Dear Friends,  Pick up any musical instrument and play the note “A.” That particular sound has been “A” since the beginning of time, it will be ‘”A” today and tomorrow and next week, it will be “A” a thousand years from now. Whether it is heard in an aria from a Mozart opera, a Stephen Sondheim composition or a guitar riff fro...

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Dear Seton Family,  This weekend we conclude the Easter season with the Solemnity of Pentecost... Happy Birthday, Church! It is right that we call today the “birthday of the Church,” because it is only in the Holy Spirit that we can believe, follow, serve, and witness to the power of Jesus. The Spirit dwelling in us makes us holy and transforms whatever we have to offer in...

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Dear Friends,    This weekend we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord into heaven, where he takes his place at the right hand of the Father. We need for Jesus to be in heaven where he reigns as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and because he is God, we can also rejoice that he is here with us... he is present in the Church, in the Eucharist, and dwelling in our hearts as h...

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Dear Seton Family,  In the wake of yesterday’s tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas I recorded this short message this morning. Please refer to link below, it has a lot of useful resources for all age groups and can also be accessed on the parish website: https://www.seaseton.org/Resources/Trauma-Resources  In God’s Peace,  Fr. Paul

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Dear Sisters and Brothers, Peace is one of the most needed things in our world today. We find ourselves desiring peace, even if it is only for a couple of minutes. Sometimes, gazing at a picture offers us a sense of peace, such as a calm lake surrounded by a forest, with snow-capped mountains in the background. But these moments of peace last the same length of time as a lightning flash. The...

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Dear Seton Family,   As the season of Easter continues on (we are just past the halfway point!), I sometimes feel the strain of sustaining the joy of the Resurrection! As if 40 days of Lent weren’t difficult enough, the Church gives 50 days to carry on the celebration of the Risen Lord!! The Church, however, is ALWAYS living the joy of Easter, because it is the Good News of the em...

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Dear Friends, As we continue the Easter season, the scriptures this weekend highlight the zeal and perseverance of the Apostles. I find great encouragement in their shift from disciple (learner) to apostle (one who is sent). Their time as followers of Jesus was often marked by getting things wrong, making mistakes, and giving up on Jesus. The Acts of the Apostles, on the other ha...

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Dear Sisters and Brothers, “This is the day the Lord has made... let us rejoice and be glad!” (Psalm 118:24) We sang these words with passionate faith last Sunday as we celebrated the Lord’s Resurrection, and rightly so, because on Easter Jesus did what we ourselves cannot do. Only God can make that day happen! The joy of that Easter day spills over into a week of feastin...

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Easter Sunday 2022  Dear Friends,  It is a joy to wish you a Happy Easter! Of all the times we gather as Christian believers, none is more important than Easter — the greatest of all our feasts. Easter celebrates the Mystery that is the very foundation of our Christian faith, for, as St. Paul wrote, “If Christ has not risen, our faith is in vain&r...

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