Our Parish Family

I wanted to share an update about live streaming: starting next weekend, we will only be streaming the 10:00 AM Holy Mass in addition to our weekday Masses.

It is a wonderful gift to stream Masses for the homebound members of our parish. However, limiting ourselves to one Lord’s Day Mass helps situate the great gift of technology properly in the life of the Church and her Worship and reaffirms the following teachings and disciplines of our Faith:

1. We are bound to attend Holy Mass every Sunday and Holy Day. “Anticipated Masses” on Saturday evenings fulfill the Sunday obligation.
2. If one cannot attend Holy Mass for a legitimate reason, such as illness, old age, or work schedule, then our obligation to attend is lifted.
3. We are not exempt from attending Holy Mass while traveling for leisure, unless the distance to the closest Catholic Church is a true burden.
4. Watching Mass is a great way of staying connected to our parish and a tool to sanctify the Lord’s Day when we are legitimately impeded from attending Mass, but it does not suffice as a means of attending Mass.
5. If one cannot legitimately attend Holy Mass, one is not bound to watch Mass. Our obligation is to attend Mass, not participate virtually.

As a parish of one priest, it suffices to stream only one weekend Mass, as the same homily is preached at each. Live streaming the 10:00 AM also ensures that we preserve the opportunity to hear beautiful music from our talented choir.

I encourage all our homebound to tune into the 10:00 AM Mass or watch it later in the day or week as a means of spiritually uniting your personal prayers to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Please know that you are in my prayers at every Mass. Please contact the Rectory if you are not receiving regular visits to receive Holy Communion. House blessings and visits for Confession or Anointing of the Sick may be scheduled at any time. Thank you for your kindness and flexibility.