Today’s Gospel passage shows Christ glorifying His Father several times. In doing so Jesus shows the source of love, the source of joy and the source of all that we receive. Jesus has revealed the Father’s love by keeping the Father’s commandments faithfully and submitting with perfect humility to service of the Father. This requires […]
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‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser….you are the branches.‘ Today’s reading from the Gospel of St John strongly implies mutual friendship between God and us. It is our friendship with him that causes us to produce good fruit and make good wine. We are bound together in mutual friendship and
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The image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd is attractive and popular. To understand it fully we need to grasp its context. In the ancient Near Eastern world, few people would have been unfamiliar with the responsibilities and trials of a shepherd: many families had at least a few sheep of their own. From the
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After His resurrection Jesus appeared to his disciples in order to convince them that He had indeed risen from the dead. This was not a straightforward task. The disciples had to struggle to come to faith by dealing with and overcoming their fears, doubts and unbelief. Jesus himself had to lead them from incredulity to
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Thomas made two contradictory statements, one after the other. One expressed unbelief: ‘Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe‘ (John 20:25). The other was a marvelous proclamation of faith in
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The reason why He desired to die for us was that He wanted us who believe in Him to live forever. In the fullness of time it was His will to become what we are, so that we might inherit the eternity He promised and live with him forever. The Easter festival brings the grace
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Maundy Thursday, April 5th – Holy Mass at 6 p.m. Good Friday, April 6th – Solemn Liturgy of our Lord Passion and Death – 6 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 7th – Paschal blessing of water, light and food – 11 a.m. Resurrection Sunday, April 8th – Holy Mass with Procession – 9 a.m. Our Annual
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Saturday, April 9th, 4pm – Passion Sunday Vigil Holy Mass for the Catholic community in St. Johnsville, NY. Sunday, April 10th, 11am – Passion Sunday Holy Mass, Little Falls. Saturday, April 16th, 4pm – Palm Sunday Vigil Holy Mass for the Catholic community in St. Johnsville, NY. Sunday, April 17th, 11am – Palm Sunday Holy
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Holy Thursday: Holy Mass at 6.00 p.m. Good Friday: Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ at 6.00 p.m. Holy Saturday: Liturgy of blessing of new fire, the Paschal candle, Holy Water, and food baskets at 11.00 a.m. Easter Sunday: Resurrection Holy Mass with procession at 9.00 a.m.
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We are having an Easter babka sale which will include: babka, butter lambs, and chrusciki (fried cookies) with confectionery sugar on them. We will take orders for the Easter sale until the March 27th. Call in your orders to the following: 315-823-0793 (Parish) or 315-894-2539. We will also be holding an Easter Dinner on April