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PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEK
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Reflection: Contemplate the depth of God’s love By SISTER MARY McGLONE How to approach the unapproachable? How to imagine the unimaginable? The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity raises questions like these. The Scriptures offer tremendous help in our search to know what God is like, not because they […]
Gallery: Bishop Lucia confirms young adults from Utica parishes
Blessings to the following teenagers from our parish who received the Sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop Douglas Lucia on Tuesday, May 23, at Historic Old St. John’s Church (their confirmation names are in italics and sponsors in parentheses): Gabriella Elizabeth Bilodeau (Ann Marie Tolman) Abriana Valentine Briggs (John Fanelli) Ryan Michael Charlebois (Michael Cancilla) Leah […]
CALL TO WORSHIP & CENTERING PRAYERS
Call to worship After Jesus’ ascension, Mary and the Apostles gathered to pray and to find strength together. We come here today for similar reasons — to receive Jesus’ blessing as a Church and to seek the power of God’s Spirit. To the point: The Gospel is about mutual giving between Jesus and the Father, […]
THE WORD OF GOD THIS WEEK
Seventh Sunday of Easter Reflection: Ascension reminds us to continue seeking God By SISTER MARY McGLONE In the opening lines of the Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of his Gospel, Luke describes the disciples’ 50-day period of learning the meaning of the Resurrection. For 40 of those days, the risen Jesus made himself […]
PREPARING FOR NEXT WEEK
Pentecost Sunday Reflection: Pentecost still is evolving today By SISTER MARY McGLONE “How manifold are your works, O Lord! The earth is full of your creatures!” This is our Pentecost song. As we pray Psalm 104, we celebrate all of creation as a revelation of God’s very being. In “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our […]
