Pastor's Weekly Message
sixth sunday of easter, 10 may 2026
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My Dear Beloved Fellow Saints-in-the-Making,
Greetings in Jesus, our Advocate!
ALLELUIA! JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN! ALLELUIA!
With ongoing Paschal joy, we celebrate the glories of the Easter Season and praise our Lord and God for the wondrous gift of the Resurrection. Even though Easter Sunday was five weeks ago, we still live the joy of this sacred season as an anticipation of living in the fullness of joy unendingly with our Risen Savior Jesus Christ for all eternity.
In the midst of our Paschal exultation, we also joyfully celebrate Mother’s Day, where we honor and cherish and remember our beloved Mothers, who bore us so lovingly in their wombs for nine months—often at great discomfort to themselves—and did so because they wanted the joy of motherhood through loving us, their little ones.
In the eyes of our mothers, we will always be their little ones. We might have our own children or even grandchildren or we might be all grown up. And yet, the eyes of a mother see more than just how much we’ve grown; they see how much they want to love us and how very lovable we are, especially to them. Even if our mothers have left this world, we are still their little ones. We have every confidence of hope that from Heaven, a mother’s work of loving her little ones goes on, precisely so that through their prayerful intercession, we, their little ones, might share eternal life with them in the company of the angels and the saints, including the Blessed Mother.
In this month of May and in this Easter Season, when we remember our mothers and hold them dear, let us remember our Mother in Heaven, one of God’s great gifts to us, for we, who are baptized, are all her little ones, and she holds us most dear to her Immaculate Heart and enfolds us in the loving safety of her mantle.
Congratulations to our newly-confirmed of our parish. May the Holy Spirit fill you with joy and zeal for Christ as you live in the fullness of the Catholic Faith. Much gratitude to our Religious Education Department, Catechists, and Aides for the successful conclusion of this year of formation for the youth in our parish family. And many thanks to all of you for so warmly wishing our Deacons a Happy Diaconate Sunday last week. We are so greatly blessed by their selfless service to our parish family.
Join us for the Diocese of Wilmington’s participation in our National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, June 11 at St. Michael the Archangel / Mary Mother of Peace at 5:30pm for a Eucharistic Procession, followed by a bilingual Mass at 6:30pm with Adoration continuing afterwards until 9:30pm. The Procession continues to St. Mary Star of the Sea for Adoration throughout the night, beginning at 10:30pm. For more information, click the following link: https://web.cvent.com/event/c3a3e9ad-3014-49b2-947a-f856a5fac8cf/summary
Next weekend, we welcome the Benedictine Sisters of Christ the Light from India, who will share with us their ministry of serving the poor and undervalued in society, hoping for our support both prayerfully and financially. Please welcome them as you always welcome every guest that comes through our doors: open-heartedly and warmly.
May God be praised for His many gifts to us, especially for our Mothers. A blessed Mother’s Day, dear Mothers. May Mary the Mother of God and our Mother in Heaven watch over and protect you always.
God love you! I do.
In Christ,
Fr. Lewis