People are sometimes curious about my homily writing process, and I am often embarrassed to admit that it is not great. Ideally a preacher would prepare his homily weeks ahead of time, maybe even looking at the course of readings over a series of Sundays, to build up a cohesive theme and guidance for hisContinue reading “May 07, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
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April 30, 2021 – Pastor’s Note
Right after Easter, Fr. Bill Treacy (the eldest priest in the Archdiocese at 101 years old!) sent around to some priests a copy of David Brooks’ latest column “A Christian vision of social justice.” (Seattle Times) I think it is well written and worth a read (as did, it seems, Fr. Treacy). The key ideaContinue reading “April 30, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
April 09, 2021 – Pastor’s Note
As has been their tradition for many years, the Soy House restaurant near Marine Heritage Park donated all of their Easter revenues to the parish, totaling almost $3,000 this year. Even during a pandemic that has been so hard on so many restaurants, this parish family decided they still wanted to give back to GodContinue reading “April 09, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
March 26, 2021 – Pastor’s Note
By traditional standards, this Lent has not gone well for me. The only penance or additional practice I took on was adding Wednesday as a fast day, and even that entails little more than purposefully skipping lunch. I was faithful to it, sure, but I fast most Fridays of the year anyway, so it wasn’tContinue reading “March 26, 2021 – Pastor’s Note”
Fr. Moore 