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Pastor's Page 2021-01-03
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 1/02/21
Dear St. Gabriel Parishioners: … … HAPPY EPIPHANY … … … … ALLELUIA … … NEW YEAR 2021 … … Just as Christmas (the “Nativity/Birth of Jesus” was the revelation of God to people of Faith Tradition (Mary, Joseph, “Elizabeth-Mary’s relative” … etc …) and to the simple-minded and ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2020-12-27
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 12/23/20
Dear St. Gabriel Parishioners: HAPPY THE FEAST OF HOLY FAMILY HAPPY NEW YEAR – 2021 In the afterglow of Christmas, the Church celebrates the feast of the Holy Family. This weekend we are invited to reflect on the gift and mystery of life and the blessing of family ... Read More »
Pastor's Pages 2020-12-25 Merry Christmas
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 12/17/20
Dear St. Gabriel Parishioners: … … MERRY CHRISTMAS … …
“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth, Peace to people of good will” This is a special hymn prayer that we finally can sing out to truly give praise and thanksgiving to our God who has bridged ... Read More »
Pastor's Pages 2020-12-20
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 12/17/20
Dear St. Gabriel Parishioners:
CONGRATULATION TO 21 NEWLY ORDAINED PERMANENT DEACONS
This Saturday morning, December 19, Archbishop Paul D. Eitenne ordained 21 men to the permanent diaconate at St. James Cathedral in Seattle. This class has been in formation since August 2016. Through the sacrament of holy orders, deacons ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2020-12-06
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 12/04/20
Dear Parishioners: Next Tuesday, December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary (Patronal Feast day of the United States of America) Masses at 11:00 AM. The Second Sunday of Advent Season every year, we encounter the voice of John the Baptist in the desert ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2020-11-29
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 12/04/20
Dear Parishioners:
… … HAPPY ADVENT SEASON … … The new Liturgical Year begins with the Advent Season in which the people of God recalled the “longing of the Messiah” coming as promised in the Scripture and for His coming again in our time. Today, the Church lights the ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2020-11-29
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 11/24/20
Dear Parishioners: … … HAPPY ADVENT SEASON … … The new Liturgical Year begins with the Advent Season in which the people of God recalled the “longing of the Messiah” coming as promised in the Scripture and for His coming again in our time. Today, the Church lights the ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2020-11-22
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 11/17/20
Dear Parishioners: … Happy Thanksgiving Day 2020… Looking back in this Liturgical Year and the effects which it had in our lives, there is so much for us to give “Thanks to God” for the many blessings that we have received; most especially in this usual year of Coronavirus, ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2020-11-15
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 11/10/20
Dear St. Gabriel Parishioners: As we come toward the end of the Church's liturgical year (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – with next weekend the Feast of Christ the King - last Sunday of the Liturgical Year), our Sunday Scripture readings relate another kind of accountability required of Christians ... Read More »
Pastor's Page 2020-11-08
Posted by Kurt Lawrence on 11/05/20
Dear Parishioners: Happy Veteran Day - Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and November 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. Veterans Day pays ... Read More »