January 1st, being the first day of the new calendar year, the Church invites us to reflect again on the Incarnation and the Nativity of our Lord by recalling the truth of Mary being the Mother of God, the God-bearer (Theotokos in Greek (a term all Catholics should know)). At the beginning of the new […]
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To each of you and your families, I wish you a Merry Christmas on behalf of Fr. Peter, Fr. Joey, our IHM Sisters, and the faculty and staff St. James Church and School! Our prayer for you: May the Peace, Joy, and Love of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, fill your hearts and homes
Here we are at the end of the Advent Season and there is one more week to prepare for the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ! If you haven’t yet, please take some time in the quiet of the church or the Lumen Christi Adoration Chapel to be with our Lord Jesus
Thanks to everyone who attended our Advent Parish Mission! What a wonderful few evenings we had together! Fr. Ben Dallas led us on beautiful meditations of the infancy narratives from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in the presence of our Lord Jesus exposed in the monstrance and finishing the evening with Benediction. I think
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This past Thursday, December 1st, our second graders participated in their First Reconciliation! Each of them experienced for the first time, the beauty of the Sacrament of Confession, the font of the Mercy of the Lord! Congratulations to each you! May this be the first of a multitude of experiences of this magnificent Sacrament! The
Can you believe it? This Sunday after Thanksgiving is the First Sunday of Advent and a New Liturgical Year! Christmas is on a Sunday this year, so we have the longest possible Advent – 4 full weeks of preparation! These weeks are set aside for us to prepare to welcome Jesus into our homes, into
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The Solemnity of Jesus Christ the King is celebrated this weekend on the Last Sunday of the Church’s Liturgical Year! As Advent draws nigh, we ask ourselves the question – Is Jesus Lord in my heart and in my family, in my home? What does this question mean? What does the answer look like? Perhaps
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I love the book of Maccabees! The whole story given to us is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is the Word of God, not merely a history of Jewish resistance against the Greeks. From beginning to end, it concerns the proper order of things, priorities, and the Eternal Perspective. This group of Jews remained
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Tuesday, November 1, is the Solemnity of All Saints! On this day at the beginning of November, we remember EVERY soul who is in heaven! You and I are called to be saints, to be holy, and to live now and in eternity in union with God. That is our destiny. That is where we
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This weekend, we welcome, Fr. Thomas Pulikeel, a Pallottine Father. He and his brothers are missionaries bringing the Gospel and the Father’s love to people all over the world through different endeavors. We are given a chance to participate in their mission throughout the world. Each of us are called to be missionaries and spread