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HAPPY EASTER! We sing with joy ALLELUIA! The Lord is Risen! We gather in joy to celebrate the most wonderful of days—Easter Sunday. Easter is more than the Easter bunny, or Easter egg hunts, or Easter candy. It is the fact that Christ is Risen! Not even death could keep Him from us. So mighty is His love that He transformed the evil of the cross into a blessing through which He can eternally unite us to God. He is here! He is Risen! Alleluia!! Alleluia!!Read More -
Today, we begin the holiest of weeks in the Liturgical Year with Palm Sunday. We begin under the portico calling down God’s blessing upon the palms that we will carry into church. On the first Palm Sunday, the crowds accompanying Jesus cried out “Hosanna to the Son of David!” We, too, sing Hosannas today as we enter the holiest week of the year—the week when we recall Jesus’ Passion, Death, and Resurrection.Read More -
Wednesday, March 27th. Confessions will be heard at St. Peter Church from 4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.Read More -
As we draw closer to Holy Week, we hear Jesus talk about His approaching death. Today, Jesus uses the image of a grain of wheat. He says, “unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” Jesus’ message to His disciples is not so much about His death as it is about eternal life. As Christians, we know that as difficult as death is, our true focus—our true hope—is eternal life, trusting that our Lord is our source of eternal salvation. During this final week before Holy Week, let us keep in mind that just as our Lenten journey will not end with Good Friday, but with Easter, so too does our own life’s journey end not in death but in new life.Read More -
If you can donate palm fronds for our Passion Sunday liturgy, please bring them to the rectory by March 21. If you have some to donate, but can’t bring them, call 536-2887.Read More -
The most famous quote of Sacred Scripture is John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life.” It is the most important belief in the Christian message. The Holy Spirit draws us here each week to allow us to express our love for God in the way that we worship God and the way that we treat each other. As we enter the Fourth Week of Lent, we are reminded of God’s unparalleled love, mercy, and ultimate purpose for each of us.Read More -
The Lent food drive for the St. John Ministry of Care kicks off on March 1st and continues through Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, March 24. The idea is to donate, during Lent ~ non-perishable food items. Items of need include: Fruit in the can or boxed containers, canned beans, meat, soup, spaghetti sauce, cereal, pasta, cake, pancake mix, muffin mix, pancake syrup & sugar. This can be placed in the food box that is located in the church day chapel. Please keep up the good work of ALMSGIVING during this time of anticipation of Christ’s death and resurrection. Your service and sacrifice help replenish St. John Ministry of Care food pantry that serves the community of St. John the Baptist parish. SJMOC is located 2807 Hwy 51, LaPlace, LA 70068Read More
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On this Third Sunday of Lent, we hear God deliver the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Chosen People. The commandments provide a way for them to live up to their part of the covenant. We face the same challenge today. Lent is a wonderful opportunity to examine our consciences and recall times when we have failed to follow one of God’s commands and determine which one of the commandments we find difficult to obey consistently.Read More
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