"If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple."
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The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, whose memorial the Church celebrates on September 15. September falls during the liturgical season known as Ordinary Time, which is represented by the liturgical color green.
During September, as in all of Ordinary Time (formerly known as Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy does not focus on one particular mystery of Christ, but views the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. We follow the life of Christ through the Gospels, and focus on the teachings and parables of Jesus and what it means for us to be a follower of Christ. During Ordinary Time we can concentrate more on the saints and imitate their holiness as Christ's followers
Weekend Masses: Saturday (Vigil) 5:30pm
~ Sunday: 7:30, 9:30 and 11:00am ~
Weekday Masses:
~~ Monday, & Friday - 7am (only) ~~
~~ Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday - 8:30am(only) ~~
~~ Wednesday 7am (& 9:05am when school is in session) ~~
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament:
Monday through Saturday - 7:25am until 8:25am in the Oratory
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: 4:00pm - 5:00pm every Saturday in the Reconciliation Room
"HOLY HOUR" Every First Tuesday of the Month at 7pm in Church
About Saint Christopher
There was a martyr named Christopher who was beheaded in Lycia, in the time of the Emperor Decius (249-251). This is all we know of him. His name, however has been invoked by Christians everywhere as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, whose intercession is especially powerful.
The legend that has grown up about the name is familiar. A giant of a man he was, originally called Reprobus, and determined to serve the mightiest king on earth. When the king he chose to serve showed fear of the devil, he left him and sought out Satan. Satan showed fear at the sign of the cross, however, and leaving him, Reprobus sought Christ.
He vowed for the love of Christ to carry travelers on his strong shoulders across a dangerous river. One night, being awakened by a child’s voice calling his name, Reprobus hastened to his task. Suddenly in the midst of the surging waters, the giant who had never stooped beneath the heaviest of weights, was bent down under the burden of this child, grown heavier than the world itself. “Be not astonished,” said the mysterious child, “you bear Him who bears the world.” He then disappeared, blessing his carrier and naming him Christopher, “Christ-bearer.”
He bore Christ in four ways, namely, on his shoulders when he carried him across the river, in his body by mortification, in his mind by devotion, and in his mouth by confessing Christ and preaching him. Christopher is the patron of travelers and is invoked against perils from water, tempests, and plagues.
From the Lives of the Saints Copyright 1959 by The Catholic Press
( His feast, July 25, was dropped from the Catholic liturgical calendar in 1969 )
