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Beloved Parishioners,

Happy feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Today we are celebrating the mystery of our faith. May the Blessings of the Trinity, the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit fill every corner of your house and bring joy, peace, and good health to all. This blessing unites us with the past, present, and future. We celebrate with joy, God the Father, the Creator, the Son, the savior and liberator and the Holy Spirit, the counselor and consoler.

Beloved Parishioners,

Happy Pentecost celebration even as I take my vacation far away from the United States, I still enjoy sharing reflections with you every Sunday to maintain that bond of love we share together. The theme of my reflection draws its central motif from the poetic imagery of the evocative hymn “Spirit of God in the Clear Running Water” by Miriam Therese Winter in 1965.

Beloved Parishioners,

In this week Pastor’s Corner, my reflection is focused on Eastertide. What we easily forget is that the Church designed the liturgical calendar to do one major thing, namely, to make Christians live the life of Christ through time. The liturgical year is theologically and spiritually structured to help the Church remember, celebrate, relive, and interiorize the mysteries of salvation.

Beloved Parishioners,

I share with you a reflection on Pope Leo XIV's visit to Africa. On his third ever international journey since his election as the supreme Pontiff, from 13 April to 23 April 2026, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, completed a historic 11-day apostolic journey to Africa across four nations: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea.

Beloved Parishioners,

In this week of the Pastor’s Corner, my reflection is on some types of movement that our faith journey may require. This movement may not be that easy, but taking the courageous step to make the journey is itself an act of faith. The readiness to move into an unknown destination trusting only in God’s providence forms the core of my reflection.

Beloved Parishioners,

My reflection is centered on prayer and how baptism makes us special people consecrated to God. Have you ever considered that your baptism was not just a ceremony, but a consecration—a setting apart for something sacred? Today I wish to draw our hearts to this powerful truth, namely: that we are a people consecrated to prayer. And this consecration began the day we were plunged into the waters of Baptism.

Beloved Parishioners,

May the joy and peace of the risen Lord inundate our hearts and lighten up our ways! Since Easter we have been confronted with all kinds of war cries from different parts of the world that at times some of us tend to lose hope in the message of Easter that the risen Christ has come to revive our hope that Jesus is alive.

Beloved Parishioners,

We have every reason to be joyful today because the tomb that contained the body of Jesus courtesy of the goodwill and generosity of that rich man, Joseph of Arimathea, is empty! The stone was rolled away, the grave clothes were neatly folded and left behind, and the tomb stood empty — not because someone had taken Jesus’ body, but because He is risen! Death has lost its sting!

Beloved Parishioners,

The Paschal Mystery reveals how Christ’s suffering and resurrection reconcile humanity to God. By His death, He destroys sin and death; by His resurrection, He restores life and offers eternal hope (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 654). Historically, the Paschal Mystery connects Old Testament events with their fulfillment in Christ.

Beloved Parishioners,

As we know almsgiving stands as one of the three pillars of Lenten observance, alongside prayer and fasting, and is seen as an invitation to grow in solidarity with the poor and the marginalized in recognition that Christ himself identified with the poor.

Beloved Parishioners,

“Now let us all with one accord, In fellowship with ages past, Keep vigil with our heavenly Lord In His temptation and His fast.”

These opening lines of the ancient Lenten hymn Ex more docti mystico, traditionally attributed to Gregory the Great, immediately situate our Lenten journey within the communion of the Church across the centuries.

Beloved Parishioners,

As we begin the great season of Lent let us draw attention to temptation which is part of our daily battle in spiritual journey.

Beloved Parishioners,

On the 8th of May 2025, when the newly elected Pope Leo XIV marched out of the Loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica wearing an ermine rochet upon the jubilant Habemus Papam call by Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, he triggered a signal of regeneration that raised attention.

Beloved Parishioners,

Today my reflection focuses on the second year of TILMA of the seven-year pastoral plan of Bishop John Dolan of our diocese. Last year he instituted a seven-year pastoral plan that will end in 2031 to mark the five hundred years of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego.

Beloved Parishioners,

This piece concludes the reflection I started last week on the traditional Latin Mass. Pope Benedict XVI hoped that allowing the two forms of the Roman Rite to coexist would heal wounds and foster mutual enrichment. The older rite would restore a sense of transcendence and reverence; the newer would provide accessibility and pastoral reach.