Pastor’s Thoughts

Advent is a time of joyful preparation and a time to stop and to reflect on our preparedness for the Lord Jesus to come given our mortality and or the end of time. For most of us, our thoughts are turned toward a joyful waiting for Christmas on December 25th. In fact,...

Pastor’s Thoughts

What is Advent and what do we ‘wait’ for? Advent is a season that has developed in understanding and practice throughout the history of the Church. The word “Advent” comes from the Latin word “adventus”, meaning “arrival.” Scholars believe that during the 4th and 5th...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This weekend is the last Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year, Christ the King. Christ the King is a relatively a young liturgical feast. It was born in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. The Holy father at that time is responding to what he sees as an increasing world...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This Sunday is the second to last Sunday of our liturgical year. As we approach the end of the Church year, our Gospel invites us to consider Jesus’ predictions and teaching about the end of the world. In the context of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus’ words about this are...

Pastor’s Thoughts

On Nov. 6, 1789, just a few years after our country was founded, Bishop John Carroll was appointed the first bishop of Baltimore one of the first 13 colonies. Baltimore was the only diocese in the entire new found world where many Catholics escaped from religious...

Pastor’s Thoughts

Americans have long been fascinated with public debates. Farmers stood in muddy fields for hours to hear Lincoln and Douglas dispute each other in the 1860 presidential runup. The televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960 fascinated the nation. These days,...