Browsing the June 2019 archive of The Pastor's Note
Pastor's Note| 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time| June 30, 2019
Posted by Parri Van Dyke on 6/28/19
How well do you handle rejection? This Sunday's Gospel reading shows us how the disciples reacted to rejection. They had entered a Samaritan village ahead of Jesus, as he had asked them to do, to gather an audience. But because the Samaritans had an anti-Jewish prejudice, they didn't want ... Read More »
Pastor's Note| Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ| June 23, 2019
Posted by Parri Van Dyke on 6/21/19
"Love is like five loaves and two fish, always too little until you start giving it away." This is the message inscribed at a shrine near the northern end of the Sea of Galilee, built where Jesus multiplied a small amount of food to provide for the needs of ... Read More »
Pastor's Note| Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity| June 16, 2019
Posted by Parri Van Dyke on 6/14/19
What don't you know that you hope God will reveal to you? What have you been asking Jesus to tell you that is still unanswered? What teaching of the Church don't you understand or agree with? In this Sunday's Gospel reading, Jesus explains that there is more he'd like ... Read More »
Pastor's Note| Pentecost Sunday| June 9, 2019
Posted by Parri Van Dyke on 6/07/19
John 20:19-23 is one of two possible Gospel readings for Pentecost Sunday. In it, Jesus says "peace be with you" twice. First, he gives his disciples the gift of peace so that they can take their focus off of their worries to look at him and recognize him standing ... Read More »