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Mass update as of Aug. 5, 2020
Masses at Immaculate Heart of Mary will be moving outside!
Outdoor Mass will take place in front of the Parish Center.Join us in person (reservations required) or via livestream.
There are two options to participate:
1) Bring your own chair - if you cannot bring your own chair please indicate this on the reservation form (we will have a very limited number of chairs available, so it is recommended that you bring your own if possible)
2) Watch and listen from your car - a sound system will be set up
Ushers will be on hand to help direct parking and seating.Reminders * See above for seating info.
Both Saturday, 5:00 pm and Sunday 9:30 am Mass will be livestreamed. You can view the Masses below or through our Facebook page:
* Please use the hand sanitizer provided at points of entry or bring
your own.
* Please bring your own mask.
Saturday, 5:00 pm Mass Reservation
https://www.facebook.com/ihmbelmont.
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 EZ 16:1-15, 60, 63Responsorial Psalm ISAIAH 12:2-3, 4BCD, 5-6Gospel MT 19:3-12
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Special Universal Prayers
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Archbishop Annual Appeal"Use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace." 1 Peter 4:10
Your generosity and commitment to the Archdiocesan Annual Appeal enables the Archdiocese to provide vital services to our local community and our greater Church. -
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Our Lady of Knock NovenaAugust 14 - August 22, 2020
Our Lady of Knock more relevant than ever!Dear Parishioners and Friends,
At about 8 o’clock on the Thursday evening of the 21st of August, 1879, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the South gable of the Church at Knock, County Mayo, Ireland. Beside them and a little to the right was an altar with a cross and the figure of a lamb, around which angels hovered. There were fifteen official witnesses to the apparition – young and old – who watched it for two hours in pouring rain and recited the Rosary. Two Commissions of Enquiry accepted their testimony as trust-worthy and satisfactory in 1879 and 1936.
Today, Knock ranks among the world’s major Marian Shrines, having enjoyed the full approval of the Church, for many years. It has received privileges from five Popes. St. John Paul II visited on 30th September 1979. Pope Francis visited on August 26, 2018. Please pray to Our Lady of Knock for our families, our Church, our Holy Father, our priests, deacons, and religious. Please join in our Third Annual Novena to Our Lady of Knock. The Holy Rosary and the Novena Prayers will be prayed each day from Friday, August 14 to Saturday, August 22nd on the website. The website contains the novena prayers and a link to the Knock Hymn from the shrine in Knock, Ireland. You will also find there a few reflections I have put together.
On bended knee, let us beg Our Lady of Knock, through her powerful intercession, to come to our assistance and answer our prayers.
Yours in the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Fr. Mark G. Mazza, Pastor
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Daily Reflections
Father Mazza, Pastor, and Fr. Gepiga, Parochial Vicar, have recorded these daily reflection videos for you.
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Pastor's Corner
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Indeed, we have much to learn from the life of Saint Peter. Of all the apostles, Peter seems the most complex and thus the most human. In him, we see our weak, vulnerable, sometimes proud and foolish, human condition. Yet Jesus works with Peter to give him the graces needed to become a faithful apostle and the “Rock” upon which the Church is built. What happened then continues to happen in our day and age.
The encounter between Jesus and Peter in the fourteenth chapter of St. Matthew’s gospel demonstrates that the events of life or of the world can appear beyond anything we can do to deal with them. Clearly, we are not in charge; we are not in control. The “storms” that can sweep us away physically, morally, and spiritually frighten us and seem from time to time to have the upper hand. Currently, we are in the midst of such a storm. What are we to do? We are tempted to be like Peter and the apostles in the boat who think all is lost and that the darkness is more powerful. Many have this view even toward the Church Christ founded. The opposite is the truth. The problems we face are a call to greater faith. Only God, the almighty, can provide what we need. Why do we wish to go it alone with our limitations? Should we not know better after all these years? We should know better, but we do not.
St. Peter’s coming to faith inspires us. At first, he is an independent, self-sufficient person. With love, Jesus shows him that he needs to depend on God in all things. Peter resists. Little by little, he lets go and trusts the Lord. “Lord save me!” Peter cries out from the depths of his soul. Now Peter is ready to receive what God has to offer. He has begun to let go of his pride and humbly walk with the Lord. With the others, he proclaims: “Truly, you are the Son of God.”
We are called to follow St. Peter in the ways of faith. Our sins get in the way, especially our pride. Jesus is patient and ready to receive our humble trust in Him. There we find our true home, a place of peace. Only the Lord can calm all storms.
Yours in the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Fr. Mark G. Mazza, Pastor
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I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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