A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, In my 25 years as a priest, I have been fortunate to work for Catholic Charities in India for nearly 15 years. The good things I learned were…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This weekend, our brothers and sisters of the Vietnamese Community celebrate their 15th Anniversary of Vietnamese Ministry with a holy Mass presided by Bishop Dewane. We are proud…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Helen Keller, a blind American Activist and Disability Rights Advocate once said, “The most beautiful things in the world can’t be seen or even touched. They must be…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, If we try to look at the gospel through the lenses of our current culture, it might look odd that the mother and her two sons are too…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, You might be familiar with some of the news reports of the Offshore leaks, Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers. These are a few major revelations of worldwide…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, October is a month of many blessings. Autumn begins, the Snowbirds fly to Florida, Fort Myers gets ready for receiving a huge population from the north, the businesses…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This weekend the first reading is talking about Eldad and Medad, the duo who were prophesying in the camp of Moses! But my mind started to reflect about…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, I read a cute, but embarrassing, story that happened to a family on a Sunday. The lady of the house was entertaining some guests who had come unannounced.…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, ‘Who am I?’ is a comedy movie by Jackie Chan that I enjoyed some 25 years ago. If I asked the same question to myself today, it would…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Some time ago, I happened to see a short video clip on social media with the dialogue of a mom, Christy Kean with her 3-month-old daughter, baby Charlotte,…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Fr. Tony De Mello, an Indian Jesuit priest, was popularly known for his story telling. In his book, ‘The Song of the Bird’, he told a story called…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, We all know that all the creatures act or react to their instincts. Only humans have the capacity to control, regulate, gather knowledge and make decisions. Decision-making is…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, The world we live in today is so sophisticated. Such sophistication is obviously seen in institutions, systems, homes and lives. We are influenced by what we see and…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, As I type this message on Sunday evening, August 8th, the Olympics medal tally says the United States and China equally hold 19 gold medals, but the US…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, The Eucharistic Congress successfully ended two weeks ago. The readings this weekend take our reflections around the real source and summit of our faith, the Holy Eucharist. Jesus…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Last weekend, in one of my Masses, as always, the children came up for a blessing after communion and I ask them a question. The question was based…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, In continuation of last week’s gospel, Jesus sending his disciples two by two, this week Jesus holds a reporting session with them. On hearing the jubilant reports on…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, I imagine being on a long flight to India. When I arrive, I approach the front desk where the staff smiles and collects my travel documents. To my…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, When I read “a thorn in the flesh” as mentioned by St. Paul in the second reading, I think back to my childhood. For myself and children of…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This weekend, the readings tell us that God is a ‘God of life’ and not of death (Reading 1 and the Gospel.) He provides life through humility and…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, I am glad to be back after a 45 day gap since my vacation to India (that includes jetlag as well). We gratefully acknowledge the gifts of Fr.…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This weekend, I am leaving for India for the whole month of May to be with my parents and two brothers’ families. I should be back, God willing,…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Last week, Jesus proclaimed, “I am the Good Shepherd” and this week He proclaims, “I am the true vine”. While He announced last week that He is a…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, In one of my worrisome chitchats with a few friends about Vocation to Priesthood - on how and why it has been in a declining mode, one of…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This week, my mind is on my 25 years of priesthood, the greatest gift of God in my life. Whenever people ask me to share my vocation story,…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Today we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. The entrance antiphon (from 1 Peter 2:2) for this Sunday begins: “Like newborn infants you must long for the pure, spiritual milk…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Hallelujah…the Lord is risen! Along with the entire parish staff, I wish you all a Happy Easter! Every year we celebrate this holy season with the culmination of…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Holy Week is the pinnacle of the liturgical year. If there was no passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, there would be no Christianity! The world and humans…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, A frustrated couple who thought the world was falling apart, wanted peace not only in the world, but peace in their hearts. One day, they decided to go…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Nicodemus came to Jesus at night to find the truth about Jesus. The words of Jesus brought light to him. The gospel this weekend is a portion of…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, The Locus operandi (the place of the event) of each week’s gospel has been shifting from one to another. In the first of week of Lent it was…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Have you ever had a mountain experience? The second year after my ordination, I was sent to Sacred Heart Church as Parochial Vicar in Kodaikanal hills in India.…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This week the readings invite us to repent and believe in the gospel. The same words we heard while receiving ashes on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday. These…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, When we started the Ordinary Time of the liturgical year (B) soon after Christmas, these are the themes and reflections presented in a logical sequence. 1st Sunday: The…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, By the end of January, I complete nine months at our parish. I am grateful to our Lord, our Bishop Dewane, all my staff team, and all of…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, It was a stormy night at sea and a large battleship saw a light at a distance and that light was directly on the ship’s course. The captain…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, There is a story about a group of frogs travelling in a forest. Three of the frogs fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Alec Guinness was a popular and famous British film actor in the 1950s. He was born in an Anglican family, but secretly claimed to be an Atheist. One…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, I guess when I was around 5 or 6 years of age, I remember my grandfather telling me and my older brother stories before we went to bed.…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Wish you all a happy new year 2024. As we celebrate the feast of The Holy Family this weekend, let us dedicate our own families to the protection…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This bulletin carries messages for both the 4th Week of Advent, as well as, Christmas Day. Every 7 years we get this cycle of celebrating Christmas the very…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! (Phil 4:4) In 2007, I attended a Partnership Meeting with ‘Secours Catholique’ (Catholic Charities of France) in…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, I’m so glad to see our seasonal residents from the north filling in the pews. Welcome back to your second home! May you have a refreshing life in…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Today, we complete the Ordinary season and enter into the Advent season with the celebration of the feast of Christ the King. Today, the world needs the leadership…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, This weekend, we observe the seventh ‘World Day of the Poor’ with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. The theme is “Do not turn your face away from…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, On April 14, 1912, at 11:40 p.m. the Titanic crashed into an iceberg in the mid-Atlantic and 2 hours and 40 minutes later at 2.20am on April 15th,…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Every week, when I prepare my homilies, I usually feel very comfortable reflecting on the readings and easily apply them to practical life. But this week, I…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, In 2017, I attended an Annual Retreat for priests at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Retreat Center in Venice. It was led by Monsignor Bill Hitpas from Belleville…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, I read somewhere (source unknown) that Bertrand Russell, a famous philosopher, and Nobel Prize laureate once said: ‘there are three major defects that affect our sights. One is…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, In 1962, President Kennedy hosted a dinner for all Nobel Prize laureates at the White House. William Faulkner, a novelist who was awarded the prize for American literature,…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, In the year 1991, (I was just 20 years old!) I was still a college student when India signed the agreement to enter into an open market economy…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Have you ever experienced standing in a long line at a grocery store or airport and when you almost reach the counter, another counter opens and you see…
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A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, The theme of the readings this weekend is forgiveness. It triggers my memory on a few past occasions when I had to forgive others or ask for forgiveness…
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