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02/22/2025

Today we celebrate the Feast of The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle.

It is a celebration of both the physical chair housed at St. Peter's Basilica and the spiritual authority passed down through apostolic succession from St. Peter to the current pope, Pope Francis.

Did you know: When the pope speaks "ex cathedra" or "from the chair," it refers to the pope's infallibility when teaching on issues of morals and doctrines while addressing it to the entire world.

At other times, the pope can make errors -- just like everyone else.

The Gospel Acclamation today comes from Matthew 16:18: You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

In June of 2023, Pope Francis reflected that, despite his imperfection, St. Peter, "is a man like us, like every one of us who says ‘yes’ generously to Jesus in his imperfection.”

St. Peter, the first pope, please pray for us.

01/05/2025

"If we consider the fact that from the very beginning men and women of every place, of every continent, of all the different cultures, mentalities and lifestyles, have been on the way to Christ, then we can truly say that this pilgrimage and this encounter with God in the form of a Child is an epiphany of God’s goodness and loving kindness for humanity.” —Pope Benedict XVI

12/30/2024

On January 1, we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

It is a day to recognize Mary's part in salvation history as the mother of Our Lord.

We welcome you to join us for one of our three Masses:
Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 1 at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

12/26/2024

Friends, today we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God (John 1:1–18 [or 1:1–5, 9–14]).

We hear at Mass one of the most magnificent passages in the Scriptures, indeed one of the gems of the Western literary tradition: the prologue to the Gospel of John. In many ways, the essential meaning of Christmas is contained in these elegantly crafted lines.

But today I would like to focus on how John commences: “In the beginning was the Word.” No first-century Jew would have missed the significance of that opening phrase, for the first word of the Hebrew Scriptures, beresh*t, means precisely “beginning.” The evangelist is signaling that the story he will unfold is the tale of a new creation, a new beginning. The Word, he tells us, was not only with God from the beginning, but indeed was God.

Whenever we use words, we express something of ourselves. For example, as I type these words, I’m telling you what I know about the prologue to the Johannine Gospel; when you speak to a friend, you’re telling him or her how you feel or what you’re afraid of; when an umpire shouts out a call, he’s communicating how he has assessed a play.

But God, the sheer act of Being itself, the perfect Creator of the universe, is able utterly to speak himself in one great Word, a Word that does not simply contain an aspect of his being but rather the whole of his being. This is why we say that the Word is “God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God”—and this is why St. John says that the Word was God.

12/24/2024

🎄 Our Environments and Arts Ministry Team is working hard to prepare our church for Christmas -- they've added something new this year. ✨

We welcome you to join in celebrating Mass with us this Christmas:

Christmas Eve:
4:00 p.m. Oak Street Church
4:00 p.m. Community Center
6:00 p.m. Oak Street Church
7:30 p.m. Oak Street Church
9:00 p.m. Spanish Mass at Oak Street Church
Midnight Mass in Oak Street Church with 11:30 p.m. caroling.

Christmas Day
7:30 a.m. Oak Street Church
9:00 a.m. Oak Street Church
10:30 a.m. Oak Street Church
11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass at **Pierson Street Church
12:00 p.m. Oak Street Church

12/18/2024

There was never a stable so like paradise

12/18/2024

On the longest night of the year -- Saturday, December 21 -- St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Ministry of Hope invites you to its LONGEST NIGHT Prayer Service:

🗓️ Dec. 21 from 6:30 - 8 p.m.
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
451 W. Terra Cotta Ave.

This season can be stressful, and the longer nights can feel burdensome, but the St. Thomas the Apostle Ministry of Hope has designed an evening of prayer to focus on peace, faith, joy, hope, and love.

Join us as we come together as a community to bring light to the darkness through prayer and fellowship.

12/17/2024

Friends, on this Third Sunday of Advent, called Gaudete Sunday, I want to draw attention to our second reading, which is from St. Paul to the Philippians. Th...

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