Pastor’s Weekly Letter

We often speak of self-sacrifice as an ideal for our Christian living.  We call upon ourselves and others who will listen to give up selfishness and live sacrificially.  But the moral quality of any sacrifice is determined by the cause for which it is made.   Some years ago, the world was shocked by a story of sacrifice in the city of Beirut.  A young man drove a truck loaded with explosives into a building, housing more than two hundred U.S. Marines.  Then he deliberately detonated the explosives, taking his own life and the lives of most of the men who […]

I read a story, the origin of which I do not know, that tells of a day when the Devil offered for sale all the tools of his trade.  Those who came to shop, and perhaps to buy, were surprised that the highest price tag was attached to a small, wedge shaped implement.  It did not look important at all, but the purchase price was more than all of the other implements combined.   The Devil explained that this was his most effective tool for breaking into people’s lives.  He called it discouragement. We can all understand the meaning of that […]

                 Tens of thousands of Americans will Zoom on Friday, January 22, 2021 to continue their efforts to challenge our society to do much more to protect all innocent Human Life from the moment of conception t the moment the Lord calls us back home.  This is an issue we American Catholics look at more closely at least once a year.  We know that our modern technology has enabled us to take wonderful photos of the human person living within his or her mother’s womb.  Almost every couple preparing for the birth of […]

From the beginning of time, the devil has tried to mislead us.  He often   succeeded.  Adam is the best example, but he seems to be particularly successful in our day and age.  Our permissive age and our consumer society seem to have given into the temptation that it is by bread alone that a human being lives – bread signifying food, pleasure and all that is material.  Many seem to believe that economic well-being is all that matters.  There are many Christians who are more excited by Paradise on Earth than by the Lord’s Kingdom of Heaven.  We often fault […]