Instruments of Salvation – May 2019

For so the Lord has commanded us,
I have made you a light to the Gentiles,
that you may be an instrument of salvation
to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 13:47

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

How are …

Believe – April 2019

Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them

Palm Sunday – April 2019

The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue,
that I might know how to speak to the weary
a word that will rouse them.

Isaiah 50:4

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus …

Chrism Mass – April 17, 2019

This evening I congratulate our Jubilarians who celebrate 50 years and 25 years of priestly life in service to the Lord and His people. As we celebrate your jubilee years of Ordination, we recall the Scripture from Isaiah 61:1, “The …

FCCB – March 2019

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us.

2 Cor 5:20

 

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

St. Paul calls us ambassadors for Christ. Think of God appealing through us! As we are in …

Chosen – March 2019

“This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”
Luke 9:35

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. We are within the season of Lent.  During the second Sunday of Lent, …

Now of God – February 2019

For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you.”

Luke 6:38

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

In the Gospel of St. Luke proclaimed on the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus explains what …

Mass for Marriage – February 9, 2019

Life has changed over these past 50, 60 70 and even in the past 25 years. Eli J. Finkel wrote a book recently titled The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work. I don’t agree with his concept of …

Our Catholic Appeal – February 2019

Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose hope is the Lord

Jer 17:7

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you! Who has a compassionate heart?

If we …

Solemn Rite of Consecration – January 19, 2019

Come Holy Spirit
Come, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created.
And You shall renew the face of the earth.

My dear …