Messages From Father Steve
Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday April 27, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 4/26/25
Happy Easter to all! Yes, it’s still Easter and will be until the Feast of Pentecost in early June. Today’s Gospel is one of my favorite Gospels, especially for the Easter season. The reason that it is a favorite is that it starts off on the evening of the ... Read More »
Easter Sunday - Domingo de Pascua April 20, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 4/19/25
Alleluia - Happy Easter - He is Risen!
Welcome to Easter Mass in the Catholic Community of Northern Columbia County (CCNCC)! Whether you come every week, most weeks, occasionally, only once or twice a year or if you are visiting—you are warmly welcomed today and always! Jesus has suffered ... Read More »
Palm Sunday April 13, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 4/12/25
Palm Sunday – Passion Sunday – Last Sunday in Lent – Holy Week – what do you think of when you think of today or this week? It can mean different things to each of us. Before I was ordained a priest, I remember one Palm Sunday with the ... Read More »
The Fifth Sunday of Lent April 6, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 4/04/25
During the Holy Season of Lent, we hear about God’s love, mercy and forgiveness. Two weeks ago we heard the story about the Fig Tree that didn’t produce fruit and it was to be cut down. The gardener, representing Jesus, asked for patience – to give it one more ... Read More »
The Fourth Sunday of Lent March 30, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 3/29/25
A man looking a bit downtrodden approached me as I filled my car’s gas tank. He asked, “May I share with you my testimony about how good God is?” “OK,” I skeptically answered. He went on to tell me that he had been an alcoholic and drug addict, and ... Read More »
The Third Sunday of Lent March 23, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 3/21/25
My childhood best friend was Xander Price. He was the fastest runner in school, an excellent baseball player and Jewish. Though his family wasn’t intensely religious, I felt totally at home with them despite our religious differences. Everything about their Judaism seemed to undergird and strengthen my own experience ... Read More »
The Second Sunday of Lent March 16, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 3/15/25
St. Thomas Aquinas said that friends share three things: time, possessions and secrets. For example, how do I know if you’re my friend? Well, let’s say we’ve been to Mexico together, you’ve tried my shaky attempts at pasta carbonara, and you know what ridiculouscostume I wore in a music ... Read More »
The First Sunday of Lent March 9, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 3/07/25
We have now entered the Holy Season of Lent with the themes of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. In today’s Gospel Jesus is tempted after he had fasted for 40 days. Recently, I met with the Faith Formation children from our Spanish Community, to discuss the importance of Lent. When ... Read More »
The Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time March 2, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 3/01/25
As you should know, the holy season of Lent begins this Wednesday, March 5 and continues for 40 days. Please see inside for the times and locations of Masses, Liturgy of the Word Service and distribution of Ashes. May I invite you to join us as we prepare to ... Read More »
The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time February 23, 2025
Posted by Nancy Carrizales on 2/22/25
One of my favorite new singers/songwriters is Noah Kahan. I’m a little biased because, like me, he is originally from Vermont. In a fine song entitled “Stick Season,” he sings of his hope to “cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad.” This lyric articulates his painful recognition of ... Read More »