From Deacon Ron Reno:
We had another blessed service last Saturday. Our epistle reading focused on humility and on being humble under the hand of God. It said to be sober and vigilant and I think it was another lesson to understand the truth of Jesus. His good news asks us to be afraid of the devil, but to remain steadfast in the faith and share His good news in a humble fashion. We are witnesses as it says in Acts 1:8 but we pray for humility in our heart as we do His work on this earth.
Yes, we can evangelize because the Holy Spirit is given to us through baptism and confirmation. We all need to learn more about our faith but we have Christ as our sovereign leader, the Holy Spirit to help us with His evangelization and being God’s disciple as our goal. God bless, Deacon
Latin intercessory prayer including its petitions going back to the fifth century in Rome. The prayer book litany was the first English rite prepared by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and first published in English in 1544. It is the perfect gateway to the mysteries of the Eucharist. It is a noble gateway to our presanctified gifts. Through this litany is the preparation and humble intercession for the human race and leads unto the Gospel of Christ.
Thank God for another wonderful spring day. After the long winter we endured, we are ready for this. We had a wonderful Rogation service with wonderful music. It was a blessing to have Nick sing the Litany, the choir and our people for the chanted responses. That was a very appropriate way start out that service. We are blessed to have our services at the Our Lady of Mercy Chapel on the campus of the the College of Saint Mary. This Saturday is the graduation ceremony for the college and our service will be moved to 11:00 am on Sunday. We need to give thanks to Lynda and CSM for working with us for our time of worship.
have you and Anneliese for this service. I don’t have Fathers homily to post but I do have one from Father Ponec from 2017 and it is attached. We were blessed with great music from our 1940 Hymnal. We also had a presentation from Deacon Reno about our annual Diocese of the Western States Synod gathering. It was a blessing to attend, mingle with other clergy, meet Priests that I did not know and the Bishops were exceedingly kind to all of us. May God continue to bless His mission church.
have had our fair share of thunderstorms but the glory of God’s Creation is still all around us. Everyday we see more trees and flowers showing that beauty.
through these last days of Lent and approach the Easter Triduum; we can reflect back to the beginning from the calling of the 12 Apostles through the events of God’s Holy Week. Ultimately the crucifixion and the Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ is a new beginning offered to all of us. Pray for Christian unity that there will be one flock and one shepherd, Pray for the evangelization of all who have not heard and accepted the Good News about Jesus.
progress. We need to look at how well we are praying, fasting, and almsgiving. We need to prepare ourselves to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter and not get lost to distraction in our daily lives. To Jesus, His 40 days meant the birth of a new Israel liberated from sin, reconciliation to God and a new governance by the law of the spirit. Always remember that this mission church is His and we are His humble servants. Something we rarely do is a confession to a priest. When Father Andrew’s is back, please consider doing a confession. That would be a triumph for us during this Lent. Father Andrew’s homily is attached, God bless, Deacon