More than 30 years ago, when I arrived at my first parish assignment. (St. Vincent’s in Euless) as a newly-minted priest. I noticed a small framed parchment hanging in the Priest’s Sacristy where we vested for Holy Mass: “O priest of God, offer this Mass as if it were your first Mass, your last Mass, your only Mass.”
Dear Friends in Christ, Today is Quinquagesima Sunday which means Ash Wednesday is this week (Yes, it starts on Valentine’s Day—so why not go out on Shrove Tuesday instead?) As usual, there will be two Masses that day (one at Noon and one at 7:00 pm) .
Dear Friends in Christ, With the Feast of Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (aka Candlemas) this past Friday, Christmas has definitively come to an end, and we have sung our last Alleluia until Easter. You can see their “burial” spot off to the side of the patio as you enter the Church.