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“IT HAS SEEMED GOOD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND TO US TO IMPOSE ON YOU NO FURTHER BURDEN THAN THESE.” – AC 15,28 – Pastor’s Corner – May 26 2019

May 29, 2019

Dear parishioners, These words are revolutionary. They are addressed by the Apostles and the elders of the Church in Jerusalem to the “believers of Gentile origin”, in other words, the […]

“THEN I, JOHN, SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH; … SEE, I AM MAKING ALL THINGS NEW.” REV 21,1.5 – Pastor’s Corner – May 19 2019

May 20, 2019

Dear parishioners, It’s important that today’s second reading appear in a Sunday liturgy. This text from the book of Revelation is one of the many readings proposed for funerals, but […]

“I HAVE SET YOU TO BE A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, SO THAT YOU MAY BRING SALVATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.” AC 13:47 – Pastor’s Corner – May 12 2019

May 14, 2019

Dear parishioners, The words quoted above are from today’s second reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Paul and Barnabas are actually quoting a text from the prophet Isaiah, yes, […]

“O LORD, YOU BROUGHT UP MY SOUL FROM SHEOL, RESTORED ME TO LIFE FROM AMONG THOSE GONE DOWN TO THE PIT.” PS 30 “THE GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS RAISED UP JESUS, WHOM YOU HAD KILLED…AND EXALTED HIM AT HIS RIGHT HAND AS LEADER AND SAVIOUR.” AC 5 – Pastor’s Corner – May 5 2019

May 9, 2019

Dear parishioners, This is a big week. It is appropriate that in the glow of our recent celebration of Easter, we celebrate the First Communion of our grade two children, […]

OF EASTER AND OF PROJECT ADVANCE – Pastor’s Corner – April 28 2019

April 30, 2019

Dear parishioners, Happy Easter to you all! My first order of business today is to express our debt of gratitude to the countless parishioners who have enabled to move prayerfully […]

“UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLS TO THE GROUND AND DIES, IT REMAINS JUST A GRAIN OF WHEAT; BUT IF IT DIES, IT PRODUCES MUCH FRUIT.” JN 12,24 – Pastor’s Corner – April 21 2019

April 23, 2019

Dear parishioners, In the prophet Ezekiel, there is a beautiful vision of which I would like to share large parts with you. It is the vision an angel of the […]

“IT WAS FITTING THAT WHEN BRINGING MANY SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO GLORY, GOD SHOULD MAKE THEIR LEADER IN THE WORK OF SALVATION PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERING.” HE 2,10 – Pastor’s Corner – April 14 2019

April 13, 2019

Dear parishioners, On this Passion Sunday, we enter yet again today into the most blessed of weeks, Holy Week and the Triduum. It is the week in which we remember […]

“May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy… Those who go out weeping shall come home with shouts of joy.” Ps 126 – Pastor’s Corner – April 7, 2019

April 5, 2019

Dear parishioners, These lines from Psalm 126 in today’s liturgy are appropriate for this 2019 Share Lent Sunday. Development and Peace’s Share Lent special collection is motivated by an appeal […]

“WE ARE ALL MIGRANTS IN THIS WORLD, WE ARE ALL JUST PASSING THROUGH.” – CARDINAL LUIS TAGLE, PRESIDENT OF CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS – Pastor’s Corner – March 31 2019

March 31, 2019

Dear parishioners, Next Sunday is the annual Share Lent campaign special collection for Development and Peace, so I would like to focus on Development and Peace’s all important theme for […]

“IT IS THE LORD WHO HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES, WHO REDEEMS YOUR LIFE FROM THE PIT, WHO CROWNS YOU WITH STEADFAST LOVE AND MERCY.” PS 103 – Pastor’s Corner – March 24 2019

March 23, 2019

Dear parishioners, This week at St. Mary’s parish, we mark the passing on of a remarkable woman, a person remembered fondly by all the parishioners who knew her. Sr. Katherine […]

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