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SACRAMENTAL EMERGENCY LINE:For AFTER HOURS sacramental emergencies, please call 513-369-9820
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Mary Queen of Heaven - A Word from Our PastorRespect Life Month: We are coming to the end of Respect Life month. Our call and our need to respect and uphold human life continues to death. Respecting life includes our openness to life as husbands and wives in marriage. Every child is a tremendous blessing. Respecting life continues through nine months of pregnancy, through birth and child rearing, to all the things we learn and all the struggles we face and all the moments we most enjoy. Respecting life means every moment of every person's life, with their successes and their failures. We respect life unto natural death. Life is precious to us, even when abilities have been lost. It is precious to us, even when crimes have been committed. God continues to love, and so must we. That is the essence. Respecting life is to love all lives even as God loves us.
Readings for All Saints Day: Revelation 7:2-4,9-14; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12
Reflection: We tend to think of sainthood as a lofty goal, beyond the reach of the average Christian, and yet to be a saint is the call of every Christian. Certainly there are saints named and revered by the Church for the greatness of the gifts God has given through them, but sainthood is not limited to their number. The 'common' Christian, who continues to work and pray and struggle for holiness, wears the same robes and shares in the same glory. Jesus clearly names his saints in the Beatitudes. The poor in spirit share in the reign of God. The sorrowing enjoy God's consolation. The hungry are filled with holiness. All of our names are inscribed in God's book, according to the gifts we have received, the gifts we have given, and the gifts we have been promised. Take some time this week to reflect on the Beatitudes. Consider the blessings you have received and the blessings you see in others. Be thankful. Give thanks to God.
Prayer: Father, your gifts often come to us in unexpected ways. When we seek greatness, you show us humility. When we find humility, you lead us to greatness. Through our humble witness to the greatness of your gifts, may we find our names among the saints. -
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Monday, October 26, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PMPatriotic Rosary following the 6:45pm Mass located at St. Ann Church, or if weather permitting, St. Ann parking lotRead More
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Monday, November 2, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PMPatriotic Rosary following the 6:45pm Mass located at St. Ann Church, or if weather permitting, St. Ann parking lotRead More
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Monday, November 9, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PMPatriotic Rosary following the 6:45pm Mass located at St. Ann Church, or if weather permitting, St. Ann parking lotRead More
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A Letter from the Archbishop:
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