The Beginning of our Journey
Today I want to talk about how today is the first day we start my blog. Every week, I will give links to videos of Mass, post my message for this Sunday, and link Saint Mary's Chapel's website and other websites. So as we begin our journey through this new blog hobby, I would like to officially welcome all those to our Church.
Our beautiful church officially opened its doors on December 25, 2023. Initially, we held only online masses until early February 2024, when we began offering in-person masses. At that time, we were still referred to as a chapel.
As the year progressed into summer, we experienced several cancellations of mass, often against my wishes. By December 2024, we officially changed our name from "Saint Mary's Chapel" to "Saint Mary's Church" and updated our logo. We decided to stop updating the old website and created a new one.
In January 2025, we hosted our first anniversary mass. Following that, we completed our Christmas season and concluded our first eight Sundays of Ordinary Time. Now, we are excited to launch a blog website as we begin the beautiful season of Lent.
If you want to look at our announcements this week, please click on the heading
News about our Cross
If you have gone to mass at our church recently, you may have noticed that our old cross is no longer being put up. Now this is because this cross needs to be worked on and is going to be used for special events only. During Lent, this cross will be out but not be up where it was behind the Altar. This Cross will be used almost like a processional cross to show that we will take up our cross no matter where we go, no matter how heavy, no matter how awkward it is to hold, we will still take up our cross.
Pope Francis
As many of you may know, our beloved Pope Francis has been suffering from pneumonia in both lungs and also has a kidney issue. We have been praying for our Pope, and if you haven't already, I encourage you to do so. Our Holy Father needs all the support we can provide, whether from those near him or from us across the seas. Please keep him in your prayers. All news related to Pope Francis will be linked below:
Loving God:
As Francis, our beloved pope, suffers from grave illnesses,
we come before you in prayer.
We ask you to look with mercy on your servant Francis,
who has served you devotedly and tirelessly
as a Jesuit, a priest, an archbishop, a cardinal and as pope.
Most of all, he has served you as a faithful Christian
sharing the love, mercy and compassion that your Son
showed to all he encountered in his public ministry,
especially those who were poor or in any way struggling.
During his papacy, Francis has striven to imitate your Son
by reaching out to all who were feeling abandoned, ignored or neglected,
making it his special task to care for those who were in any way sick.
As Francis himself now faces serious and complex illnesses,
help the doctors, nurses and medical team who care for him,
help him bear any pain with grace and help him to heal quickly.
Send your Holy Spirit, your own breath, into his weakened lungs
to heal him, inspire him and raise him up again
so that he may live out his vocation as the Vicar of Christ.
But if it is your will, loving God, to take him to yourself,
let his passing into new life be painless and peaceful.
We ask all this in your Holy Name.
Amen.
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