Dear St. Peter Parish Family: Can you believe it? It is the fifth Sunday of Lent already. I don’t know about you, but I think this season is gone very quickly. This past week we priests have had the privilege of hearing the confessions of many repentant sinners. For Read more…
Dear Family of St. Peter Parish On Tuesday, August 24, the students and staff of our Pacelli Catholic school system began the new school year. As our students and teachers come back together for another year of learning our prayers are with them. We pray that the Holy Spirit will Read more…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: “God put Abraham to the test.” These words from our first reading for the second Sunday of Lent are very fitting for our times. It is certainly true to say that we have all been put to the test. We have all suffered much Read more…
The feast of the baptism of the Lord, which we celebrate this weekend, ends the Christmas season for 2020. At our baptism we were claimed by Christ as his dear children. As God’s dear children we are invited by God into an intimate relationship of love with him. There are Read more…
“Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome” (Matthew 11:28). Each of us are weary, burdened, and I know in my case, heartbroken. It is sad for me to think that the faithful will not be able to receive the physical presence of Christ in the Read more…
On August 9 of this year, a very disturbing pew study came out that said only three in ten Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. I don’t know about all of you, but I find this very disturbing. As Catholics we should all be Read more…
We have a choice! Things can be done either the easy way, or the hard way. I am sure for many of us we would rather do it the easy way. I think this is especially true when it comes to learning a lesson. A lesson can be learned the Read more…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: I would suspect that a great percentage of the population would not argue with the fact that there is clearly evil in our midst. Evil is defined as: “Profoundly immoral and wicked. Profound immorality and wickedness especially regarding a supernatural force.” It is certainly Read more…
It is sad that once again we have to hear about mass shootings. What is especially sad is that we had to hear about two of them less than 13 hours apart. Of course, after such events happen, there is conversation about what actions need to be taken. Rightfully so! Read more…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: We are living in a time when the world wishes that we would leave our faith in the confines of the church building. If you need evidence to this fact, just consider the number of religious liberty cases that have had to go before Read more…