MAY JESUS CHRIST BE PRAISED

   Now and Forever!

Welcome to my little website.  When I was a newly ordained priest, my first pastor gave me a full page in the parish bulletin to fill each week.  He told me he did not care what I wrote about as long as I filled the page.  He explained that only 1/3 of the parish would hear me preach on any given Sunday because I celebrated two out of six parish Masses but every parishioner would read the bulletin so this was a way that I could reachout to them and they could get to know me better. After four years in the parish, I was transferred to another parish and as I was leaving many people asked me to send them my weekly bulletin column by e-mail and thus my internet ministry was born.  

When I was trying to decide what to write about in my weekly bulletin article, I came across a quote from Archbishop Fulton Sheen that went something like "There are not a hundred people in the world who hate the Catholic Church for what we teach but there are thousands who hate the Catholic Church for what they think we teach."  With that quote in mind, I began to choose oen topic a month to explain more indepth the Church's teaching on those issues.  From those mustardseeds has blossomed this website filled with infomation about the Catholic faith that I find interesting and informative.  I invite you to take your time and explore the different teachings and reflections.  I hope above all that these things will ultimately lead you closer to God.
 
Thank you and God bless,
Fr. Thomas M. Pastorius

Each Sunday, I upload my Spiritual Newsletter for the week.  The newsletter contains an insight into this week's Sunday readings and my Spiritual Ponderings. 

March 2019 Pro-Life Prayer
A Prayer For Personal Conversion
 O gracious Master, infuse in our hearts the spotless light of Your Divine Wisdom and open the eyes of our mind that we may understand the teachings of Your Gospel.  Instill in us also the fear of Your blessed commandments, so that having curbed all selfish desires, we may lead a life that promotes the dignity of each human person.  May everything I do and think become pleasing to you., or You, O Christ, our God, are the enlightenment of our souls and bodies; and to You we render glory, together with Your eternal Father, and with Your all holy, life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and forever..

Please join us in praying a special prayer each month for Catholics who have fallen away from their faith. 
 
March Prayer: 
PRAYER FOR FALLEN AWAY CATHOLICS DURING LENT
God of times and seasons, you have brought us again to Lent for the study of Your Word, for the remembrance of the temptation of Your Son, and for the contemplation of His Cross. The birds know their seasons; forbid that we be blind to our times. Grant us a Lenten blessing upon us and upon our brothers and sisters who have fallen away from the true faith so that no one will miss this time of growth and repentance. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Personal Penance Services
This book is designed for Catholics who wish to be better prepared to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The book contains Scripture passages to meditate on and examinations of consciences to help prepare one to better confess his or her sins.

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Stations of the Cross For Priests
This book allows a Catholic priest to travel with our Lord to Calvary in a special way as he also ponders his own ministry and experiences as a Catholic priest.

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