Marriage and Family Life is a Calling
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Recovering from the trip of Pope Francis we have a chance to reflect a bit more on some of the things he said about the family,…
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These Are Prophetic Times
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Surely we have seen a prophet in our midst with Pope Francis last week. How blessed we are to have prophetic figures leading our Church over…
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Can That Kind of Faith Save Him?
Dear Brothers and Sisters: My father was diagnosed with cancer in 1993 on the 4th of July weekend and by the end of October he was dead. It was a…
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St. Joe’s Parish Family Day – This Sunday 1 to 5 PM
Our second annual Parish Family Day will take place this beautiful Sunday from 1 to 5 PM. It will include hot dogs, hamburgers, salads, popcorn, desserts, drinks, DJ, face painting,…
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Ephphatha, Be Open
Dear Brothers and Sisters: We heard last week from the Letter of St. James, ‘Be doers of the Word, not just listeners, otherwise you are deluding yourselves. Humbly welcome the…
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Be a Doer of the Word of God
Dear Brothers and Sisters: Junípero Serra will be canonized a saint by Pope Francis in Washington, DC during the Pontiff’s trip to the US in a few weeks. In the…
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Christ is Present in Christian Marriage
The third part of this series on the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist will center on Christian marriage as St. Paul speaks of in his letter to the…
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We Can Live Forever
The second part of the triptych on the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist focuses on how the Eucharist gives us the possibility of living forever. Torgney Segerstedt was…
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Christ in the Eucharist
Dear Brothers and Sisters: For this week and for the next two Sundays I would like to present a series on the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The…
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Go and Announce
This week 800 people: priests, married and single were sent two by two to all the dioceses of the US to announce the Gospel as St. Mark tells us (Mk….
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