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Confessions for Christmas
There is more mercy in God… then there are sins in us.
Saint Tikhon (1724-1783)
Confessions for Christmas
“Our Lord himself I saw in . . . this venerable sacrament. I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter, at the touch of the divine messenger.”
St. John Bosco
Confessions for Christmas
“Confession is an act of honesty and courage – an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.”
St John Paul II
Confessions for Christmas
“In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You.”
St Augustine (354-430)
Confessions for Christmas
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.
St. John of the Cross
Confessions for Christmas
St. Ambrose says of the two conversions that, in the Church, “there are water and tears; the water of Baptism and the tears of repentance.”
St. Ambrose (CCC 1429)
Confessions for Christmas
The want of proper examination, true contrition, and a firm purpose of amendment, is the cause of bad confessions, and the ruin of souls.
St. Benedict Joseph Labre
Confessions for Christmas
After confession, says St. Chrysostom, a crown is given to penitents.
St. John Chrysostom
Christmas Eve Vigil Mass
Christmas Eve Vigil Mass
Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ
Welcoming in the New Year
Night Prayer & Benediction
Starts at 11:15 pm with an examination of conscience, ending with Benediction at midnight.
Candlemass
You are invited to bring candles from your home to be blessed at Mass for the Feastday of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple.
More information can be found here.
Candlemass
You are invited to bring candles from your home to be blessed at Mass for the Feastday of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple.
More information can be found here.
Blessing of Throats
The Blessing of the Throats in honour of St. Blaise will occur during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at noon in St Mary Magdalene.
Blessing of Throats
The Blessing of the Throats in honour of St. Blaise will occur during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 7 pm in St Francis de Sales.
Confessions for Christmas
Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession, there is a chance for mercy.
St. Isidore of Seville
