July 14th, 2024 – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Friends, Have you ever felt inadequate for a task? This weekend, we hear from the book of the prophet Amos how he became a prophet. He says, “I was no prophet, nor have I belonged to a company of prophets;…

June 30, 2024 – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “In the prison of his days, teach the free man how to praise.” Inscription on Memorial stone for W.H. Auden in Westminster Abbey, from his poem, “In Memory of W.B. Yeats”. Dear Friends, Our Gospel today from St. Mark shows the…

May 26th, 2024 – The Most Holy Trinity Dear friends, This weekend we celebrate the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Who is God? Three divine persons, one God? As I enter my fifth year of priesthood, I realize that I know less about God now than my first year…

April 28, 2024 – Fifth Sunday of Easter “Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him in whatever our hearts condemn,for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.” (1 John, Ch. 3) Dear Friends, The Risen Lord…

March 31st, 2024 – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord He is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! What a great day! We have spent the last forty days preparing to celebrate. We have fasted, and now it is time to feast, for our Lord and Savior has conquered death—he has…

February 25th, 2024 – Second Sunday of Lent “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” (St. John Henry Newman) Dear Friends, The Lenten Gospel of the Transfiguration this Sunday reminds us that in his time with us when he was here on earth,…

January 28th, 2024 – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time We are now in the Fourth week of Ordinary Time and also at the end of January. I do not want to alarm anyone, but Ash Wednesday is two and a half weeks away. Most years, Ash Wednesday sneaks up on…

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…