Steak Out 2015

A heartfelt "Thank You" is extended to all who helped to make this year's Steak Out and Mini Fair a success it was a blast! , especially those few hard working individuals who spent many hours completing the preparation to ensure success.

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CHRISTMAS

Mass Schedule

The Nativity of the Lord

Holy Day of Obligation

Sacrament of Confession – 24^th December, 2015
(4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

Vigil Mass – 24^th December, 2015
(5:30 p.m.)

Carol Service – 24^th December, 2015
(8:00 p.m.)

Mass during the night – 24^th December, 2015
(8:30 p.m.)

Mass during the day – 25^th December, 2015
(9:00 a.m.)

St. Stephen, first martyr – 26^th December, 2015
(8:00 a.m.)

The Holy Family (Sunday within the Octave)

Vigil Mass– 26^th December, 2015
(6:30 p.m.)

Sunday Masses– 27^th December, 2015
(8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.)

The Holy Innocents – 28^th December, 2015
(8:00 a.m.)

5^th Day within the Octave
of the Nativity of the Lord – 29^th December, 2015
(7:00 a.m.)

6^th Day within the Octave 
of the Nativity of the Lord – 30^th December, 2015
(7:00 a.m.)

7^th Day within the Octave
of the Nativity of the Lord – 30^th December, 2015 
(7:00 a.m.)

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

Octave Day of Christmas

Holy Day of Obligation

Vigil Mass – 31st December, 2015 – 6:00 p.m.

Watch Service – 31st December, 2015 – 10:30 p.m.

Vigil Mass – 31st December, 2015 – 11:00 p.m.

Day Mass – 1st January, 2016 – 9:00 a.m.

Reflections

REFLECTIONS

"Sharing in the Mission of Jesus"

An Apostle, working with God for the good of souls, must live in intimate spiritual union with him, so as to enter as far as possible into his views and plans for the salvation of the world.

Only by penetrating to the depths of the mystery of Gods love for mankind can the apostle cooperate in the actual diffusion of love and grace .... The apostle must thoroughly understand that God's action on souls is entirely the action of love: it is the action of the Father who goes in search of the prodigal son, of the shepherd who seeks the sheep that has gone astray; it is the action of a God who offers his friendship to men to make them happy, to be able to welcome them into his Home, to admit them to his intimacy, to make them blessed with his eternal beatitude. An apostle should try to put his own heart into contact with the heart of God, that it may be filled with God's love and share in his charity toward men. The apostle should, as it were, have the mind of God, the mind of Christ, that is, he should cultivate deep sentiments of love for the brethren, a pale reflection of the love of God for men.

Not only at prayer, but in the very exercise of the apostolate, the apostle should strive to keep in contact with God and with the mystery of his love for men, in which he should humbly collaborate. He will seek this contact by an intense practice of faith; which will give him a deeper understanding of the mystery of the Redemption and enable him to recognize the fulfill­ment of this mystery in the various circumstances of his life and in every event of time. This spirit of faith will help him to make his humble activity a part of the great action of God. In this way, even while making use of human means or when occupied with material affairs, the apostle will live in a supernatural atmosphere. He will never lose sight of the goal of his activity, but will always be very keenly aware that he is collaborat­ing with Christ for the salvation of souls.

FATHER GABRIEL OF SAINT MARY MAGDALEN
Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen (┼ 1952) was a Belgian Carmelite friar, teacher, and spiritual director.