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As I was praying & pondering my note for June, I happened to see that Bishop Egensteiner’s message had arrived in my emailbox!

His words spoke the message that was welling up inside me. And his writing is far more elegant than mine. So I share his message with you.

Upcoming Events

Alcoholic's Anonymous Meeting
Date 07/27/2024 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Sunday Worship (Hybrid)
07/28/2024 9:30 am - 10:15 am
Game Circle
07/28/2024 10:15 am - 11:15 am
Counseling with the New Paltz Youth Program
07/31/2024 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Alcoholic's Anonymous Meeting
08/03/2024 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

HolyWeek

  • Homily for Palm Passion Sunday 2018

    Palm/Passion Sunday can be jarring, jolting even as we move quickly from joining the crowds cheering Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem to joining the crowds crying “crucify him, crucify

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  • Silence

    Silence
    And nothing more
    Silence
    And the end has come
    Silence

    The end of Jesus’ earthly journey has come. The time of God - walking fully human on earth - has

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  • Easter Dawn

    We have come to the Easter Dawn!

    Sure, the actual dawn isn’t for another 10 or 12 hours, but that’s a technicality.

    We have come to the dawn of our Savior’s resurrection.

  • Invitation to Renewal

    A beautiful red cardinal landed under a nearby shrub as I was hustling the kids out the door to school one morning this winter. It only registered with me a few hours later that I‘d seen this

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  • Faith Planted Through The Cross

    There is nothing more important than the gift of faith that God in Christ makes possible through the cross.

    The “Hosannas” of Palm/Passion Sunday, which do so quickly change to cries of

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  • Here, Now, Again

    Tonight we begin the Triduum, or worship in three parts over three days that is Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil. We have, with God’s help, moved along our Lenten journey of God

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  • Letting It All Go

    It’s time to let it all go.
    It’s time to let everything go.

    It’s time to let go of our worries and our fears and our guilt. It’s time to let go of selfishness and greed. It’s time

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  • Christ is Risen Indeed! (2019 Easter Vigil Homily)

    Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!

    I was catching up with my old friend Mary Ellen not long ago. She’s one of those friends, you know the kind - who know you so

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  • The Magnificent Story of Jesus' Resurrection

    Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
    Christ is risen indeed, alleluia!

    This magnificent story of Jesus’ resurrection, that starts with the line “Early on the first day of the week, while it

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  • Why Are We Rushing Around?

    I read some years ago that the reason that the Church celebrates Palm/Passion Sunday - where we move from joyous hosannas quickly, abruptly to the cries of “crucify him” - all in one worship

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