“Invite Mary into your home” (Matthew 1:20) are the words spoken by an angel to Joseph when he learned that Mary was with child. Similarly Jesus spoke to John from the cross when he entrusted Mary to him as his mother. “From that hour, the disciple took her (Mary) into Read more…
Homily for Installation of Rev. Gary Lazzeroni, Pastor of St. James Cathedral, Immaculate Conception & Christ Our Hope Parish Family The Problem of Evil In today’s first reading from the Book of Numbers we hear a story which in many ways is a paradigm for people of all time, as Read more…
Jesus knew rejection and betrayal. From his birth there were those who recognized something divine and wonderful was happening, while one sought to take his life as if foreshadowing what his end would be. But before that could take place, God’s mission of love, sent into the world, had to Read more…
In the early days of Jesus’ ministry, the Jewish people were looking for a Messiah who would bring them a political freedom from the presence of Roman troops and government, something akin to Moses freeing the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt. And yet, God has so much more in Read more…
As Holy Week begins, we read this year the Passion narrative from the Gospel of Mark. The narrative begins with an anonymous woman anointing the head of Jesus with expensive ointment. This is such an important moment it is mentioned in all four Gospels. (Mark 14, Luke 7, John 12, Read more…
I am fully aware of my own need for healing – something I cannot give myself – but only comes from God through Jesus Christ. Jesus numerous times refers to himself as the bridegroom. In Mark’s Gospel (2:18-22) he makes reference to this loving presence of God in the midst Read more…
Merry Christmas everyone! Please know of my prayers for all of you, your loved ones and friends. I pray this Christmas give each and all of us the grace to recognize and receive Christ into our lives and bring him and his peace into our world. May your Christmas Day Read more…
There are few things more joyful than an Ordination celebration, and today proved to be particularly life-giving as we ordained two new priests for the Archdiocese of Seattle. St. James Cathedral was filled with family and friends of our ordinands along with many of our Archdiocesan and visiting priests and Read more…
The homily for this year’s Good Friday service is below, and begins in the video at the 44:30 mark. Last night, we celebrated the Last Supper and the great mandate of Jesus to his disciples to humbly serve one another. Later, in the great Priestly Prayer found in John’s Gospel, Read more…