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Have you ever considered that your baptism was not just a ceremony, but a consecration—a setting apart for something sacred?

Beloved Parishioners,

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,

As we gradually approach Christmas and as well come to the end of the year 2025, I say Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

As a community of faith, you have been the most amazing community to work with. You come into the church filled with hope and your face express the love you have for God.

Beloved Parishioners,

As we enter the season of advent I wish to reflect on the recent document from the Vatican on our Mother Mary. There is no doubt that we live in a time when devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary enjoys great vitality. At the same time, theological precision and clarity are necessary so that our love for Mary remains rooted in Christ and in the apostolic faith.

My Beloved Parishioners,

As we enter this great season of Advent, I center the theme of our reflection: Hear the Herald’s Voice Resounding a title of an advent hymn which original Latin title is “Vox clara ecce intonat.” This Advent hymn of an unknown author has been around since the 5th Century in the Church and is sometimes incorrectly attributed to St. Ambrose, but modern scholarship considers it not Ambrosian.

Beloved Parishioners,

I wish to conclude the reflection started last week on the missionary mandate of Christ. Pope Leo XIV’s message for World Mission Sunday 2025 renews the Church’s call to mission in the light of the Jubilee Year of Hope (Iubilaeum 2025).

Beloved Parishioners,

A few weeks ago, we celebrated world mission Sunday and today my reflection is focused on this missionary mandate of Jesus especially as we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King.

Beloved Parishioners,

As I said last week, today’s Pastor’s Corner will conclude my reflection on All Saints. By institution of the feast of All Saints, the Church wants us to understand that our fundamental call as Christians is a call to holiness and this call is not restricted to the clergy or consecrated persons, rather it is universal.

Beloved Parishioners,

Last week we celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints, and it is my wish to share a reflection on this great feast of the church. In the 9th article of the Apostle’s Creed, we profess “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saint.” It is exactly that Communion of Saints, “Communio Sanctorum” in Latin, that we highlighted last week as we celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints otherwise known as All Hallows.

Beloved Parishioners,

This feast of All Souls’ Day celebrated every November 2nd is an act of intercession born of communion. We Catholics, trusting in God’s infinite mercy, pray for the souls in Purgatory, those being purified in preparation for heaven (Romans 6:3–9 – “If we have died with Christ, we shall also live with him”, John 11:17–27 – “I am the resurrection and the life….”).

Beloved Parishioners,

I wish to conclude the reflection I started last week on the Rosary and October devotion. October also shines as the month of the Holy Rosary —a devotion Pope Leo XIV calls “the heartbeat of a Church that prays.” The Rosary remains one of the simplest yet deepest ways to draw near to Christ through the eyes of His Mother.

Beloved Parishioners,

As the month of October is gradually coming to an end, I wish to share some reflections on the rosary and the origin of this beautiful prayer said in the month of October. Every October, just like this, the Church invites us to appreciate more deeply two treasures that never lose their glow—the Holy Rosary and Saint Joseph, the humble guardian of the Redeemer and protector of the Church.

Beloved Parishioners,

I continue my reflection in this forum on some doctrines which I started last week. Today I reflect on heresies and the church’s response. Every age has its peculiar fake news, counterfeits, and scams. Today, we deal with online fraud, pyramid, or ponzi schemes, and misleading headlines that spread faster than the truth.

Beloved Parishioners,

Today in this forum my intention is to touch on one of the doctrines of our faith, Jesus Christ true God, and true man. In the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, which we profess at Mass, there is a section on the Son that I want us to meditatively reflect on and it reads: