As you have already received your mailing from me regarding a possible pledge to the St. Catherine of Siena Forward with Faith Campaign, I am extending myself and asking that you prayerfully consider making a sacrificial gift to this campaign—for the betterment of our parish, our families, our faith and our Church. What’s at stake? Our Catholic faith—and I mean our beautiful Catholic faith—is in a crisis

Today it seems that prayer has fallen off many a “to do” list. Why? There are numerous reasons I am sure but perhaps a key reason is that prayer—and for that matter faith—has been construed to be in opposition to other important things in our lives, like logic and science. But au contraire. A friend of mine, a former parishioner, recently moved to Texas with his family and atop the public elementary school in his new home town is the following: Religion-Science-Patriotism. Hmmm?

Many folks have asked me to provide for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during evening hours here in our parish. Currently we hold Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament each weekday on Tuesday mornings, immediately following daily Mass. Knowing that this is not convenient for those who work during the day; I would like to propose that one night each month we will hold Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Forward with Faith! Today’s Catholic efforts to “build” the Church is not just focused on “bricks and mortar” projects, important as maintenance is, but rather our call is for a spiritual rebuilding of the Church and of faith itself. In a world where cultural changes are “challenging” the teachings of Christ (absolute Truth), when misinformation and political correctness are replacing truth with opinion, the Church must re-evangelize society to not only understand Christ’s teachings but to recognize how we are to apply His Truths to our personal and communal lives.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Luke seems to tie two unrelated teachings of Jesus together—but after understanding them through the lenses of the Old Testament and New Testament readings, one can see a connection between faith and relationships, which leads to service in discipleship for the Kingdom of God. The gospel speaks of a mustard seed-size faith that can do amazing things and then of duty accomplished without commendation