January 26, 2025

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

by Fr. Boniface Endorf, OP

Dear St. Joseph Parish Family,

Next Sunday is the Presentation of the Lord, which this year falls on a Sunday. This feast day is also called Candlemas because we celebrate the blessing of the candles. We’ll hold the candle blessing at the Vigil Mass, so next Saturday at 5:30pm. Bring any candles you’d like blessed to the Vigil Mass next Saturday. 

This Tuesday is also the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, the greatest theologian in Church history and a Dominican friar. A wonderful way to celebrate his feast day is to watch some of the Thomistic Institute videos about his teaching on their Aquinas 101 website—they’re great free introductions to his wisdom. 

God bless,
Fr. Boniface