Dear Parishioners, “Rejoice the Lord is nigh.”  As Christmas draws near, the Church emphasizes the joy which should be in our hearts over all that the birth of our Saviour means for us.  The great joy of Christians is to see the day drawing nigh when the Lord will come…

“Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths: All people shall see the salvation of God” Dear friends: On Saturday some 21 Children of our parish celebrated  for the first time the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Penance. They made their First Confession as we used to say. Confession is…

Dear friends: Today we begin  the season of Advent.  Advent means a coming – the coming of the Saviour.  Expectations and waiting form so much a part of our lives. Millions and millions of us wait daily for our own turn at ticket counters, government offices, business centers, attorney offices,…

Today, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, we are celebrating the Feast of Christ the King of the universe, that is, king of all created things, of all angels and of all men. Kings and Kingships belong to the past and if they still exits, you can find them…

Dear friends: The Lord tells us in today’s gospel: Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will not pass away” (Mk 13:31).  We constantly experience the fact that everything passes away.  The month of November recalls this in a special way, beginning with…

Dear friends: In the liturgy of the word of God today, we are presented with two widows. The first one is taken from the book of 1Kings and another is from St. Mark. A common trait unites the two widows. Both of them are poor and both of them generous….

Dear Friends Today we celebrate the feast of “All Saints.” Saints have played a central role in the growth of the Church. They were people who dared to live the life of a Christian. We honor them today, who in the words of Revelations, Stand before the throne and before…

Today’s gospel says, “As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth , he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, son of David, have mercy…

Dear Friends: Today is Mission Sunday. Over one billion Catholics all over the world observe today as World Mission Sunday. This annual observance was instituted 83 years ago in 1926 by papal decree, issued by Pope Pius XI. Every year since then, the universal church had dedicated the month of…

Dear Friends, The month of October is dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. All Christians are encouraged to pray the Rosary daily in public as a group and in private as individuals because the Blessed Virgin Mary is our strongest advocate before Jesus, who always pleads for our…