Emails From Deacon Ken

Greetings Dear Parishioners and Special Friends:

Welcome to Saturday of the 6^th Week of Easter.

First of all…please know that our video for today is up and running.  As usual, on Saturdays we do not have a Liturgy of the Word, but we do have a prayer to and reflection about Our Lady of Sorrows, which includes a beautiful musical version of Stabat Mater.  That is followed by the Ave Maria from our Sunday Mass a couple of weeks ago.  A very prayerful and moving presentation of prayer and songs.

Greetings to All:

Welcome to Thursday of the 6^th Week of Easter.

Or, in some Dioceses…welcome to Ascension Thursday.

Today is the day that marks 40 days after the Resurrection of the Lord and was the day He ascended into heaven from the top of the Mt. of Olives.  The Church has…and still does in many Dioceses…celebrated today as Ascension Thursday, a Holy Day of Obligation.

Shalom, Y’All:

Welcome to Tuesday of the 6^th Week of Easter.

Our Liturgy of the Word video is now up and running on our STA Facebook page.  Fr. James is our celebrant and homilist and Fr. John is celebrating with him.

The readings for today are inserted below for your convenience.  As we listen to Jesus speaking in today’s Gospel, it remains quite obvious that we are still looking toward Pentecost.

Greetings Dear STA Parishioners and Special Friends:

We have come to the 6^th Week of Easter and we are on our way to Pentecost, which is coming up the weekend after next on May 31^st.  In today’s Gospel, Jesus promises that He will send us an advocate…the Holy Spirit, and He will fulfil that promise on Pentecost.

This email message today is short and sweet.  I just wanted to send you the Worship Aid for today so that you have it for our live stream Mass at 11:00 on our Facebook page.  The Worship Aid is attached.

Greetings Dear STA Parishioners and Special Friends:

Welcome to Friday of the 5^th Week of Easter.

Well, the word must have gotten around about the short lines at confessions, and we had several more people last night than we did on Tuesday or last Saturday.  But, spread over an hour and a half, there were never any real long lines.

So, if you have been longing to go to confession but were dreading long lines, please remember that we will offer confessions again this Saturday from 2:00-5:00 pm and next Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00-6:30 pm.

Greetings Dear STA Parishioners and Special Friends:

Welcome to Wednesday of the 5^th Week of Easter.

Our video for The Liturgy of the Word for today is up and running, but we have a special circumstance and a special couple of gifts for you.

During the taping of this video…during Fr. John’s homily…a wire that connects the mics to my ancient iPad apparently just crashed.  From that point on there was no recording from the mics to my iPad.  We lost all sound.

Greetings Dear STA Parishioners and Special Friends:

Welcome to Monday of the 5^th Week of Easter.

Thanks to so many of you for joining us live yesterday for our Sunday celebration, and thanks to those of you who watched the Mass later in its recorded version.  It was a beautiful Mass with a great Fr. John homily and a beautiful Ave Maria at the conclusion of Mass by our cantor.

Greetings Dear STA Parishioners and Special Friends:

Welcome to Saturday of the 4^th Week of Easter.

As has been the case from the start, we don’t have a Liturgy of the Word today, but we do have a reflection for you and it is up and running now on our Facebook page.  We have a prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows and a beautiful musical presentation of the Stabat Mater by Lauren and Dave Moore.  So, check out our Facebook page for that.

Greetings Dear STA Parishioners and Special Friends:

Welcome to Thursday of the 4^th Week of Easter.

Our Liturgy of the Word for today is posted now, so I would invite you to go to our Facebook page and view it.  The readings for today are inserted below, and Fr. James is our celebrant and homilist today.

I am happy to announce that it appears that I will have some good news for you regarding the availability of confessions at STA beginning this Saturday.  Please look for this daily email tomorrow for full details.