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Weekly messages from our Pastor


Blessed trinity

Posted 8 January 2012 Posted by Fr. John Francis Murray, C.Ss.R.
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After the 4:00 Mass this last Saturday, I found myself discussing the mysteries of the Blessed Trinity with a young altar server! The young boy was struggling with the doctrine, three persons in one God. He was obviously tuned into the feast day we were celebrating, the Solemnity of the...

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Prepare the way of the Lord

Posted 4 December 2011 Posted by Fr. John Francis Murray, C.Ss.R.
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Even before we’re born, before we see the light of day, people are preparing the way for us, a new high chair, perhaps a play pen, and don’t forget the car seat. We can’t forget, the new baby will need a comfortable bed, with soft blankets and a fluffy pillow.

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The New Creed

Posted 23 October 2011 Posted by Fr. John Francis Murray, C.Ss.R.
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This week our priests will be teaching you about the new Creed we will be praying at Mass. Deacon Frank Agnoli from the Davenport Diocese gives us a good review of the new creed. He writes; “The Creed is a theologically rich text.” In this column, I want to point...

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The Gloria

Posted 16 October 2011 Posted by Fr. John Francis Murray
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This weekend the priests will be explaining to you the new changes in one of our oldest prayers, the Gloria. Recently I came across an article about the Gloria, written by a Catholic Priest from England, Fr. Dylan James.

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Penitential Act

Posted 7 October 2011 Posted by Fr. John Francis Murray, C.Ss.R.
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This Sunday we will talk for a few minutes about the new translation of the Roman Missal during the homilies. This weekend the priests will be teaching you about the “penitential act”. The following is a wonderful article written in the Catholic Herald for the Diocese of Sacramento by Rita...

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Common thread "life"

Posted 2 October 2011 Posted by Fr. John Francis Murray, C.Ss.R.
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There are so many wonderful events on our calendar this coming week and during the coming year. I would say the common thread running through each one of them is the word, “life”. This Sunday is Respect Life Sunday, Tuesday, the Feast of St.

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New edition of the Roman Missal

Posted 18 September 2011 Posted by Fr. John Murray, C.Ss.R.
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As many of you have heard by now, a new edition of the Roman Missal, the book of prayers, readings and rules for the celebration of the Mass, has been revised. On the First Sunday of Advent 2011, the third edition of the Missale Romanum will be issued and all...

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We owe St. Peter

Posted 11 September 2011 Posted by Fr. John Murray, C.Ss.R.
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We owe a great deal to St. Peter, especially for his tongue! Think about it? Again and again Peter did what we commonly call today, ‘put his foot in his mouth.’ He rushed into saying things in such a way that drew words from Jesus like “get behind me Satan”...

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