Merry Christmas! God’s entrance into the world through the Incarnation allows us to penetrate the ways of God. The humility of Christ to enter our humanity creates the capacity for us to share in his divinity! Is there room for God in our world today? Is there room for Christ Read more…
The Archdiocese of Seattle welcomes 21 new permanent deacons today. God is good, and we give thanks! Thanks to these men, their wives and families, the formation team, and the broader Church who helped form them in their faith and to hear the Lord call them to this vocation. You Read more…
Due to an unprecedented amount of press coverage of comments attributed to Pope Francis in a recently released documentary entitled Francesco, I have been encouraged by both the priests and our Archdiocesan Pastoral Council to provide some context. Their request was further strengthened by a number of parishioners after Read more…
For the second time in just a few days, we read from two different moments in the Acts of the Apostles (2:42-47; 4:32-37) how members of the early Christian Church offered their personal possessions to meet the needs of others. Charity is at the heart and core of the mission of the Read more…
Hi everybody! My apologies to everyone who was looking for our livestream Mass today on Vimeo. They were evidently having issues as we began, so Facebook was our only livestream source today. I’ll post the video below once we have it available. Between today’s Gospel story of the Road to Read more…
On this Holy Thursday night, we are very much like the people of Israel on that first Passover night in Egypt. They were in their homes praying that angel of death would indeed ‘passover’ them. We, too, like many around the world are in our homes, praying that we and Read more…
Our Holy Week has begun. God does not remain distant. In Jesus, God’s humility is manifest. Jesus takes on our human flesh. Jesus continues to be in our midst. Our minds continue to interpret our present moment through our ‘normal’ experience prior to COVID-19. It makes it difficult to ‘catch Read more…
Tonight, the church begins the three-part Liturgy known as the Triduum. Our celebration begins with this Mass of the Lord’s Supper, in which Jesus bestows upon his church the gifts of Eucharist and Priesthood. The Eucharist is the perpetual celebration of the Paschal Mystery – of the passion, death and Read more…
This Third Sunday of Advent is traditionally known as Guadete Sunday. As we progress in the Advent season, we are to rejoice at the approach of our Savior. Today’s readings focus our attention on John the Baptist, who pointed the way to Christ, and serves as a model of how Read more…
On Tuesday this week I had the pleasure of visiting one of our assisted living facilities to have Mass with the residents and staff. After Mass, I also was able to celebrate the Sacrament of Anointing the Sick with many of the people who were present. Such moments never fail Read more…