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Pastor’s Letter: October 23, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: October 23, 2022

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The October 23 bulletin is available online. Dear friend, One of my favorite messages of the Bible is the first line in the Reading from Sirach this Sunday.  “The Lord is a God of justice, who knows no favorites.” God has no favorites! The reading emphasizes that God is aware of the needs of the widow, the orphan, the weak,...

Pastor’s Letter: October 16, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: October 16, 2022

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Dear friend, St. Paul wrote two letters to Timothy, a brother priest and bishop. The letters to Timothy encourage him to live the faith and be faithful to the Spirit of God given through the Rite of Ordination. Paul also encourages Timothy to remember the wisdom of the Old Testament Scriptures. The promise of a Messiah, the expectation for the...

Pastor’s Letter: October 9, 2022

Pastor’s Letter: October 9, 2022

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Dear friend, The first reading from the Second Book of Kings and the Gospel from Luke both involve the healing of lepers. Naaman, an outsider to Israel and a non-Jew, visits Elisha the prophet seeking healing from his leprosy. Naaman’s healing concludes in his profession of faith in the God of Israel, a change of who he worshiped as God,...