Pastor's Weekly Message

Third sunday in ordinary time, 24-25 jan 2026

My Beloved Fellow Saints-in-the-Making,

Greetings in Jesus Christ, Who chooses us to follow Him!

With joy and thanksgiving, as we celebrate the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, we also celebrate the beginning of Catholic Schools Week and welcome the members of our parish family whose children attend Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Wilmington. For our parish, that includes four of our Catholic schools: Saints Peter and Paul School in Easton, Maryland; Most Blessed Sacrament School in Berlin, Maryland; Holy Cross Elementary School and Holy Cross High School in Dover, Delaware. What a blessing to have our children enrolled as students in these schools. Perhaps, one day, there will be a Catholic school in closer proximity to our parish.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus selects His first four disciples, two sets of brothers: Simon (Peter) and Andrew; James and John. In the simplest of ways, He invites them to follow Him. They leave behind whatever might prevent them from following Him with their whole heart, with their whole “Yes!”

Jesus has called each of us to follow Him. And while we all have responsibilities in our home and in our families that we are called by God to fulfill, we can still leave behind whatever might be an obstacle to following Jesus Christ fully and wholeheartedly. Spend time today as a family discerning what poses the greatest hindrances to your family’s relationship with God and with welcoming Him into your homes and lives. And then, discuss ways to remove those hindrances so that there be no divisions between you and our Lord, as St. Paul encourages the Corinthians in today’s second reading.

As we continue in this Year of Grace, let us together, as individual families and as a parish family, follow Jesus with our whole heart and a wholehearted “Yes!”

God love you! I do.

Fr. Lewis