Last Saturday we held a volunteer appreciation Mass followed by dinner and a concert with John Angotti to recognize our volunteers. It was our way of saying thank you to the many school and parish volunteers who have shared the gift of their time with us over the last three years throughout the pandemic period.…
I recently listened to a podcast with Bill Perkins, the author of the book called Die With Zero. It was a fascinating listen and the book should prove to be a great read. The basic thesis is to spend your money on things that bring fulfillment now and not just save it up till you…
On Tuesday, the parish office re-opened after Christmas break and we had our staff meeting. We hold semi-monthly meetings with the pastoral staff to keep each other connected and up to date with the various activities and ministry work going on in the parish. To build a positive staff culture, we share highs and lows…
I hope you had a great Christmas with family and friends and found some time to rest and take time off work during this week. If you were working, I hope you at least had some time to slow down just a little to absorb the profundity of the message of Christmas—God loves us so…
Hallelujah! Christ is born! Christmas is finally here, and we now gather in churches all over the world to celebrate that the Word was made flesh and God chose to become one of us in Jesus Christ. Over the last two years we have been in a pandemic, something none of us expected during…
This week we continued our Advent Retreat series “Atomic Habits of Prayer” focusing on the third law of behavior change, Making It Easy and introduced the third stage of prayer called Listening to God. We talked about how human behavior follows the Law of the Least Effort and we will all gravitate towards the…
On Tuesday, we continued our Advent Prayer Retreat series called “Atomic Habits of Prayer.” I continued toggling between prayer as a discipline and prayer as an art and focused on the second law of behavior change, Making It Attractive for the discipline side and then introduced the second stage of prayer called Talking to God…
On Tuesday, we started the Advent Prayer Retreat series called “Atomic Habits of Prayer.” My point of focus in these sessions is to help you understand prayer both as a discipline and art. The discipline is our task and the art is God’s gift. We need to understand both aspects to become the person of…
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving Day with family and friends, and you didn’t eat too much food. I love Thanksgiving because I always get together with family sharing a meal, good conversation and yes even watching football. It is so good to be surrounded by love and share a glass of wine chatting…
I love this time of year in fall as the seasons change. Nature is resplendent with majesty and its ever-expansive range of colors as if to showcase the creativity of God. The days get shorter, and the nights get longer. While it is still warm during the days, the nights get progressively colder. It is…