by Fr. Jim Chern
Why is there this viral pandemic? Why are there still all these shut downs - people having to wear masks, people losing their jobs, all the things that are causing our world to feel upside…
One of the beautiful things about Jesus’ parables is that he uses these everyday examples to make his teaching more relatable, more accessible to every body. But I have to confess that this particular parable…
As St. Peter said to Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration - “It is good to be here.” It is good to be back together at Mass in our Church. Thank you for all your…
A week ago, Father’s Day, a friend texted me asking “How many ‘Happy Father’s Day’ jokes do you typically get today each year?” As a priest, who has made promises of celibacy at my ordination…
If you tuned into Sunday’s last live-stream Mass, the Recessional Hymn we sang yesterday was one that we used on Ash Wednesday this past year. The song is called “Greater will be the future.” When…
What are you afraid of? Not too long ago, there was a story that was published entitled Cancer Doctors Avoid End-of Life Talk. It reported that many oncologists often refuse to tell terminally ill patients…
Tomorrow/Today Sunday, June 21, 2020 will be our last “live-streamed” Mass for the foreseeable future. When we began “live-streaming” our Masses back on March 16th, it was done primarily as a way to keep our…
In recent weeks, there’s been a lot of discussion about statues. Around the nation, often times imprudently and without dialogue or discussion - different statues are being unilaterally discarded and destroyed, usually as the result…
Seeing the “Our Father” as the Gospel passage today there’s a bombardment of thoughts that came to mind. It’s the most common, known prayer in all of Christianity. There’s some incredible reflections that Saints have…
When I first looked at the readings today I thought it was a mistake. I thought that the website I look at for the daily scripture must’ve gotten their “Wednesday’s” confused and that we were…