Pastor's Weekly Message

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, 14-15 June 2025

Dear Fellow Saints-in-the-Making,

Joyful greetings in Christ Jesus, the Beloved Son of the Father!

The fifty days of celebrating the Paschal Joy of Easter are followed each year by two glorious Solemnities: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (June 15) and the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ (June 22). The Holy Trinity—that the One God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—is revealed at Jesus’ Baptism, and Our Lord gives us His Body and Blood in the Eucharist at the Last Supper. That these two particular Solemnities follow on the two consecutive Sundays immediately after the Coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost reveal that these Mysteries of our salvation are enlightened by the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. And it is only by His Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, and Knowledge that we can grasp some awareness of the fullness of this Truth, and it is only by His Fortitude, Piety, and Awe & Wonder that we even dare to fathom this Reality with fear and trembling. We could never come to know that God is Triune (Three Persons in One God) nor that the Eucharist is the Real Presence of Jesus Christ without the Grace of Divine Revelation.

By such Revelation, God is, therefore, inviting us to deepen our devotion to and our relationship with the Holy Spirit. As we celebrate the Solemnity of Holy Trinity today, let us ask the Holy Spirit to strengthen our faith in the One God, to heighten our hope in everlasting life with the Holy Trinity, and to deepen our love in and for God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—Who is Love!

A blessed Father’s Day to all Fathers, Grandfathers, and Godfathers. Through the intercession of St. Joseph, may God the Father shower you all with abundant blessings and joys! Thank you for letting Fr. Cornelius and me serve you as your spiritual Fathers to bring you closer to salvation. We love you. Above all, let us remember to honor God the Father on this Father’s Day!

God love you! I do.

Fr. Lewis

PS: My Dear Friends in Christ, I have the great blessing of being able to go on pilgrimage in the steps of St. Paul to Thessaloniki, Corinth, and Athens, where he established churches and to whose faithful he wrote letters, and also in the steps of St. John the Beloved to Ephesus, where Our Lady lived under the loving and protective care of St. John to whom Jesus entrusted her as He was dying on the Cross, and to Patmos, where St. John was exiled and where he had the visions he records in the Book of Revelation. The pilgrimage is with Aleteia and Magnificat and is led by Magnificat’s Editor-in-Chief, Fr. Sebastian White, O.P. I will be away from June 16 through June 27 but shall be keeping you all in my daily prayers and at the sacred shrines I shall have the great blessing to visit.

Update on Extending Our Arms Expanding Our Hearts

The transepts that will be added to the church and the rear entrances to this newly-extended part of the church will allow greater convenience for all who either park by the CFC or those who park by the side of the church, for there will be more pews, more handicapped seating, and a greater ease for all, whether those with mobility issues or those without, to limit unnecessary steps. Please keep our renovation and expansion in your prayers. St. Joseph the Worker, pray for us! St. Jude the Apostle, pray for us! St. Joseph the Worker, pray for us!   St. Jude the Apostle, pray for us!