Fr. Andy's Pastor's Corner

Dear Brothers and Sisters: 

June 7-8

 

This weekend we will celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, when we remember that, after the Ascension, one day all the early followers of Jesus were all gathering in one place and the

Spirit of God came upon all the women and men of that early community to empower them to do the work of spreading the Gospel and building up the new Church.

 

In the interest of thinking about how the Spirit of God helps us even today to do God’s work in the world, at both parishes we will have men and women parishioners giving a witness about their faith at each Mass. We’ll be asking them to share how the Spirit of God has worked in their lives – in their families, friendships, marriages, in how they see Jesus in every single person out there.

 

Later we’ll be having TEACHING MASSES at all the weekend Masses where we will talk a bit about what we do and why we do it during the Mass and also the HISTORY of the Mass. Sometimes we go through our whole lives not really understanding the beauty and history of the Mass.

June 28-29 at Resurrection and July 5-6 at St. Paul.

 

After the 11:30am Mass on June 29 we’ll also go on an outdoor Eucharistic Procession at 12:30pm and then come back to the Resurrection Church parking lot by 1pm or so where we will have a KONA ICE TRUCK and all those in the procession will be invited to have a free Kona Ice!

 

On the weekend of July 12-13, we will also have the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick at the 5pm Mass at St. Paul and the 5pm Mass at Church of the Resurrection – with all those who would like the sacrament being invited to come to one of those Masses. We will offer the sacrament DURING those two Masses.

 

Finally, Archbishop Lori will be celebrating a "Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice" which will highlight and pray for the good work of Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in our Archdiocese. It will happen on Wednesday June 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM at the CATHEDRAL OF MARY OUR QUEEN 5200 N CHARLES ST, BALTIMORE. And a reception to follow.

 

God bless you and keep praying! Fr. Andy