Dear Parishioners, For this letter, I would like to encourage you to make a conscious effort to see how beautiful the Mass is. There are so many things to consider when attending the Mass and so many reasons why the Mass is beautiful. There are times when everything becomes automatic to us and everything becomes part of a routine; let not the…

Dear Parishioners, The Gospel that we have for this Sunday (July 21st) made me ask the question, “Is there anything more important than serving the Lord?” I think there is. It is none other than the Lord himself. Mary in the Gospel chooses to be with Jesus rather than to busy herself preparing many things for him and for the other guests…

Dear Parishioners, Most of you already know that I just celebrated my 10th year anniversary of ordination as a priest and I would like to again thank you for our love and kindness. I was thinking about the ministry I’ve had as a priest for the past ten years and I can only be grateful for the grace of God working in…

Dear Parishioners, Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, given to us to be our food and drink. The Gospel that we have today foreshadows the gift of the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ. Jesus first speaks to the crowd, and then feeds them with the bread and fish. It is the…

Dear Parishioners, Happy Birthday!!! The Solemnity of Pentecost (Pentecost Sunday) is always considered the birth of the Church and it is truly something to be celebrated. It is one of the three major celebrations that we have in our liturgical calendar (Christmas and Easter are the other two). In this celebration we are reminded of our mission. In all the four gospels,…

Dear Parishioners, I would like to thank all of you for your prayers for me and my family these past few days. We had a wonderful celebration of my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary and I had a great time visiting with family and friends – I did not realize how much I miss them until I saw them again – some of…

Dear Parishioners, Our Gospel for this Sunday is a Gospel of beautiful promises. The first promise of God’s love and indwelling in those who love and obey Jesus. Jesus makes clear again that true love for him is shown by deeds: “Whoever loves me will keep my word.” Jesus’ word that we must keep is his command that we love one another…

Dear Parishioners, In the Gospel reading we have this Sunday, we hear Jesus laying down his farewell commandment to his disciples. The time has come for him to go back to the father in heaven, but before he left he gave his disciples this commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you.” How did Jesus love his disciples? From reading the…

Dear Parishioners, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers in our parish community. I would like to thank you for your love and devotion to your families. Your love for your children comes close to the unconditional love that God has for all of us. May the Lord continue to give you the strength you need in fulfilling the ministry you have…

Dear Parishioners, Playing volleyball at the Y, I get to see lots of different things outside of the church environment that I am so used to living in and my experiences interacting with people outside our church community are usually sources of reflections for me. One time there was a player with two injured fingers; he had tapes on his fingers but…

Dear Parishioners, Today we are celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday. It is good to be reminded that perhaps the greatest attribute of God is mercy. God is love yes, but love that stoops to weakness, poverty, suffering, and sinfulness is mercy. Because we are weak and sinful, the Lord shows his love to us as mercy. Jesus Christ never ceased to show mercy…

Dear Parishioners, He is risen, Alleluia! With Jesus Christ, let us rise up to new life responding to the Easter call of proclaiming the Good News to the ends of the earth. Jesus Christ showed us His great love for us when He died on the cross for us and when He resurrected to new life. Now it is our turn to…

Dear Parishioners, As we enter the Holy Week, let us be reminded that the week is called holy not because of the things that we do, but because of what our Lord did for us. It has always been about what God has done for humanity that makes this week holy and lets us allow the memory of God’s mercy to sink…

Dear Parishioners, Next week as we celebrate Palm Sunday, we are entering the week we call Holy. Yes, time really went fast and soon we will be celebrating Easter! But before we get there, let us take some time to reflect on how we are doing on our Lenten journey. I do hope that you feel some difference in your spiritual life…

Dear Parishioners, Next Sunday, (April 7) during the 11:30 a.m. Mass, a part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Ashland-Guanajuato Sister Cities will take place here in our parish community. For those who are not familiar with it, Sister Cities International is the world’s largest citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between thousands of cities in the US and…