https://youtu.be/2bZsNpfWWyM “If there is one thing that we are not feeling right now, it’s being in control,” says Father Jerry in today’s video on the Feast of St. Matthias. “Our lives are at the mercy of some unseen monster of a virus. Our work and school schedules blew up weeks ago. Grocery shopping has become […]
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Tuesday after the 5th Sunday of Easter
https://youtu.be/A66UpH7SeLU The great American poet Emily Dickinson was also a magnificent letter writer, especially to those who had lost a loved one. To a friend whose child died suddenly, Dickinson wrote, “Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality. Nay it is deity.” Today’s Gospel is all about this kind of wondrous and […]
Continue ReadingMonday after the 5th Sunday of Easter
https://youtu.be/Xre5ZFstP68 Click to watch. “We are a nation of weavers and rippers,” writes David Brooks in the New York Times, “The weavers try to spiritually hold each other, so that we can get through this together.” The rippers see everything through the prism of politics and division; it is a war that gives life meaning. […]
Continue ReadingMother’s Day on the 5th Sunday of Easter
Today we gather as one parish family to celebrate Mother’s Day and the 5th Sunday of Easter. As part of this celebration with Father Jerry, you’ll enjoy the hymns Regina Caeli and Gentle Woman performed by our singers Joshua & Matthew, and pianist Barry. We’re also blessed to offer two beautiful music performances, On This Day and Ave Maria, by nine talented […]
Continue ReadingSaturday after the 4th Sunday of Easter
In today’s Gospel the evangelist portrays Jesus as trying to help his disciples to understand his relationship to the Father, and his explanation seems to leave them baffled. Jesus simply repeats that he is in the Father and the Father is in Him. What can this mean? “Unfortunately, no perfect explanation of the Trinity exists,” […]
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