Anna Caruso

 Jesus once asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”  Peter, as was often the case, spoke for the group: “You are the Messiah.”  You and I can hear those words with little or no emotion; but to those first disciples, they were dramatic beyond measure.  From the beginning they had taught, hoped, even dared to  believe that Jesus might be the long-awaited redeemer, spoken of by the prophets.  Now they were sure of it.  Then, at that very point, Jesus began to teach them that He had to suffer, be rejected by His own people, and die.  […]

Due to parish financials being published in this week’s bulletin, there will be no Letter From the Pastor.

            Does it appear to you that all of us are embroiled in that ongoing conflict between the old and the new?  Sometimes it seems that nothing ever stays the same.  Everything around us is in a constant state of transition.  The world is changing; our community changes; our home changes; the Church changes; even we, ourselves, change.  If you don’t believe that, well, go dig out an old high school or college picture.  Take a look at yourself then and compare it with the way you look now.             Change is a fact of […]

Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and we begin the season of Lent.  It is a time for all of us to stop and to reflect and remember   Do you remember those days when you dreamed beautiful dreams?  You were thinking about the wonderful life that was waiting for your over there in the future.  Dreaming is a vital part of living.  Think how impoverished our world would be without dreamers.  Every great human accomplishment is nothing more than a dream come true.  The electric light was once a dream in the mind of Thomas Edison.  The Fifth Symphony was once a […]

Do you remember, from your childhood days, the neighborhood football game when everyone wanted to play quarterback?  Sometimes you’d stand around and argue and take forever getting started.  Usually the way it was resolved was that the one who owned the ball got to call the plays.  But finally, everyone had to agree to play a different position, otherwise you could not even have a game! Then, if you stayed with the sport and gave yourself a little time to grow up, you discovered that it can be just as much fun to throw a good block as it is […]