Regular Mass Times:
MONDAY to FRIDAY: 6:30 am & 9:00 am in the Chapel
SATURDAY: 9:00 am in the Church
Evening Prayer: Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM, in the Chapel with the Blessed Sacrament. Prayer booklets are provided.
HOLY DAY MASS TIMES
Tuesday Vigil, December 31st, 2024
Vigil 4:00 PM – Main Church
Wednesday, January 1st, 2025
9:00 AM, 11:00 AM
No Confessions or Evening Prayer Today
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Luke 2:19
On this, the eighth day of the Octave of Christmas, we turn our focus to the unique and beautiful fact that God chose to enter our world through a human mother. Mary is called the “Mother of God” for the simple fact that her Son is God. She was not the mother of her Son’s flesh alone, nor the mother only of His human nature. This is because the Person of Jesus, the Son of God, is one Person. And that one Person took on flesh within the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mother Mary remained faithful to this gift of grace throughout her life, never choosing to sin, never wavering, never turning from God. She remained immaculate throughout her life. Interestingly, it is this choice of hers, to forever remain obedient to the will of God in every way, that makes her more fully the Mother of God than the simple act of bearing Him within her womb. Her act of perfect unity with the will of God throughout her life makes her also the perfect mother of divine grace and mercy and perpetually the spiritual Mother of God, continually and perfectly bringing Him into our world.