Pastor’s Column 5 th  Sunday in Ordinary Time February 8, 2026 “Just so, your light must shine before others, so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.” Matthew 5:13-16 What is the purpose of my life ? Most of us ask this question at one time or another. Of course, if there is no God, as some in this world choose to believe, then anything goes and one might as well be selfish. But if God has a plan for us, if we are created in h

Pastor’s Column 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 1, 2026 The people who lived at the time of Christ were receiving an opportunity that no human being before or since has ever quite experienced…. God Almighty in the person of Jesus Christ, literally walked among them. He was only to live three more years, so when Jesus called, they had only one chance. Each day of our lives contains hidden opportunities to grow in character and faith, and the Beatitudes in today'

Pastor’s Column 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time January 18, 2026 “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” (from John 1:29-34) Why is Jesus called the “Lamb of God”? We hear this phrase at every Mass: “Behold the Lamb of God!” One way to understand the meaning of this is by looking at the Jewish feast of the Atonement. In ancient Israel, a lamb or goat was sent out to the desert to die, symbolically carrying the sins of the nation. This is where the t

Pastor’s Column Feast of the Baptism of the Lord January 11, 2026 All of us need a reminder once in a while of just what a great gift baptism really is in our lives. Here are a few interesting things about your baptism that you may not have known: The reason  Catholics make the sign of the cross  is that this is a reminder of our baptism. The priest or deacon makes the sign of the cross on the forehead of the one to be baptized, claiming the child or adult

Pastor's Column Solemnity of the Holy Family December 28, 2025 We can learn quite a bit from this Sunday's gospel of the flight into Egypt. Suddenly the Holy Family has to leave everything and move to a foreign country to avoid the king, who wants to kill Jesus. So Jesus is just a week old and already, there is trouble. Surely there had to be another way! Couldn't God have somehow just "taken care" of Herod? Why did the Holy Family have to suffer like that? Why was

Pastor’s Column Christmas 2025 “Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” Luke 2:15 Christmas day and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass are intimately connected: both are really a kind of time machine. The past, present and future are all gathered around us in a way that is unique whenever Christmas, or Mass, are celebrated. The name itself evokes the connection: Christ-Mass . In addition, we ar