Pastor’s Notes

“This is my body.” Sacred words. We Catholics take them so very seriously. I can still remember the Baltimore Catechism definition we had to memorize as children prior to first communion in the fifties. “An outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.” I…

Pastor’s Notes

The problem with the Holy Spirit is that he just won’t stand still. You can’t pin the Spirit down.   There was a sports commercial on TV a few years back about a now famous someone who was too small to play football.   When he…

Pastor’s Notes

Pruning doesn’t peak my fun- meter!  One of our former guardians (the Franciscan word for local superior) in Oakland, California loved roses.  Generations of them had been planted throughout the spacious buildings of 1500 34th Ave.  Once a year they had to be pruned…