The readings today for Palm Sunday and throughout Holy Week invite us to journey to the Holy Land where the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus took place. Whether or not you've made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, we all have a special connection to that place where our Lord lived, died, and rose again from the dead.

The Gospel for this Fifth Sunday of Lent concerning the raising of Lazarus from the dead is the third "scrutiny" Gospel. The past two weeks, we heard the first and second scrutiny Gospels with the Samaritan woman at the well and the healing of the blind man. These three Gospels are geared not only to us who are already living the Catholic life, but also toward those in the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults who are seeking to be baptized this Easter.

This Fourth Sunday of Lent teaches us the importance of seeing as God sees. We all have narrow vision due to being finite human beings with a limited perspective.

This Third Sunday of Lent, we hear about Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. This woman went to the well at noon (in the heat of the day) precisely because she didn't want to meet anyone there.

As we listen to the Gospel account of the Transfiguration of Jesus, we are met with some of the most intimate words of encounter between God and man.

As we begin our Lenten journey, our Church provides us with many spiritual riches to pursue in our liturgy and in our Scriptures. We have 40 days of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving set before us.

Continuing His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us to love our enemies and not seek revenge on those who have hurt us. If this were easy, Jesus wouldn't need to tell us to do these things!

We continue to hear from Jesus' rich teaching of the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. In this part of the sermon, Jesus proposes a radical transformation of how we think about laws and commandments.

Jesus affirms that we are salt of the earth and light of the world. You and I matter! We are capable of changing the world and reclaiming it for our Lord through the working of the Holy Spirit in us.

We hear the Beatitudes which begin Jesus's foundation teaching. Jesus would have preached this sermon many times, to great crowds on mountain, hillsides, plains, and even from the Sea of Galilee.

On Tuesday, January 31st, Bishop Edward Malesic invites the faithful of the diocese to join him at 7:00 PM for a virtual meeting.  He, along with members of the Keeping the Faith steering committee, will present the strategic plan for our beloved Catholic elementary schools.

We celebrate Sunday of the Word of God this Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Every year, this weekend becomes a renewal of our commitment to celebrate, study, and spread the Word of God throughout the year.

This Sunday we move back into Ordinary Time and listen to the renewed and deepened call of the Lord to Isaiah to be a light to the nations, pointing out God's way of salvation by his words and manner of life.

Happy Feast of the Epiphany! This solemnity of the Church celebrates the manifestation of God's presence and glory to all the nations, symbolized by the appearance of the Magi from the East who have followed the star to the land of Israel to worship the newborn King.

Happy New Year! As we continue to celebrate our Christmas season, today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.

Merry Christmas! I am grateful for you and your family celebrating the Nativity of our Lord with our parish family this year. Our Savior Jesus Christ approaches us with great gentleness and fierce love.

We are blessed to experience a full four weeks of Advent this year since Christmas falls on a Sunday. This gives us added time to prepare our hearts to welcome Christ this Christmas.

Rejoice and be glad, the Lord in near! This theme of the Lord’s nearness saturates every fiber of our liturgy on this Third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete (Latin: rejoice) Sunday.

Advent is the time of fulfilling God’s plan of peace. Last Sunday Isaiah spoke of hostile foreign nations disarming themselves by beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. This week he speaks of wolves lying with lambs and babies playing with deadly snakes without harm.

Happy Advent! Did you know the word Advent (Latin: adventus) simply refers to the "coming" of Christ? In his Advent reflection booklet, Timothy Cardinal Dolan talks about the three "comings" of Christ: Christ's coming in history, mystery, and majesty.