Category: Pastor’s Note

As faith-filled people, we trust in God’s mercy and love as we gather together in prayer with God’s word and life-giving Eucharist. However, on some days and we might feel like Job did in our first reading. We want to agree with Job: “Woe is me.” But the Gospel gives us hope in the healing… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 2/7/21…

   In the Sacred Scripture of this weekend we hear stories of being called: called to follow, called to conversion, called to repentance, and called to discipleship. We are challenged to reflect on how we listen to God’s call in our everyday lives.  Is He calling us to something new, to something more or something… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 1/24/21

   With the Christmas season officially behind us, we now enter into five weeks of Ordinary Time.  Yet, it is in the days of our ordinary lives, that God does invite us to be his disciples and build his Kingdom.       This search and invitation can be welcoming and intriguing: “What are you looking for?”… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 1/17/21

Today we celebrate the feast of the Baptism of our Lord and the culmination of the Christmas season.  Rising from the Jordan River, Jesus heard: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased”.  God utters these same words over each person baptized since that day.  We are all challenged to come to… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 1/10/21

As we continue to celebrate this wonderful season of Christmas, we honor the Holy Family.  Jesus’ mother, Mary, and his foster father, Joseph, each trusted in the Lord when they accepted the unique start to their family.  Their family life from the beginning faced many obstacles and challenges.  May our families share these bonds of… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 12/27/20

We now enter into the Third Sunday of Advent which is called Gaudete Sunday because the opening prayer begins with the word Gaudete which means REJOICE. We indeed rejoice today, for the coming of the Lord is so near that we cannot help but think about it.     Are we starting to feel overwhelmed or… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette

Preparation! This one word describes the journey that Advent is for the Church.  John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus’ First Coming.  We are called to prepare for the Second Coming of our Lord.  How are we preparing for the Lord to make inroads into our lives, into our hearts? What obstacles has our… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette