THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #81 My Bed I love my bed. At the end of a long day, especially on a cold night, I find nothing more enticing than my bed. I climb into it, roll myself around like a dog until I find just the right spot (always the…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #80 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #80
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #80 Speaking Spanish Having been assigned to my first inner-city parish, it was immediately evident that I would need to be able to speak Spanish. It was equally evident to me that I was in no way prepared to do that. I had participated…
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Christmas Season Schedule 2023
Saturday 12/23 (Regular Saturday evening schedule); Confession 3:00-3:45, Mass 4:00. ENG, Mass 7:00 ESP; Sunday 12/24 (4th Sunday of Advent, Regular Sunday morning schedule) Masses at 8:00 ENG, 10:00 LAT (vigil of Christmas), 12:00 ESP; Sunday EVENING 12/24 (Christmas Eve)(anticipated Christmas Mass at 4:00 ENG,
Midnight Mass 12:00 am LAT); Monday 12/25 Christmas Day (Holy Day of Obligation) (Regular Sunday Mass schedule) 8:00 ENG, 10:00 LAT, 12:00 ESP; Saturday and Sunday, 12/30 and 12/31 Regular weekend Mass schedule; Monday 1/1 Mary Mother of God (NOT a Holy Day of Obligation this year) Mass at 9:00am only
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #79 / DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #79
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #79 Carrying the Cross “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me” (MT 16:24). When I was a child in the 1960’s every doctor’s and dentist’s office had a table in the waiting room on which was to…
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