“We tend to think of the crosses we bear as challenges and difficulties that life forces us to endure,” says Father Jerry, “But real crosses are those resources and abilities that can be sources of hope, of joy, of discovery, and of resurrection for ourselves and for others.”
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Ash Wednesday at All Hallows
Thank you for watching Father Jerry’s gospel reading and homily above, for Ash Wednesday. In the video, Father includes a special message for people worshipping from home. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of blessing ashes made from palm branches blessed on the previous year’s Palm Sunday, and placing them on the heads of participants. […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Today the church celebrates The Feast of our Lady of Lourdes. According to Saint Bernadette Soubirous, the visionary of Lourdes in 1858, the Virgin Mary proclaimed herself the Immaculate Conception. Under that title, she is the Patroness of Portugal and of the Philippines.
Continue ReadingThe Feast of St. Scholastica
Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Scholastica, the twin sister of Saint Benedict. She died in the year 543, and eventually she and her brother were buried in the same plot. The story is told that every year Scholastica and her brother, Benedict, would spend an afternoon visiting, praying and talking about their […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Agatha
St. Agatha, a martyr, is the patron saint of breast cancer patients, wet nurses, and bakers, and she is invoked against fire, earthquakes, and eruptions of Mount Etna. Click above for Father Jerry’s gospel reading and homily.
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