SPECIAL EDITION Thursday, April 16, 2020 Sunday, April 19, 2020 is Divine Mercy Sunday View Fr Keith's video as he leads us through the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
Msgr Vaghi's Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter
PARISH INFORMATION
If you visit the church, please maintain a safe distance from other visitors. No more than 10 people in the church at any one time. Many options are available for participating in Mass when we cannot be present at the liturgy. View the Archdiocese of Washington list of live-streamed (and recorded) Masses and Prayers.
Saints as Model Stewards May the saints whose lives we commemorate next week inspire us to use our own God-given talents and opportunities as He would have us do. Thursday - St. George, martyred c. 303. To paraphrase St. Peter Damian, St. George gave up the rank of tribune to enlist as a soldier of Christ, giving all his worldly possessions to the poor. He is the patron saint of England and Portugal. Perhaps Christians have celebrated St. George as slayer of the legendary dragon because we hope that through his intercession he can help us triumph over the very real dragons we find inside. St. George, the dragon slayer, pray for us.
"Oh God, let me know you and love you so that I may find my joy in you: and if I cannot do so fully in this life, let me at least make some progress every day, until at last that knowledge, love and joy come to be in all their plenitude." (St. Anselm, whose memorial is on Tuesday)
OFFERTORY In order to maintain your regular support of our parish during the Easter Season without public Mass, please consider enrolling in Faith Direct. The secure enrollment process is simple and takes less than 3 minutes to complete. Please click HERE to enroll in Faith Direct. You may also make a safe and secure one-time Easter gift online.
If you prefer not to enroll online, please know that we nonetheless appreciate your continued financial support at this time if you are able. Mailing in your weekly envelope would be much appreciated. God bless and many thanks. |