MASS TIMES

SUNDAY:
SATURDAY 5:30 PM (Sunday Vigil)  |  7:30 AM  |  9:00 AM (ASL Interpreted)  |  10:30 AM (Church & Gym*)  |    12:30 PM  |  5:30 PM
*There is no Gym Mass in the summer

WEEKDAY & SATURDAY MASSES*:
MON-FRI: 6:30 AM  |  8:00 AM  |  5:30 PM
SAT: 8:00 AM  
*Federal Holidays: Mass is at 10:00 AM ONLY

FILIPINO MASS in Tagalog every 4th Sunday at 3:30 PM

HOLY DAY MASSES:
Eve of the Feast: 5:30 PM  |   Day of the Feast: 6:30 AM  |  8:00 AM  |  11:00 AM  |  5:30 PM

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

MON-FRI: 3:00–5:15 PM in the church
Thursday before the first Friday of each month: 6:00–8:00 PM (with Holy Hour from 7-8 PM)
There is no adoration on federal holidays

CONFESSION

SATURDAY: 4:00–5:00 PM (or any time by appointment)

January 26, 2020

Dear Parish Family,

I was recently asked to comment on the appropriateness of a political website that claims to be Catholic. My first reaction to that question is to recoil from any attempt to focus on partisan politics. Upon further reflection, however, I have to ask myself what it might mean for John the Baptist to call Jesus the “lamb of God.” Images of the sweet holy card with Jesus and a little lamb on his shoulder come to mind; but to the first century Jew, the lamb was a “sacrificial victim” and an important source of economic welfare. Between now and the beginning of Lent, our gospels introduce us to the magnetic person and powerful preacher who is Jesus of Nazareth. His commentary on the “Torah” (the first part of Matthew’s gospel) forces the Jewish audience to look at the “Law” in a different way. Our Catholic values require that we reflect a profound respect for human life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. God chose to redeem us by becoming one with us in all things but sin. Our reflection of this respect, however, ought to challenge us to make our homes and communities of faith more welcoming places of refuge for sinners and saints alike. Among the most difficult demands of the gospels is the command to “love your enemies.” As we know, love is a decision; and our enemies are both intimate and foreign. In retrospect, I suspect that the admonition of John the Baptist to “behold the lamb of God” is political in the purest sense.

Yours in Christ,
Father Bill Foley

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH
5949 Western Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20015

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