for the new members to […]
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life
Fifth Sunday of Easter A word from—Fr. Bob Dear Church Family, We come together today to celebrate not only my vocation as a priest but all who have blessed me so much over these 55 years. We celebrate our vocation of growing deeper in love with the Lord and having a deeper love […]
Who will like to go to heaven?
Pastor’s Pen A Word from Fr. Chris “Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, to God who is, who was and who will come” It is our common and religious practice as Catholics to make the sign of the cross when we want to pray and at the end of […]
You are filled with God’s Spirit and how do you manifest that this week
Pastor’s Pen PENTECOST SUNDAY A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Family of God, Excitement!!! You are there in the upper room, imagine and picture that in your mind. All of a sudden you are observing the apostles who are fearful, feeling a strong, driving, noisy wind. It is filling the whole upper room […]
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER A Word from Fr. Bob Dear Family of God, For the last twenty-five years I have been celebrating the great Feast of Victory and Completion. This is the Feast of the Ascension. My favorite window is depicted graphically on the east side of our church. This is the wonderful […]
God’s love is revealed
Dear St. Augustine Church Family, On this sixth Sunday of Easter, we are reminded of our Heavenly Father’s steadfast love for us, His beloved sons and daughters in Christ Jesus. Here God’s love is revealed in the lives of every human being created in His divine image and likeness, irrespective of the race, culture, educational […]