by Dan Fuerst | Apr 23, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
“FOR THE SAKE OF HIS SORROWFUL PASSION, HAVE MERCY ON US AND ON THE WHOLE WORLD.” So, we pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy because we and the whole world need to be more aware of the mercy and love of God that is poured out on all of us. Today is the Feast of...
by Dan Fuerst | Apr 15, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA! This is the reality we celebrate today; the same reality we celebrate every Sunday. For the Christian, the celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection is something that never loses its joy no matter how many times we...
by Dan Fuerst | Apr 10, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
The joyful season of Lent is drawing to a close as we begin Holy Week. This is a very solemn time for us as we enter into the most beautiful and meaningful liturgies that the Church has to offer us. Now is the time for us to enter more fully into the Paschal Mystery,...
by Dan Fuerst | Apr 2, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
PASSIONTIDE: You will notice today that our statues in church are covered in purple cloth. This is a tradition in the Church that reminds us that when Jesus went up to Jerusalem prior to the Passover and His arrest and crucifixion, He did so in a veiled and hidden...
by Dan Fuerst | Mar 26, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
Today is “Latare Sunday” the halfway point of the Lenten Season. Latare is the Latin word for rejoice. We rejoice not so much because we are halfway through Lent, but because we are that much closer to celebrating the glorious feast of the Resurrection of...
by Dan Fuerst | Mar 19, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
On this Third Sunday of Lent the Word of God calls us to repent, to turn to God and away from the world. Jesus calls us not to look at the events of our lives and the world in the way that the world does. He calls us to remember that God is just and...
