December - 2020

Sermon: The Death Chosen for You (Passion Sunday, March 26th, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 26th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 19th

Drawn to Repentance and Conversion -- Sermon for III Sunday in Lent

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, March 12th

Original sin, boredom, and the empire of empty desire (Sermon for the First Sunday of Lent, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 26th

Loving Our Enemies (Sermon for Sunday, February 19, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Februrary 19th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, February 12th

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Pastor's Weekly Message: December 27, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Merry Christmas! Our celebration of Christmas continues with the Octave of Christmas – eight days of continuous celebration. Normally on this Sunday within the Octave of Christmas we would celebrate the Holy Family, but this year, this Sunday falls on December 27th, which is our parish’s patronal feast day. So today we rejoice in the patronage of the Beloved Disciple, the Fourth Evangelist, the one who took the Blessed Mother into his home

Christmas Sermon: Jesus Disrupts Everything

The world had grown old. “Unknown ages from the time when God created the heavens and the earth … Several thousand years after the flood … Twenty–one centuries from the [first covenant with] Abraham and Sarah; thirteen centuries after Moses led the people of Israel out of Egypt … one thousand years from the anointing of David as king … the seven hundred and fifty–second year from the foundation of the city of Rome. The forty–second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus.” Thi

Pastor's Weekly Message: Dec. 20, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Our Advent journey is drawing to a close and we are joyfully waiting the coming celebration of Christmas this week! As happens every year, we think to ourselves, “How did Advent already fly by?” A brother priest of mine has long proposed that Advent should be lengthened to six weeks instead of four. (This is actually the case in certain parts of the Catholic world.) Even if you feel like you have not yet made sufficient preparation, it is

Celebrate Christmas at St. John's

Come celebrate Christmas at St. John the Evangelist Parish! Our holiday Mass schedule is as follows: ¡Les damos la bienvenida para celebrar la Natividad del Señor a la parroquia de S. Juan Evangelista! Nuestro programa ferial es el siguiente: December 24: 4:00 p.m. Holy Mass in English 6:30 p.m. Santa Misa en Español 9:00 p.m. Santa Misa en Español December 25: 12:00 a.m. Holy Mass in the Night 9:30 a.m. Holy Mass in English 12:00 p.m. Santa Misa en Español Please note, we ar

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, Dec. 13

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Happy Gaudete Sunday! On this third Sunday of Advent the Church invites us to rejoice as we continue waiting in joyful hope for the coming of the Lord. Instrumental music is again allowed and the color of the vestments is lightened from violet to rose. This year, I am excited to use a new rose vestment for the first time. The purchase of this vestment was made possible by the “economic impact” money I received (the “stimulus” associated wi