Pastor’s Column 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 27, 2022 There is no other six-week period in the liturgical year when the majority of us together are working on something with the Lord. We don’t want to miss the opportunity of Lent and the great gift it represents in our walk with Christ. Every year we can ask the Lord this question: What is that special project that you and I are going to work on together this Lent, Lord? The real question in the spiritual life is alwa

Pastor’s Column 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 20, 2022 “Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.” (from Luke 6:27-38) Of all Christ’s teachings, learning what it means to forgive someone is among the most crucial, and among t

Pastor Column 6 Sunday Ordinary Time-C February 13, 2022 Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude and insult you and renounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven for their ancestors trea

Pastor’s Column 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 6, 2022 “Simon said in reply, ‘Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.’” from Luke 5:1-11 It is significant that Peter and his fishing partners had caught absolutely nothing on the night before Jesus called them. Peter and Andrew had met Jesus before this, near the Dead Sea when John the Baptist was preaching, so Jesus’ voice was a familiar one. While fishing