The Fourth Sunday of Advent (B)

Dec 241st Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16Psalm 88: 2-5, 27, 292nd Reading: Romans 16:25-27Gospel: Luke 1:26-38If you were to ask a married couple how they came to fall in love, or asked two goodfriends how they came to be friends, they may have difficulty...

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (B)
In a Spirit of Joyful Service

Isaiah 61: 1 – 2a, 10 – 11.1 Thessalonians 5: 16 – 24Gospel: John 1: 6 – 8, 19 – 28 Today’s readings are brimful of joy and hope. Israel radiates as a joyful bride coming to her bridegroom adorned for a lavish, oriental wedding. Paul’s words to the Thessalonians...

St. Mary’s Parish Christmas Schedule 2023-2024

Sunday, December 24, 2023, Christmas Vigil Mass;St. Patrick’s, Rio Grande at 5pmSt. mary’s Beaverlodge at 7:30pmSt. Edmund’s, Hythe at 11pmMonday, December 25, 2023St. mary’s Beaverlodge at 11amSunday, December 31, 2023, Eve of the Solemnity of...

The Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday Dec 10
Promises to be kept

First Reading: Isaiah 40: 1 – 5, 9 – 11. Second Reading: 2 Peter 3: 8 – 14. Gospel: Mark 1: 1 -8.In 1492 Ferdinand granted Columbus great titles, vast privileges, and a tenth of the riches hisexplorations materialized. By 1500, when the size and wealth of the new...