REMINDER: There will be no Tuesday Thursday 12pm Mass Going Forward
Reminder, there will no longer be a 12pm Mass on Tuesdays or Thursdays due to the reduction in priests assigned to St Mary.
Dec 31-Jan 1 Schedule
Thursday Jan 1 is the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, and a Holy Day of Obligation.
The evening Confessions on Wednesday Dec 31 are canceled. The afternoon Confessions on Wednesday Dec 31 will begin at 11am.
The Mass Schedule is:
Wednesday December 31
5pm at St Mary
7pm at St Mary
11:30pm in Latin Novus Ordo at St Mary
Thursday January 1
7am at St Mary
8:30am at St Mary
8:30am at Holy Cross Academy
10:30am at St Mary
10:30am at Holy Cross Academy
12:30pm at St Mary
2:30pm in Spanish at St Mary
Thursday Jan 1 is a Holy Day of Obligation
Thursday Jan 1 is the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, and a Holy Day of Obligation. The Mass Schedule is:
Wednesday December 31
5pm at St Mary
7pm at St Mary
11:30pm in Latin Novus Ordo at St Mary
Thursday January 1
7am at St Mary
8:30am at St Mary
8:30am at Holy Cross Academy
10:30am at St Mary
10:30am at Holy Cross Academy
12:30pm at St Mary
2:30pm in Spanish at St Mary
From Our Pastor
Dear Folks,
The Feast of the Holy Family falls right smack in the middle of Christmas week. It is a week where many folks slow down and enjoy some family time, as I hope you are doing.
One year, for this feast, I started my homily with, “I have a gi for the parish this weekend.” And I preached a 3 minute homily closing with “Merry Christmas, your gi is this three minute homily!” And the church spontaneously applauded!
Some folks apologized after Mass for applauding, to which I said, “haha…. I get it! It was truly a surprise and gift!” A few other folks complained that now they would be early for their dinner reservation, so we hung out, chatted and laughed until the ‘normal’ departure time. But the gift was received with smiles.
I don’t promise you a short homily this weekend, and I can’t even promise that I will be on time for more Masses in the new year. But I do promise that I thank God for you, my parish family, with all of our joys, sorrows, quirks and gifts. We read these words recently at Mass, and I have been thinking of them in prayer since:
“I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you, praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:3-6)
pax et bonum (peace and all goodness),
Father John Mosimann
