Category: Pastor’s Note

We now enter into the holiest of weeks beginning with Palm Sunday, to Calvary and to rise with him on Easter Sunday.  All of our Holy Week observances must be relived together with Christ if we are to find meaning in his suffering, deathand Resurrection.    You are encouraged to enter into this holy week… Continue reading Thoughts from Sister Lucette 3/28/21

During this holy season of Lent we often heard the psalm response, “Create a clean heart in me, O God”.     Our Lord calls us to conversion of the heart.  Others can show us the way, but it is up to us to commit to Christ and his mission.  Yes, we are called to be… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 3/21/21

   During this third week of Lent, we begin our half-way point of this holy season.  We are aware that we are weak, we fail and we sin.  We turn to God for strength and healing for we arekeenly aware of our need for his mercy and forgiveness.  We are also aware that at times,… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 3/14/21

   During this third week of Lent, we begin our half-way point of this holy season.  We are aware that we are weak, we fail and we sin.  We turn to God for strength and healing for we are keenly aware of our need for his mercy and forgiveness.  We are also aware that at… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 3/7/21

   We move from the words of Ash Wednesday “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return” to the words of the Gospel of this Sunday, “The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”     Here we find Jesus spending forty days in the desert to be tempted.… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 2/28/21

We move from the words of Ash Wednesday “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return” to the words of the Gospel of this Sunday, “The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”     Here we find Jesus spending forty days in the desert to be tempted. Yet… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette 2/21/21

As we finish our 6th week of Ordinary Time, we ready our minds and hearts for our Lenten journey beginning February 17 on Ash Wednesday.  For many, this is a familiar journey and yet can be an entirely new experience for us.  The best way to approach this journey is as if this were our… Continue reading Thoughts from Sr. Lucette for 2/14/21

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…