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From Fr. Tom

Dear parishioners! Somebody once compared a Christian to a basketball player. “To be a good player,” he said, “it’s not enough that you know how to dribble or avoid getting fouls. What matters most is to be able to shoot, to make points, and to be productive.” The great St. Thomas Aquinas said that we are, by nature, religious beings. We come…

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HAPPY GOOD SHEPHERD’S SUNDAY! It’s a lot of work to be a shepherd and it’s even more work to be a good shepherd. To love sheep properly and care for them correctly is DIFFICULT work. On this 4th Sunday of Easter let me make a reflection what does it mean to be a good shepherd and to be a good sheep! First…

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Hopefully you had a blessed week filled with many signs of God’s love and His presence. Keep your eyes open, He is alive and always present in your life! On this third Sunday of Easter, we continue to hear Gospel accounts of Jesus’ appearances to his disciples following his Resurrection. Today’s reading, taken from the Gospel of Luke, follows immediately after the…

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Jesus, I trust in You!!! Ninety years ago, in Poland, Jesus revealed himself to a young polish nun, Sister Faustina Kowalska. Jesus personally asked her to tell people about God’s Mercy, and about God’s unconditional love for us. Jesus taught her a beautiful prayer – The Divine Mercy Chaplet. He asked for the special feast of The Divine Mercy –the feast that…

From Fr. Tom

Welcome to Holy Week!!! This Palm Sunday begins Holy Week when we will accompany Jesus on his way to Calvary where He will die, once again, for us and for our sins. And this road will lead us to the glory of His resurrection. These upcoming days, especially Holy Thursday, Good Fri-day, Easter Vigil and Easter itself are special days for us…

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Welcome to the 5th Sunday of lent! Isn’t our Lenten journey fascinating and joyful!? But what is more fascinating is that we have only two more weeks until the Easter celebration! Please continue our desert journey with Jesus, pray, fast and love and we’ll be blessed with the most beautiful Easter ever! Today’s Gospel teaches us that new life and eternal life…

From Fr. Tom

Hopefully your week was blessed! This weekend we celebrate the fourth Sunday of Lent, called Laetare Sunday. Laetare is a Latin word that means “rejoice.” Even as we observe our Lenten sacrifices, we rejoice in anticipation of the joy that will be ours at Easter. Even as we experience crosses in our lives, we already rejoice with the future resurrection. It is…