Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. As he blessed them, he parted from them and was taken to heaven. This week we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. Not only is it a Holy Day of Obligation, but it is also an essential aspect of...
Habemus Papam! We have a Pope! I knew that it was unlikely that we would have the announcement of a new Pope before our bulletin went to print, but I was hopeful. As the white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday afternoon, the bulletin printing...
As of this writing…we await the election of a new Holy Father. Hopefully, as we gather for mass this weekend, we will be praying for the new successor to Peter. This week, as we wait, I share with you an important message from the Bishops of New York State Statement...
“We gave you strict orders, did we not, to stop teaching in that name? Throughout this past week, including today, we have proclaimed passages from the fifth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. Throughout this chapter and in other places of the Acts of the...
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” We awoke on Easter Monday to the news of the passing of Pope Francis....
We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. Consequently, you, too, must think of yourselves as being dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus. Taken from the sixth chapter of St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, the...
