Statement from Bishop Burbidge on Independence Day

Statement from Bishop Burbidge on Independence Day

Statement by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge on Independence Day

The 4th of July is a welcome patriotic tradition that is free of politics and full of pride and celebrations. Despite situations in our country that still divide us, the holiday we celebrate this weekend remains a symbol of a nation that 245 years ago decided that it could stand on its own, and that its strength was in a united people who yearned for freedom and understood that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. May we recall the final line of the Declaration of Independence which concludes that “…with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” Happy Independence Day!

Change to Sunday Streaming Effective July 18

Change to Sunday Streaming Effective July 18

Starting next weekend, St Mary’s streaming schedule for the Parish Life Center will change to streaming only on Sunday morning at the 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm Masses.  We will continue streaming the 9am Mass Monday through Saturday for our parishioners at home for the time being.

From Our Pastor

From Our Pastor

Dear Folks,

This weekend we welcome Fr. Cozzi who comes to us from his most recent assignment in at St. John the Baptist in Front Royal. The priests are looking forward to working with him in serving you!

Thanks for your loving and gracious farewell to Fr. Kelly. He will be greatly missed by the priests and people alike. However, the Lord’s perfect plan guide all of our comings and goings.

You may not know, but there was once another Fr. Michael Kelly ministering in the diocese. He passed away in on New Year’s Eve 2008. His last words written in his parish bulletin are great words of wisdom for priests and parishioners both in times of change:

“For ‘who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?'” 1 Corinthians 2: 16.

The facts are these – nothing is happening that God has not already seen from all eternity. Also, He has seen all of our parts in His plan from all eternity.

What Our Lord desires of us is not a spirit of despair or a spirit of mindless presumption, but a spirit of prayerful trust. Since most of our present concerns
are tied, directly or indirectly to money, pull out that penny again and see the most important words that we can read for the coming year:

IN GOD WE TRUST

pax,

Father John Mosimann

XIII Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 27, 2021