A Walk Through Holy Week Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion On this day, the Church celebrates Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem to accomplish his paschal mystery. Following the instructions of the Church and the tradition of our Faith, we will celebrate a procession at each of our Palm Sunday Masses. We will gather just outside […]
Greetings in Christ, everyone! I’m typing this on Wednesday morning. As you know, early this morning, a tornado hit our area very hard. Praise the Lord, there were no injuries or deaths that I am aware of. This morning, Dad, Fr. Le and I traveled around and visited some of the local businesses and homes […]
Greetings in Christ all; I wish you a blessed and holy Lenten season. I have a couple of things of import to run by you this week. First, I want to talk about our emergency number. At the parish, we have a number to call for when you need a priest at the hospital, hospice or […]
Greetings in Christ! Here we are in the first week of Lent; can you believe it? The crazy part is that next year Lent starts very late. All of this is determined by Easter, which is always the First Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon (the first full moon after the Spring Equinox). From there, they […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I simply can’t believe I am typing these words, but Lent is upon us! This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of our Lenten Season. Every year we tend to choose a theme for our preaching during Lent and this year is no different. After prayer and discussion, we felt called to focus […]
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 […]