Events Calendar

Solmenity of Mary
Monday, January 01, 2018, 10:00am
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In addition to being New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God .This solemnity, which is over 1,500 years old on the Church’s calendar, celebrates the fulfillment of the promise made to Mary by the angel Gabriel. God’s child is now her child. Mary is the mother of God. The gospel for this day is a continuation of the story we began at Midnight Mass on Christmas. In that story we heard that the shepherds did what the angels told them to do. They found Mary and Joseph and the newborn Jesus. Then they went to tell their neighbors that a savior had been born. Mary treasured what was said about her child. In joy, the shepherds sang the angels’ song of glory in heaven and peace on earth.

Because this solemnity falls on a Monday, it is not a holyday of obligation this year.  However, there will be a 10:00 a.m. Mass that morning.  We will not have an 8:30 a.m. Mass on January 1.

 
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