A Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Now is the acceptable time: we begin our Holy Week journey. Each day of Holy Week has unique importance. Palm Sunday leads us to reflect how Jesus embraced…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, The message for this weekend is transitioning from the culture of death to the culture of life. On April 13th, 1888, Alfred Nobel opened the newspaper one morning…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, When I was in my pastoral year as a seminarian, I oversaw a boy’s hostel of a diocesan Catholic School. There were four visually challenged boys staying with…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Starting this weekend, and for the next two consecutive weeks, we will be hearing gospels on spiritual symbols of our faith: Water (Samaritan woman), Light (a blind man…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, The inner light of humility is the way to salvation. During the Lenten season we reflect more deeply on three mountain experiences. Devil taking Jesus to a high…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, On the first Sunday of Lent, the reflection is somewhat connected to the gospel reading that we heard last week: Jesus said ‘Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes’ and…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, The readings this weekend lead us to reflect on the wisdom of God. In the creation story, our first parents participated in God’s image and likeness in fullness.…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, One of the amazing things we can be proud of in our American society, is that after retirement, most people are involved with volunteering for organizations, communities, institutions,…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, I enjoyed a joke I heard some time ago: A Pastor was trying to teach first graders about heaven. After a half hour of explaining, he wanted to…
Read MoreA Message from Fr. Jay Dear Friends, Because I took a week off after the busy Christmas and New Year season, I could not write to you last week. It was the week dedicated as…
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