Holy Trinity Church
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Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 pm | 6:30 pm (Spanish)
Sunday Mass: 8:30 am | 10:30 am
- The Immaculate Heart of Mary
Alongside the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary is deeply cherished by Catholics around the world. Consequently, June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and August to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This celebration is a devotion that highlights the life, virtues, and purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is depicted with her heart surrounded by roses and flames; sometimes, it is pierced by a sword, symbolizing her sorrows (cf. Luke 2:35).
It is crucial to note that the Immaculate Heart of Mary is venerated, not worshipped. We worship God alone. But what does it mean to venerate? According to the dictionary, to venerate means to show profound respect, honor, or reverence toward someone or something due to their dignity, great virtues, or what they represent. Therefore, we venerate the Virgin Mary, the saints, and the angels because of their exemplary lives and their closeness to God. Let us remember that worship is the absolute adoration of God—the acknowledgment of His Divinity and total surrender—which is offered only to God.
Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary gained special significance in the 20th century through the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. During these apparitions, the Virgin called for devotion to the First Saturdays, the praying of the Holy Rosary, and the consecration of Russia; she also indicated that her Immaculate Heart would be the refuge leading to God. Subsequently, several Popes have consecrated the world to her Immaculate Heart.
Pope Saint John Paul II stated, “From Mary, we learn to love Christ, her Son and the Son of God… From her, we learn to be ever faithful, to trust that God’s Word will be fulfilled in us, and that nothing is impossible for God” (translated from Spanish). Alongside the designation of August as the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we observe other Marian celebrations that honor the Mother of the Lord during this month. On August 15, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, acknowledging that she was assumed body and soul into heaven.
On August 22, the Church also commemorates the feast of Saint Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth. Both of these celebrations are highlighted in the praying of the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Furthermore, the Catholic Church in Ireland celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Knock on August 21. Although August 8 marks the feast of Saint Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominicans, we could say that we are still honoring Our Lady, for it was to Saint Dominic that the Blessed Virgin Mary entrusted the devotion of the Holy Rosary in 1208.
My brothers and sisters, let us venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary—not only in August but every day of the year—through our love, honor, and devotion to the Holy Rosary.
Remember, The parish that we dream is the parish that I help to build!
God bless you, and may the Blessed Virgin Mary be with you always!
Fr. Jorge Ramirez
Holy Trinity Church… 165 years evangelizing!
This Week’s Mass Intentions
Saturday, August 1, 2026
4:30 pm (Vigil) Gaetano DiLiberto, req by Sarah Speis
Spanish Mass moved to August 8
Sunday, August 2, 2026
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased
10:30 am Alphonse LaVoie, req. by Bobbi, Mary Ann & Joe
Monday, August 3, 2026
8:30 am NO MASS – Communion Service
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Saint John Vianney, Priest
8:30 am Fr. Mark Beard, req. by Lydia Krasnoff
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major
8:30 am Joyce Margaret Syverson, req. by the Conklin
family
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Transfiguration of the Lord
8:30 am NO MASS-Communion Service – Thomas Vazzana, req. by Lou & Jeanne
Friday, August 7, 2026
Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; Saint
Cajetan, Priest
8:30 am Lib & Jim Donahue, req. by Sheila & family
Saturday, August 8, 2026
4:30 pm (Vigil) Rita Scheg, req. by Gary & Lori Smith
6:30 pm Spanish Mass
Sunday, August 9, 2026
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8:30 am Elizabeth & Walter Wisnowski, req. by the family
10:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased
Faith Formation Registration
Registration for this Fall is now open
We offer programs for Faith Formation (Religious Education) that are designed to help you and your child find God every day in relevant and relatable ways.
Registering in advance is required. We have limited space for our Sunday program, and registration will close once we reach full capacity for it. Sign up early to secure your child’s enrollment.
Youth Group
August 9th at 6:30 pm
14-18 years olds
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Reading One: Isaiah 55:1-3
All you who are thirsty,
come to the water!
You who have no money,
come, receive grain and eat;
Come, without paying and without cost,
drink wine and milk!
Why spend your money for what is not bread;
your wages for what fails to satisfy?
Heed me, and you shall eat well,
you shall delight in rich fare.
Come to me heedfully,
listen, that you may have life.
I will renew with you the everlasting covenant,
the benefits assured to David.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18
R. (cf. 16) The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.
The LORD is good to all
and compassionate toward all his works.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
and you give them their food in due season;
you open your hand
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
The LORD is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.
R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
Reading Two: Romans 8:35, 37-39
What will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly
through him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities,
nor present things, nor future things,
nor powers, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Alleluia: Matthew 4:4b
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself.
The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns.
When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick.
When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said,
“This is a deserted place and it is already late;
dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages
and buy food for themselves.”
Jesus said to them, “There is no need for them to go away;
give them some food yourselves.”
But they said to him,
“Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.”
Then he said, “Bring them here to me,”
and he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass.
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing, broke the loaves,
and gave them to the disciples,
who in turn gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied,
and they picked up the fragments left over—
twelve wicker baskets full.
Those who ate were about five thousand men,
not counting women and children.
Pope Leo XIV
From the Bishop
