Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily March 20, 2022 “I’d say the themes of the readings for this Sunday are both and. We see that in all three of the readings in a way. In the Gospel Jesus starts by challenging the common theology of the day and one that’s still present often today: that when bad […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily March 20, 2022 “Dear friends in Jesus, in the year 1269, Kublai Khan, King of China, sent a message to Rome. The message that addressed to Pope Gregory X and it read, ‘Send us a hundred wise men of the Christian religion. Let them teach us Christianity. Then I shall be […]

Fr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily March 19, 2022 “So we’re in our second reading today, the Epistle of St. Paul, it’s quite a harsh reality he calls us to and that very last sentence, he says, ‘Those who think they are standing on firm ground be careful not to fall. So I’m going to tell you […]

Fr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily January 2, 2022 “Now, what are you searching for in your life? Do you ever ask yourself that question or you think about that? What are you searching for? What are you longing for? Now, often times in the culture you hear, ‘follow your heart.’ Right? But St. Augustine says our […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily January 2, 2022 “It’s kind of an epiphany tradition to announce the upcoming special dates to the liturgical year because Christmas always points toward the culmination of Jesus as incarnation, which is the passion, death and resurrection for it is by that action that we are saved. So we traditionally announce […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily January 1, 2022 “Dear Friends in Jesus, there is a story of a young man who goes to a monk seeking to find God, the monk that takes him down to a river and dunks him in water. At first the young man thinks the monk is baptizing him. But after […]

Fr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily December 26, 2021 “You know, I’ve only been a priest for about three, three and a half years, and often times people might ask me, why did I choose to become a parish priest? Why didn’t I think about becoming a Jesuit or a Franciscan or Benedictine or a religious order […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily December 26, 2021 “Dear friends in Jesus in the Gospel, we find child Jesus among the teachers of the law in the Temple of Jerusalem, asking them questions and answering their questions. People around are said to be astounded that he has wisdom, knowledge and understanding. How come he’s so wise, […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily December 24, 2021 “On behalf of the staff and Fr. Viet and Father Mohan, the Deacons, all the staff here we want to wish you all a merry Christmas and hope you have a wonderful time with your family. The four o’clock mass, I was here alone. I didn’t have a […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily December 26, 2021 “Yesterday, we celebrated Christmas, one of the two great feasts of the church year, Christmas and Easter, everything else kind of revolves around those two things: Christmas, the beginning of our salvation, the mystery of God becoming flesh, we bow every Sunday during the creed when we get […]