It was the year 2000. A young boy walked into Mass at the Catholic Church that his family had called home for his entire life, greeted parishioners who had known him practically since he was born, waved good morning to the priest as he vested in the sacristy, and proceeded into the small room where…
It is such a joy and an honor for me to be back home, to see so many familiar faces. But it is especially a privilege to be able to come together as a parish family to celebrate with one of our own on such an important milestone. Today we come to celebrate Jesus Christ,…
On this final day of the Easter season, we come together to celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, which was a pivotal moment in the life of the Church when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles as they were locked in the Upper Room fearful and dejected. As they hid away out of fear…
One my absolute favorite titles for St. Joseph is Terror of Demons. It reminds us of his role as the guardian and protector of the Holy Family, how he was entrusted by God to shield Mary and the child Jesus from danger. But it also teaches us a little bit about who St. Joseph was.…
What chains weigh us down? What sins have we grown comfortable with in our lives? Wanting more than our fair share of things? Making ourselves out to be better than other people? Battling against the sin of pride? Falling into the sin of gluttony with food or drink? Struggling with lust or viewing pornography? Embracing…
As I was reading this Gospel yesterday in preparation for my homily, I found myself thinking about how bizarre of a reaction this was from Jesus. Here we have this royal official whose son was ill coming to the Lord. In his desperation, he sought Jesus' intervention; he came to Jesus asking for His help.…
Y’all, this year seems to be flying by so quickly. I am finding it really hard to believe that we are already at the Third Sunday of Lent. It feels like Christmas was 2 weeks ago…and here we are less than a month away from Easter! But that should give us a deeper sense of…
This reading from the Book of Daniel is an example of a heartfelt prayer of confession and repentance. It’s a reminder for us of the importance of owning our mistakes before the Lord and seeking His forgiveness. It challenges us to confront our own shortcomings, our own failings and errors with humility and honesty. No…
One of the things that we are constantly being invited to consider throughout the Lenten season is to turn our hearts back to God – to recognize the areas of sinfulness in our lives, to repent, and to receive God’s mercy. That’s the message that we have in our readings for this morning. In our…
Every time I hear the Our Father given to us in Scripture and every time I pray it, I always find myself focusing on the part where we are asking the Lord to forgive us our trespasses…as we forgive those who trespass against us. That statement always makes me pause because I know, in my…
Fr. Tom Pringle 