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From the Homily
Of Father Jose

“Jesus is the Living Water”

 

For us as well, the gospel effects a saving encounter with Jesus Christ, in which the process of justification begins to take hold of our life.  The word we hear inaugurates the salvific initiative that detaches us from sin.  This establishes in us a holy cooperation between God’s grace and our human freedom.  Are you experiencing the joy and peace of Christ’s living water in your life?  During this season of Lent, God is offering each one of us a time of grace to change our sinful lifestyle and receive His healing power.  Let us receive this living water and transform our lives.  Let us prepare for the glory of the resurrection.

“Whoever drinks the water that I shall give him, says the Lord, will have a spring inside him, welling up for eternal life (Communion Antiphon).  Lord, fill us with our living water so that we may never thirst again.”

Eucharistic Ministers

February 24^th – Ken Cochran
                            Lois Nelson

March 2^nd – Carol Tharpe
                      Bonnie Palleschi

Greeters

February 24^th – S. Carter

March 2^nd – Maria Allen

Lectors

February 23^rd – Jim Palleschi

February 24^th – Maria Allen

March 1^st – Ken Cochran

March 2^nd – Carol Tharpe

Prayer List 

Gloria Cantrall
Lorraine DeYorio
Saneep Lalit
Sanjo Lalit
Rajamma Lalit
Teresa Maniyangat
Cibin Mathew
Trudy Montouri
Hong Nguyen
Jo Ann Sanchez
Barbara Stiveder
Claire Tillis
Lois Tobin
Louise Whitt
and all the sick and
travelers of the Parish

Mass Intentions for the Week  

40 Hours of Eucharistic Adoration

St. Mary’s will have 40 Hours of Eucharistic Adoration beginning Friday, February 29^th at   1:00 a.m. and concluding Saturday, March 1st at 5:00 p.m.  

This is the highest form of devotion to Our Lord in the Eucharist. There is a sign-up book in the vestibule for you to choose your time to visit the Lord during these 40 hours.

       Healing Mass Saturday, March 1st 

Our next healing Mass will be Saturday,   March 1^st. This month the Holy Hour of Adoration will be from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. before the Healing Mass at 5:00 p.m.  Don’t forget to attend this hour of Adoration.  This is a very important part of the Healing Ministry. 

 Lenten Regulations    

The church's laws for fast and abstinence during Lent state: All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Catholics who are 14 years or older should abstain from meat entirely. Soups and gravies made from meat are permitted.                                            

Guest Speaker

Our church is sponsoring Pat Cook who will speak for an hour on the Book of Revelation following Sunday mass on February 24th.  Everyone is invited to attend.

Religious Education

There will be no religious education classes on Sunday,         February 24^th

  Spring  Fest Meeting

Our Spring Fest is April 11^th and April 12^th. Volunteers are needed please complete the enclosed volunteer form and place it on the table in the back of the church. We will have a weekly meeting at  7:00 p.m. in the church hall every Wednesday  beginning March 5th until the Spring Fest. This is one of the largest fund raising projects for the parish.  Everyone’s support and prayers are needed for a successful event.

Making Room

During this Lenten season, we are invited to make room for the Lord.  We live very busy lives.  We are constantly surrounded by noise and activity. Lent is a season to turn off radios and TV sets.

It is a time to sit and reflect.  We can meditate on the Lord’s call in our lives. The Scripture readings used throughout Lent are filled with insights into that call. We can spend time in Eucharistic Adoration. We can attend the Stations of the Cross.  We can take long walks.  We can go away for a day or weekend retreat. 

We might attend a parish mission if there is one in our parish or one within traveling distance. We can recommit ourselves to making Sunday the Lord’s day.

Lent is also a time for fasting.  We fast to put food in perspective (for we too often misuse this gift from God).  When we experience hunger, it reminds us that Jesus is the only one who will satisfy our deepest hunger and thirst. We also fast to be one with those who do not have enough to eat ( using the money saved by our fasting to feed the poor).

Finally, one can make room for the Lord by celebrating the beauty with which the Lord has surrounded us. What that actually means depends on our temperament.

For some of us it might mean taking a walk in a forest or visiting a zoo.  Others might read a good book or go to a concert or see a good movie or visit an art gallery.  We might read or write poetry or a journal.

Again, what we do is not what is as important as the fact that we do it in order to make room for the Lord.  We each meet the Lord in our own way.  But we must find the time to meet him.