by Father Jacob Maurer | May 28, 2024 | Pastor's post |
This time of year alway seems to move faster as we get closer to July 1. Even when we’re not looking at a major transition among every parish in the archdiocese, the move from Easter into Ordinary time is chock-full of events. Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus...
by Father Jacob Maurer | May 21, 2024 | Pastor's post
In preparing for Pentecost this last weekend, I found myself unexpectedly melancholic. Though not unfamiliar emotional territory, I was caught off guard by the strength of the feeling of sorrow at the end of Easter. Sitting in my chapel on Saturday morning, I was...
by Father Jacob Maurer | May 17, 2024 | Reflections
(Wikipedia has helpful side-by-side translations) In just a couple of days we will celebrate the last day of Easter and the birthday of the Church – Pentecost Sunday. The sequence Veni, Sancte Spiritus (Come, Holy Spirit) will be chanted just before we hear the...
by Father Jacob Maurer | May 13, 2024 | Pastor's post |
Happy Easter! It is strange to find ourselves in the final week before the end of the season, the celebration of Pentecost, and the return to Ordinary Time. After the forty days of Lent, the forty days leading up to the Ascension, and these last ten days before...
by Father Jacob Maurer | May 8, 2024 | Pastor's post |
Welcome Charlotte Ruth Maurer! We’re so glad to finally meet you. This week has started out in perhaps the most delightful way: with the birth of my first niece, Charlotte Ruth Maurer (pictured right)! My sister-in-law, brother, and their three boys –...
