“Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
-MATTHEW 10:29 – 31
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We invite you to participate in this weekend’s Mass online celebrating the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary TIme. Click the button below to watch and as always you will find the order of service, Fr. David’s homily and a link to the Sunday bulletin available for you to download and/or print.
Happy Father’s Day!
We would like to wish all fathers and all men of faith who have blessed us with their love a Happy Father’s Day!
Here is a special Father’s Day Prayer:
Heavenly Father, today we ask You to bless our earthly fathers for the many times they reflected the love, strength, generosity, wisdom and mercy that You exemplify in Your relationship with us, Your children.
We honor our fathers for putting our needs above their own convenience and comfort; for teaching us to show courage and determination in the face of adversity; for challenging us to move beyond self-limiting boundaries; for modeling the qualities that would turn us into responsible, principled, caring adults.
Not all our fathers lived up to these ideals. Give them the grace to acknowledge and learn from their mistakes. Give us the grace to extend to them the same forgiveness that you offer us all. Help us to resist the urge to stay stuck in past bitterness, instead, moving forward with humility and peace of heart.
We ask your blessing on those men who served as father figures in our lives when our biological fathers weren’t able to do so. May the love and selflessness they showed us be returned to them in all their relationships, and help them to know that their influence has changed us for the better.
Give new and future fathers the guidance they need to raise happy and holy children, grounded in a love for God and other people—and remind these fathers that treating their wives with dignity, compassion and respect is one of the greatest gifts they can give their children.
We pray that our fathers who have passed into the next life have been welcomed into Your loving embrace, and that our family will one be day be reunited in your heavenly kingdom.
In union with St. Joseph, whom you entrusted with Your Son, we ask Your generous blessings today and every day. Amen.
– Tony Rossi
St. James the Apostle Parish 