Hello Families! This Sunday’s Gospel invites us to continue our reflection on the person and mission of John the Baptist. Today we depart from the Gospel of Mark and read a selection from the Gospel of John. The Gospel for today combines a brief passage from the prologue to John’s Gospel with a report about…
By the Faithful Disciple GROW “Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing.” Such simple words from today’s second reading. And yet it is not always easy to put them into practice. It is difficult to rejoice if we or people we love are hurting. It can be hard to pray when life is pulling us in a…
Mother of Diving Love Festival of Lessons and Carols Sunday, December 10th – 3pm at St. Valentine Parish 24 Hour Adoration Monday, December 18th starting at 7pm until Tuesday, December 19th ending at 6:30pm with St. Michael Devotion and 7pm Mass Mother of Divine Love Penitential Service Wednesday, December 20th at 7pm in church Fourth…
Hello Families! The season of Advent invites us to renew our lives in preparation for the coming of Jesus. The people who heard the message of John the Baptist repented for their sins and were baptized as a sign of God’s forgiveness. In Baptism, our sins are forgiven, and we receive the gift of the…
GROW Can you hear it? The voice crying out in the desert? While John the Baptist was the one literally proclaiming, from the desert, the coming of the Lord, we should listen for echoes of his message today. John foretold that Jesus – the Father’s Incarnate Son – was on his way to redeem the…
I am looking forward to our Christmas potluck. It will be Monday Dec. 4 starting a little earlier than usual so we are not eating so late. We will start at 6:00pm. Bring an appetizer or dessert to pass. We will also have a small gift exchange (Dollar Store items). This should be wrapped. Kathy…
The Advent wreath probably has its origins in the customs of pre-Christian Germanic people, who used wreaths with lit candles during December in anticipation of the light of the coming spring. Eastern European Christians kept the tradition alive, and, by the 16th century, Advent wreaths were used to prepare for the coming of Jesus, the…