From The Pastor

In today's first reading, Elijah is told to eat more or the journey will be too long for him.

From my window in the parish office this summer, I’ve looked out on a lot of greenery.  Midsummer is the season of fullness and rest; all is as large and green as it will be, and the world seems to takes a contented pause. 

The readings in the Mass today are about hunger. As the antiphon in the Psalm tells us, "The hand of the Lord feeds us, he answers all of our needs." God designed us in such a way that we hunger for that which we need.

    Last weekend, many of you got the chance to meet our new youth minister, Karen Italiano, after all the Masses. She is already doing a great job.,,

At the beginning of each Mass, right before the readings from Scripture, the priest prays a special prayer called the Collect. As the name suggests, it gathers together our prayers and focuses them on the central mystery highlighted in that liturgy...