Pastor’s Thoughts

One night in his 6th year of captivity, he had a dream to escape Ireland. He finally makes his move and escapes the prison and walks miles and miles to get to the coast and he hopped a boat back to Great Britain. Back in Great Britain, he spent some 15 years studying...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Lent is traditionally called ‘Laetare Sunday.’ This marks the ‘mid point’ between the beginning of Lent and Easter Sunday. The word Laetare in Latin means Rejoice! It gets it’s name from the entrance antiphon for Mass from Isaiah 66:10...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This weekend the church celebrates the Scrutinies for those who will be admitted into the church at Easter in the RCIA process. The gospel for the scrutiny is the story about the woman at the well who meets Jesus. There has been much written about this passage and...

Pastor’s Thoughts

The painting of the Transfiguration is a rather large painting and has two sections an upper and a lower. The top section is all dazzling with bright white colors, splashing sky blue tones, and depicts Jesus suspended with His hands raised up being...

Pastor’s Thoughts

The Gospel this weekend recalls how Jesus invited His disciples to come and follow him. Once they followedhim, they would now be “fishers of men.” This meant the disciples in turn would go out and invite others tojoin them in a life changing experience by following...

Pastor’s Thoughts

This coming Saturday, Feb. 3 is the feast day of Saint Blaze. I will bless throats next weekend after allMasses. Who was this man and what connection does he have to throats? There are very few known factsabout the life of St. Blaze. He was a 4th century Bishop in the...