Dec 29th, 2024: Feast of the Holy Family

Feast of the Holy Family Today we celebrate the feast of holy family Jesus, Mary and Joseph.  This feast is meant to assure us that God works in and through the normal and often messy reality of our family lives. Today’s readings help us understand the Holy Family in...

Dec 25th, 2024: Christmas Homily

Christmas Homily A very blessed and Merry Christmas to you all. Let’s reflect together on why today is so extraordinary. Christmas, if we see it only as a quaint family celebration or a sentimental winter holiday, is tragically diminished. In truth, Christmas marks...

Dec 22nd 2024: 4th Sunday Advent

Fourth Sunday in Advent – HOPE! I love Advent/Christmas! I love the fact that we are anticipating the anniversary of Jesus’ birth: the incarnation, God becoming human. I love Christmas lights…I LOVE the music (Most), the excitement of people in the stores, in the...

Dec 15th 2024: 3rd Sunday Advent

Rejoice in the Lord Always Today we celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday—a day named after the Latin word for “rejoice.” The theme of joy runs through our liturgy today, and it is beautifully expressed in our second reading from St. Paul’s letter to...

Dec 8th 2024: 36th Sunday in Ordinary Time

A soap manufacturer and a Catholic priest were walking together down a street in a large city.  The soap manufacturer casually said, “The Gospel you preach hasn’t done much good, has it?  Just observe. There is still a lot of wickedness in the world, and a...