Father Nicholas Lang
The First Sunday of Advent
In the movie Sister Act 2, reuniting with the Reverend Mother played by Maggie Smith, Deloris van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) learns that...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Nov 22
- 3 min
Christ the King - The Last Sunday after Pentecost
Today we celebrate the feast of Christ the King also called “The Reign of Christ.” It is the end of the church’s liturgical year. Next...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Nov 15
- 3 min
The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Time and its passage are no doubt on the minds of Jesus and his disciples as they wander through the crowds on the streets of Jerusalem,...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Nov 2
- 4 min
The 21st Sunday after Pentecost
There was a man in Jericho called Zaccheus Now the Hebrews, they were tall, but Zaccheus, he was small Yet the Lord loved Zaccheus,...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 26
- 4 min
The 20th Sunday after Pentecost
Once upon a time in a land far away, a beautiful, independent, self-assured princess happened upon a frog as she sat contemplating...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 18
- 5 min
19th Sunday after Pentecost
A parable is a lot like a present someone gives us, perhaps a little gold gilded box. Jesus gave the parables to us as a gift and...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 11
- 4 min
18th Sunday after Pentecost
God of the borderlands, you travel between the foreign and familiar; open our world to those we would exclude and despise; and liberate...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 7
- 4 min
The Solemnity of St. Michael & All Angels
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side to light and guard, to rule and guide....
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Sep 27
- 6 min
16th Sunday After Pentecost- feat. Mother Louise
This morning I want to talk about hell. For some Christians, who see God as an angry, vindictive punishing God, it is a place of eternal...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Sep 13
- 4 min
14th Sunday after Pentecost
“Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.” In June of 1986, I was in the process of moving to a new home. It was a...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Sep 6
- 3 min
13th Sunday after Pentecost
In the Name of the God of tender mercies: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. The pastor asked Luigi to share some insight with the young...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 30
- 4 min
12th Sunday after Pentecost
You have probably seen how some churches display the topic of the Sunday sermon in a sign that sits out on their lawn. Some years back...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 24
- 4 min
11th Sunday after Pentecost
I think Jesus may have been a Gemini. I know, I know we celebrate his birthday on December 25 and that would make him a Capricorn. Of...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Feast of St. Mary the Virgin
Today we are observing the feast of St. Mary the Virgin, the principal feast honoring the Mother of God which falls tomorrow. It appears...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 9
- 4 min
The 9th Sunday after Pentecost
“Do not be afraid, little flock.” Tender, precious words that we can never hear often enough. It’s not difficult to see, however, that...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 3
- 4 min
8th Sunday after Pentecost
Money. Most of us have a love hate relationship with it. We can’t live without it and yet it can get us into a heap of trouble. It can do...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 26
- 4 min
The 7th Sunday after Pentecost
This Gospel leaves me with more questions than answers. The first few verses are the familiar words of the Lord’s Prayer a crash course...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 20
- 4 min
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Jennifer A. Hudson
The Mexican novel Like Water for Chocolate follows a young woman named Tita in her longing for Pedro, with whom she may never have a...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 12
- 4 min
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
One of the simple pleasures I enjoy is watching the variety of birds that visit the feeders in my front yard. I especially love the...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 5
- 3 min
The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
What images of God did we grow up with? How did we imagine God looks like, to act toward us? I guess it all depends on our religious...
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