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NOTES FROM THE PASTOR
Flower Power by Father Sam Bond...
The use of flowers in the Church seems selfevident...they add beauty. However, flowers provide more than something to break up the static architectural elements in the Church. Flowers help to focus our attention on the role of Christ in the Mass. They do this according to the following: Through Beauty—Flowers show the aspect of God as the beautiful. In philosophy there are traditionally 3 transcendental properties that make up existing things—Goodness, Truth, and Beauty. Jesus as God is goodness itself, Jesus is Truth, and Jesus is beautiful. When something is good and true it follows that it is also beautiful. As a candle is able to dispel the error of darkness, flowers can dispel the ugliness of the mundane. Please click here to read more. -
Sacred Emblem Against the PlagueThe use of sacred images is not superstition, but based on our Catholic faith. Although devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus is as old as the Church, it was popularized by the Franciscans of the 15th century, especially St. Bernardine of Siena. Please click here to download and print.
This sacred emblem is placed on the doors of houses for protection against the plague. It is an ancient indulgenced practice linked to The Most Holy Name of Jesus. The main devotions are illustrated in this figure: to the Most Holy Trinity, to Mary Most Holy, to St. Joseph, to the Sacred Heart and to the Immaculate Heart, to the Holy Rosary and to the Chair of St. Peter. -
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CHOIR SEASONAL MUSIC
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