Pastor’s Column 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time January 29, 2023 Many years ago now I can remember my mother complaining that the bank CD rate she was getting was too low – and it was 18% at that time! Now one is lucky to get even 3%. Real estate prices go up and then they go down. Stocks go up and stocks go down. But all the possessions of this world will fail us in the end. What lasts? What matters? What wealth will we be able to take with us into heaven? Why do we spend so mu

Pastor’s Column 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 22, 2023 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 if Jesus called, they had better not miss their chance. Each day of our lives contains hidden opportunities to grow in character and faith. Peter, James, John and Andre

Pastor’s Column 2nd Sunday Ordinary Time January 15, 2023 “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 term “scape

Pastor Column Epiphany 2022 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, the Wise Men departed for their country by another way. Matthew 2:12 The Magi, going in search of the newborn King of the Jews, set out on a path that was unknown to them. They simply “followed a star rising in the east” and trusted that it would lead them to that which they were seeking. This was enough for them. In addition to the “star” (their personal inspiration), part of their journey