We are pleased to share the readings and homily celebrated on the Feast of Mary, The Holy Mother of God with Brother Phil Bernier. To listen access the MP3 audio file. The Mass is also available on the St. Malachi Parish YouTube Channel.
Delivery of 2023 Offertory Envelopes Delayed
We were advised by our printer that the Offertory Envelopes have been delayed due to production issues. Please use the complementary envelopes at the doors of the Church until our 2023 envelopes arrive. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Please remember to put your name and address on the envelope.
Options for Our Future, 2022
103 parishioners attended the Options for Our Future sessions on Dec 3rd & 4th; thank you!!! The Options for Our Future were developed in the strategic planning process over the past several months based on input from parishioners. The slides are here: slides; The recording of the session is here: YouTube Options for Our Future; A one-page summary of the process is here: Summary & Next Steps. We ask that parishioners prayerfully reflect on these Options and complete this survey by 1/1/2023: Parishioner Survey.Please continue to share your thoughts, questions, and prayers for our future. Judy Slivka Council Chair@stmalachi.org
Pastor Column, 01/01/23
Pastor Column – Saint Malachi
January 1, 2023
Dear Friends and Parishioners of Saint Malachi,
Resolutions to do more exercise, to work harder, to be more attentive to family and friends. These are just a few examples of what people hope to accomplish with the turning of the calendar and the start of a New Year. This new chapter can often bring a new hope for so many – and this is a good thing.
I came across this beautiful prayer from St. Gemma Galgani, an Italian mystic who loved to pray and see the world through the lens of Christ’s passion:
During this New Year I resolve to begin a new life. I do not know what will happen to me during this year. But I abandon myself entirely to you, my God. And my aspirations and all my affections will be for You. I feel weak, dear Jesus, but with Your help I hope and resolve to live a different life, that is, a life closer to You. Amen.
May her prayer find a place in our hearts as we begin 2023. We can’t predict what this year will bring but let it be filled with a disciple’s determination to embrace the Lord who accompanies us with each step, every day, over these twelve months and throughout every future chapter of our journey.
May the Mother of God, who said “yes” to a future of unknowns, intercede for us and all of God’s beloved daughters and sons. And may all the saints walk with us in our joys and sorrows, in our moments of strength and weakness, and in our hopes and fears.
Happy New Year!
Fr. Gurnick
January 1, 2022: Solemnity of Mary and Word Day of Prayer for Peace
Sunday, New Year’s Day, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God; it is also the World Day of Prayer for Peace. There will be a 4:00PM Vigil Mass on Saturday December 31 and a 10:00AM Mass on New Year’s Day.
As we enter a new year, let us pray that peace will prevail on earth and that each of us, like Mary, “may keep all these things, reflecting on them in our hearts.” (cf. Luke 2: 19)
St. Malachi Postpones the Return of the Communion Cup
After proper consultation with advisors from the Catholic Medical Association, Bishop Malesic has lifted the restriction on the use of the Communion Cup that was implemented during the pandemic as a precautionary measure in order to protect public health. Some may have noticed that several parishes have returned to distributing the cup. The decision to offer the Precious Blood at this time is at the discretion of each individual parish, and here at St. Malachi we are taking a cautious approach, with the thought of revisiting the custom in the spring as we approach Holy Week. In the meantime, we are inquiring about methods to return to the cup safely. Stay tuned!
This Mass to Celebrate the Christmas Day, December 25th
We are pleased to share the readings and homily celebrated on Christmas Day with Father Michael Gurnick. The Mass is also available on the St. Malachi Parish YouTube Channel.
This Mass to Celebrate the Christmas Eve Vigil, December 24th
We are pleased to share the readings and homily celebrated at the Christmas Eve Vigil Mass. To listen access the MP3 audio file. The Christmas Day Mass is available on the St. Malachi Parish YouTube Channel.
Fr. Gurnick, 12/25/22
Dear Friends and Parishioners,
As we celebrate the joy of this holy season I invite you to reflect upon these various quotes from three recent popes:
“On this day of joy, we are all called to contemplate the Child Jesus, who gives hope
once again to every person on the face of the earth. By his grace, let us with our voices
and our actions give witness to solidarity and peace. Merry Christmas to all!”
Pope Francis, Christmas 2016
“The things of God can wait, we think and we say. And yet he is the most important
thing, ultimately the one truly important thing. Why should we not also be moved by curiosity
to see more closely and to know what God has said to us? At this hour, let us ask
him to touch our hearts with the holy curiosity and the holy joy of the shepherds, and
thus let us go over joyfully to Bethlehem, to the Lord who today once more comes to
meet us. Amen.”
Pope Benedict XVI, Christmas 2012
“And you, Mary, the Virgin of expectation and fulfilment, who hold the secret of Christmas,
make us able to recognize in the Child whom you hold in your arms the heralded
Savior, who brings hope and peace to all. With you we worship him and trustingly say:
we need You, Redeemer of man, You who know the hopes and fears of our hearts.
Come and stay with us, Lord! May the joy of your Nativity reach to the farthest ends of
the universe!”
Pope John Paul II, Christmas 2003
May you and your loved ones enjoy the blessings of faith, family, and friends!
Merry Christmas!
Fr. Gurnick
A Christmas Prayer 2022
Source of Divine Light, Emmanuel, God with us,
Your radiant love illuminated our waiting world
With the surprise of your Bethlehem birth.
Each year since then we celebrate this astonishing event,
rejoicing in your coming anew, not as a newborn Babe,
but as a hidden presence of divinity contained within each of us.
To our greatest astonishment, we have become your dwelling place.
We are now your Bethlehem.
Now you are Treasure birthed in the secret place of our soul.
Now you are Light gleaning through our gestures of generosity.
N ow you are Hope radiating inside the core of our courage.
Now you are Joy shining into the dark caves of our gloom.
Now you are Peace glowing quietly in the crevice of our anxiety.
Now you are Love brilliantly reflected within our kindness.
O Christ, Light of all lights, Star of all stars,
dweller within these human homes of ours,
open our wandering minds and hesitant hearts
So your endless goodness radiates more completely in us.
We welcome you again and again, with gratitude and trust,
not only in this Christmas season of remembrance and celebration
but all through the New Year that awaits us.
By: Joyce Rupp —-Catholic Cemeteries Association
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