This weekend we celebrate the Fifth Sunday of Easter and the arrival in a few days of the month of May, the month that we traditionally focus on Mary, the mother of Jesus.I recently came across this” May Magnificat” by Gerard Manley Hopkins:May is Mary’s month, and I
Muse at that and wonder why:
Her feast follows reason
Dated due to season --Is it only its being brighter
Than the most are must delight her?
Is it opportunist
And flowers finds soonest?Ask of her, the mighty mother:
Her reply put this other
Question: What is Spring –
Growth in everything –Flesh and fleece, fur and feather,
Grass and greenworld all together:
And bird and blossom swell
In sod or sheath or shell.All things rising, all things sizing
Mary sees, sympathizing.
With that world of good
Nature’s motherhood.Their magnifying of each its kind
With delight calls to mind
How she did in her stored
Magnify the Lord.
risk. He leaves the ninety-nine sheep who are safe and ventures out for the lost one, thus doing what is consonant with his pastoral heart which misses the one who left, and longs for someone who has gone away”.
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WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT for Sunday, April 21, 2024
Total Stewardship $19,882
Prior Year Total $ 14,4519
Weekly Budget $31,550
Percentage of budget met: 6491% |
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VOTIVE CANDLES FOR YOUR INTENTIONS
You are invited to come into the church to light votive candles at our Blessed Mother shrine for your own intentions, or in memory of your loved ones.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A MASS SAID FOR SOMEONE?
A lovely way to remember a deceased loved one, a recently deceased friend, parent of a friend, or relative, or someone who is ill, or perhaps just a friend you would like to honor, is to have a Mass said for them. Each day and weekend a Mass is offered in memory of a deceased person, or for the intentions of someone who is ill, or perhaps whose birthday is that day.
If you would like to have a Mass said for someone, you can contact the parish office at 310-454-1328, come in person, or email jane@corpuschristichurch.com with the name of the person, if they are deceased or living, and if you are requesting a specific date. Please note that the annual Mass book fills up quickly, and often specific dates are booked well in advance. You can pick up a card to send to the person or their family so they will know when the Mass is being said, and that you are thinking of them. We can also mail the card for you. We would love to honor your request, so give us a call!
As always, our priests are available to anoint those who are very ill and to bury the dead. Please call the parish office, 310-454-1328, and you will be directed to our emergency pager number.
God Bless You All and Keep You Well!
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