Letter from the Pastor

 Sigmund Freud once said, “In the matter of therapy, humanity is in the highest degree irrational, so that there is no prospect of influencing it by reasonable arguments… against prejudice one can do nothing.”  But to look at the problem of prejudice and say there is nothing that can be done about it is patient foolishness.  Something can be done, and if we are going to call ourselves Christians, we had best be doing it.    St. James put this matter very pointedly: “My brothers, your faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ must not allow for favoritism.”  Then he paints a […]

It seems to me that we Catholics, in the remaining years of this twentieth century, have a golden opportunity to make the gospel real and relevant to a world that is weary of wars, terrorism, bondage, weary of emptiness, and increasingly weary of moral degradation.  It is a time when we should prepare ourselves to be the church at its best.  We must remind ourselves that the world is ready now for the message of God’s love, delivered by people like ourselves who demonstrate that love in their own lives.  During most of the century, a large part of the […]

A favorite Old Testament story of mine tells of a time when Joshua confronted the people of Israel with an imperative choice.  He stood before them and said: “Decide today whom you will serve.  As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” That seems to me to be an accurate statement of the option that faces every human  being, especially parents.  We all have a choice as to whom or what we will serve.  But choose we must, because it is inevitable that we will serve something or someone.  From the day we come into this world, […]