Posts from December 2025

On this feast of the Holy Family, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my THANKS to our parish family. I am so very grateful to all those who help in many ways in our parish. There are those who serve through the liturgy: Ministers of Communion, Lectors, Altar Servers, Cantors, Musicians, Contemporary and Traditional Choirs. There are those who serve in various ways helping the parish work together, such as, Our Lady’s Guild, Holy Name and Knights…

Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent with only a few days left until Christmas. I’m sure, we are all in the last second, hyper-active mode of getting ready for Christmas. But remember, Advent is not just a time of preparing, but also a time of waiting. Our preparations take on the mode of decorations, gift buying and wrapping, meal preparations, card sending and dinner invitations, just to name a few. And all that’s fine. But when we describe the…

Today we celebrate the third Sunday of Advent traditionally called Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is the Latin word for rejoice, and this Sunday is the time for us to rejoice because Jesus came and died so that we may live forever with him! On this day we are invited to reflect on the joy we have access to because of our faith in Jesus. One of the defining characteristics of Christ-followers is their joyful demeanor. Let’s not allow the struggles of…

I was thinking about this beautiful season of Advent. And it came to me, that advent is like a compass. The compass is always pointing North. To me, that means it is always pointing toward Jesus & heaven. In a way, that’s where Advent is pointing: the birth of Jesus and His final coming to decide our eternal lives. But that same compass can direct you in other directions leading to good places. We follow one direction and we find…