In This Update
Weekend Mass Attendance (April 16 - 19)
Needed: Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors
Pope Francis' Easter Reflection
St. Joseph, Lover of Poverty
Parish Links
Needed! Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors
If you are interested in becoming either a Eucharistic Minister or Lector, Deacon Ed is offering a training class in the Church on April 30 at 6:00 PM.
If you are an existing Eucharistic Minister and/or Lector and have not been receiving sign-up requests, notify Erin at elacomb@diocesetucson.org.
Pope Francis' Easter Reflection
"The grave is the place where no one who enters ever leaves. But Jesus emerged for us; he rose for us, to bring life where there was death, to begin a new story in the very place where a stone had been placed. He, who rolled away the stone that sealed the entrance of the tomb, can also remove the stones in our hearts. So, let us not give in to resignation; let us not place a stone before hope. We can and must hope, because God is faithful. He did not abandon us; he visited us and entered into our situations of pain, anguish and death. His light dispelled the darkness of the tomb: today he wants that light to penetrate even to the darkest corners of our lives. Dear sister, dear brother, even if in your heart you have buried hope, do not give up: God is greater. Darkness and death do not have the last word. Be strong, for with God nothing is lost!"
Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?
1 Cor 15:54-55
1 Cor 15:54-55
St. Joseph, Lover of Poverty
April's monthly theme during the Year of St. Joseph (Lover of Poverty) is inspired by Joseph’s virtues and titles as prayed in the Litany of St. Joseph.
Joseph could count on nothing in this world to be his stay. Neither his trade nor property were employed in his first years as father of the Divine child. He had to abandon all that was his and provide for them in whatever way was possible as they were on pilgrimage to Bethlehem, to Egypt, and finally to Nazareth.
