Mass for the 6th Sunday of Easter - Mother's Day

Enjoy watching the Mass for the 6th Sunday of Easter - Mother's Day - For Sacred Heart, Oelwein and Immaculate Conception, Fairbank, IA. (To view the Mass, click on the link provided below)
https://youtu.be/Vmg-s2G7wAc

6th Sunday of Easter "As the Father LOVES me, so I also love you." - Mother's Day

May 10

Sixth Sunday of Easter

The message in today’s readings could not be more evident.  Count them with me.  The word Love is used eighteen times in the Gospel and Second Reading.  The Eucharist is always a love feast, reminding us that our first responsibility as baptized members of the Body of Christ is to do as Jesus taught us: love one another as he has loved us.

This Sunday is Mother’s Day.  It is fitting to remind ourselves of how good mothers model so well for us the kind of self-giving love that Jesus invites us to.  Let us pray that all mothers nurture the children in their care and love unconditionally as Jesus loves us.

-       Deacon Jim

Sunday Mass for the 5th Sunday of Easter / Sacred Heart, Oelwein & Immaculate Conception, Fairbank / May 2, 2015

Enjoy watching the Weekend Mass for the 5th Sunday of Easter from Sacred Heart, Oelwein.
Just go to the following link to view the Mass:

https://youtu.be/Wk7n3DIW-eI

5th Sunday of Easter / The Vine and The Branches

 

Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 3, 2015

“I am the vine, you are the branches.”   It is not uncommon today to hear someone say, ‘I am a very spiritual person, I just don’t have time for religion.”  It is so sad that these people accept the limits of their relationship with God to be centered on emotions only.  “Spirituality is an emotion while Religion is our faith and an obligation.  Spirituality soothes us, Religion calls us to action. 

In today’s Gospel, Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches.”  We understand that the branches get their life from the vine.  We cannot have a true relationship with God if we do not accept Him and His kingdom.  It is as Fr. Mark Murphy states in his recent homily, “People want spirituality but not religion.  They want to be a son or daughter of God but prefer to be an only child.”  Without the vine the branches will die.  Pray that our faith family is strengthened by the vitality and spirit of healthy branches of followers.

-       Deacon Jim

Confirmation Mass for Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception, April 25, 2015

Watch the Confirmation Mass with Archbishop Michael Jackels,  April 25, 2015 for Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception Students.

Click the following link to view the video of the Mass.

https://youtu.be/9OGFYxbm41Q

Mass with Archbishop Jackels for "Good Shepherd Sunday" / The 4th Sunday of Easter / April 25 & 26

Enjoy watching Mass for "Good Shepherd Sunday" with Archbishop Jackels, on the 4th Sunday of Easter / April 25 & 26. (To enjoy this video of the Mass, click on the link below)

https://youtu.be/RIg1oHZxKAQ

Good Shepherd Sunday - The Fourth Sunday of Easter - April 26

Fourth Sunday of Easter

April 25 & 26

The Good Shepherd

Each year on the Fourth Sunday of Easter we hear a Gospel story in which Jesus proclaims that he is the Good Shepherd.  As a result this Sunday is called, “Good Shepherd Sunday.”  Our knowing the Good Shepherd takes a lifetime of devotion to and living the Gospel.  When Jesus said, “I know mine and mine know me,” He was reminding us of or deep relationship with Him in the Eucharist.  Our relationship with Jesus is never finished. It needs to grow each day.  It is only in accomplishing that, that we can answer our call to be good shepherds too.

 This Sunday is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  "Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2).  “St. Raphael the Archangel, pray with us that we will all hear, answer, and live our vocations, for the glory of God and the benefit of other.  Pray also that we will always have priests to heal and help us in the future.”

                                      -Deacon Jim