This Week Letter – Jun 29, 2014
My Dear Parishioners and Friends, Ever since the year 258, the Church has celebrated one feast for both Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul together on June 29 in the West as well as in the East, indicative of the widespread belief that this was the day of the death of both of these Apostles… read more →
This Week Letter – Jun 22, 2014
My Dear Parishioners and Friends, The Feast of Corpus Christi is a liturgical solemnity celebrating the Blessed Sacrament. Each year, on the Thursday 60 days following Easter, worshippers commemorate the Last Supper and the transformation of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Corpus Christi originated with the visions of the.. read more →
This Week Letter – Jun 15, 2014
My Dear Parishioners and Friends, We begin each day with the sign of the cross in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. We bring our most important concerns to God in this act of worship: “Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit”.. read more →
This Week Letter – Jun 8, 2014
My Dear Parishioners and Friends, On this Sunday we celebrate the solemnity of the Coming of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and on Mary who were gathered in the Upper Room fifty days after Jesus’ Resurrection. Through the Coming of the Holy Spirit, Christ’s promise was fulfilled: He did not leave us alone, but.. read more →
This Week Letter – Jun 1, 2014
My Dear Parishioners and Friends, In the United States, the feast of the Ascension has been moved from Thursday to Sunday. The Seventh Sunday after Easter, therefore, becomes even more solemn due to the observed mystery of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Thanks to Christ’s Ascension, human life has increased in value. Life’s.. read more →
This Week Letter – May 25, 2014
My Dear Parishioners and Friends, The passage from the first letter of St. Peter (3:15-18) designated for the Sixth Sunday of Easter speaks, among other things, of the Christian obligation to defend our faith. At various times through the centuries, the followers of Christ have defended Christianity … sometimes through theological translations, when elsewhere others.. read more →
This Week Letter – May 18, 2014
My Dear Parishioners and Friends, Warm greetings to all on this fifth Sunday of Easter! Today we read in St. John’s Gospel (18:1-12) of the curious conversation that developed between Jesus and the Apostles. Seeing the Apostles saddened by His departure, Jesus comforts them with the words: “And if I go to prepare a place.. read more →
