Christmas and New Year's Schedule

 Christmas Mass Schedule at Corpus Christi

December 24th
4:30pm, Christmas Eve Mass with Incense

December 25th
12am, Midnight Mass with incense
9am, Christmas Morning Mass (no incense)


Masses Monday, December 26 to Friday, December 30 - 5:30pm with incense
Saturday, December 31 - Daily Morning Mass, 7am

***Note: No regular confession times Tuesday, December 27 to Friday December 30. 

Confessions will be for 30 minutes before the evening Masses.***

New Year's Masses are the normal weekend schedule
5:30pm, Saturday eve
9am and 11:30am, Sunday morning

Sunday Sermon, December 4th -- Reflections on St John the Baptist, Preaching in the Desert

 An exegetical sermon focusing on St John's message of repentance, his rebuke of the Pharisees and Sadducees, certain geographical points, and the mysterious reference to the sandal of our Lord.

Listen online [here]!

December 8th - Holy Day of Obligation - The Immaculate Conception

 Masses are:

Wednesday, December 7th - 5:30pm

Thursday, December 8th - 7am and 5:30pm (incense)

Advent Retreat Day, December 3rd -- Advent Reflections on the Eucharistic Revival

 The USCCB (United States Bishops) have called for a three year Eucharistic Revival. Inspired by this, we focus our Advent retreat on Eucharistic Doctrine and Devotions in the Advent Season and in light of the mysteries of Advent and Christmas.

Sunday Sermon, November 27th -- The Story of the Miraculous Medal

 November 27th is the Feast of the Miraculous Medal. Mary brings us to Jesus, even as she brought Jesus to us. Through the Miraculous Medal and other Marian devotions, we will be prepared to meet Christ when he comes in glory to judge the heavens and the earth by fire.

The Miraculous Medal, also known as the Medal of Our Lady of Graces and the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, is a devotional medal, the design of which was originated by Catherine Labouré following her apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Chapel of Rue de Bac of Paris, France in 1830.

Listen online [here]!

Sunday Sermon, November 20th -- The Conversion of the Good Thief (Pre-sermon note on Advent Penances)

 A pre-sermon note with encouragement and ideas of how to enter more fully into the upcoming season of Advent.  It is a penitential season according to the liturgy of the Church and the devotion of the faithful. Let Advent be Advent! Don't rush straight away into Christmas at the beginning of December, but allow this to be a penitential and yet joyful time of expectation.  And then, when Christmas does arrive, celebrate Christmas through the whole of the Christmas season and even all of January!

In the sermon itself, we look at the Good Thief (St Dismas), who was converted not by miracles or even by great preaching, but by the mercy which Christ Jesus showed in praying for those who persecuted him.

Listen online [here]!