Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 6-7-24

Friday after Corpus Christi, Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus-June 7, 2024 Dt 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30 Note: I will be out of town celebrating the marriage of my daughter, but I liked this reflection so much, that I decided to share it from last year!  How […]

Carta de P. Geary, 6-9-2024 – Español

¡Alabado sea Jesucristo!  Gracias, una vez más, por su fidelidad y apoyo en oración durante estos últimos 16 años.  El próximo domingo tendrán un nuevo pastor para guiarles a la vida eterna.  Por favor, oren por él todos los días.  Como su nuevo padre espiritual, ciertamente rezará por Uds. en su Santa Misa diaria y en su Oficio […]

Fr. Geary’s Letter for 6-9-24

Dear Parishioners of St. James: Praised be Jesus Christ! Thank you, again, for your faithfulness and prayerful support these past 16 years.  Next Sunday you will have a new pastor to shepherd you to eternal life.  Please pray for him daily.  As your new spiritual father he will certainly pray for you in his daily […]

Fr. Schuessler’s Reflection 6-9-24

With the change of pastors, I am thinking of St. Paul’s farewell in Acts 20. His farewell is emotional and, it seems, difficult for him.    Our farewells are perhaps not as dramatic, but I venture to say just as heartfelt and perhaps difficult. I also think the older we get, the harder change is.  Like St. Paul, farewells and the resulting change casts us into the unknown. We are […]