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Good morning! Firstly, I wanted to recognize the following alter servers who served at the 8am masses at SCB this week. Thanks so much for volunteering to serve: Reid Powderly, Wynn Powderly, Kennedy Stocksick Secondly, just a friendly reminder of the mass times today at SCB! 8am, 10am, 12 noon (in Spanish) followed by Monday adoration. Have a blessed Sunday.
Today is the Feast Day of St. Batholomew! He was one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Traditionally, he is identified as Nathanael, his other name according to the Gospel of John. (Meaning Bartholomew and Nathanael are considered to be the same person.) Jesus described St. Bartholomew as a man of complete honesty and "no deceit". Jesus saw Nathaniel under a fig tree before they ever met, showing divine knowledge. When told about Jesus, Nathaniel famously asked, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Upon meeting Jesus, Nathaniel declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." St. Bartholomew spent his life preaching the Gospel in regions of India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Armenia. His unique martyrdom is noted by great artists such as Michelangelo’s famous “The Last Judgement” in the Sistine Chapel as he was horrifically flayed alive (skin removed) before being beheaded. Therefore, in many works of art, he is depicted as holding his own skin. Hence he is the patron saint of leatherworkers, tanners, bookbinders, butchers, and tailors. St. Bartholomew/St. Nathaniel, pray for us!!
Good morning! Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Knock! This is one of the lesser known Marian Apparition sites approved by the Vatican. In 1879, in the village of Knock, Ireland, at least 15 people saw the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Apostle, and a Lamb of God on an altar before a cross at the gable wall of the parish church. Interestingly this was a silent apparition, no words were spoken. Mary also did not reappear multiple times or over the course of weeks as she has according to other Marian apparitions such as Fatima and Lourdes. In the apparition, Mary stood in the center dressed in a white robe with a flowing mantle fastened at her neck. A beautiful golden crown was on her head, and above the crown appeared a golden rose. Occurring during a time of severe land struggle, poverty, and post-famine hardship in Ireland, the appearance is viewed as a sign of heavenly solidarity and quiet hope, recreating in the silence a heavenly visual representation of the mass and Christ’s sacrifice as a the Lamb. Today, Knock has become one of the world's great Marian pilgrimage sites, welcoming over a million pilgrims each year. The original church still stands and just outside of it are life-sized sculptures recreating the apparition exactly where it was seen. Our Lady of Knock, pray for us! 
Good morning! Firstly, I wanted to recognize the following alter servers who served at the 8am masses at SCB this week. Thanks so much for volunteering to serve: Reid Powderly, Wynn Powderly, Kennedy Stocksick Secondly, just a friendly reminder of the mass times today at SCB! 8am, 10am, 12 noon (in Spanish) followed by Monday adoration. Have a blessed Sunday.
Today is the Feast Day of St. Batholomew! He was one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Traditionally, he is identified as Nathanael, his other name according to the Gospel of John. (Meaning Bartholomew and Nathanael are considered to be the same person.) Jesus described St. Bartholomew as a man of complete honesty and "no deceit". Jesus saw Nathaniel under a fig tree before they ever met, showing divine knowledge. When told about Jesus, Nathaniel famously asked, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Upon meeting Jesus, Nathaniel declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." St. Bartholomew spent his life preaching the Gospel in regions of India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Armenia. His unique martyrdom is noted by great artists such as Michelangelo’s famous “The Last Judgement” in the Sistine Chapel as he was horrifically flayed alive (skin removed) before being beheaded. Therefore, in many works of art, he is depicted as holding his own skin. Hence he is the patron saint of leatherworkers, tanners, bookbinders, butchers, and tailors. St. Bartholomew/St. Nathaniel, pray for us!!
Good morning! Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Knock! This is one of the lesser known Marian Apparition sites approved by the Vatican. In 1879, in the village of Knock, Ireland, at least 15 people saw the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Apostle, and a Lamb of God on an altar before a cross at the gable wall of the parish church. Interestingly this was a silent apparition, no words were spoken. Mary also did not reappear multiple times or over the course of weeks as she has according to other Marian apparitions such as Fatima and Lourdes. In the apparition, Mary stood in the center dressed in a white robe with a flowing mantle fastened at her neck. A beautiful golden crown was on her head, and above the crown appeared a golden rose. Occurring during a time of severe land struggle, poverty, and post-famine hardship in Ireland, the appearance is viewed as a sign of heavenly solidarity and quiet hope, recreating in the silence a heavenly visual representation of the mass and Christ’s sacrifice as a the Lamb. Today, Knock has become one of the world's great Marian pilgrimage sites, welcoming over a million pilgrims each year. The original church still stands and just outside of it are life-sized sculptures recreating the apparition exactly where it was seen. Our Lady of Knock, pray for us! 
