Walking with the Saints and Our Beloved Dead

Dear Friends, Happy 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time! In today’s second reading Saint Paul commends the followers of Jesus in Thessalonica, Greece for their faithfulness. He writes, “You became imitators of us and the Lord, receiving the word with great affliction, and with joy from the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all believers.” May we too … Read More

Give the Lord Glory and Honor

Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel the Pharisees seek to “entrap Jesus in speech”. But once again Jesus outsmarts them reminding us that we are to “repay Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” In other words, we must separate worldly things from godly things and focus not on worldly things but on godly things. We … Read More

Choosing Life This October: A Beautiful Prayer for Our Parish

Dear Friends, I hope our students, families, teachers and staff had a wonderful and refreshing fall break! We are well into fall and the weather will soon be changing. I look forward to the changing of the seasons but I wish winter did not last so long. I wonder how much snow we will get this winter? I am excited … Read More