Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, Happy Pentecost! May the Holy Spirit fill your heart with love. According to scriptures, the celebration of Pentecost or the coming of the Holy Spirit occurs ten days after the Ascension of the Lord Jesus. This Solemnity of Pentecost marks the birth of the Church, in which the first group…

Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, This weekend, we are celebrating the Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus. Originally, this Solemnity falls on a Thursday of the Sixth Sunday of Easter, which is forty days after the celebration of Easter. However, due to work, most dioceses in the U.S have transferred this Solemnity to Sunday, so…

Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, Easter greetings and blessings to all. As we enter into the second Sunday of Easter, which is also known as the Divine Mercy Sunday, we are presented with a Gospel account on the Risen Christ who appeared to the disciples. The Gospel of John recounts the event by saying that,…

Dear Parishioners of Saint Polycarp, Happy Easter! Christus resurexit ~ Christ is risen! Easter celebrates Jesus’ rising from the death: His rising from the death means that He defeats the greatest enemy that threatens us, His children. No longer does death has power over us. This is what Saint Paul preached to the Corinthians, “And…