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Look with favor on your people, Lord, we pray, and pour out upon them the gifts of your Spirit, that they may grow constantly in love of the truth and devote themselves with zeal to perfect unity among Christians. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Mass Readings: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
5 April 2020 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord View the Mass Readings In Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, there are two seemingly opposed dimensions to this singular sacred liturgy – Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem and His Passion and Death. Who...
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Sunday, 5 April 2020
Saint Mary of the Assumption Rev. Fr. Craig R. Eilerman Dear parishioners, I hope that you all are doing well and despite the restraints we are under, the peace that Christ promises is yours. This week has been difficult as we hear about the increasing toll the...
Mass Readings: Saturday of the 5th Week of Lent
4 April 2020 Saturday of the 5th Week of Lent View the Mass Readings Grace and peace be with you, In today's first reading we are told that God will fulfill His promises and deliver the Israelites from the evil in the world. He will unite them, bring them...
Mass Readings: Friday of the 5th Week of Lent
3 April 2020 Friday of the 5th Week of Lent View the Mass Readings Tension is mounting in our readings, as we come to the cusp of Holy Week. In today’s Gospel we hear how different people respond to Jesus saying he is the Son of God. Some want to stone him...
Mass Readings: Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent
2 April 2020 Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent View the Mass Readings Today’s readings speak to us of ancestry and inheritance. Our ancestry shines forth in our family members’ eyes, noses, and hair color. When visiting relatives, people seem to end up pulling...
Mass Readings: Wednesday of the 5th Week of Lent
1 April 2020 Wednesday of the 5th Week of Lent View the Mass Readings In the episode from Daniel, we see Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego place their trust in the one true God over serving the king’s false god. They chose to surrender themselves beyond potential...
Reflection on the Mass Readings: Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent
31 March 2020 Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent View the Mass Readings In the first reading today, we hear of the Israelite's and their mistrust in God's providence once again. At the end of the reading they repent and trust in his mercy, but they needed to be...
Reflection on the Mass Readings: Monday of the 5th Week of Lent
30 March 2020 Monday of the 5th Week of Lent View the Mass Readings What was Jesus writing on the ground? Was he doodling; giving himself time to think, so not to respond in anger to the Pharisees? Was he listing the sins of Pharisees, he would have known them...
Reflection on the Mass Readings: Sunday of the 5th Week of Lent
29 March 2020 Sunday of the 5th Week of Lent View the Mass Readings All of us know that there are two definite realities in our life. They are the paying of taxes and that we will die one day. But try having a talk about death and see where it gets you. Talk to...
Text of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Urbi Reflection
The Calming of a Storm at Sea - Mark 4:35-41 On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves...
Sunday, 29 March 2020
Saint Mary of the Assumption Rev. Fr. Craig R. Eilerman Dear parishioners, One of the more difficult aspects of the current health crisis is the prohibition of celebrating the Sacraments publicly, especially Mass with the reception of Holy Communion and the Sacrament...