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Homily Given at Healing Mass on November 19, 2025, St. Luke Church in Whitestone, New York
Read more: Homily Given at Healing Mass on November 19, 2025, St. Luke Church in Whitestone, New YorkThank you, Fr. Costello, for arranging for this special Mass! And thank you and Fr. Chin for concelebrating! We are offering this Mass for all those who are in attendance tonight, as well as for all those who could not join us because of their illnesses. United in prayer, we seek healing and help […]
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Visiting Cemeteries: Why do we go?
Read more: Visiting Cemeteries: Why do we go?Some people do not visit cemeteries. Some people do. There is no right or wrong in this matter. It is, in my opinion, a personal choice to visit or not to visit! The bodies or remains of our family members and friends are interred or inurned in cemeteries where they rest in peace as […]
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Retrouvaille: Help for Troubled Marriages
Read more: Retrouvaille: Help for Troubled MarriagesA married couple who worships at St. Luke in Whitestone encouraged me to write about a program called Retrouvaille (pronounced RET-TRO-VI). It is a word that comes from the French language and is means “to return.” The program is Christian, Catholic in origin, but open to people of all faiths. Basically, it is geared to […]
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World Mission Sunday Homily Given at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY on October 19, 2025
Read more: World Mission Sunday Homily Given at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY on October 19, 2025Pope Leo XIV (fourteenth), our new Holy Father, recently said, “I saw first-hand how the faith, the prayer, and the generosity shown on World Mission Sunday can transform entire communities.” He also said that your prayers and your support will help spread the Gospel, provide for pastoral and catechetical programs, help to build new Churches, […]
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