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A Message from Our Pastor

June 07, 2026

Dear People of St. Patrick Parish,

Today at Mass, we celebrate the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi.) What a beautiful gift our loving God has given us in Holy Communion.

We come to Mass, to praise our loving God and to thank Him for sending His Son Jesus to die and rise and redeem us.

God still takes care of us as He did by feeding His people in the desert with manna, food for the body and water from a rock.

This loving God sent us His Son Jesus, to live and teach us about the Father and what the Father expects from us.

Even more so the Father has given us the Sacrament of Holy Communion, the Body and Blood of His Son Jesus.

Whenever we receive the Body and Blood of Jesus, we share in His life and He feeds us with the grace and strengthen of His love and mercy and helps as we go through life and wait the joy of eternal life in heaven, if we chose.

Jesus said, “whoever eats this bread will live forever.” That does not mean we will not experience physical death but that is not our end. We do have the joy of eternal life with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, Angels, Saints, Blessed Mother and all our family and friends, who lived the way God Wants all of us to live.

It is at Mass that we receive Jesus in Holy Communion unless we are homebound and then someone brings Jesus to us.

We do not receive Holy Communion if we have mortal sins, we need to go to Confession and receive Jesus with a pure heart.

Jesus is always present to us in the Blessed Sacrament, and we should visit and pray to Him. We should also be respectful in His presence at Church.

God Bless,
Fr. Larry Young
Your Pastor

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