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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 15, 2017 – Year A
Readings: Rv 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB / Ps 45 / 1 Cor 15:20-27 / Lk 1:39-56
by Rev. Salvador Anonuevo, Pastor
Ever since I can remember, I always had a beautiful experience praying in the cemetery. I didn’t know the reason why. Maybe, because I grew up in a very small town in the more than seven thousand islands in the Philippine archipelago, where our house was not too far from the cemetery. The priest there celebrates Mass every Monday in the cemetery. (more…)
KEEP READINGFourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 9, 2017 – Year A
Readings: Zec 9:9-10 / Ps 145 / Rom 8:9, 11-13 / Mt 11:25-30
by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon
Some of you may have noticed that I was absent for a couple of weeks. I got to go on a pretty cool trip, out to New Mexico to the Philmont Scout Ranch. I went with a group of scouts, one of them being my son, and we got to spend a couple of weeks hiking, and backpacking, and camping on the trail. In eleven days we hiked eighty-eight miles. Most of our time was spent above eight thousand feet, and we topped out at over twelve thousand feet. (more…)
KEEP READINGPentecost Sunday
June 4, 2017 – Year A
Readings: Acts 2:1-11 / Ps 104 / 1 Cor 12:3B-7, 12-13 / Jn 20:19-23
by Rev. Paul O’Donnell Duggan, Guest Celebrant
Last Sunday after 5:00 Mass in Moneta and dinner in the parish there, I left at about 10:00 at night. If you remember, last Sunday night it was very foggy. Suddenly, ten minutes into my driving, swirling lights appeared behind me. I’m not a fast driver, so, only a little worried, I pulled over. Thank God, he continued on past me. (more…)
KEEP READINGSunday of Divine Mercy
April 23, 2017 – Year A
Readings: Acts 2:42-47 / Ps 118 / 1 Pt 1:3-9 / Jn 20:19-31
by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor
A little more than ten years ago, a man by the name of Charles Roberts went to a one-room Amish school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and cold-bloodedly shot ten Amish schoolgirls, killing five of them before he killed himself. But in the midst of their grief over this shocking loss, the Amish community didn’t cast blame. (more…)
KEEP READINGSeventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 19, 2017 – Year A
Readings: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18 / Ps 103 / 1 Cor 3:16-23 / Mt 5:38-48
by Rev. Paul O’Donnell Duggan, Guest Celebrant
One of my little peculiarities is that I enjoy walking through a graveyard and looking at epitaphs. Every so often I say to people in New Jersey, “Oh, in today’s reading, there is a lovely epitaph.” (more…)
KEEP READINGFirst Sunday of Advent
November 27, 2016 – Year A
Readings: Is 2:1-5 / Ps 122 / Rom 13:11-14 / Mt 24:37-44
by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor
About 20 years ago, while I was having a lively dinner conversation with my cousins in New York during my first week in the United States, they gave me the honor of hearing about all they had done – a sort of summary of their lives. This included not only their achievements but also the mistakes they made and what they should have done. (more…)
KEEP READINGTwenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 16, 2016 – Year C
Readings: Ex 17:8-13 / Ps 121 / 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 / Lk 18:1-8
by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor
Many years ago, a young Catholic lady got married to a man who not only was a pagan, but also had a very bad temper. But she bore all her sufferings with patience and with fervent prayer. (more…)
KEEP READINGTwenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 9, 2016 – Year C
Readings: 2 Kgs 5:14-17 / Ps 98 / 2 Tm 2:8-13 / Lk 17:11-19
by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon
Be thankful. We know we’re supposed to do it. Count your blessings. I’m sure everybody has heard that. So why then do we often have so much trouble remembering that? I’ve asked myself that as I prepared to preach this morning. And the list is long. We’re busy, one thing after another. Two things that happen to us are highlighted very well in the readings today. (more…)
KEEP READINGTwenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 25, 2016 – Year C
Readings: Am 6:1A, 4-7 / Psalm 146 / 1 Tm 6:11-16 / Lk 16:19-31
by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon
At first glance, our Gospel today seems pretty straightforward. The question is: Why did the rich man go to Hell? The obvious answer is: Because he did not feed the poor. (more…)
KEEP READINGEleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 12, 2016 – Year C
Readings: 2 Sm 12:7-10, 13 / Ps 32 / Gal 2:16, 19-21 / Lk 7:36-8:3
by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon
This past week, as I was perusing Facebook, I saw a story about Ron Howard, little Opie Taylor. He and his wife just celebrated their forty-first wedding anniversary. I know some of you saw it, too, because it told me at the top of the screen that you “liked” it. (more…)
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