Friday after Ash Wednesday

Responsorial Psalm Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19 R. (19b) A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me....

Thursday of Lent

Responsorial Psalm Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 R. (40:5a) Blessed are they who hope in the Lord. Blessed the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked Nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, But delights in the law of the LORD and...

Ash Wednesday the beginning of Lent!

  Responsorial Psalm Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17 R. (see 3a) Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse...

A very Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus!

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus! I have always loved this Solemnity and I have great memories of it throughout the years!  While we put up the tree and my dad loved to play Santa Clause whenever needed at a church function; Midnight Mass was the main...

1st Sunday of Advent

The beginning of Advent is the beginning of the Church Year!  So Happy New Year as well! We started our Jesse Tree a few days early this year, being that the 4th week of Advent is so short.  I ‘ve learned that the children in the home don’t do so well with...

All Hallows Eve, All Saints and All Souls

All Hallows Eve or better known as Halloween, starts these 3 days, ending the month of October and beginning November.  I love how these 3 Gospels speak of the Saints and the Souls recently deceased. Gospel  (Oct. 31) Lk 13:22-30 Jesus passed through towns and...