Brothers and Sisters in Christ, 1. In September 2019, Pope Francis declared that “the third Sunday in OT is to be devoted to the celebration, study, and dissemination of the Word of God… for we urgently need [Read More]

Examination of Conscience 1. Introduction: It is close to seven months since I became the Pastor of St. Agnes and Our Lady of the Snows Parishes. My primary role is to [Read More]

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, When a priest or a bishop is newly ordained, there is for him a solemn Thanksgiving Mass during which he is [Read More]

Dear Parishioners, after the miracle of the loaves (cfr Mk. 8:1ff) he cured a blind man at Bethsaida (v. 22-26) and then embarked first on his own identity test: “Who do people say I am?” (v. 27). Of course, if you do not know who [More]

Dear friends, brothers and sisters in Christ, 1. Today’s feast celebrates the manifestation of Christ the Lord as the Light of revelation to all the world and the fulfillment of every human desire and aspiration. Some of the principal characters of today’s feast of manifestation presented to us in the Gospel text are [Read More]

Dear Parishioners, our world is full of people in crisis. This is manifested especially in the present generation. A simple example is that of the Crisis of corporeality: we have people who neglect their bodies to the extent that they look like beasts. On the other side we have those who [Read More]

I. Listening to the plea of an endangered humanity 1. At the dawn of this New Year given to us by our heavenly Father, a year of Jubilee in the spirit of hope, I offer heartfelt good wishes of peace to every man and woman. I think especially of those who [Read More]