My Dear Parishioners: I think we would all agree that it is never easy to get to know someone really well. A husband and wife who have lived together for many years probably know each other really well. They have come to know each other’s qualities and limitations and have learned to accept one another.…
Pastor’s Corner
September 5 – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
My Dear Parishioners: When it comes to people it is very difficult for us not to make distinctions. We invariable favour some over others. We choose some and not others. A man chooses one woman to be his wife out of several he may have come to know. A woman chooses one man to be…
August 29 – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
My Dear Parishioners: In ancient times burial was rarely permitted within the walls of a city, while one of the commonest places for tombs was by the side of public roads. You can see a great number of these latter, still bearing their inscriptions, more than 2,000 years later, just outside Rome, along the Appian…
August 22 – Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
My Dear Parishioners: In our culture success can often be a game of numbers. A successful television program is one that has a very large viewing audience. If the numbers watching declines, the program is in trouble. Democracy is based on majority vote. The candidate with the most votes gets elected. Every political party is…
August 15 – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
My Dear Parishioners: The Assumption of Mary is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East, and some Lutheran and Anglo-Catholic Churches, among others, the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into Heaven at the end of her earthly life. The analogous feast…
August 8, 2021 – Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
My Dear Parishioners: God gave Israel manna, “bread from heaven,” throughout their 40 years of wandering in the desert. Naturalists and historians still puzzle over what sort of substance this might have been. Its very name is based on the Hebrew of the question, “What is this?” In a way, the term “manna” could be…
August 1 – Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
From the Pastor, Father John M. Thomas: My Dear Parishioners: Greetings of peace and joy to you as we commemorate the resurrection of our Lord! This weekend we begin what is called, “The Bread of Life Discourse’. It is from the Gospel of John, chapter 6. Jesus offers extensive instruction and encouragement concerning what we…
July 25 – Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
From our Pastor, Father John M. Thomas: My Dear Parishioners: It is hard to believe, but summer vacation will soon be ending. Our first day of school in Owensboro is Wednesday, August 11 (WOW!). Our parish community is blessed to have a school as part of our life. However, with this blessing comes great responsibility.…
July 18 – Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
From our Parochial Vicar, Fr. Sinoj Pynadath: We have a new shepherd: We have welcomed Fr. John Thomas into our midst. Let us thank and praise God for His providence and guidance through our shepherds. Being grateful to all our pastors in the past let us open our hearts to our new pastor, encourage him,…
July 11 – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – A Message from Father John Thomas
From our Pastor, Father John Thomas My Dear Parishioners: Hello to you before I arrive as your pastor. I first want to tell you that since Bishop Medley called me to this transfer, I have fervently prayed for you, your families, the parishes of Holy Spirit, Bowling Green and St. Stephen Cathedral, Fr. Jerry Riney,…