Pastor's Pondering
Christ As King (21 November 2025)
Truly heralding Jesus Christ as King – our real and only King – requires resolve
Preaching Notes – 33rd Sunday (16 November 2025)
As the Church’s year nears its end, we hear at Mass certain biblical selections that
ACTS Retreat Return Mass (Sun) 11/9
Just a teenager, Joan was living in a time of terrible political confusion, escalating violence
Bonus Preaching Note – 26th Sunday (28 September 2025)
The Opening Prayer for today’s Mass provides an interpretive key to the Gospel Reading: O
Preaching Notes – 26th Sunday (28 September 2025)
Today’s Gospel emphasizes the unbridgeable gap between the self-centered, self-promoting life of the rich man
Preaching Notes – 25th Sunday (21 September 2025)
In the Sunday lectionary cycle the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) is followed
Our Lady of Sorrows (15 September 2025)
To those curious as to why the Gospel writers say so little about Mary, is
Preaching Notes – Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (14 September 2025)
When select high feasts land on a Sunday, we celebrate the feast as we do
Humility and Love (1 September 2025)
Humility is to love what the foundation is to the building. While pouring the foundation