The shadow of Calvary falls across today’s readings and stretches into our lives with the announcement by Jesus that unless we take up our cross and follow him we are unworthy of his company. This is a reminder of something we would rather forget because nobody wants to suffer. The age-old problem of why people […]

Catechism Registration for Grades 2-9:  Online forms are available on the parish website at: http://stpiusxpei.com/ministries-2/catechetics/catechism-registration-grades-2-9/ The link for registering children entering Grade One is: http://stpiusxpei.com/ministries-2/catechetics/grade-one-catechism-registration/ Printed copies of the registration forms are also available on the catechism table in the Church lobby and at the Parish Office. Registration fees are  now $15 per child or $30 per […]

While our sympathy and pity may be with the man in today’s Gospel story, nevertheless, we likely regard him as one of the lucky ones, to have met Jesus who cured him, gave him a break in life and made him like the rest of us.   We take for granted our ability to hear and […]

In the gospel today, our Lord is pointing out something he wants us to notice. Christ’s words to the Pharisees are a challenge and we can hardly deny that they apply to us also. The attitude of the Pharisees lurks within all of us, so a warning about it is never out of place. Jesus […]

Parking Lots Paving Project continues….. As you can see, the paving project is not yet complete. Asphalt still has to be applied to the back parking lot and the rectory driveway has yet to be completed. Most of the entryways to the parking lot are now blocked off with cones. This is in an attempt […]

The Gospel today presents a moment of crisis for the disciples of Jesus.  It was time for them to stand up and be counted.  What Christ was demanding of them was not understanding, but faith in himself.  So, there was no way they could avoid making a choice of being for or against Jesus.  We, […]

We are reminded today of the closeness of the union to which Christ calls us in every celebration of the Eucharist. It is a union which reaches its fulfillment in eternity. Jesus is offering us a life that will not grow old but will go on forever. In the Eucharist we are offered the life […]

Many a time in our bleak moments we feel like saying with Elijah, ‘Lord, we’ve had enough.’  Christian life is by no means plain sailing and we often find ourselves broken and crushed by circumstances that come our way.  Left to our own resources we can find no light at the end of the tunnel.  […]

As we listen to the words of Jesus in the Gospel today, we come to realize that food is but basic fodder and that if we are really to live, something more is required. There is another kind of nourishment needed by the human heart, because there are other hungers that we need to satisfy. […]

Today we hear the story of the miraculous feeding of the crowd by Jesus.  One message from this that needs to be taken to heart is the importance of sharing what we have with those who are less well off, especially those who are starving.  The Lord asks us to give ourselves and our resources […]