Greetings in Christ, all! I’m typing this on Tuesday, the second day of the Winter Apocalypse, apparently…wow! I’ve had some questions and comments about the Mass schedule at our two parish families, as well as some questions pertaining to our schedules as priests. I want to take time to address those to give you all […]
Greetings in Christ! I’m actually pausing in a fairly sizable task to write this article. I’ve got about 2,000 letters to sign tonight and I’m probably 1/8th done. What are all these letters? Year-end letters I am writing to acknowledge your contributions to our parish families…I’m pausing to write this because I am so very […]
Greetings in Christ, all! With this Sunday we enter more fully into what the Church calls “Ordinary Time.” Every year I’ll explain this, just because what the Church means by “Ordinary” is totally different from what we English speakers mean by it. For us, Ordinary refers to “Plain” or some kind of predictability. The Church […]
Greetings in Christ, all! This morning I woke up to snow on the ground and I believe that winter is finally here…thank God! I know a lot of you won’t agree with me on this one, but I love the cold…mmmmm! I need to start off by clarifying right away something from last week’s bulletin. […]
I don’t even have the words to express my gratitude to you for how ridiculously generous you were with me in the Christmas season. I am so grateful for the outpouring of love…the encouraging notes, the gifts and the marvelous food. It really touched my heart and I am grateful. Not only that, but Marius […]
Greetings in Christ and a Merry Christmas Season to all! May God fill us with joy this beautiful Christmas Season. This week is a big one for us Catholics. On January 1st we start off the secular new year right, by honoring Our Mother Mary! This Holy Day of Obligation is, in my not-so-humble opinion, […]
A blessed, holy and life-giving Christmas to all who read this! May God fill you with His love and truth and may these gifts serve as your guide throughout this Christmas Season. As Catholics, we use some language in our worship that is not common to our everyday talk and, in order to help you […]
Greetings in Christ, all! We are so very close to Christmas, but Advent is not over! We are in the season of waiting, waiting for Our Lord Jesus Christ to return and lead us all to the Kingdom on Heaven. In this Season of Advent, you’ll hear over and over a focus to our Mass […]
Greetings in Christ, all! Don’t forget that, in our Advent Season, the Church invites us to be sure to get to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We’ve got three priests working the confessionals and we’ve expanded the times to come. Make sure to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to receive God’s loving mercy. Between our […]
Greetings in Christ! I am back at Holy Family and St. Mark today and so blessed to be home. In the end, the procedure on my knee could not have gone better. I should be able to ditch the cane soon and hopefully be genuflecting again shortly after that! Your prayers, kindness, patience and cards […]