PARISH OFFICE CLOSED
The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, April 18, in observance of Easter Monday. We will open up again on April 19 at 8:30am.
From Our Pastor
Dear Folks:
Happy Easter! Christ is Risen! This is the primordial truth of the universe. Everything we are, celebrate, and profess comes from this feast of the suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord. By faith, we know that we are eagerly striving for that day when we too will share in His life-giving resurrection and His triumph over death.
This past Tuesday, I was struck by the Gospel reading that Jesus told John who would betray Him. My first prayerful reflection was that, perhaps, He was allowing Himself the consolation of having someone know in advance, to have someone help carry His burden. It absolutely helps us to have folks at our side, walking with us to Calvary. Yes….. but….then as I was lifting the Lord at the elevation of the Mass, this thought resounded through my mind with forcefulness: maybe it was for John so that his faith may be strengthened at the foot of the cross, to know and believe that Jesus was in absolute command of every detail. Nobody took His life, He laid it down freely. And John would be His witness to the ends of the earth that He absolutely knew and even loved the one who betrayed Him.
Easter transforms everything. When we are in our Good Fridays it is so hard to see. But know and believe that Jesus brings good from all things for those who love Him.
I wish you a blessed day with your family! Eat lots of delicious foods.
Pax et Bonum,
Father John Mosimann
Easter Schedule 2022
GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 15
8am Morning Prayer and Office of Readings
12pm-3pm The Tree Ore The Seven Last Words of Christ
3pm The Passion and Veneration of the Holy Cross
7pm Stations of the Cross
7:30pm Stations in Spanish
10pm Night Prayer
HOLY SATURDAY APRIL 16*
*NO CONFESSIONS ON SATURDAY
8am Morning Prayer and Office of Readings
11am Blessing of Easter Food
8:30pm The Easter Vigil
EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 17
ALL EASTER MASSES ARE AT THE FREDERICKSBURG EXPO CENTER: 2371 CARL D. SILVER PKWY, FREDERICKSBURG VA 22401
8am Easter Mass at the Expo Center
10:15am Easter Mass at the Expo Center
12:30pm Bilingual Easter Mass at the Expo Center
From Our Pastor
Dear Folks,
Palm Sunday begins the great celebrations of our faith because the first Holy Week was the most important week ever. Let the merciful enduring love of Jesus be the lens through which you see everything celebrated this week. Jesus loves you so much that he did all this so that you might know His mercy.
Do you remember how when, after sinning, Adam hid from God? “When they heard the sound of the LORD God walking about in the garden at the breezy time of the day,* the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:18
Sadly, things can be much the same now: when God comes looking for us like Adam we sometimes attempt to hide. Faced with having to look the Lord in the eyes, we can either resent or repent. Adam blamed both Eve and God. Do we blame the Lord, or accept his mercy. I made an observation that when the movie “The Passion of the Christ” came out folks reacted with either: “look what they say I did to Him” (resent) or “look what I did to him” (repent)! I think even a third option is better: “look what he did for me!” Keep your eyes on Him, and know that He gave his life freely for you.
We do have a sacrament where you can look the Lord in the face and give an account of your sins. Confessions: available Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, at 11:30 am and 6:30 pm each day. Warning, because of procrastination, lines will be much longer on Wednesday… they always are. So have mercy on your parish priests and come ASAP!
pax et bonum,
Father John Mosimann
