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Mass Intentions: Week of March 1st
| Day | Time | Intention | Requested By | Living or Deceased |
| Saturday | 5:00 p.m. | Bernard Pellegrino, Jr. Charles Horvath & Elenor Chambal | The Mercadante Family The Haase Family | Deceased Deceased |
| Sunday | 9:00 a.m. | Joseph Radelich Rod Vyskocil | The Radelich Family Helen Gredd | Deceased Deceased |
| 11:00 a.m. | Don Wildermann Paul A. Wallace | The Scott Family Valerie M. Wallace | Deceased Deceased | |
| Monday | 8:00 a.m. | No Mass | ||
| Tuesday | 8:00 a.m. | Pasqua Jean Brezvosky Mark Pianka | Father Tim George and Audra Pianka | Deceased Living |
| Wednesday | 8:00 a.m. | Juan Santiago | The Devaney Family | Deceased |
| Thursday | 8:00 a.m. | Timothy Kilduff | The Duignan Family | Deceased |
| Friday | 8:00 a.m. | Joseph Omboni | The Omboni Family | Deceased |
| Saturday | 5:00 p.m. | For the Parishioners | ||
| Sunday | 9:00 a.m. | Francis Donlon Antoinette and Peter LiMarzi | Doris E. Motl The LiMarzi Family | Deceased Deceased |
| 11:00 a.m. | Elizabeth R. Herko Edward J. Herko | Father Tim Father Tim | Deceased Deceased |
Week of March 1st
From the Pastor’s Desk
Dear Parishioners,
As is likely the case with many of us, I have been disturbed by the increasing violence and unrest occurring in our country and our world.
The anonymous text that is usually called the Prayer of Saint Francis or Peace Prayer is a widely known Christian prayer for peace.
I think there is no better time for the arrival of the new St. Francis statue in our prayer garden (a date for the dedication is forthcoming) and the Holy Father’s announcement of a Special Year of St. Francis in 2026.
We take comfort while reciting traditional prayers and singing great hymns. An example of this is the Prayer of St. Francis. It is my prayer that we can take some comfort and urgency in this great saint’s prayer, which asks God for the grace to sow love, pardon and joy where there is hatred, injury, and sadness.
May we pray for a true and lasting peace, following the example of St. Francis, and may we seek not to be loved as to love.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to
eternal life.
PEACE,
Fr. Tim
The Word of God
Reading I: Genesis 12: 1-4a The great grandfather of Israel is Abraham. This holy man, “our father in faith” as the First Eucharistic prayer calls him, showed heroic trust in God. He is also the divinely chosen mediator of worldwide blessings.
Reading II: 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Paul is alone and chained like a criminal as part of his holy calling. He tells his readers that the grace we receive from God is free and unmerited. Only if we cooperate with it can we hope to reach our life’s goal.
The Gospel: Matthew 17: 1-9 Jesus’ transfiguration confirms His divine Sonship. It also strengthened the faith of three early Church leaders, just after Jesus had made His first Passion prediction