Letters

Comfort is something for which we all long. That word, comfort, can mean different things to different people in our secular world. For some, comfort is a soft-cushioned couch on which to sit and watch television. For others, comfort might …

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

We rejoice in all circumstances over what God has done for us and what He will accomplish! Jesus Christ is yesterday, today, and forever! St. Paul also tells the community of Philippi to rejoice …

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Like St. Paul and his co-workers, I always pray for you with thanksgiving. I pray that by all our efforts …

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

During November, we praise God and offer our thanksgiving for He is the Creator of heaven and earth and all within it. He offers Himself to us as we receive the Eucharist, and we …

Beloved:

We are the people who long to see the face of God. He calls us His beloved, for we know in the depth of our soul this matchless love which God, throughout all eternity — now and forever — …

Beloved People of God:

Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. St. Paul speaks to us about our living through, with and in God. Like Jesus, he tells us that we are servants, serving one another …

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

During the celebration of Mass, we jubilantly proclaim, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” We follow in the footsteps of God’s people who journeyed across sea and dry land …

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:

The Psalmist on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time declares, “The Lord upholds my life.” As we pray excerpts of Psalm 54 during the celebration of Mass, the words easily roll off our tongue. …

Listen, My Beloved Brothers and Sisters.

St. James speaks to us of the sins of partiality. I choose a different word for partiality, segregation. The sins of partiality segregate or separate us from one another and in so doing, separate …

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:   

In this beautiful Scripture citation from the Book of Joshua, Joshua leads a conversation with the people and asks them if they wish to serve God, or some other god or person. He …