Pastor’s Blog
Dec
20
4th Sunday of Advent Year C
Posted by admin | Comments Off Dear friends:When our Blessed Virgin Mary heard the message of God from Archangel Gabriel, she hurried off to the hill country as the gospel of today’s liturgy of the word tells us. This was not because she believed the message of God but because she was eager to fulfill a ... Continue
Dec
13
3rd Sunday of Advent Year C
Posted by admin | Comments Off Dear Parishioners,“Rejoice the Lord is nigh.” As Christmas draws near, the Church emphasizes the joy which should be in our hearts over all that the birth of our Saviour means for us. The great joy of Christians is to see the day drawing nigh when the Lord will come again ... Continue
Dec
6
2nd Sunday of Advent Year C
Posted by admin | Comments Off “Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make straight his paths:
All people shall see the salvation of God”Dear friends:On Saturday some 21 Children of our parish celebrated for the first time the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Penance. They made their First Confession as we used to say.
Confession is about conversion and repentance and ... Continue
Nov
29
First Sunday of Advent Year C
Posted by admin | Comments Off Dear friends:Today we begin the season of Advent. Advent means a coming - the coming of the Saviour. Expectations and waiting form so much a part of our lives. Millions and millions of us wait daily for our own turn at ticket counters, government offices, business centers, attorney offices, doctors’ ... Continue
Nov
22
Feast of Christ the King
Posted by admin | Comments Off Today, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, we are celebrating the Feast of Christ the King of the universe, that is, king of all created things, of all angels and of all men.Kings and Kingships belong to the past and if they still exits, you can find them in ... Continue
Nov
15
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by admin | Comments Off Dear friends:The Lord tells us in today’s gospel: Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will not pass away” (Mk 13:31). We constantly experience the fact that everything passes away. The month of November recalls this in a special way, beginning with the Solemnity of All Saints and ... Continue
Nov
8
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by admin | Comments Off Dear friends:In the liturgy of the word of God today, we are presented with two widows. The first one is taken from the book of 1Kings and another is from St. Mark. A common trait unites the two widows. Both of them are poor and both of ... Continue
Nov
1
Feast of All Saints
Posted by admin | Comments Off Dear Friends
Today we celebrate the feast of “All Saints.” Saints have played a central role in the growth of the Church. They were people who dared to live the life of a Christian. We honor them today, who in the words of Revelations, Stand before the throne and before ... Continue
Oct
25
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by admin | Comments Off Today’s gospel says, “As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth , he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, son of David, have mercy ... Continue
Oct
18
29th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Posted by admin | Comments Off Dear Friends:Today is Mission Sunday. Over one billion Catholics all over the world observe today as World Mission Sunday. This annual observance was instituted 83 years ago in 1926 by papal decree, issued by Pope Pius XI. Every year since then, the universal church had dedicated the month of October ... Continue
