Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 3-29-24
Good Friday, March 29, 2024 Is 52:13-53:12; Ps 31:2,6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 Today is Good Friday, a day of bittersweet sorrow. The day our Lord sacrifices Himself on the cross. Good Friday for me has always brought back a memory of something that happened to me when I was young. […]
Fr. Schuessler’s reflexión para el 3-29-24
¡FELICES PASCUAS! Hemos escuchado el estribillo: No hay Pascua sin Viernes Santo. Si tu vida es más Viernes Santo que Pascua, recuerda: No tenemos que mirar muy lejos para ver el sufrimiento. Está en nuestro mundo, en nuestra comunidad, en nuestra vida. ¿Por qué Dios permite esto? ¿Dónde está Dios cuando hay dolor? Es en estos momentos cuando debemos mirar lo que le sucedió a Jesús. […]
Fr. Schuessler’s Reflection 3-29-24
HAPPY EASTER! We have heard the refrain: There is no Easter without Good Friday. If your life is more Good Friday than Easter, please remember: We do not have to look far to see suffering. It is in our world, in our community, in our life. Why does God allow this? Where is God when […]
Holy Week Times
The following is the St. James Church Holy Week/Easter schedule: Thursday, March 28, 2024—Thursday of Holy Week (Holy Thursday) – Evening Mass of the Lord’s SupperNo Morning Mass, Adoration, or Confessions on Holy Thursday7:00 pm Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper—Bi-Lingual Friday, March 29, 2024—Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)No Morning Mass on […]
Lenten Regulations
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence from meat. All other Fridays in Lent Catholics are also required to abstain from meat. FASTING is to be observed by all, 18 years of and older, who have not yet celebrated their 59th birthday. On a fast day, one full meal is allowed. Two […]
Divine Mercy Novena/Chaplet
Divine Mercy Sunday is on April 7, 2024 (the first Sunday after Easter). The nine-day Divine Mercy Novena/Chaplet begins on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. You can pray the Divine Mercy Novena/Chaplet in your home, chapel, church, or as a congregation. Please consider gathering with your fellow parishioners at St. James to pray together. We welcome […]