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My Dear Parishioners, He Is Risen, Alleluia!!! As we continue our celebration of the historical fact of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Flesh, I would like to take a moment to thank all of those who, in any way, contributed to making our Holy Week observances so reverent and our Easter…

My Dear Parishioners, The Lord is Risen! Alleluia!!!! And so Happy Easter to all! Celebrate! And Celebrate we should, as we are celebrating the most important discovery in the history of the world: the discovery of the Empty Tomb! It is good to see everyone gathered here in church to celebrate the Resurrection and to…

My Dear Parishioners, My second Palm Sunday weekend with you. I am so happy, and I hope that you are also happy. I continue to congratulate our children who were Confirmed on Thursday and their families. I also continue to thank everyone who helped to make our Confirmation such a beautiful and graced filled encounter…

My Dear Parishioners, It is so nice that the days are getting longer, that birds are returning, and that flowers and trees are showing signs of life. This is such a magical and beautiful time of year, as the Earth awakens from its own “tomb,” the tomb of winter, and comes back to life. Which…

My Dear Parishioners, As we observe this Fourth Sunday of Lent, we also prepare to celebrate St. Joseph’s Day. St. Joseph’s Day is always a big day for bakeries, especially South Philly Italian bakeries. That is because St. Joseph’s Day is a major Feast, and so it is a day to enjoy, if one wishes,…

My Dear Parishioners, Our Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving open our hearts even wider to Jesus and then help us enter ever deeper into His Most Sacred Heart. Hopefully, we have been faithful and are feeling the effects of Jesus’s Love for us. If, however, we have found ourselves slipping in our Lenten…

My Dear Parishioners, It is always such a Blessing and a true Grace that we are able to gather together and to pray together and praise the Blessed Trinity together in our beautiful church. Praised be Jesus Christ now and forever! The Ashes we received on Ash Wednesday were a reminder to us of our…

My Dear Parishioners, Our readings for the first few weeks of Lent call us to continual conversion and to a spirit of compunction. We are reminded this First Week of Lent why continual conversion is necessary, and also why it is often a challenge. The Fall of Adam and Eve allowed Original Sin to enter…

My Dear Parishioners, On this last Sunday of Ordinary Time before the start of Lent, we continue our journey through the Sermon on the Mount. The Church, in her wisdom, also continues to give us readings from the Old Testament that show the uniformity of God’s loving message to us. Our First Reading from the…

My Dear Parishioners, Last week, I asked you to do something for yourself and read the entire Sermon on the Mount. Did you? If you did, I bet that you are thanking me right now. If you haven’t yet, please do this for yourself. The Sermon on the Mount begins with the Beatitudes and then…