Pastor’s Thoughts

Lent is a season of conversion: We acknowledge the ways we have turned away from God in our lives, and focus on turning our hearts and minds back toward God. Hence the three traditional pillars of turning back are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. These observances...

Pastor’s Thoughts

Next week Wednesday we begin the season of Lent.. While Ash Wednesday is NOT a holiday of obligation, it marks the beginning of our Lenten journey. We will have Mass on Ash Wednesday at 6:30 pm . Please join us as we begin this most solemn season by marking ashes on...

Pastor’s Thoughts

One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the night. “Could you possibly give us a room here?” the...

Pastor’s Thoughts

I craved four things as a teenager: success in sports, food, fun and the attention of popular people. However, I noticed that as I acquired them, I was more unsatisfied than before. So, I’d strive even more energetically, achieve more, and the sense of emptiness was...

Pastor’s Thoughts

On February 14, next week, we celebrate ‘Valentine’s Day.’ As a young child I recall the special day of February 14th, with making out tiny cards and giving them to friends, family, and schoolmates. I also remember the heart-shaped candies with those silly sayings on...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This weekend, the church celebrates the feast of the presentation of Jesus in the temple. Forty days after His birth, Mary and Joseph bring Jesus to the temple for rites of purification and dedication. This customs comes from the Old Testament book of Leviticus. A...