September 24th, 2023 – Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time There is work to be done. The landowner in today’s Gospel keeps going back for more people to help him in the vineyard. As the day progresses, he still needs more help to get the work done. The work is so…

August 27th, 2023 – Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time This Monday, August 28, is the first day of school for our parish school, Catholic East Elementary. It’s hard to believe that the summer is over for many. As the new school year begins, we pause to remember the graces received…

July 30th, 2023 – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Because you have asked for this – not for a long life for yourself, nor for riches, nor the life of your enemies, but for understanding so that you may know what is right – I do as you requested.” (1…

June 25th, 2023 – Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Receive my offering, O Lord.It is not charity, because you are not a beggar.It is not a contribution, because you have no need of it.It is not my leftovers, because you want more than that.My gift, O Lord, represents my gratitude,…

May 28, 2023 – Pentecost Sunday “Come, Holy Spirit, come…You, of comforters the best!”(from the Pentecost Sequence) Dear Friends, When my mom was still living, we always asked her on her birthday what she wanted. She would always respond “I just want my kids to get along.” It always reminded…

April 30, 2023 – 4th Sunday of Easter “There are two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children: One of these is roots, the other wings.”(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Dear Friends, What a joyful gift to see our young people receive our Lord in their First Holy Communion…

March 26, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Lent Dear all, Easter is only two weeks away and the entire Christian world cannot wait to celebrate the most central feast day of our profession, the victory of Christ over sin and death by his own Passion, Death, and Resurrection. As the…

February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent Dear friends, This past Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, we began the season of Lent: forty days in which we prepare to celebrate Easter. Truly Easter, the victory of Christ over death after his passion on the cross, is the most important celebration of…

January 29, 2023 – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear friends, This weekend at Mass, we hear the Gospel passage of the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5:1-12a. One of my favorite beatitudes is “Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.” One day in seminary, I was…

December 25th, 2022 – Nativity of the Lord “A God who became so small could only be mercy and love.” (St. Therese) Merry Christmas everyone! On behalf our Fr. Carlos and myself, our amazing parish staff, our parish trustees and lay leadership, please know of our love and best wishes…