St Frances of Rome

05/17/2026

God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord

05/08/2026

One year as Pope

Prayer for Pope Leo XIV
By the Ascension Team

O God, who in your Divine Providence have bestowed on us Pope Leo XIV as the shepherd of your Church, we ask that you guide his hand in leading and unifying the faithful, keeping us always under your watchful care.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.

05/02/2026

This weekend is the 5th Sunday of Easter and in this Sunday's Gospel reading we'll hear Jesus say, "I am the way and the truth and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through me." (Jn 14:6)

See you at Mass!

04/28/2026

✨COME TO THE TABLE!
Tulsa Catholic Women's Conference
September 18-19, 2026

All women are invited to gather together as sisters in Christ for the third annual Tulsa Catholic Women's Conference. Last year 740 women attended TCWC!
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(General Admission - $85)

📍Renaissance Hotel with the special Friday night component.
Wonderful speakers, including award winning chef, Fr. Leo Patalinghug

04/23/2026

04/16/2026

🙏 Pray.
🕊️ Discern.
📣 Invite.

The Vocations Office of the Diocese of Tulsa is starting the "Called By Name" program on the weekend April 25/26, 2026. Bishop Konderla explains here:https://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/documents/2026/2/Letter%20from%20Bishop.pdf

✨ Your prayerful invitation could help someone say “yes” to God’s call!

🔗 Visit https://dioceseoftulsa.org/called-by-name for more info!!!!
📞918-307-4936

04/11/2026

04/05/2026

Wishing all a Blessed Easter.

04/03/2026

✝️ WHY IS IT CALLED “GOOD” FRIDAY, WHEN JESUS DIED? 😳
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On this day, the sky darkened.
The earth trembled.
The Son of God was nailed to a Cross and died.

And yet… we call it Good Friday.

Why?

What could possibly be “good” about this day?

✝️ 1. BECAUSE EVIL DID NOT WIN, LOVE DID

To human eyes, this was tragedy.

An innocent man condemned

Truth silenced

Justice crushed

But in reality:

👉 This was the greatest victory in history

What looked like defeat was actually:

Sin being destroyed

Satan being overthrown

Death being conquered

The Cross is not the end of Jesus.

👉 It is the end of sin’s dominion.

✝️ 2. BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT TAKEN, IT WAS GIVEN

Jesus was not overpowered.

👉 He chose the Cross.

“No one takes my life from me, I lay it down of my own accord.” (John 10:18)

This changes everything.

👉 This is not murder alone.
👉 This is sacrifice.

Good Friday is “good” because:

👉 God gave Himself for us.

✝️ 3. BECAUSE JUSTICE AND MERCY MET

On the Cross:

God did not ignore sin

God did not destroy sinners

Instead:

👉 He took sin upon Himself.

Justice was fulfilled

Mercy was released

As Isaiah foretold:

👉 “He was pierced for our transgressions…” (Isaiah 53:5)

This is why it is “good”:

👉 We deserved the Cross. He took it.

✝️ 4. BECAUSE THE CURSE BECAME A BLESSING

The Cross was once a curse:

A sign of shame

A place of death

But Christ transformed it.

👉 “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree…” (Galatians 3:13)

And yet:

👉 He became that curse… to break it.

So now:

The Cross is no longer shame

The Cross is glory

✝️ 5. BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS DAY, YOU HAVE NO SALVATION

No Good Friday…

👉 No forgiveness
👉 No redemption
👉 No hope of Heaven

This is the day:

👉 Your sins were paid for
👉 Your debt was canceled
👉 Your eternity was opened

✝️ 6. THE PARADOX THAT SHOCKS THE WORLD

The world sees pain and calls it bad.

God sees sacrifice and calls it good.

The world sees death

Heaven sees salvation

This is the mystery:

👉 The worst day in human history
became the best day for humanity.

✝️ FINAL MESSAGE

It is called Good Friday…

Not because Jesus suffered.

👉 But because His suffering saved you.

Not because He died.

👉 But because His death gave you life.

So today, we do not celebrate pain.

👉 We celebrate love that refused to walk away.

Because on this day:

Nails did not hold Him

Love did

And that is why…

👉 It will forever be called GOOD Friday.

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