Homily, April 23, 2023
From The Pastor Growing in faith is a matter of learning to look underneath the surface. In scripture, looking below the surface with a sense beyond the immediate moment increases our ability to see and...
Homily, Easter 2023
From The Pastor ‘What good would life have been for us had Christ not come as our Redeemer? Oh, Happy fault, Oh necessary sin of Adam, which gained for us so great a Redeemer. This...
Homily, 5th Sunday of Lent, March 26, 2023
From The Pastor Preparing for death is never an easy process. For most, it is largely ignored until a point comes and it cannot be ignored. In sudden or unexpected death, a person is not...
Homily, 4th Sunday Lent 2023
From The Pastor It is not by accident that the first act of creation was to bring light out of the darkness. Before the act of Divine creation, the world was a formless wasteland. Out...
Homily, 3rd Sunday of Lent – March 12, 2023
From The Pastor Conversion can be a push-pull game of come close but not too close. Most want the benefits of conversion felt in new movements of self-acceptance, letting go of negative memories of the...
Reflection March 5, 2023
From The Pastor The Transfiguration of Jesus has a direct connection with the Temptation we reflected on last Sunday. The Transfiguration is the revelation of the glory of the Divine nature of Jesus seen through...
Homily, February 26, 2023
From The Pastor Continuing the image of framing from last week, we can gain a greater understanding of the temptation of Jesus in the desert. Every life has a frame. As a person matures and...
Homily, February 19, 2023
From The Pastor A picture will leave a very different impression depending on how it is framed. A dark frame surrounding the early morning light of a sunrise will create a different tone than a...
Homily, February 12, 2023
From The Pastor In the gospel of St. Matthew, Jesus is presented as the new Moses. Jesus is the Great Teacher of the new covenant with God. In the Old Testament, Moses was the great...
Homily, February 5th, 2023
From The Pastor The spiritual images of salt and light are two of the most effective symbols used by Jesus. They are readily and universally known and recognized. In their common usage, one may argue...