Pastoral Notes

A Blessed pandemic Christmas! So, how do we keep Christ in a pandemic Christmas?  With the original Christmas,  Christ assumes our...

Advent according to Mary As we celebrate the last Sunday before Christmas, let us focus on Mary, especially on her difficult...

The character of baptism The significance of St. John the Baptist in our history of salvation is that he heralded the...

Out of the Silence…… We are now in a period of preparation for Christ’s coming into our lives.  In the midst...

Our Ministry of Presence The coming of Christ, as presented at the beginning of the new liturgical year, is a...

Thy kingdom come! The French philosopher Blaise Pascal classifies reality in three orders.  These orders, according to their increasing importance and...

This Sunday (November 15) is World Day of the Poor In 2017, Pope Francis instituted the World Day of the Poor...

Law and Spirit  In the Old Testament, the divine pattern for human conduct was set forth for His people in the...

The Commandment of Love In the gospel, Christ gives His followers the mandate to love another just as He loved them....

Fr. Edmunds Pastoral Notes The Christian spirit of sharing This year’s theme for World Mission Sunday, “Hear I am, send me” (Is 6:8),...

Eucharist is giving thanks…   The celebration of Thanksgiving Day, a holiday in our country, is a testament of a people that...

Nothing is ours…   One biblical commentator explains the parable in this way… “Imagine that the tenant farmers stand for ourselves and...