Pastor's Messages from June 2023

Music: On Monday, June 16, we will welcome to our community, Les Petit Chanteur du Cap Choir (Children’s and Adult Choir) from Quebec. Please come and enjoy an evening of beautiful music with your family and friends. No charge. Tickets are not needed. A free will offering will be taken to support them. Melinda’s Farewell Celebration: Is taking place on June 26 following the Quebec singers performance. Everyone welcome. ASCEND: This weekend, we welcome ASCEND to our community. ASCEND Online…

Happy Father’s Day to all our Fathers! May the Lord bless you and your families. I’m still enjoying Priests’ Conference in Steubenville, Ohio. I left on Monday. I wasn’t sure whether I would be able to go. I’m so grateful I had the opportunity and was able to attend. At the airport, the US immigration officer asked me, “Since you said you are a priest, tell me the shortest verse in the Bible?” I smiled and answered it’s, ‘Jesus wept.’…

Today is the great Solemnity of Corpus Christ! What does the Solemnity of Corpus Christi celebrate? Also known as the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, this feast honors Jesus Christ, Really, Truly and Substantially Present under the appearances of bread and wine. This Presence happens through the change which the Church calls transubstantiation (“change of substance”), when at the Consecration of the Mass, the priest says the words which Christ Himself pronounced over bread and wine, “This is…

Today, we celebrate the three Persons in one God. Though in all our celebrations, the Triune God is always celebrated, but at particular celebrations, emphasis is one. At Christmas and Easter, we celebrate Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Trinity. At Pentecost, we celebrate the Holy Spirit. Today, we celebrate the three Persons in one God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  First Holy Communion  What a joy it was to see 17 of our children receive Jesus in the…