February 17, 2022 Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. John’s, The Lord continues to restore me to life through my prayer, studies, and rest during this past month. Since my last update, I took a ski trip with my best friend from college seminary, as well as the parishioner from my teaching parish who taught me […]
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February 10, 2022 Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. John’s, I hope your week has been blessed so far, and I imagine you have inklings of the approaching season of Lent. “When is Ash Wednesday this year?” we tend to ask around this time each year. The answer is that it is less than three […]
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2022 Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. John’s, I hope you are having a blessed memorial of St. Blaise, bishop, and martyr. And I pray that through his intercession, you may be protected from all disease of the throat, and from every other evil. As you may know, St. Blaise’s connection to the […]
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022 Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. John’s, I hear daily about the importance of Catholic schools in an unlikely place—the hospital. Typically, it is from people who have lapsed in the practice of their faith. They will say, “I had twelve years of Catholic school.” This boast seems to qualify them as […]
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January 20, 2021 Dear Parishioners and Friends of St. John’s, In today’s Gospel reading from Mark, “the crowd pressed in upon Jesus”. They pressed in so intensely that Jesus knew they might crush him so he asked his disciples to get a boat so he could teach from there. The crowd knew Jesus. They knew what he had […]
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