Pastor’s Column 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 26, 2022 Christ is passing by—what will my response be? In this Sunday’s gospel, a man approaches Jesus. He seeks Jesus out while he is passing by on the road. We learn from Matthew that this man is a scribe, so he is a learned man and religious. He is also full of zeal. “I will follow you wherever you go!” he exclaims. And what is Jesus’ response to this? Jesus pours cold water on him. NOT SO FAST! So you will follow me anyw

Pastor’s Column Corpus Christi 2022 “Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “this is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, ‘this cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ For as often as you eat this br

Pastor’s Column The Most Holy Trinity June 12, 2022 One year I had the good fortune to be on a priests’ retreat out in the Mojave Desert, but in order to get there I had to fly into Los Angeles International Airport. And there before me was the “busiest freeway in America”, a freeway with eight lanes of traffic in each direction and going nowhere fast. Even though it was 9 o’clock at night (and the retreat started the next day), traffic was stopped in both directions for as

Pastor’s Column Pentecost Sunday June 5, 2022 Some years ago I saw the most amazing sight. I was driving in the vicinity of where Costco used to be on State Route 22 -- six lanes of very heavy traffic. Suddenly, all 6 rows of cars came to a dead stop in both directions, right in the middle of that long stretch of road with no crosswalks or lights nearby. A truck behind me impatiently cut over to the one free lane, and then, amazingly, he too, stopped dead in his tracks. I str