Pastor's Weekly Message

fifth sunday in ordinary time, 7-8 Feb 2026

My Beloved Fellow Saints-in-the-Making,

Greetings in Jesus Christ, Who is Love!

As we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, we look with an eye to what is observed this coming Saturday: St. Valentine’s Day. Liturgically on February 14, Holy Mother Church celebrates the Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius, brothers, Priests, and missionaries to the Slavic countries where they invented an alphabet for the Slavic peoples so that they might be able to read the Sacred Scriptures that the Saints had translated for them in their native language. Nevertheless, in our families and schools, St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated, and beyond that, God Who is Love is central to a genuine celebration of a day commemorating a Saint (Valentine), who spent his life out of love for God and His People whom he served.

It’s a good day to remember that God gave the first Valentine:

https://www.christianitycove.com/john-316-scripture-kids-valentine-craft/6605/

It’s a good day, then, to write our own Valentine to God. What will yours say?

God love you! I do.

Fr. Lewis