Fr. Rob's Weekly Message
May 18, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/16/25
Dear Friends,
While gathering for my cousin Gregg’s birthday lunch this past Thursday (May 8th) , my phone started lighting up!
Yes, it was a time to acknowledge my cousins’ birthday, but also the selection of our new Pope! Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, ... Read More »
May 11, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/08/25
Dear Friends,
Some rain, grey skies and dashing to church with umbrellas did not take away from the joy of our young children who made their First Communion last weekend.
The enthusiasm of these individuals coming for the first time to receive Jesus in Holy Communion was a blessing ... Read More »
May 4, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 5/02/25
Dear Friends,
I don’t know if you picked up A Little White Book in church on Easter? On the sharing for the Tuesday, of the First Week of Easter was a reflection written before Pope Francis died.
I would like to share with everyone the message in the Little ... Read More »
April 27, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 4/24/25
Dear Friends,
I am praying you are enjoying this Easter time!
I had a wonderful and blessed Holy Week celebrating our sacred liturgies alongside you.
The Lord has blessed us in so many ways and the Alleluias are endless!
This past week I volunteered for the 39th time at ... Read More »
April 20, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 4/16/25
Dear Friends,
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!
Happy Easter to everyone!
We rejoice together in realizing the ultimate gift given to each of us, Jesus the Risen Christ, in the Paschal Mystery! This past week we have been in the presence of our Lord accompanying Him in the most sacred moments ... Read More »
April 13, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 4/10/25
Dear Friends,
We have arrived to our Holy Week. Before us we have the most sacred and solemn week of the liturgical year. This is the time to embrace the most precious gift we have ever received, the gift of salvation from Jesus Christ who gave us His very life.
Today is our Palm Sunday marking the beginning of this Holy ... Read More »
April 6, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 4/04/25
Dear Friends,
This weekend we will celebrate the Third Scrutiny with our Candidate, Huntley Hendrick, and our Catechumens, Braiden and Summer Powell! I will be honored to join them, alongside yourselves, as they are presented with the Lord’s Prayer.
These three wonderful people bless me each time I am in ... Read More »
March 30, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 3/27/25
Dear Friends,
This day I’ m going forward with Pope Francis, with thoughts of how I am a “Pilgrim of Hope”.
Among the thoughts that I carry are remembrances of the sisters and brothers who have been welcomed home to eternal life this year: John, Mary, Stephen, Dick, J.R., Ange, ... Read More »
March 23, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 3/20/25
Dear Friends,
This weekend we find ourselves at the Third Sunday of Lent. As “Pilgrims of Hope”, I am praying for all of us that these Lenten days are fruitful in our spiritual growth.
This weekend the passage from Luke 13:1-9 has Jesus sharing a parable about the fig ... Read More »
March 16, 2025
Posted by Nancy Wahl on 3/13/25
Dear Friends,
One of my memories of a Lent long ago was the theme that Saint Pius the Tenth Parish used one year.
It was “Pardon My Lenten Smile.”
From my recollection it was to remind the people of faith that even in the season of Lent where we ... Read More »