THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS

In order that all our Parishioners may participate in Mass for the Holy Day of Obligation on All Saints’ Day, Masses will be offered:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st—7 a.m. & 9 a.m & 5:30 p.m.

THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

Mass will be offered on ALL SOULS’ DAY AT 7 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

The 5:30 p.m. Mass will have a special remembrance for all those who have died over the past year. We pray for our deceased and remember in prayer their family and friends who grieve their loss.

PRAYER WRITTEN BY FATHER HENRI NOUWEN

Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists, who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me! Help me practice the discipline of gratitude!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

It is a remarkable coup. As churches struggle with declining membership, the wellness industry is redefining the concept of purity as what you consume, rather than as the moral state of your soul. It is also commodifying purity by making it an expensive lifestyle choice.

Purity seems to have an inherent attractiveness to people as what we desire to keep “pure”—the body, the mind, the soul, continues to change. So, wellness grifters of every shape, size, and creed have popped up to fill the void created by a disappearance of spiritual richness from daily life. They have come up with new ways to work out, new meditation apps, new sticks of incense with which to purify your home and myriad other means, to plug the holes left by the decline of traditional religions. (to be continued next week…..)