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WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – January 23rd – Fr. Thomas
Father Smith complemented Farmer Jones on keeping such a beautiful garden and tried to give God praise for being so good to Farmer Jones, who replied, “Ha! You should have seen this place when God had it all to Himself!” Well, we know that it’s a “team effort,” and the Good News is that we’re […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – January 16th – Fr. Thomas
A billboard once seen in New England read, “Pray, it works.” That’s a pragmatic point of view, but what if the prayers don’t “work?” Do we stop praying? Get mad at God? If prayer is merely a way of getting what we want, then how does one feel about God when we don’t get everything […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – January 9th – Fr. Thomas
So, another year is upon us. For most folks, 2021 is a year we won’t forget. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could simply hit the “pause” or “re-wind” button in our life? Start off with a clean slate. The Good News is that God has provided a way to start over. St. Paul writes […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – December 26th – Fr. Thomas
Some years ago, in a community nativity scene, the statue of the infant Jesus was stolen from the manger. The figure was eventually found, of all places, in a garbage container! (For what it’s worth, the Marian apparitions to a young girl named Bernadette in the mid-19th c. at Lourdes, in southern France, happened at […]