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...
by Dan Fuerst | Mar 12, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
Wednesday is the Feast of St. Joseph, the husband of Mary. I am obviously a little partial to the feast of St. Joseph. Nonetheless, this feast gives all of us an opportunity to reflect on the example of faith that the life of St. Joseph gives to us. We do not...
by Dan Fuerst | Mar 6, 2025 | Fr. Joe's Letter
Today is the First Sunday of Lent and we hear of the temptations of Jesus in the Gospel. Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record how Jesus went out into the desert after His baptism in the Jordan to fast and pray. Jesus went to the desert to prepare Himself for...
