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Sep 19, 20233 min read
A Good Word - from Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 9/17/2023
Hello Friends, Jesus' parable of the unforgiving debtor in this Sunday’s Gospel calls each of us to a change of perspective and an...

Sep 11, 20232 min read
A Good Word - from Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 9/10/2023
Hello Friends, Our readings for this Sunday share with you and me how God’s love for us can give us strength and courage to...

Sep 7, 20233 min read
A Good Word - from Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 9/3/2023
Hello Friends, I hope you had a good summer and for those of you who just started the new semester at UB - all is going well. Our...

May 2, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 4.30.2023
Hello Friends, Our readings at Mass on this Fourth Sunday of Easter draw our focus on to Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd. And our...

May 2, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 4.23.2023
Hello Friends, On this Third Sunday of Easter, we hear at Mass the story in today’s Gospel from Saint Luke about the two disciples of...

Apr 4, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 4.2.2023
Hello Friends, Today we remember the Passion of the Lord as we celebrate Palm Sunday. The Gospel narrative from Matthew that we hear at...

Mar 28, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 3.26.2023
Hello Friends, God can speak Life to a dead situation. Have you ever been in a situation that seems as if it is going nowhere or heading...

Mar 22, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 3.19.2023
Hello Friends, Have you ever noticed how God helps us to grow? Sometimes God invites us to grow or to change by the uncomfortable...

Mar 13, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 3.12.2023
Hello Friends, One of the most powerful lines in all of Scripture for me is proclaimed on this Third Sunday of Lent in our Second Reading...

Mar 6, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 3.5.2023
Hello Friends, This Second Sunday of Lent’s Gospel shares with us the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ that three of the...

Feb 27, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 2.26.2023
Hello Friends, You and I are once again at the start of another Lenten journey. Lent traditionally provides you and me the time and...

Feb 21, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 2.19.2023
Hello Friends, This Sunday’s Gospel from Matthew has Jesus Christ telling you and me to love our enemies and to pray for those who...

Feb 13, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 2.12.2023
Hello Friends, This Tuesday is Valentine's Day. It's a day when we let those that we love know that we love them. Hopefully, it is an...

Feb 6, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 2.5.2023
Hello Friends, What do you see as your role in this world? I’m not talking about a career or profession, but rather how do you see...

Feb 1, 20232 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 1.29.2023
Hello Friends, As the Spring Semester begins at UB, the first lines in today’s First and Second Readings from scripture from our Sunday...

Dec 5, 20223 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 12.4.2022
Hello Friends, There is an excellent program available to stream online for free called “The Chosen.” I might have mentioned it...

Nov 28, 20222 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 11.27.2022
Hello Friends, The season of Advent is now upon us. It is a time of anticipation and hope during these four weeks prior to Christmas....


Nov 22, 20222 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 11.20.2022
Hello Friends, On this last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, the Church celebrates Christ the King, the Lord of the Universe. Christ's...

Nov 14, 20222 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 11.13.2022
Hello Friends, With all the troubling things going on in our world, it can be easy to get caught up in a pessimistic, unhopeful...


Nov 7, 20223 min read
A Good Word by Fr. Greg Jakubowicz, OFM 11.6.2022
Hello Friends, What do you think happens when we die? I know, that can be a depressing topic – death. But as our Liturgical year begins...
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