Easter Sunday (Fr. Francis)

Easter Sunday (Fr. Francis) New life, with Jesus Easter Sunday is what we have all been waiting for! The forty days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent was in preparation for this day, when our hearts and souls can drink in deeply the culmination of the...

Easter Sunday (Fr. Simham)

Easter Sunday (Fr. Simham) CHRISTIANITY IS NOT VANITY Let me wish you a Happy Easter. One of the most fascinating books in the Bible is Ecclesiastes. The book begins saying “The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. Vanity of Vanities, says the...

Easter Vigil (Fr. Francis)

Easter Vigil (Fr. Francis) In this holy night we celebrate the Lord’s resurrection.  We rejoice in the victory of Jesus Christ over sin and death.  We pledge to live our own lives as children of the light of the Risen Lord. We have listened in the readings to the...

Good Friday (Fr. Francis)

Good Friday (Fr. Francis) Calvary sets in consoling relief the experience of all who suffer, whether the nightmare of physical pain or the emotional trauma of significant loss or the prospect of imminent death. The human Jesus, struggling to come to terms with the...

Holy Thursday (Fr. Francis)

Holy Thursday (Fr. Francis) If you are observant, you noticed when you came into church tonight that the tabernacle is empty. Why? For two reasons, really: First, to ensure that everyone receiving Holy Communion this evening does so from altar breads consecrated at...