Welcome to the Second Sunday of Advent! The Advent season challenges us to prepare for the celebration of Jesus’ first coming. We are also to prepare for Christ’s present “coming” to us in God’s Word, in the Eucharist, in our neighbors, in the Christian community, and in our souls. Finally, we are asked to be ready to meet Christ as our Judge…
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia, Michigan
Posts by Doug Holliday (Page 103)
All children of our parish are invited to help decorate our Christmas trees in the sanctuary and in the Gathering Area. Please take a Styrofoam ball from the basket in the Gathering Area. Bring it home and decorate it with sequins, fabric, buttons, use your imagination! Please return your decorated ornament no later than December…
All children 1st grade and up are invited to take part in acting out the Christmas story, the Gospel at the 4 pm Christmas Mass. We will need angels, shepherds, wise men and the Holy Family. There will be 2 practices: Sunday, December 12th – immediately after the 11 am Mass in Church Sunday, December…
The joy of the Christmas season will soon be upon us. Your St. Vincent de Paul is hosting the parish annual Christmas Giving Tree. Consider spreading the true joy of Christmas by donating a gift, gift card or prayer to those in need within our parish boundaries. Gift tags will soon be available on the…
Welcome to Advent 2021. Have you ever heard about a mental rehearsal? Let me explain it to you. It was a hot Sunday in June. Millions of Americans were watching the U.S. Golf Open on TV. At the critical point in the game, the camera focused on Jack Nicklaus. He was in the rough and preparing to shoot out. Slowly and deliberately,…
Hello families. Last Saturday we had our Communion Rite of Enrollment and Saturday, November 13th was our Confirmation Rite of Enrollment. The Rite of Enrollment is a ceremony in which first Communicants and Confirmation Candidates make their official commitment to the sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation. Prior to the Rite of Enrollment, the communicants…
Hopefully your week was filled with God’s grace and His presence Today’s readings give us the assurance that our God will be with us all the days of our lives. So that we will have the ongoing presence of the Holy Spirit in our midst, guiding, protecting, and strengthening us in spite of our uncertainty concerning the end of time when, “Christ…