Dear Parish Family, Our faith formation is ongoing and lifelong; we are called to grow in our knowledge and love of the Lord, as our eternal destiny consists precisely in this! What we value and hold dear now in our short earthly life is indicative of how we desire to spend our eternity. The pastoral … Continued
Two disciples had been on their way to Emmaus. They were leaving Jerusalem; their hopes were shattered after Jesus’ death. Then they met the risen Lord. They didn’t recognize him at first, but they did after he opened the Scriptures for them and broke bread with them. After their encounter they returned to the community … Continued
Dear Parish Family, While Lent may be 40 days, our celebration of the Easter season lasts 50 days from the first Sunday of Easter all the way to the Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday a full seven weeks later! What a Holy Week! Despite the diminished numbers due to a concurrent spring break, what a … Continued
Pope John Paul II established the Sunday after Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. The Divine Mercy, of course, is the unconditional love of God seen from the point of view of the sinner. It is the fidelity of the love of God. Divine Mercy Sunday can be seen as the convergence of all the mysteries … Continued
On this Easter day, we here in Jackson proclaim with the Church all throughout the world that sin and hatred, death and division, violence and vitriol do NOT have the final say! The Easter message is that, in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has conquered all of these through the eternally greater power of … Continued