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From Our Pastor

November 14, 2020 St Mary Fred

Dear Folks,

Three things:

1. We had National Vocations Week come to an end last Sunday, and we welcomed a seminarian who spoke of his vocation at eight of our eleven Masses. Today,
on the page next to this one, is a reflection from a cloistered nun on the occasion of her 25th Anniversary. Please, if you read nothing else in this bulletin today, go read it now.

2. …Ok, welcome back. Thanks be to God for the folks who helped cover the cost of moving the tabernacle to the center of our sanctuary. The cost of the move and the new candlesticks was completely covered by direct donations, so that there is no impact on Sunday collections.

3. Your names are underneath the tabernacle. We printed out the names of all registered parishioners, wrapped the 350+ page stack in a lovely ribbon, and sealed it into the cabinet underneath the tabernacle. I got this idea from St. John Vianney who had a golden heart which contained the names of all of
his parishioners, and the heart was right above the tabernacle with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I commend you to the Sacred Heart of our Lord, who lives and loves us from his dwelling place in the tabernacle.

pax et bonum,

Fr. John Mosimann

Thanksgiving Day Mass Schedule

November 11, 2020 St Mary Fred

The Mass Schedule for Thanksgiving Day will be 6:30am, 8:30am, and 10am. Please bring donations of food to be dropped off to the food bank pickup van BEFORE MASS (due to COVID we will not be presenting the food at the offertory as in years past).

No 9am Mass on Tuesday Nov 10

November 9, 2020 St Mary Fred

There will not be a 9am Mass in the church on Tuesday November 10 so that work can be done in the sanctuary. Mass at 9am will be at Holy Cross Academy. The 6:30am Mass will not be effected.

From Our Pastor

November 7, 2020 St Mary Fred

Dear Folks,

What in the world is happening? I write this the day after the election…. or the day the real wrangling started. What will be relevant to say by this weekend? Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Ignorance of Jesus is ignorance of everything necessary.

Why do I so often exhort you to take an hour of adoration every week? Because even attending Mass every week without a life of prayer is like going to your own wedding and not knowing the person you are marrying. Having a real, enduring, and profound prayer life means embracing the difficult struggle of prayer.

I leave the rest of this week’s column to St. Alphonsus Ligori:

“Jesus Christ finds means to console a soul that remains with a recollected spirit before the Most Blessed Sacrament, far beyond what the world can do with all its feasts and pastimes. Oh, how sweet a joy it is to remain with faith and tender devotion before an altar, and converse familiarly with Jesus Christ, who is there for the express purpose of listening to and graciously hearing those who pray to him; to ask his pardon for the displeasures which we have caused him; to represent our wants to him, as a friend does to a friend in whom he places all his confidence; to ask him for his graces, for his love, and for his kingdom; but above all, oh, what a heaven it is there to remain making acts of love towards that Lord who is on the very altar praying to the Eternal Father for us, and is there burning with love for us. Indeed that love it is which detains him there, thus hidden and unknown, and where he is even despised by ungrateful souls! But why should we say more? “Taste and see.”

pax,

Father Mosimann