December 31st, 2023 – Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Dear friends, Merry Christmas! We have arrived at the end of the calendar year and our hearts are filled with gratitude for the many blessings received in the year of 2023. This season of Christmas, we…

November 26th, 2023 – The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe We are reaching the end – the end of the year of grace 2023. Christ the King Sunday is the last Sunday of the liturgical year, and the year of grace 2024 begins next weekend….

October 29th, 2023 – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time “If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.” Dear friends, In the readings for this Sunday, we hear perhaps one of the most revelatory texts about who God is and the kind of heart he…

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…