Index

"Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." Jesus did not deny the Scribes and Pharisees the right to carry out this prescription of the Law, but he insisted on one condition, namely, that they have no sin on their consciences. When Jesus and the woman were left alone, he looked up and said, "Woman, where are they?" Ironically, the self-righteous observers of the Law, so eager to throw stones, could not measure up to the requirement that Jesus had laid down.

Previously called "Passion Sunday", this Sunday marks the beginning of Passiontide, a deeper time of Lent. This is the third Sunday of the scrutinies for the preparation of adult converts, and the final Sunday of Lent before the beginning of Holy Week. The Liturgy of the Word of this day speaks of re-creation, resurrection, and new life.

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) ~~

Eucharistic Holy Hour: Mon through Fri - 7:25am until 8:25am in the Oratory

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION ~ 4:00pm - 5:00pm every Saturday in the Reconciliation Room

This page was last updated: March 17, 2010

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.

( His feast, July 25, was dropped from the Catholic liturgical calendar in 1969 )

Please Sign In "Guest Book"