Dear Friends,

There are still spaces available to join us for Mass tomorrow Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 9:00am. A reservation is required to attend. Please click on the button below to make a reservation.

Make your reservation to attend Mass at www.standrew.org/reopening.

We especially want to point out that tomorrow (Sunday October 25, 2020 at 3:00pm) also features an important Parish Town Hall Meeting to discuss the initial scenarios for future restructuring of the Catholic Church in our local geographic area.

Almighty ever-living God, increase our faith, hope and charity, and make us love what you command, so that we may merit what you promise. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, on God, for ever and ever. AMEN

Reading 1                                        EX 22:20-26

Thus says the LORD: “You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans. “If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him.  If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset; for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body.  What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.”

Reading 2                                        1 THES 1:5C-10

Brothers and sisters: You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.

Gospel                                               MT 22:34-40

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”  He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

Please click on the video link below to watch the homily for this week.

For the Church, that we may always reach out to those in need with material and spiritual aid and extend God’s grace to every corner of the world. We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

For refugees, widows, and orphans, and all who suffer with loss and uncertainty, that they may be treated with love and compassion so that they may find peace and serenity in their difficult circumstances.  We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

For those around the world who are persecuted for their faith, that the early church in communities like, Thessalonica may give them hope and inspiration. We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

On this Priesthood Sunday, for all ordained priests, that our prayers and support may give them sustenance as they grow in their ministry. We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

For all of us here today, that we may meet the challenge of accepting all people as neighbors, especially those who look, speak, or act differently than we do.  We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

For  all who have been affected by COVID19, May God’s healing presence be comfort to them and bring health and well-being.      We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

For the departed, who remain with us in our prayers and our memories, and for the promise of a joyful reunion, and especially for:  +Matt Suhar. We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

For all who are receiving First Holy Communion today, especially: Declan McCue that as Jesus welcomes us to His Table, He may fill us with many blessings and spiritual gifts.    We pray to the Lord.                    LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.

In many places in the world receiving Holy Communion is not possible. Catholics in these areas are encouraged to make “Spiritual Communion.” St.Teresa of Jesus wrote about this practice:

“When you do not receive communion and you do not attend Mass, you can make a spiritual communion, which is a most beneficial practice; by it the love of God will be greatly impressed on you”

May your Sacraments, O Lord, we pray, perfect in us what lies within them, that what we now celebrate in signs we may one day possess in truth. Through Christ our Lord.  AMEN.

Mass of Remembrance

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