Sunday Homilies
Christmas 2018 (Fr. Francis)
My brothers and Sisters in Christ,Christ is born for us! Every year we celebrate again the birth of Jesus Christ. We Catholics celebrate His birth as the birth of God for us. We believe that Jesus was a human, like us in all things except sin, that He was physically...
Christmas 2018 (Fr. Vinner)
“TODAY IS BORN OUR SAVIOR - CHRIST THE LORD”My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,Christ is born for us! Every year we celebrate again the birth of Jesus Christ. We Catholics celebrate His birth as the birth of God for us. We believe that Jesus was a human, like us in all...
4th Sunday of Advent (Fr. Francis)
The gifts are wrapped, hopefully. The cards are sent and received, except for those we missed. The food for tomorrow is in the fridge. The relatives have arrived, and Mom is trying to keep them out of the fridge. The children are looking up the chimney, and begging...
4th Sunday of Advent (Fr. Vinner)
“HERE I AM, I COME TO OBEY YOUR WILL, O GOD!”My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent - the final Sunday before Christmas. Christmas is only a few days away and the season of Christmas carols has begun. The birth of Jesus is now imminent....
3rd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Francis)
An Old Russian story tells of a farmer named Diametric who, like Simeon in the gospel of St. Luke (2:26), wishes to see God face to face before he dies. He prays to St. Nikolai who promises to grant his wish. The saint goes on to specify the place and the day of the...
3rd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Vinner)
BRETHREN, BE JOYFUL AND HAPPY IN THE LORDMy Brothers and Sisters in Christ,Today is the third Sunday of Advent called “Gaudete Sunday.” The term Gaudate simply means “to rejoice.” This Advent, we are preparing to live a new experience of love and faith in God....
2nd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Francis)
As we move into the second week of Advent, the words of St. Paul reminds us “to be pure of heart and come blameless filled with the fruit of holiness through Christ Jesus for the glory and praise of God.” In the first reading from Baruch we are summoned to rejoice and...
2nd Sunday of Advent (Fr. Vinner)
ADVENT IS A SEASON OF PROMISE AS WELL AS OF PREPARATIONMy Brothers and Sisters in Christ,Season of Promise:Advent is the season that symbolizes the thousand years of the waiting of the Israelites for the Messiah. In 2 Sam 7: 12 -16 we read about God promising to David...
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Fr. Francis)
At a time of water shortage in her village, a woman went looking for a vessel with which to draw water from a distant well. But the first vessel she found was full of milk. The next was full of oil. The third was filled with grain. And so it went. However, she...
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Fr. Vinner)
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We live in a world abounding in sin and sinners. But it is a world that denies the existence of sin. Why is that? Because sin is an offense against God, and many do not believe in God. Therefore, if there is no God, there cannot be...