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St. John the Evangelist's 100th Anniversary
June 7th at 11:00 am
Mass will be held in Hanover with Bishop Malloy
Daily Readings
Weekly reading
Readings for the week of May 10, 2026
- Readings for the week of May 10, 2026:
- Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 / Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16 and 20 / 1 Pt 3:15-18 / Jn 14:15-21
- Monday: Acts 16:11-15 / Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b / Jn 15:26-16:4a
- Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34 / Ps 138: 1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8 / Jn 16:5-11
- Wednesday: Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 / Ps 148: 1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 / Jn 16:12-15
- Thursday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 / Ps 113: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 / Jn 15:9-17
- Friday: Acts 18:9-18 / Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 / Jn 16:20-23
- Saturday: Acts 18:23-28 / Ps 47: 2-3, 8-9, 10 / Jn 16:23b-28
Pastor Message and Prayer
5/10
"I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you."
John 14:18
Read John, chapter 14, verses 15 to 31
Jesus came to reveal to us the ultimate truth, the truth of the Father's love experienced by Jesus and manifested in his life, death and ressurrection. We are invited to participate in this truth by becoming one with Jesus through faith. This is accomplished through the work of the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus calls "the Spirit of truth" (verse 17) and "the Advocate" (verse 16). The word translated as "Advocate" means literally "one called to the side of another." The role of the Holy Spirit is to assist the believer in discovering all the real and practical implications of the profound truth revealed by Jesus. This Spirit of truth is instinctively and interiorly experienced as an abiding presence by those who follow the glorified Jesus (verse 17).
Through Jesus taught his followers many things throughout his public ministry, they were unable to understand much of what he said because the heart of his truth was revealed in his death and resurrection. Jesus told his disciples that the role of the holy Spirit is to "teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you" (verse 26). The Spirit of truth will continue the teachings of Jesus in light of the transforming reality of Jesus' dying and rising. The Spirit will enable believers to experience Jesus days, years, or centuries after his early life. The effect of the Spirit's work within the believer is profound sense of peace, well-being, and confidence, the kind of peace that the world cannot give and that does not go away in the midst of life's most difficult struggles (verse 27). It is the greates gift imaginable.
For reflection:
What are the practical implication of the life of God's Spirit within me? What gift of the Spirit do I need to live my life fully today?
Prayer starter:
Glorified Christ, you promised to give me peace when I am troubled and afraid. Send me your Advocate, your Comforter, your Counselor, so that your Spirit may live in me always.
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
St. Mary Office Hours
Wednesday 8:30 am- 3:30 p.m.. by appointment
Thursday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
