Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. Jesus Christ in today’s gospel passage, reminds us how powerful God’s love for us is. Jesus indicates to us how God treats us when we fail or when we [Read More]
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. On several occasions one gets a person’s reply to request for help, “I cannot help you; I have no time.” At times complaints are made “Peter is spending much time at the Beach or Eveline is losing her time, she is lazy.” Some others never have time for [Read More]
Dear Parishioners,
Instructions from the Chancelry (continued )
Distribution of Holy Communion Outside of Mass by an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion 2025
b. Where it is the practice for an extraordinary minister to [Read More]
Distribution of Holy Communion Outside of Mass by an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion 2025
1. Members of the Catholic faithful must be delegated by the diocesan bishop to function as extraordinary ministers of holy communion, even to their spouse and members of their own [Read More]
Instructions from the Chancelry (continued )
On the manner of distributing and receiving Holy Communion during Mass
16. Because, according to law, communion is received standing in the United States, pastors are not free to [Read More]
Dear brothers and sisters,
We begin our annual pilgrimage of Lent in faith and hope with the penitential rite of the imposition of ashes. The Church, our mother and teacher, invites us to open our hearts to God’s grace, so that we can [Read More]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. Today, we begin the season of Lent, the special time set aside for proper self-examination, intense spiritual activities to ensure that we are steady in our [Read More]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. It is impossible to dissociate us from our backgrounds, from our upbringing. A great deal of whom we are dependent on how we were brought up. Many of the things we learned [Read More]