Pastor’s Pen Sunday, October 30, 2022 Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Times St. Augustine Catholic Church The Son of Man has come to seek and save what was lost. My Brothers and Sisters, Our patron, Saint Augustine, in his famous book, “The Confessions …” said, “God, our Father, created us without our permission but cannot […]
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Give me a clean heart, O Lord, and I will serve you
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, October 23, 2022 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church Dear Church Family, The theme of today’s readings centers on being concerned about the welfare of our neighbors and focusing less on ourselves. Jesus used very harsh words on hypocrisy and hypocrites, on people who were accustomed to drawing attention […]
Persistence in Prayer
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary time, October 16, 2022 St. Augustine Catholic Church Persistence in Prayer I am incredibly grateful for being able to write and preach on these readings. I have never been disappointed in prayer. In our first reading from Exodus, we hear of Moses sending out Joshua to defend Israel from Amalek. While […]
The Word of God is more than that which is written…
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, October 9, 2022 Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church My Dear Church Family The most important thing we can do in our existence and for our salvation is to believe in the Word of God. It makes no difference whether it is written down in the Bible or […]
Stir into flame the gift of God that you have received by being blessed
Pastor’s Pen Sunday, October 2, 2022 Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time St. Augustine Catholic Church My Dear Church Family, St. Paul proclaims to Timothy, “Stir into flame the gift of God that you have received by being blessed.” Each of us should feel that we are blessed because overall, we have enough to keep […]
Sell what you have and follow me.
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 10, 2021, Cycle B Sell what you have and follow me. (Mark 10:17-30) Brothers and Sisters, The end of life and our salvation should, at certain times, worry us as we think about them. It was in this same frame of mind that the man in today’s gospel was […]
who fear the Lord and walking his ways will be blessed and favored
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, October 3, 2021 Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Times Dear Church Family, In the first reading, (Genesis 2:18-24), God created the beautiful example that He put before us of a man and woman leaving parents and everyone else as they join themselves together becoming one flesh. They totally […]
You must love your neighbor as yourself.
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, October 25, 2020 Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Times My Brothers and Sisters, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:34-40 During our years in the Minor Seminary, each time our rector enters the conference hall to give us a conference, he would yell in Latin with an […]
Do what you must do, but make sure you give the Lord’s His first
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, October 18, 2020 Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Times Dear Church Family, Here we are on the twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary time hearing from the Prophet Isaiah that you are called and thanking the Lord that He saved the Israelite people. They are our spiritual ancestors in faith by […]
He will give us a feast
Pastor’s Pen St. Augustine Catholic Church Sunday, October 11, 2020 Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Times Dear church family, Today’s message is about having a Mountain Banquet and responding to God’s invitation for total union with Hi. All of these are symbols of God loving us and providing for us. Many times we use as […]