Jesus Christ is the central point of our Marken Gospel. So is an uncomfortable message. So is rejection. As w ell is the notion that even the “bad” character in a gospel can teach us something. From two Sundays of Vocation stories to the object of the gospel being the subject of Christ Himself, God promises to send someone else to fill the role of Moses. Enter Jesus Christ, the New Testaments new Moses.

This Sunday, Word of God Sunday, is a wonderful opportunity for priests of the Archdiocese of Hartford to put a special emphasis in our homily to further promote the Power of God’s Word in Sacred Scripture in our daily lives as well as to promote the need for our parishioners to study Scripture and find new ways to apply it to our family, work, and school lives and in community engagement

Join us Saturday, February 10th at 3:30! Participating in the Mass is the most important thing Catholics do each week. It is the source and summit of Christian living. In the liturgy, we experience and celebrate the presence of Christ among us: in Word, in sacrament, and in their brothers and sisters. In this interactive presentation, we will explore how the parts of the Mass form us for lives of missionary discipleship.

I would love you to consider being a lector, Eucharistic minister, or altar server. The church runs smoothly when the priest and the laity all perform their roles both in the liturgy (at Mass) and in the parish (in ministries). Vatican II called for the “full and active participation of the laity in rhetorical Church.

Today’s liturgical celebration, the Feast of the Epiphany, also known to some as Three Kings’ Day or even Twelfth Night, is a wonderful celebration in the Catholic Church as Christ the Savior of the World is made known to all. The Feast of the Epiphany in our Catholic faith has several important meanings and applications in our modern world: