March - 2021

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, January 29

The challenge to stay where you are: Overcoming sloth (Sermon for 22 January, 2023)

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, January 15

Epiphany: A tribute to Pope Benedict XVI

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, January 1st

Born to Be a King: The Nativity of the Lord, A.D. MMXXII

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, December 25th

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, December 18th

Rejoice to Be Patient: Gaudete Sunday Sermon

Pastor's Weekly Update: Sunday, December 11th

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Palm Sunday Sermon: Purified and Given Back

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! … Hosanna in the highest!” Today, as Christ enters Jerusalem, the crowds are raucous with joy. This Friday, we know well, their attitude will be very different. Today they welcome the Lord. In five short days, they will condemn Him: “His blood be on us and on our children!” (Mt 27:25). Lest we judge too harshly the crowd that gathered two thousand years ago, it would behoove us to recall that the Sacred Liturgy places these sa

Pastor's Weekly Message: Sunday, March 28, 2021

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Holy Week is finally here! This is the most important week of the year, when we commemorate the most important events in all of history. We look forward to welcoming as many people as possible for this week’s beautiful liturgies. We will have overflow seating for all of the liturgies for the Sacred Triduum. While we know that our capacity will be limited, we look forward to having a “full” church for all of the liturgies. Please check the

Week 5 / Semana 5 - 2021 Lenten Series / Camino Cuaresmal

We are getting close to Holy Week, and we hope your Lenten Journey has been blessed with spiritual growth. We had our final installment of our Lenten series this week as we explored St. Joseph, the Terror of Demons. This is one of the traditional titles of St. Joseph, and we examined how he can help us triumph over temptation and demonic influence in our lives. It was great to have a parish-wide event once again! St. Joseph, pray for us! St. John the Evangelist, pray for us!

Sermon: Do Not Be Afraid to Suffer

No one likes to suffer. We know that suffering is an inevitable part of life, and that Christ even took on suffering He did not deserve out of love for us. Even though we know that Christ suffered for us, and that we too are called to offer sufferings (both those that are inevitable in life and those we even voluntarily seek out through penance), we still usually think of suffering as a necessary evil. This is not the way things are meant to be. Christ did not take on human f

Pastor's Weekly Message: Sunday, March 21

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This Fifth Sunday of Lent is traditionally known as Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of a new season that forms a bridge between Lent and Easter, called Passiontide. Today’s liturgy is full of premonitions of Jesus’s coming passion and death, such as the final line of today’s Gospel, “‘And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.’ He said this indicating the kind of death he would die.” At St. John’s, we fo

Week 4/Semana 4 - 2021 Lenten Series/Serie Camino Cuaresmal

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Our Lenten series continues this week as we explore St. Joseph and the sanctification of work. St. Joseph was an honest and hardworking man – a great model for us all. We look forward to seeing you next Tuesday for our last sesion: St. Joseph Terror of Demons. The Spanish track starts at 6 p.m. with Mass in the church and the English track starts at 6:30 p.m. in the gym. It has been great to have a parish -wide event once again! St. John the Evange

Week 3/Semana 3 - 2021 Lenten Series/Serie Camino Cuaresmal

We are now in the third week of Lent. We hope and pray that your Lenten Journey is going well. This week’s talk was on the Fatherhood of St. Joseph and lessons for earthly fatherhood. Remaining sessions will focus on: Week 4: St. Joseph and the sanctification of work. Week 5: St. Joseph, terror of demons. The Spanish track starts at 6 p.m. with Mass in the church and the English track starts at 6:30 p.m. in the gym. We encourage you to join us! Ahora estamos en la tercera sem

Pastor's Weekly Update: March 14, 2021

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Our Lenten series continues this week as we explore St. Joseph and the sanctification of work. St. Joseph was an honest and hardworking man – a great model for us all. We look forward to seeing you this Tuesday for our third session! The Spanish track starts at 6 p.m. with Mass in the church and the English track starts at 6:30 p.m. in the gym. It has been great to have a parish-wide event once again! Next week will be our final installmen

Sermon: Does Jesus really want us to go to church?

When did Jesus tell His followers that they had to go to church? Can’t I believe in Jesus, follow His teachings by loving others, read the Bible, and grow closer to Him without actually going to church on Sundays? And aren’t there a lot of people in the world who never go to the Church but are actually better Christians than the people who do? These are some of the questions that many people in our world would ask about the obligation to attend Holy Mass on Sundays. Jesus was

Pastor's Weekly Update: March 7, 2021

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Our Lenten series continues this week as we explore the fatherhood of St. Joseph and lessons for earthly fatherhood. Week 4: St. Joseph and the sanctification of work. Week 5: St. Joseph, terror of demons. We look forward to seeing you this Tuesday for our third session! The Spanish track starts at 6 p.m. with Mass in the church and the English track starts at 6:30 p.m. in the gym. It has been great to have a parish-wide event once again!