Greetings in Christ, all! On Friday morning I left for the Good News Cruise. I will be home to pray the Masses next weekend. The Good News Cruise is a real joy and a lot of work. Please pray that I am faithful and do a good job. Know that I will offer Mass every day with […]
Greetings in Christ, all! On Tuesday of this week, I’ll be gathering with all the priests in our Deanery. Please pray for me, that I will do a good job leading the deanery and that all of us will work together to help bring people closer to Christ. On Friday of this week, I’ll be […]
Greetings in Christ! We are now officially in what the Church calls “Ordinary Time.” This is a short stretch between the end of the Christmas Season and the beginning of Lent. It’s crazy how quickly Lent is sneaking up on us! You may not remember, but every year I serve on a Catholic Marriage cruise and […]
Greetings in Christ, all! This is the feast of Epiphany: the day we commemorate the arrival of the Magi from the East (present Iran) to honor the child Jesus. It’s a reminder to us that God’s Kingdom is for everyone: not a select group, not a specific ethnicity…everyone! It’s part of our Catholic custom that […]
Merry Christmas to all! May the light of Christ’s presence among us drive away the darkness, chaos and anger of this present world. How blessed are we to have a God that chose to come among us. He didn’t need to do what he did; there are many ways I assume He could’ve saved us. But […]
Greetings in Christ! A blessed and holy Advent Season to all. This article, I want to walk through our Christmas Mass Schedule. Christmas is on a Monday this year, so that means that we will have an odd Mass schedule that weekend. Basically, as faithful Catholics, we need to fulfill two separate Mass obligations in three days. […]
Greetings in Christ! We continue our journey through Advent. This is a good moment to pause and refocus our hearts and minds on the upcoming celebration of his birth and to prepare ourselves for His second coming. This week we celebrate two big occasions all in one. December 12th is the anniversary of the dedication […]
Let’s start by talking about the Giving Tree. Every year a trusted agency gives us tags to put on a tree in the gathering area. Each tag contains a name and a Christmas gift idea/recommendation. The goal is for us to take a tag and buy a present for that underprivileged child so that they can […]
Happy Thanksgiving, all! Today (and everyday!) I thank Jesus for you all. I simply love praying with you and for you. There are times as a priest where I might struggle with what the Church asks of me, but no matter how worried I get, I know I’ll find joy when we pray Mass together. I […]