FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - JUNE 2, 2023
Happy Trinity Sunday! Hopefully many of you can come out and enjoy the Field Mass at 12:00pm, followed by the parish picnic. A reminder...
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St. Martin of Tours
- May 26
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MAY 26, 2023
A Blessed Solemnity of Pentecost! Fifty days after Jesus’ glorious Resurrection and nine days after his Ascension into heaven, the Holy...
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- May 19
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MAY 19, 2023
A blessed Feast of the Ascension! Forty days after his glorious Resurrection, Jesus ascends into heaven, thereby uniting heaven and earth...
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- May 12
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - May 12, 2023
One of my favorite titles for Mary is Our Lady of the Rosary. In so many of her apparitions—Lourdes, Fatima, Medjugorje, Kibeho...
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- May 5
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - APRIL 5, 2023
May at St. Martin’s is a month of sacraments: Three Sundays of baptisms, 4 Confirmation Masses, 3 First Communion Masses, 1 Sacraments ...
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- Apr 28
- 2 min
A NOTE FROM FR. KIKO - APRIL 28, 2023
In the Gospel of Sunday, Jesus says: “Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture”. The voice ...
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- Apr 21
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - APRIL 21, 2023
For the next forty days until Pentecost, the Church focuses on those words we profess every Sunday in the Creed: Jesus “rose again on the...
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- Apr 8
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MARCH 9, 2023
He is risen! He is risen, indeed! 2,000 years ago in a cemetery in Jerusalem a man from the town of Nazareth rose from the dead. And that...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Mar 31
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MARCH 31, 2023
Palm Sunday begins the most powerful week in the liturgical year, Holy Week. We sing, Hosanna to the Son of David, as the Messiah enters...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Mar 24
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MARCH 24, 2023
“I am the resurrection and the life,” Jesus proclaims to a grieving Martha in this Sunday’s gospel. From the beginning of history, man...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Mar 17
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MARCH 17, 2023
The Solemnity of St. Joseph, father of Jesus, is March 19. As it falls on a Sunday this year, the Church transfers the celebration to ...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Mar 10
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MARCH 10, 2023
As he’s standing by the well, Jesus says to the Samaritan woman in this Sunday’s gospel, “Give me a drink.” We see echoes of this when on...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Mar 3
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - MARCH 3, 2023
St. Paul exhorts his brother bishop Timothy in this Sunday’s second reading, “Bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the ...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Feb 24
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - FEBRUARY 24, 2023
The way we describe the 40-day period of preparation for Easter in English is unique. Lent is an old English word meaning “springtime...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Feb 17
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on February 21. It is a special liturgical season in which we take God’s command seriously, “be holy, for...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Feb 10
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - FEBRUARY 10, 2023
It can be a temptation to make our religious or spiritual life a rule-following routine. Jesus refutes that false notion of holiness in...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Feb 3
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - FEBRUARY 2, 2023
In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus reveals the exalted vocation of his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth.” Later he adds, “You are ...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Jan 27
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - JANUARY 27, 2023
One of the most powerful experiences of my priesthood was leading someone one-on-one into the Catholic faith. We went through the ...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Jan 20
- 2 min
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK - JANUARY 20, 2023
“I don’t get anything out of Mass.” This is a common refrain from young Catholics, but not only from the young. Many have become ...
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St. Martin of Tours
- Jan 13
- 2 min
A MESSAGE FROM FR. PATRICK - JANUARY 13, 2023
With the Solemnity of the Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord earlier this week, we close out the Christmas season and...
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