Category: Pastor’s Note

Hello friends! We have a number of different things that need to be highlighted for this weekend, and you will probably hear more about them in the next few weeks as well. I do apologize if these announcements get redundant, but they are all very important. Volunteers for Ministries and Eucharistic Adorers We are in… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends!             Here is a very helpful article about some of the major feast days for the month of February.  As explained by Philip Kosloski in his article from February 4th, 2021 and published at the Catholic website, Aleteia.org, these popular feast days have a special focus on the curing of physical illness and… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends!We have two wonderful feast days coming up this week.First, on Wednesday, February 2nd, we celebrate thePresentation of Christ in the Temple. Here is a little articleabout this feast day and why it is traditional to have candlesblessed in church on this day. This article was written by PhilipKosloski on February 1, 2018 and… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends!                   As we move into a brand-new year, we continue to do the best we can to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  We are now moving into another year of this terrible disease and its ongoing effects on all aspects of life, both here in the USA and abroad.  Although many of… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello dear friends, and a very Happy New Year to you all!                 Beginning this new year of 2022, we find ourselves in the midst of the Christmas season, which is actually pretty short this year.  On Sunday, January 9th, we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, and then we return to the season of… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

These are the words of the Christmas Proclamation from the Roman Martyrology… The Twenty-fifth Day of December, when ages beyond number had run their course from the creation of the world, when God in the beginning created heaven and earth, and formed man in His own likeness; When century upon century had passed since the… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Hello friends!                 In the opening antiphon (or entrance antiphon) of the Mass for the 4th Sunday of Advent, we read these words… “Drop down dew from above, you heavens, and let the clouds rain down the Just One; let the earth be opened and bring forth a Savior.”  This imagery of the Messiah coming… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor…

Advent greetings everyone!                  First and foremost, a big THANK YOU for all the support and contributions for our annual St. Nick Nite, held this past Saturday, on December 4th!  A great deal of planning, organization, and effort went into this special night and it truly was a great event to host for Blessed Sacrament. … Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor

Happy New Year everyone!       Consider the words we pray in the Our Father…       “Thy kingdom come…thy will be done…”       “Adveniat regnum tuum…fiat voluntas tua…” The word Advent (and it’s season) refers to the “coming towards” or “coming forward” of God’s kingdom and reign.  During the season, we commemorate and focus on the… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor!

Hello friends! This weekend marks the end of the Church’s liturgical year of 2021.  We conclude the year with the celebration and solemn feast day of Christ the King, or as the official liturgical books call it…the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.  This solemn feast day was, prior to Vatican… Continue reading Ponderings & Pontifications of the Pastor…