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Parish Office Hours
(Closed for lunch M-F: 12:00 – 1:00 PM)

Monday – 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday – 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday – 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday – 9:15 AM – 4:00 PM
Friday – 9:15 AM – 12:00 PM

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Política Meteorológica Inclemente

Scheduling a Mass Intention for 2026

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If you are not a registered parishioner, please stop by the parish office to become a registered member of All Saints. Parish registration is required to be a Baptismal Godparent or Confirmation Sponsor.

The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

As we are on this 4th of July weekend and celebrate our national holiday of Independence Day, we pause to thank God for the freedoms that we enjoy in the United States. In particular, as Roman Catholics, we enjoy the freedom to worship God. For this we are thankful. We also remember in prayer at this time our service men and women, especially those deployed overseas and away from their families. The Declaration of Independence expresses the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. God is the Creator from whom these rights flow and our exercise of these rights is to be in accord with the laws of God. 

In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus tells us, Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light. As a child, I remember hearing these words but not really knowing what “yoke” meant. When Jesus talks about a yoke, it was an image that farmers of his time knew about. The yoke of oxen was a wooden bar that fit around the neck of two animals. As the farmer was plowing his field, the yoke would be used to guide the oxen in the direction the farmer wanted them to go. The yoke was tough, but it allowed the oxen to carry the weight of the plow behind them. The yoke is a burden, but it is also a help. The yoke was custom-made of wood to fit a particular pair of oxen. If it did not fit well, it would rub and be tough. If it fit the shape of the animals, it would make the plow work better without being a hindrance to the animals. 

A footnote in the Revised New American Bible states: 

In place of the yoke of the law, complicated by scribal interpretation, Jesus invites the burdened to take the yoke of obedience to his word, under which they will find rest; cf. Jer 6:16. 

The Greek word for easy might be better translated as wellfitting. Now it seems to me that if Jesus is telling us to put on his yoke and allow him to steer us in the right direction, that would be tough. When my will wants to go one way and Jesus’ will for me is to go the other way, there is an action and a reaction. What I fail to see is that Jesus is carrying the weight along with me. 

Allow Jesus to help you bear your burdens. Then, this week, allow Jesus to work within you, so that you may help others bear their burdens. You will discover the truth of Jesus’ words to us. 

Msgr. Lee

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Scheduling Mass Intentions
The custom of requesting a priest to offer the Mass for a specific intention, even when one cannot be physically present at the Mass, is a long-standing tradition in the Church. Please see Scheduling Mass Intentions 2026 for complete information.

Know of Someone Interested in Becoming Catholic?
If you or someone you know would like to learn more about the Catholic Faith and how one becomes a Catholic, please contact Samantha Welsh, the Director of Religious Education, to learn about the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). If you know someone who might be interested please let us know. This is how we make disciples of the Lord. The 50 day Easter Season really is an outpouring of God’s grace in our midst.