Special Announcement For Cemetery
The Parish Council and Finance Committee approved the updated Cemetery Rules and Regulations listed below at their meeting of Dec. 6 2023. We ask for your assistance in keeping our cemetery as a safe and beautiful area not only for our visitors, but for the cemetery personnel. Any questions or comments can be directed to any memeber of the Parish Council or Finance Committee. Thank you.
Cemetery Rules and Regulations - effective 4/1/24
(For the safety and efficiency of cemetery personnel)
- No planting of trees, shrubbery, or flowers
- No glass or wire allowed
- Decorations - Flowers, shepherd's hooks, statues, solar lights, personal items, etc.
- Up to 2 decorations allowed on the concrete base of the monument
- One saddle arrangement allowed per monument
- One additional decoration per grave allowed in the ground
(does no include Veterans's markers)
- Any excess decorations will be removed by cemetery personnel
Families will be notified that the decorations were removed and will be
told where they can pick them up
- All seasonal or damaged decorations will be removed prior to the semi-annual
Clean-Ups on April 1st and October 1st of each year
Daily Readings
Weekly reading
Readings for the week of April 21, 2024
- Sunday: Acts 4:8-12 / Ps 118: 1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29 (22) / Jn 3:1-2 / Jn 10:11-18
- Monday: Acts 11:1-18 / Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4 / Jn 10:1-10
- Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26 / Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7 / Jn 10:22-30
- Wednesday: Acts 12:24—13:5a / Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6 and 8 / Jn 12:44-50
- Thursday: 1 Pt 5:5b-14 / Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17 / Mk 16:15-20
- Friday: Acts 13:26-33 / Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab / Jn 14:1-6
- Saturday: Acts 13:44-52 / Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 / Jn 14:7-14
- Next Sunday: Acts 9:26-31 / Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32 (26a) / 1 Jn 3:18-24 / Jn 15:1-8
Pastor Message and Prayer
4/21
"He took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them."
LUKE 24:30
Recognizing Jesus in a word and sacrament
READ LUKE, CHAPTER 24, VERSUS 13 TO 53
The two travelers on the road toe Emmaus are weighed down by sadness and disappointment. Their mood is morose. All their hopes in Jeuss were dashed by the crucifixion. Their initial dialogue with Jesus is touched by sarcasm, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?" Jesus' questions, "what sort of things?" only adds to their dismay. The two travelers tell Jesus about the crucifixion and the report of women about the resurrection. They conclude that the women's story could not be verified - "but him they did not see."
The Lord then explained the Law, the prophets, and all the Scriptures to them, to show them that all that happened was according to God's plan. Still they did not recognize him. But when he sat down with them and repeated the actions of the Last Supper, they recognized him. Then he vanished from their sight. Their sadness and disappointment now turned to joy, and they rushed back to Jerusalem. There they were greeted with the news of the Lord's having appeared to Simon Peter. Suddenly the Lord was in their midst and he opened to all of them the meaning of the Scripture about himself.
Twenty centuries separate us from that first Easter day. Yet, every celebration of the Eucharist is an Emmaus experience. We hear the proclamation of the Lord's word, and we share the breaking of the bread, the Eucharist.
When I read the Scriptures do I hear the Lord speaking to me?
Prayer Starter: Stay with us, Lord. When life seems dark and disappointing, may you abiding presence light my way.
Fr. Joachim
St. Mary Mass Times
Saturday 6:00pm
Sunday 8:30am
Daily Mass Times
Wednesday 8:30am
Wednesday: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9am-9:30am
Friday 8:30am
First Friday 8:30am Healing Mass and Adoration
Confession Times
Saturday from 5:30-5:50 or
by appointment by calling the Rectory at 815-858-3422
Ash Wednesday: March 2nd
St. Mary 8:30 A.M.
6:00 P.M.
St. John 4:00 P.M.
St. Mary Office Hours
Wednesday 8:30 am- 3:30 p.m.. by appointment
Thursday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
