Dear Church Family, It is very important in my spiritual journey that I have the Bread of Life. I know that the Bread of Life is Jesus and I hear in the concluding words of the Gospel, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in […]
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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear Church Family, As I prepared the Sacred Word of God last Monday for this Sunday, a few words impressed me. First, the two words “Rest awhile” and the words from St. Paul; Rest awhile – as I read these words last Monday early in the morning before daily Mass, I said, “That’s what I need.” […]
May 31, 2015
Dear Church Family, Today we celebrate God totally loving each one of us. Not as a group, but as individuals. Our God is totally in love with us. We celebrate today recognizing, responding and being totally in love with Him. God is Creator and the Father. We have no doubt about the beauty of this […]
Fourth Sunday of Lent
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” The Lord loves each one of us and we go on our life’s journey trying to be aware that we are specially chosen. By freewill we accept […]
Third Sunday or Lent
Dear Church Family, The weather outside is frightful but as I say over the phone, “Fr. Bob is so delightful, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” Now and then I am inclined to sing that song over the phone, hopefully, to cheer people on, if they don’t hang up on me . […]
Second Sunday of Lent
Dear Church Family, All this week I am practicing and praying on a message I preached that you should be in awe at the symbol of the rainbow and to imagine a rainbow over you every time you come up for communion. In a couple of weeks we will celebrate the Sacrament of Anointing. We […]