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Today's Readings
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Reading I Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25Responsorial Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8Gospel Mt 7:7-12
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Our Mission
"To know, love and serve the Lord and one another, in imitation of Mary"
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Bp. Barron's Lent Reflections
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Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the crowds who seek a sign that they will only receive the sign of Jonah: “Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this...
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From The Deacon's Bench
My Brothers and Sisters,
When God placed Adam in the garden, it wasn't to just sit around. No, he was given a job. First, he was told to take care of everything that was growing there, and, second, he was to give a name to everything. We still carry on that tradition; when in a car we might call it a he or she and if you start to raise a family, we must give names to our children. My wife was smarter than I was…. (or am).… when the nurse was scheduled to come up to the room to find out what name we wanted, Ginna would ask me to go to the hospital cafeteria for a sandwich for her. I fell for it five times. I would return to the room and get to meet my child with his/her given name. She never liked my suggestions. What is so wrong with Freddie Pieretti? Nothing! That was a real name combination I suggested more than once.
George Foreman gave every one of his kids the same name - his! At first, you would think how crazy that is but I think it was pure genius. When any one of them did something wrong, all he had to do was yell “George, knock it off” and he was always right! When my five kids were young, I had a pet name for my wife: “She who must be obeyed”. So when any one of them was in trouble and wanted me to intervene on their behalf, I would ask them what she said. I was no fool!
We have given names to everything, even days of the week. We even give nicknames to the days of the week. Monday is the worst, Tuesday is practically Monday, Wednesday is Hump Day, Thursday is almost Friday and Friday is Thank God! We gave names to the seasons of the year: spring, summer, fall and winter. Or as I call them, spring, summer, the days are getting shorter I am unhappy already and I hate everything about it I am counting the days until spring. I am fully in favor of dropping winter. But now that we are more than halfway thru February, we have some things to celebrate – just not Groundhog’s Day because living in PA ensures we will have more winter without fail… I’d like to rename Phil to Ground Chuck.
The days are getting a little longer and we have now passed Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, my favorite Liturgical time in the Church. I was this excited last year and we all remember what happened – on March 27th we shut down and we are still in a bit of limbo. Despite (or in spite) of that, we are moving forward and we had safe Ash Wednesday services.
Lent is a time of reflection, a time to look deep inside of our souls for anything that we might have regretted doing and a time to be thankful for His great sacrifice on the cross on Good Friday. Stations of the Cross are being offered each Friday at both churches at 7:00PM, pandemic permitting.
We see in the readings each week a call to Penance, to respond and to love. May God walk with us during this holiest of seasons.
May God Bless You,
Deacon Ray
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What's New?
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Mark your calendar NOW for the Saint Mary of the Lake "Drive Thru" Ham and Cabbage Dinner. The dinner will be held on Sunday, March 21, at 2:00 PM until sold out, with drive thru pickup in the parking lot of Saint Mary of the Lake Church, 1872 Dalton Road, Lake Winola, PA. The menu will consist of ham, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, roll/butter, and cookie. The price is $10.00. Tickets may be purchased at the lot, or may be purchased in advance by calling 570-836-3275. See you there!Read More
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Saint Mary of the Lake Easter Candy Sale is Here! The Chocolateers from Saint Mary of the Lake are at it again! Get those yummy eggs – chocolate covered peanut butter, coconut, fudge or caramel! Chocolate solids galore – crosses, bunnies, lego man, mint oreos, and loads more! SML signature bark and chocolate covered pretzels are back. Get rid of the winter “Blahs”. Get one order now and another before Easter! Click on the link above for your order form. Send it in and your order will be ready to pick up. Candy will also be sold after Masses at Saint Mary’s and in Father Nallin Hall on Friday’s during Lent at Nativity. Final date for orders is March 15th. Easter is April 4. Have a Sweet Easter!Read More
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