Pastor’s Column 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time August 28, 2022 Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. Luke 14:1,7 There’s nothing like being invited to a dinner party, only to find yourself in a place where everyone is staring at you! Well, this is exactly the situation Jesus finds himself

Pastor’s Column 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time August 21, 2022 “…for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son or daughter he acknowledges. So endure your trials as ‘discipline’; God treats you as his sons. At the time, all discipline seems a cause for pain and not for joy, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness in those trained by it.” from Hebrews 12:5-13 Sometimes the things that God permits in our lives can seem like we are being scourged;

Pastor's Column 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 14, 2022 “Brothers and sisters: since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us, and persevere in running the race that lies before us, while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus.” Hebrews 12:1-12 In today’s second reading, St. Paul compares life on earth as if we are runners in a race. When I was in Junior High School (as it was called then), the P

Pastor’s Column 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 7, 2022 This is a picture of the mountain ash that used to be in the rectory backyard. At one time, this tree held so many red berries in the fall that whole flocks of robins would descend on it. But slowly the leaves got thinner, the berries less and less, almost unnoticeable at first. At last the crown began dying (see picture above). What was once healthy and gorgeous became firewood and another tree has now taken its pla