Today is the 1st May and May is the month of Mary. Mary is our Mother who guides & comforts us. When we pray the Hail Mary, we remember that Mary prays with us & for us. Why not pray a Hail Mary or a decade of the rosary to begin the month of May?
A Message from Bishop Pates, Apostolic Administrator of our Diocese
As we embark on the month of May, Bishop Pates has a message for all parishioners. Click on the link to watch: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2839674586108300
Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
You are invited to join us online this weekend as Fr. David celebrates the Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Click on the link below to watch. We also invite you to download and/or print the Order of Service, Fr. David’s Homily and this Sunday’s bulletin which are found below.
Snail Mail Coming Your Way!
Each registered parish family will be receiving a prayer card in the mail next week. It is the Prayer of Spiritual Communion that you may use to pray during the time of communion while watching Mass online. We hope you will enjoy receiving it!
Join the Bishops today as they Consecrate North America to the Blessed Mother
As we mentioned in Monday’s Check-In, today the bishops will consecrate North America to the Blessed Mother. Watch live today at 2 PM today at facebook.com/usccb
Today We Celebrate St. Joseph the Worker
Do you find yourself in need of prayer looking for work these days? We offer this prayer to St. Joseph for Employment printed below in the hope it might provide some relief and comfort to those of you caught in this position.
Prayer to St. Joseph for Employment
Dear Saint Joseph,
You were yourself once faced with the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary.
Look down with fatherly compassion upon me in my anxiety with my present inability to support my family.
Please help me find gainful employment very soon, so that this great burden of concern will be lifted from my heart and that I am soon able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to my care.
Help me guard against discouragement, so that I may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.
—FROM OURCATHOLICPRAYERS.COM
St. James the Apostle Parish 