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Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession at St. James Catholic Church
Posted by Christy .. on 6/13/25
Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession at St. James Catholic Church Sunday, June 22, 2025 from 10 AM to 11 AM – After 9 AM Mass – Refreshments and fellowship after Lake Placid, FL You are invited! The public is welcome. St. James Catholic Church will hold a Corpus Christi Eucharistic ... Read More »
The Most Holy Trinity, 2025
Posted by Christy .. on 6/09/25
My Dear People,
This week’s Gospel is on the meditation of the Trinity. Here Jesus continues to teach the Apostles about the Spirit, but in the process, He explains the relationship of the Spirit to the other Persons.
“When He comes, the Spirit of truth will guide you to ... Read More »
Pentecost Sunday, 2025
Posted by Christy .. on 6/02/25
My Dear People,
As we celebrate Pentecost this Sunday, I want to thank all the candidates who were confirmed here at St. James on May 23, 2025. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide you the rest of your lives.
The Last Supper Gospel discourse (John 13-17) contains the ... Read More »
The Ascension of the Lord
Posted by Christy .. on 6/02/25
My Dear People,
Jesus, today, instructs His Disciples about the fulfillment of the Scriptures and announces their future missions. First, He explains how it was necessary that everything written about Him in the Old Testament came to fulfillment. He opened their minds to understanding the Scriptures. He also ... Read More »
6th Sunday of Easter
Posted by Christy .. on 5/12/25
My Dear People,
During these last days and before the Feast of the Ascension, we, liturgically, “re-live” the end of the forty-days the Apostles spent with Jesus as He prepared them for His departure. We have no record of Jesus’s teachings during this time, either in Acts or in ... Read More »
5th Sunday of Easter
Posted by Christy .. on 5/12/25
My Dear People,
In today’s readings St. Paul is not cowed by persecution and physical suffering. He knows that his crisis is the prelude to abundant spiritual fruit. He knows, also, that there are many people within the region who embrace the Gospel. St. Luke records progress and ... Read More »
4th Sunday of Easter
Posted by Christy .. on 5/12/25
My Dear People,
Jesus initiates a very personal dialogue with Simon Peter, which focuses on the way Peter will bear witness to the risen Lord. It takes place after the breakfast, which was prepared on “a charcoal fire” (21:19)—a detail that recalls Peter’s threefold denial of Jesus in Anna’s ... Read More »
3rd Sunday of Easter, 2025
Posted by Christy .. on 4/28/25
My Dear People,
Jesus initiates a very personal dialogue with Simon Peter, which focuses on the way Peter will bear witness to the risen Lord. It takes place after the breakfast, which was prepared on “a charcoal fire” (21:19)—a detail that recalls Peter’s threefold denial of Jesus in Anna’s ... Read More »
Divine Mercy Sunday, 2025
Posted by Christy .. on 4/28/25
My Dear People,
Congratulations to all the candidates who entered the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil. Mary Alexander. Araceli Salgado, Marvin Ospina and Stephanie Torres.
Jesus appears to the apostles on the evening of the day on which he rose. He presents himself in their midst, without any need ... Read More »
Easter Sunday, 2025
Posted by Christy .. on 4/21/25
Happy Easter Everyone!
It was the Resurrection fulfilling Jesus’ prophecy that said He was the son of man and would be put to death but would rise on the third day. The prophecy was widely known! The leaders of the Jewish community even went to Pilate and asked to ... Read More »