Pastor’s Corner

Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, As you come to church this weekend, the Christmas Season has already begun. In fact, we are in the Octave of Christmas, and are preparing for the arrival of the New Year of 2025. May I take this opportunity to wish you and your family a healthy, blessed, and joyful…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a Savior has been born for you who is Christ the Lord” (Lk 2: 10-11). These are the words of the…

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Dear Family of Saint Polycarp, As we approach the end of 2024, it is appropriate that I write this letter to conclude the 2024 Pastoral Service Appeal (PSA) at our parish. With heartfelt humility and praise to the Almighty God, I echo words of joyful gratitude to you—these words are taken from the First Reading…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, This weekend, the Church marks the end of Her liturgical year with the solemnity of Christ the King. The end of the liturgical year means that a new liturgical Season of Advent is approaching. It also means that the Gospel of Mark from Cycle B, which we are proclaiming this…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, Each year, at the beginning of November, the Church celebrates two beautiful liturgies: (1) the Solemnity of All Saints on November 01, and (2) the Feast of All Souls on November 02. On the Solemnity of All Saints, Mother Church invites us to honor those who had lived an exemplary…

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Dear Family of St. Polycarp, Stewardship is a big theme in Bible. Beginning with the Book of Genesis, the first book in the Bible, human beings are entrusted to care for God’s creation: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it” (Gen 2:15).…

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Dear Family of St. Polycarp, Greetings and blessings in the Lord Jesus. This weekend’s Gospel presents us a beautiful, yet challenging message. A man approached Jesus and asked Him this question: “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Of course, as a law abiding Jew, Jesus told him to observe all the…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” was the discussion among the disciples of Jesus, as they left the region of Caesarea Philippi for Capernaum. Upon hearing their conversation, Jesus offered them a concrete and an important lesson about being greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. The Gospel…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, As you come to Mass on this last Sunday of August, which is the Twenty-First Sunday of the liturgical calendar, Mother Church offers us another Gospel reading on the Bread of Life Discourse, in which the people who followed and listened to Jesus saying that He is the Bread from…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, The Gospel for this last weekend of July speaks of a miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fish, with which Jesus feeds about five thousand people who came to hear Him (cf Jn 6:1-15).  It is important to note the manner in which this miracle takes place. Pope Francis in…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, This Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time falls on the last day of June. The Gospel for this weekend invites us to gaze upon the mighty power of Jesus working both in nature and in the human person. Last Sunday’s Gospel was on Jesus calming the storm. This Sunday’s Gospel focuses…

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Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, As you come to church this weekend, you will hear a powerful story of Jesus calming a sea storm (Mk 4: 35-41). Many beautiful images are represented in this story. The sea represents the world in which we live. The boat represents the Church or our personal life. The storm…

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