My wife and I, while entertaining an out of town guest last month, went to the South Florida Fair for the first time in many years. What a difference a few weeks makes, though. It looks rather bleak now that the carnival rides, games and concession stands are gone. Timely, I suppose, since Lent is […]
Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Someone once asked me what I think about the practice of “Drive-through” administration of ashes on Ash Wednesday. This fad gained attention some years ago and seems to have increased in notoriety. People who seemingly don’t have time to actually go to mass or make […]
Today, of course, is Valentine’s Day. Who was St. Valentine? We don’t know much about him historically except that he was a martyred priest in ancient Rome who ministered to Christian prisoners, and that he was buried north of the city on February 14th, in the mid- 3rd century. It is also uncertain if the […]
https://www.saintdavidsinthepines.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/std-stv.jpg242145Christianhttps://www.saintdavidsinthepines.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Saint-Davids-in-the-Pines-logo-website-340x80-2025.pngChristian2020-02-15 09:39:382020-02-15 09:41:05WEEKLY NEWSLETTER – February 16th – Fr. Thomas
You may have seen episodes of a television series, Undercover Boss. It’s a program about corporate CEO’s who disguise themselves and work alongside of the company employees, particularly in factories, restaurants, and sales departments. Whether it’s “staged” or totally spontaneous, it reveals how employees at the “ground level” feel about their jobs, and their customers, […]
This Sunday evening there will be over 100,000 fans attending the Super Bowl in Miami and over 200 million more watching on television. That’s almost two out of every three citizens. (If I’m not mistaken, the final episode of MASH drew a larger audience!) Even though not all will be fanatically rooting for either the […]
