Pastor’s Column Second Sunday of Lent February 28, 2021 “God said to Abraham, take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust…” Genesis 22:2 The story of the sacrifice of Abraham is a haunting one indeed. How would you handle this situation? Suppose God had promised you a child when you and your wife were long past child-bearing years; promised, in fact, to give you descendants through this child as

Pastor’s Column 1st Sunday of Lent February 21, 2021 The season of Lent, a journey of forty days, is an echo of life itself. Jesus, in today's gospel, is driven out into the desert to be tempted by Satan. It is for Our Lord a time of testing and being subject to temptations. In Lent, we too may be tempted to go back on what we and the Lord may have decided we are going to do in these forty days; and if we do fail, to give up rather than to try again. Jesus is driven out into

Pastor’s Column 6th Sunday Ordinary Time February 14, 2021 What do you think would happen if Jesus suddenly appeared visibly at St. Edward next Sunday? Everyone would get right in line to ask for a healing! Who among us or among those we love doesn’t have need of some cure or other? In today’s gospel, a leper dramatically kneels down in front of Jesus and begs him for a cure. It’s not surprising to find this man pursuing Jesus. Throughout the stories of Jesus in the New Testa

Pastor’s Column 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time February 7, 2021 “Rising early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, "Everyone is looking for you!" -- from Mark 1:29-39 In this Sunday's gospel Jesus has spent the entire evening with an overwhelming number of people who came to Peter’s family home for healing. Finally, everyone is sent home to bed. Jesus must have been exhauste