When I first came to the United States, my husband, children and I lived in a tiny village in New Mexico. You know the type: everyone knew everyone else; I checked up on my little-old-lady neighbors every day to make sure they were OK, and they told me stories of the old West. One summer, a few parishioners got together and actually painted our church, inside and out. We knew when someone was ill and needed help, the farmers would share their extra produce with everyone, and a couple of local ranchers held an annual fabulous pit barbeque for everyone. They dug the pit, lined it with live coals and I don’t know what else, placed the steer (cow?) in it, covered it and left it there I don’t know how long. The next day the meet fell off the carcass and together with boiled pinto beans, roasted green chili and fresh tortillas provided a feast that is second to none. In other words, we loved living in that small, close knit, friendly village where everyone was like family.
Next Friday, May 7th, beginning at 5:00 pm, we will pray the Holy Rosary and the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. At 5:30 pm, we will have an ad orientem Mass in Latin (the readings and collects will be in English). I invite you to join me in the church each month as we consecrate our families to the loving heart of our Lord Jesus.
On Mother’s Day we will place upon the altar the names of your mothers, living and deceased, and commend them to the Lord Jesus. How do you place your mother’s name on the altar? Just fill out the Mother’s Day offering envelope and return it by Friday, May 7th, and we’ll place it on the altar for Mother’s Day and the remainder of May. Also, the parish has printed beautiful greeting cards for you to send to your mother, telling her that she will be remembered in our Masses here at Holy Trinity. These are available at the parish office for $1.00 each.
During the entire month of May we will pray the Rosary in common before all the weekend Masses. When we pray the Rosary together, our parish asks Mary’s intercession and prayers for our families and loved ones. She always points us to her Son, Jesus, helping us to follow Him more lovingly. So, beginning next weekend, come 20 minutes before each Mass and join in this beautiful devotion!
Once in a while, at a given situation, an old Italian saying pops into my mind, and I am always struck of how deep the Catholic roots of my Country are. Last year I mentioned a few, and this year I’ll expand on the theme. You’ll notice that there are some for all occasions: some even go back to the time when in Italy we spoke Latin (which, no matter what Fr. Hilton says, was WAAAY before my time!). Let’s start with a very oldie but always goodie:
We love you for safeguarding the Truths of our Catholic Faith and for bearing upon Your shoulders the sufferings of the Church. God grant you many years!
As you know by now, we will have three bells in our new tower, the largest is named Maria Gaudens, the middle bell is named Saint Joseph and the baby bell is Little Saint John. They will be rung for five minutes before all of the Masses of Saturday evening and Sunday. We will need lots of bell ringers and this is where you come in. What a beautiful thing it will be to ring the bells and to know that their music is welcoming your fellow Catholics to the Holy Mass.
If you want to be a bell ringer, I ask you to attend one practice session during which you will be given all the information that you will need to know. We have scheduled two different sessions, so you pick the one that best fits in with your schedule. The practices will be on Monday, May 3rd, at 7:00 pm and on Thursday, May 6th, at 7:00 pm. We will meet in the vestibule and then as a group will go into our newly renovated church. See you there!
The new church will have within it a control room in which the sound system can be adjusted during the weekend Masses. This will allow everyone to better hear both the music and the spoken word. We need volunteers to help! Don’t worry, we will teach you everything that you’ll need to know. For more information, give Joe Crotty a call at 303-439-0145.
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Ben Bettinger
Remember when we were little and we’d go up to our parents complaining of a painful leg, or arm? They’d look carefully at the offending limb, and if they could find no obvious reason for the aches, they’d cheer us up with the words: “Don’t worry, it’ll go away, it’s just growing pains.” And we’d go back to our games almost proud of the fact that we were growing! And being “grown up” was all that we wanted. Growing up was our goal, because after we grew up we could do everything that we wanted, right?
