Padre's Points

Fr. Mattingly draws a parallel between the Transfiguration and the Agony in the Garden.

Ash Wednesday (03.05.2025)

Fr. Mattingly offers a series of five practical tips for entering into Lent.

Fr. Mattingly breaks down one sentence in today’s Gospel from Jesus’ ‘sermon on the plain’, which gives a glimpse into why Christianity is the loftiest and most demanding way of life ever proposed. 

This Sunday in the Diocese is “Called by Name Sunday” and all pastors were asked to share their vocation story. Tune in to hear Fr. Mattingly’s vocation story.

Fr. Mattingly explains some of the biblical background to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, as well as the reasons why Pope St. John Paul II established this feast day in 1997 as the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life.

Father Mattingly describes this important but widely unknown practice in the spiritual life.

Every Sacrament is a sign of some higher reality. In this wedding homily, Fr. Mattingly explains what the sacrament of marriage is a sign of. 

Fr. Mattingly shares a special announcement with the parishioners of Our Lady of Good Counsel: a parish visitation set to commence in February 2025.

*Parishioners, find a letter sharing more in your folder after Mass*

Mary, Mother of God 2025