Celebration for the Solemnity of the Annunciation
Tuesday, March 25th is Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Holy Mass will be held at 9 a.m.
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Message for the 3rd Sunday of Lent
John presents us with a dramatic, even theatrical, encounter. Jesus is described in very human terms, sitting at the well, exhausted from his journey. The woman too is very human. Her appearance at the well at about noon, long after the other village women would have replenished their water supply for the day, may indicate
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Celebration of the Solemnity of St. Joseph – March 19th
Wednesday, March 19th is Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of the B.V.M. We will celebrate Holy Mass at 9a.m. All are welcome to join in honoring St. Joseph.
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Ash Wednesday Schedule
Wednesday, March 5th is Ash Wednesday. We will hold the blessing and distribution of ashes at 6 p.m. We invite the entire little Falls community to join us in prayer on this first day of Lent.
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Message for Quinquagesima Sunday
Today’s Gospel theme is worry and anxiety. The Greek verb in ‘do not be anxious‘ is merimnate, used also in Philippians 4:6, ‘Have no anxiety about anything.’ God gave us life and our body, so he will give us the lesser gifts of food and clothing, and therefore anxiety is unnecessary. We are all prone
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Your voice and vote
We will be holding our annual meeting and election of Parish Committee officers and trustees on March 2nd following Holy Mass. Our Church is founded upon democratic principals in which each member is entitled to a voice and a vote over the management of the parish and the wider Church. This freedom and democracy in
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Message for Sexagesima Sunday
Jesus loves the law and would do nothing to discredit it, but has come to complete it. Thus, he often begins by reinforcing the familiar with, ‘You have heard that it was said…‘ and moves on to, ‘But I say to you…‘ The new understanding usually expands, rather than reduces, the message of the law,
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Message for Septuagesima Sunday
Anger is a very common human experience. Situations make us angry; people make us angry; we get angry with ourselves. Sometimes we know we are wrong to be angry. Much more often, we think we are right. We think the fault lies with others — they have made us angry. Or else certain situations provoke
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Message for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Oh, she is the salt of the earth,’ we often say when we are referring to a person who is straightforward, honest and without guile: in the words of another saying, in such an individual ‘what you see is what you get.’ In today’s reading, Jesus’ description of his disciples as ‘the salt of the
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Message for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – A
God promised to confer glory on the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations’ by shining a great light upon them, a light that would dispel the darkness of those living in a land of deep shadow. This light would confer glory upon them by increasing their gladness, giving them joy in God’s presence
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