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Second Sunday of Easter/Divine Mercy Sunday April 12, 2015 – Year B Readings: Acts 4:32-35 / 1 Jn 5:1-6 / Jn 20:19-31 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor Talking about accident forgiveness, one of the lines in the most recent TV commercial of Liberty Mutual Insurance, is “Insurance Companies: News Flash. […]
READ MOREEaster Sunday April 5, 2015 – Year B Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor On Easter Sunday last year, in this same pulpit, in this same church of the Holy Name of Mary, Deacon Ray gave a homily about the Joy […]
READ MOREFifth Sunday of Lent March 22, 2015 – Year B Readings: Jer 31: 31-34, Psalm 51, Heb 5:7-9, Jn 12:20-33 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor Ron Davis, in his book, A Forgiving God in an Unforgiving World, told a story which I love to read over and over again, and […]
READ MOREFourth Sunday of Lent March 15, 2015 – Year B Readings: 2 Chr 36: 14-16, 19-23; Psalm 137; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon Today is Laetare Sunday. This is a Latin word meaning “rejoice”. It’s the beginning of the introit for today’s Mass: “Rejoice, […]
READ MOREThird Sunday of Lent March 8, 2015 – Year B Readings: Ex 20:1-17 / 1 Cor 1:22-25 / Jn 2:13-25 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor Spring is here, although not formally, not until March 20, but we already spring forward. I love those words: “Spring forward.” We don’t spring backward, […]
READ MORESecond Sunday of Lent March 1, 2015 – Year B Readings: Gn 22:1-2, 9A, 10-13, 15-18; Psalm 116; Rom 8:31B-34; Mk 9:2-10 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor While I was away, Holy Name of Mary was in the Catholic Virginian again with Colleen’s article, “It All Began with a Word.” […]
READ MOREFirst Sunday of Lent February 22, 2015 – Year B Readings: Gn 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor I would like to thank all of you for praying for me while I traveled back from the Philippines. It’s quite a change from 90-degree […]
READ MOREAsh Wednesday February 18, 2015 Readings: Jl 2:12-18; Psalm 51; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon You may have noticed that, for the past few Sundays, Jesus the Great Physician has been very busy. Since the beginning of Ordinary Time, we have been […]
READ MORE6th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 15, 2015 – Year B Readings: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; Psalm 32; 1 Cor 10:31-11:1; Mk 1:40-45 by Rev. Louis Benoit In today’s gospel, Jesus heals a leper. This is a little bit different from other healings that Jesus does. A leper was an unclean […]
READ MORE5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 8, 2015 – Year B Readings: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 147; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39 by Rev. Richard Mooney This entire stretch of time between the end of Christmas and the beginning of Lent, we are spending in the first chapter of […]
READ MORE3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 25, 2015 – Year B Readings: Jon 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 25; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 Rev. David Hyman Jesus says, “The Kingdom of God is at hand. Come after me.” Those are the key phrases for me this morning. “The kingdom of God […]
READ MORE2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 18, 2015 – Year B Readings: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Psalm 40, 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Jn 1:35-42 by Rev. Louis J. Canino, ofm This past week, I was in Syracuse NY for the funeral of an aunt who died at 102 years of […]
READ MOREFeast of the Baptism of the Lord January 11, 2015 – Year B Readings: Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm – Isaiah 12; Acts 10:34-38; Mk 1:7-11 by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon From September 1940 until May 1941, Hitler’s Luftwaffe carried out an intense bombing campaign of London. His intent was […]
READ MOREFIRE Mass Testimony from Dr. Joseph Mukuni, Visiting Assistant Professor of Career and Technical Education, Virginia Tech January 6, 2015 Dear brothers and sisters, thank you for inviting me once again to share the testimony of my life journey with you.
READ MORESolemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord January 4, 2015 – Year B Readings: Is 60:1-6; Psalm 72; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor A few weeks ago on a dark, rainy morning like today, I was called by one of our parishioners who wished to […]
READ MOREMass of Christian Burial for Baby Moses Jacques Baptiste January 2, 2015 Readings: Lamentations 3:17-26; Psalm 25; 1 John 3:1-2; Matthew 25:35-40 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor In 28 years of the priesthood, I have never had a funeral Mass for a baby as young as Baby Moses. This is […]
READ MORESolemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God January 1, 2015 – Year B Readings: Nm 6:22-27; Psalm 67; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 by Rev. Mr. Mike Stinson, Permanent Deacon What does a Mother do? She helps her child grow. First, her child grows within her. Then her child is […]
READ MOREMass of Christian Burial for Edward William Wessel December 30, 2014 Readings: Is 40:28-31; Psalm 121; 2 Cor 5:1, 6-10; Jn 14:1-6 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor Lettie, Gary – the three of us were with Eddie when he was born into life eternal. Members of Holy Name of Mary […]
READ MOREFeast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph December 28, 2014 – Year B Readings: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128; Col 3:12-21; Lk 2:22-40 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor Yesterday, I noticed that the three kings of our nativity set are moving. For those of you sitting near […]
READ MOREMass of Christian Burial for Angie Ayers Patterson December 27, 2014 Readings: Job 19:1, 23-26; Psalm 23; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; John 14:1-6 by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon When I was little, I loved going places with my Aunt Brenda. We had a lot of fun together but sometimes […]
READ MORESolemnity of the Nativity of the Lord December 25, 2014 – Year B Readings: Is 9:1-6; Psalm 96; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor We are all here tonight to celebrate a birthday, a birthday that is not only being celebrated by the relatives and friends of […]
READ MOREMemorial Service for Eugene Kosa December 22, 2014 Readings: Wis 3:1-6, 9; Psalm 27; Rom 6:3-4, 8-9; John 14:1-6 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor In my first few months as pastor at Holy Name of Mary, I asked if we could do something about our sound system, because there is […]
READ MORE4th Sunday of Advent December 21, 2014 – Year B Readings: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Psalm 89; Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38 by Rev. Salvador Añonuevo, Pastor In three days, it will be Christmas. The children are anticipating the gifts they will receive from Santa and all the people […]
READ MORE3rd Sunday of Advent December 14, 2014 – Year B Readings: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 by Rev. Mr. Eddie Craig, Permanent Deacon “Gaudete in Domino semper” –“Rejoice in the Lord always.” That is the beginning of the opening antiphon for today’s celebration. The […]
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