My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.  I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.  Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

Creo, Jesús mío, que estás real y verdaderamente en el cielo y en el Santísimo Sacramento del Altar. Os amo sobre todas las cosas y deseo vivamente recibirte dentro de mi alma, pero no pudiendo hacerlo ahora sacramentalmente, venid al menos espiritualmente a mi corazón. Y como si ya os hubiese recibido, os abrazo y me uno del todo a ti. Señor, no permitas que jamás me aparte de ti. Amén.

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7/22/21 A message from Father Ron on change to Weekly & Saturday Mass Schedule.

Let's talk about it!  

Best-practices tell new pastors to wait a while before making changes in a parish and generally, I think this is a good rule to follow.  However, given the commute from the rectory to the churches, I need some additional time in the morning to do some prayer, holy reading and grab something to eat before Mass.  If I don't "take care of business" before Mass, (pray) it's hard for me to catch up during the day.   I hope you can understand my dilemma.

Beginning in August, daily morning Mass or communion services will be at 8:30am at both Our Lady of the Snows and St. Charles. For those whose routines are upset and cannot accommodate, I apologize.  Perhaps the later time will encourage more people to attend daily Mass, especially in the winter.  Let's see how this change works and then we can reevaluate it.  

The afternoon daily Masses at St. Charles will remain the same. 

Also, for the convenience of the Spanish speaking community,  beginning August 7th, I will change the Saturday evening Mass in Spanish to 7:00pm at St. Charles. 

Let's see how this goes and then before Advent we can reevaluate it.    If you have any input, let's talk about it.   

Finally, thank you for the welcome and kind words you have expressed to me.  SLOWLY, I'm getting both feet on the ground and am eager to learn how we can ANNOUNCE, CELEBRATE and LIVE our faith in Jesus in the Wood River Valley.  

~Father Ron