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These will include:
***Getting our of your car in the parking lot
***One way entrance into the church
***Ushers will be asking you for your name.
***You will be escorted to your seat.
***Fr. Paul will go over the instructions on communion
***There will be a collection basket at the front door of the church and you may leave your OCP or Offertory Envelope there.
***Instructions will be given on how to leave the church following Mass out the side door.
Lastly, a mask will be needed for entrance into the church, we ask that you bring one with you.
We look forward to seeing your masked smiling faces again!
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Pray the (Virtual) Rosary
Join us every Saturday morning at 8:00 am for our Virtual Rosary. Please click on the link below for our Zoom Rosary Meeting:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74060088895?pwd=NndsVDVrOHdwVGdOL3lvK3ovUC9vUT09
Meeting ID: 740 6008 8895
Password: 6mHZjX
Staff
- Fr. Paul Flammia, Administrator
- Eric Anderson, Organist and Music Ministry
- Darice McIntire, Bulletin Editor and Administrative Assistant
- Anakin Fleming, Religious Education Assistant
- Nancy Smith, Business Manager
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World Quarantine
The Latin root of the word “quarantine” is “forty”. So what does the Bible say about 40?
The flood lasted 40 days. 40 years Moses fled Egypt.
40 days Moses stayed on Mount Sinai to receive the Commandments. Esodus lasted 40 years.
Jesus fasted for 40 days. Lent is 40 days. 40 days for a woman to rest after giving birth.
A group of theologians thinks the number 40 represents “change”.
It is the time of preparing a person, or people. To make a fundamental change.
Something will happen after these 40 days.
Just believe and pray.
Remember, whenever the number 40 appears in the Bible, there is a “change”.
Please know that during this “quarantine” rivers are cleaning up, vegetation is growing, the air is becoming cleaner because of less pollution, there is less theft and murder, healing is happening, and more importantly, people are turning to Christ.
The Earth is at rest of the first time in many years and hearts are truly transforming.
So, during this time, enjoy it with your loved ones and return to the family altar together. Family prayer is a great blessing. Through prayer you will see the changes God can work in you and in your home. Christ promises us that everything works together for the good for those who love God: Romans 8:28!
Remember we are in the year 2020, and 20 + 20 = 40.
Also, 2020 is the year of the United States Census. Jesus Christ, the savior of the world, was born during a census. Lastly, 2020 is perfect vision. May our sight focus on the Lord and living according to His perfect vision for us knowing He holds us in the palm of His hand. May these days of “quarantine” bring spiritual liberation to our souls, our nation and our world.
The best is yet to come. Trust in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE FAITHFUL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2020
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The month of May is approaching, a time when the People of God express with particular intensity
their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary
at home within the family. The restrictions of the pandemic have made us come to appreciate all
the more this “family” aspect, also from a spiritual point of view.
For this reason, I want to encourage everyone to rediscover the beauty of praying the Rosary at
home in the month of May. This can be done either as a group or individually; you can decide
according to your own situations, making the most of both opportunities. The key to doing this is
always simplicity, and it is easy also on the internet to find good models of prayers to follow.
I am also providing two prayers to Our Lady that you can recite at the end of the Rosary, and that I
myself will pray in the month of May, in spiritual union with all of you. I include them with this letter
so that they are available to everyone.
Dear brothers and sisters, contemplating the face of Christ with the heart of Mary our Mother will
make us even more united as a spiritual family and will help us overcome this time of trial. I keep
all of you in my prayers, especially those suffering most greatly, and I ask you, please, to pray for
me. I thank you, and with great affection I send you my blessing.
Rome, Saint John Lateran, 25 April 2020
Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist
Pope Francis
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