Pastor’s Corner

I. Start all over again! Just as our liturgical year culminates in the Feast of Christ the King, so Advent ushers in the beginning of another liturgical year. Every Advent, we celebrate Jesus coming as an infant long ago; His ongoing presence with us now, and His return in glory in the future. Advent calls…

Pastor’s Corner

I. It is The Thief who recognized in Christ the Lord and Messiah!  Today our liturgical season culminates in the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, established by Pope Pius XI in 1925. Conventional understanding of kingship and power are transformed. Rather than calling up images of Jesus Christ dressed in…

Pastor’s Corner

I. A Month of Re-Membering: All Saints, All Souls, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Feast of Christ the King are about remembering. Note that in the Jewish Scriptures, there was a golden thread of remembering, in order to keep alive the memory of spiritual ancestors, communal trials and trauma, moments of peace and prosperity. If our…