Confirmation Zoom Classes - 2021
Our first day of Confirmation Zoom Faith Sharing Class will begin on the week of January 10 to January 14, 2021. Please make sure you check in 5 minutes before your class and be ready to share with everyone. All cameras and mics should be turned on during class time.
CONFIRMATION CALENDAR
A new calendar (January 2021 – June 2021) has been posted on the website.
Copies are now available at the Youth Office front door if you wish to pick up a copy.
Confirmation Retreat
Our Confirmation Retreats dates are still tentative. We are working hard to find a better time and program so that we can deliver a safer and life-giving retreats while maintaining the integrity and value of it. Please be patient with us, as we navigate this uncertainChallenge
Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord – Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. The visit of the Magi occurs directly before the story of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt. Matthew’s Gospel tells a version of Jesus’ birth that is different than the one in Luke. Of the actual birth of Jesus, Matthew tells us little more than, “When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod.” The story of the census is found only in Luke’s Gospel, but we hear about the visit of the Magi only in Matthew’s Gospel.
The Magi come from the East and journey to Bethlehem, following an astrological sign, so we believe them to be astrologers. We assume that there were three Magi based upon the naming of their three gifts. The Gospel does not say how many Magi paid homage to Jesus. In Matthew’s Gospel, they represent the Gentiles’ search for a savior. Because the Magi represent the entire world, they also represent our search for Jesus.
We have come to consider the gifts they bring as a foreshadowing of Jesus’ role in salvation. We believe the meaning of the gifts to be Christological. Gold is presented as representative of Jesus’ kingship. Frankincense is a symbol of his divinity because priests burned the substance in the Temple. Myrrh, which was used to prepare the dead for burial, is offered in anticipation of Jesus’ death.
If you can attend Mass in person and you are longing for Him in the Eucharist, then He wants to see you.
Come to Mass this Sunday and be transformed by His Word and by the Eucharist.
“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, Not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
2 Corinthians 9:7