During this month, we will celebrate and honor our mother on earth in thanksgiving for her selfless love. Also during this month we honor our mother in heaven. May has been dedicated in the Church to grow in our love for the Virgin Mary. Fr. Ignacio shares some ideas below, to keep in mind during this month and beyond:

1. Pray a prayer of consecration to our Mother every morning. I’ve included one that I’ve always prayed in my life: My Queen and My Mother. I always start my day praying to Our Mother with this simple prayer:
   
   

    CONSECRATION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN
   Oh my Queen! Oh my Mother! I offer myself entirely
   to you; and in proof of my childlike affection,
   I consecrate to you in this day my eyes, my ears,
   my tongue and my heart—in a word, all my being.
   Now that I am completely yours, Mother of
   goodness, guard me, defend me, and use me
   as your instrument and possession. Amen.
   
   

2. We invite you to pray the rosary with your heart. The rosary is a powerful prayer. It can get repetitive but if we pray it with our heart it helps you grow in your spiritual life. Some ideas about the rosary:

   • If you want to learn more about the rosary, pope John Paul II wrote a apostolic letter called “The Rosary of the Virgin Mary”. 

   • You can listen to the talk: Pray the Rosary Like Never Before by Doctor Edward Sri.

   • It’s very powerful and beautiful to pray a family rosary once a week. The family that prays together stays together. 

3. You can ask Fr. Aaron or Fr. Ignacio to BLESS your rosary (and get one if you don’t have one!)

There’s no competition between Jesus and Mary: the more you pray to her, the more she we lead you to Jesus. 

HOLY SATURDAY
(Day of Expectation)
8:30 p.m. Easter Vigil

EASTER SUNDAY
(Day of Resurrection)
Mass at St. Michael’s 8 a.m and 10 a.m
PLEASE NOTE: NO 7 p.m. Mass

Mass at Old River Pastoral Center 11:30 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE:
We will not have 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday
We will not have confessions on Sunday 6 p.m.
Besides the Easter Sunday Mass, we will not have any celebrations or prayers at Old River Pastoral Center.

Confession days and times during Holy Week

Tuesday, March 31 
4:30–5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 1 
4:30–5:30 p.m.

Good Friday, April 3 
3:30–5:30 p.m.

Join us in praying the St. Joseph Novena leading up to the feast day Mass on March 19. Print it, pass it on, pray it with your family and friends in preparation of this great feast for this great saint!

We begin on Tuesday, March 10.