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A Note from Fr. Jason
I hope that your Thanksgiving, although maybe different from years past was still a good one. If you haven’t taken time to really stop and thank the Lord in the midst of everything else going on around us, please stop reading now & do so. Ok, now that you are back...Every so often I will encounter some one who when I ask them how they are doing responds, “Well, I’ve had better days.” My usual response to that is “yep, but you’ve probably had worse days too.” In the midst of everything that is going on around us, please don’t forget the Lord’s goodness to you, even if things look a little different than before.
For Advent instead of having our normal Advent straw at Mass with which to pray, we will be including four prayers in each weekend’s bulletin for you to choose from. Choose one of those options to pray for during the week. There will be a new set from which to choose with each weekend’s bulletin. Our prayers this week are:
1) For perseverance for those who work with COVID-19.
2) For those who give their lives protecting peace in our community and throughout the world.
3) For peace, dialogue and understanding in our world.
4) For teachers who pass along wisdom as well as knowledge.
Although we might not physically be placing the straw in the manger to provide a warm place for baby Jesus, we are providing a beautiful place in our hearts for Him to call home.
You may have seen or heard us announce that the Mass schedule for Christmas will be the same times with some changes as well. With both the parish council and parish staff, we looked at Christmas Masses and all that surrounds them. Our desire is to provide a safe environment that although a little different from years past will still be a great celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have decided to keep our same Mass times of Christmas Eve at 4 pm and 11:30 pm as well as Christmas Day at 9 am. Like most everything else around us, there is the uncertainty of what to expect as far as attendance at our Christmas Masses. As our 4 pm has been our most strongly attended Mass in the past, we will be prepared with overflow seating in the narthex as usual, but also in the cafeteria and the activities center. The Mass will be live streamed to these last two areas with Communion brought around to those who are there. In our desire to not have people too long in the church, we will not be having the Christmas pageant before the 4 pm Mass or the 30 minutes of carols before the 11:30 pm Mass. We do plan to have some prelude carols though to prepare us for the celebration of each Mass.
If you are with us physically at Mass, I invite you to invite others outside of the higher risk groups to come back to join us. You can share with them how Mass has gone for you since you’ve returned and how they might give it a try in person as well.
For those who fall within the higher risk groups, please do take advantage of Communion in Your Car. Many are finding this a great way to come to receive the Lord in the Eucharist. If you or a loved one cannot make it to Communion in Your Car because of mobility issues, please call the parish office as we have started bringing Communion to the Homebound.
In all things, brothers and sisters, let us Thank God for all that he gives to us, even when it might be a little different than what we are used to.
God Bless,
Fr. Jason Gries
For Advent instead of having our normal Advent straw at Mass with which to pray, we will be including four prayers in each weekend’s bulletin for you to choose from. Choose one of those options to pray for during the week. There will be a new set from which to choose with each weekend’s bulletin. Our prayers this week are:
1) For perseverance for those who work with COVID-19.
2) For those who give their lives protecting peace in our community and throughout the world.
3) For peace, dialogue and understanding in our world.
4) For teachers who pass along wisdom as well as knowledge.
Although we might not physically be placing the straw in the manger to provide a warm place for baby Jesus, we are providing a beautiful place in our hearts for Him to call home.
You may have seen or heard us announce that the Mass schedule for Christmas will be the same times with some changes as well. With both the parish council and parish staff, we looked at Christmas Masses and all that surrounds them. Our desire is to provide a safe environment that although a little different from years past will still be a great celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have decided to keep our same Mass times of Christmas Eve at 4 pm and 11:30 pm as well as Christmas Day at 9 am. Like most everything else around us, there is the uncertainty of what to expect as far as attendance at our Christmas Masses. As our 4 pm has been our most strongly attended Mass in the past, we will be prepared with overflow seating in the narthex as usual, but also in the cafeteria and the activities center. The Mass will be live streamed to these last two areas with Communion brought around to those who are there. In our desire to not have people too long in the church, we will not be having the Christmas pageant before the 4 pm Mass or the 30 minutes of carols before the 11:30 pm Mass. We do plan to have some prelude carols though to prepare us for the celebration of each Mass.
If you are with us physically at Mass, I invite you to invite others outside of the higher risk groups to come back to join us. You can share with them how Mass has gone for you since you’ve returned and how they might give it a try in person as well.
For those who fall within the higher risk groups, please do take advantage of Communion in Your Car. Many are finding this a great way to come to receive the Lord in the Eucharist. If you or a loved one cannot make it to Communion in Your Car because of mobility issues, please call the parish office as we have started bringing Communion to the Homebound.
In all things, brothers and sisters, let us Thank God for all that he gives to us, even when it might be a little different than what we are used to.
God Bless,
Fr. Jason Gries
In reparation for the Catholic Church in light of recent reports of misconduct.
In prayerful response to the recent reports of misconduct by members of the clergy in the Church in the United States, we will be praying the Divine Mercy chaplet 10 minutes before our weekend Masses for the weeks to come. The chaplet was given to St. Faustina Kowalska in Poland in the 1930's through revelations of Jesus. The chaplet is prayed using a rosary and is easy to learn. Prayer aids will be in the missalettes. In the devotion, we pray for God's mercy for ourselves and the needs within the Church as well. Please do join us as we pray.
In prayerful response to the recent reports of misconduct by members of the clergy in the Church in the United States, we will be praying the Divine Mercy chaplet 10 minutes before our weekend Masses for the weeks to come. The chaplet was given to St. Faustina Kowalska in Poland in the 1930's through revelations of Jesus. The chaplet is prayed using a rosary and is easy to learn. Prayer aids will be in the missalettes. In the devotion, we pray for God's mercy for ourselves and the needs within the Church as well. Please do join us as we pray.
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