Message from Our Pastor

Fr. Randal Kasel

Pastor

Praised be Jesus Christ through Mary!

 

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas!

December 29, 2019

Our celebration of the Octave of Christmas continues until the end of the day January 1, 2020. Our celebration of the Christmas Season extends until the end of the day January 12, 2020 (which is Feast of the Baptism of our Lord).

I also wish you a happy and blessed New Year! Remember, January 1 is the Solemnity of the Mary, the Mother of God and it is a Holy Day of Obligation (same obligation to attend Holy Mass as a Sunday)....

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Coming up... Christmas!

December 21, 2019

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

We have now arrived at the Fourth Sunday of Advent, just a few days before Christmas! Are you spiritually ready? There are still several opportunities to prepare your soul for Christmas through the Sacrament of Confession. I urge you to make a good Confession if you have not already done so during this Advent. To help us think about what is most important, I offer some Advent meditati...

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Gaudete Sunday

December 14, 2019

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

We have already arrived at the Third Sunday of Advent. You may see rose colored vestments this Sunday because the Third Sunday of Advent is also called Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is the first Latin word of the entrance antiphon (taken from Philippians 4:4,5) for this Sunday. Gaudete is translated as ‘rejoice’ as in ‘rejoice in the Lord always from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians, ch...

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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

December 6, 2019

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

This Sunday, December 8, is the usual day we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. However, in the Novus Ordo calendar, the celebration of the Immaculate Conception is transferred to Monday, December 9, for this year. It is not a Holy Day of Obligation this year. This teaching on the Blessed Virgin is one the most sublime of the doctrines of...

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First Sunday of Advent

December 6, 2019

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

This weekend we celebrate the First Sunday of Advent. This week the readings point us to prepare for the coming of Jesus in a few ways: His imminent presence in the world through the Catholic Church and His final coming at the end of time. Our Catechism of the Catholic Church has an excellent teaching about what our Lord teaches us about these matters:

“"Christ died and lived again, th...

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