And Jesus told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man; and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’ For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.’ ” And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Mass Cancelled for Sunday, 9 October!
Dear friends,
In view of the approaching hurricane and anticipated flooding, and having consulted with Fr. Miles, I am cancelling Corpus Christi's Mass for this Sunday, 9 October. Sacred Heart's Mass is also cancelled. You are encouraged to attend Mass at a nearby Catholic parish if you are able safely to do so. If for good reason that is not possible, you are dispensed from your Mass obligation for this Sunday. For your devotions, the Collect and Lessons for this Sunday are here.
Please be safe.
God bless you,
Fr Allen
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, ‘Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you."
Click here for the Collect & Lessons for this Sunday (10/2).
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
“There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Laz'arus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Laz'arus in his bosom."
Click here for the Collect & Lessons for this Sunday (9/25).
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
"The master commended the dishonest steward for his prudence; for the sons of this world are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations."
Click here for the Collect & Lessons for this Sunday (9/18).
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’
Click here for the Collect & Lessons for this Sunday (9/11).
Mass from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham
Mass for the Sanctity of Life, celebrated by Bp. Steven J. Lopes, Sept. 8, 2016.
Posted by Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter on Thursday, September 8, 2016
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Great multitudes accompanied Jesus, and he turned and said to them, “If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’"
The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
"...Jesus said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Jesus went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. And some one said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, “Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able..."
Click here for the Collect & Lessons for this Sunday (8/21).
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