St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Last Updated on September 27, 2020 by Editor First Reading SOLT Liturgy Prep Ezekiel 18 proclamation and explication (Denice May) Psalm 25: 4-9 explained (Denice May) Second Reading Philippians Explained (Denice May) Gospel Parable of the Two Sons Homily from Holy Cross Vocations (The Rev. William Dailey, CSC) Homily by the Rev. Francis Martin Homily […]
For Children Parable of Two Sons (Saddleback Kids) (Graythwaite) Gospel Reading and Reflection Stories that Jesus Told: Two Sons and a Dad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vbaawet9Yo For Teens Parable of Two Sons (Chuck Lentine / God’s Cowboy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-uCNtOIrhU Illustration of Matthew 21: 28-32 (Denice May) Philippians 2: 1-11 The Message Every Last Word (Philippians Meditation) #Philippians # Unity#Humility […]
Last Updated on August 9, 2022 by Editor St. Rosalia (1130–1166), also called La Santuzza or “The Little Saint,” and in Sicilian as “Rusulia,” is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo in Chihuahua, Mexico, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and Anzoátegui. She is especially important internationally as a saint invoked […]
Legends about Sts. Cosmas and Damian far outrun any verifiable historical details about their lives. A meager collection of long-lost documents builds a narrative that Cosmas and Damian were twins and natives of Saudi Arabia who studied medicine in Syria. They became known as the “moneyless ones” for refusing to accept payment for their healing […]
(1823-1894; 1831-1877) Born into a military family in Bordeaux, Louis trained to become a watchmaker. His desire to join a religious community went unfulfilled because he did not know Latin. Moving to Normandy, he met the highly skilled lace maker, Zélie Guérin, who also had been disappointed in her attempts to enter religious life. They […]
(1653-1721) San Pacific (Pacificus) of San Severino was born of a distinguished family in the Italian city of San Severino. He was very young when he became an orphan, and was taken to the home of his uncle, who brought him up very strictly. Two servants in his uncle’s home could not bear the sight […]
(1887-1968) Francesco Forgione was born May 25, 1887, into a poor Italian farm family in Pietrelcina. He was baptized in the Church of St. Ann in Pietrelcina, where he later became an altar server. By the time he was 5 years old, he had made the decision to dedicate his life to God. As a […]
(Died 287) St. Maurice was a member of the Theban Legion, a Roman legion said to have been constituted by Christian soldiers from Africa, which was called to put down a revolt in Aaunum, located in modern day Switzerland, in the year 287. Two legends exist about the martyrdom of St. Maurice and his companions. […]
(First century) When Christ first encountered Matthew, he was a publican, sitting at the custom desk at Capernaum. As a tax collector for Rome, Matthew was one of the most despised people of his community. When Jesus entered the room, he simply told Matthew, “Follow me.” The tax collector got up and changed the course […]
(1821-1846; companions died 1839-1867) Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers. Evangelization was difficult because Korea refused all contact with the outside world except for taking taxes to Beijing annually. On one of these occasions, about 1777, Christian literature obtained from Jesuits […]