Category: Written Messages
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Views from the Pews – Easter V & Children’s Sunday, May 15, 2022
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Alleluia! Christ is Risen! The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! May each year is observed as Child’s Month, and among the events planned by the […]
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Message – Feast of St. John the Evangelist – Sunday, May 8, 2022
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, the community of St. John celebrates their Patronal Festival, the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. The understanding is that the community named in […]
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Message for Easter III – Sunday, May 1, 2022
Brothers and Sisters, This past week I shared with some persons how, in watching the funeral service for the late U.S. Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, I reflected on how […]
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Views From the Pews – Sunday, April 24, 2022
Brothers and Sisters, I have to admit to you that the good news of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the message we proclaim at Easter, is not easy […]
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Message for Easter Day – April 17, 2022
Brothers and Sisters, One of the features of our recent liturgical revision is the practice of reading two passages from the New Testament for the entire easter season omitting the […]
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Message for Holy Week 2022
Today we begin what is described as the most important week in Christian tradition known to us as Holy Week. It is also referred to as the week of our […]
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Views from the Pews – April 3, 2022
My Brothers and Sisters, This time of the year the usual feeling is one of expectation as we look towards the three days of Easter or the Tridium as it […]
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VIEWS FROM THE PEWS – MARCH 27, 2022
Mothering Sunday’s religious significance and some of its customs Mothering Sunday is observed on the fourth Sunday in Lent each year. This Sunday is also referred to as “Refreshment Sunday”. […]
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VIEWS FROM THE PEWS – SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2022
Brothers & Sisters: Lent is a season for intensive training in the spiritual disciplines. Henri Nouwen refers to it as the most important time of the year to nurture our […]