Today we had a wonderful liturgy and celebration for our patron saint. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the 9am mass. Here’s the petitions from today’s mass. They reflect the life and beliefs of Saint Alphonsus. Reflect on them sometime.

St. Alphonsus, you struggled to reconcile love of family with the call of the gospel.  Bless all families and may their love flow beyond the home to touch the stranger and the alien, we pray…

St. Alphonsus, you were a lawyer and struggled to make ideals of justice real in the world.  Bless all lawyers and all who work to make the world a place of liberty and justice for all, we pray…

St. Alphonsus, you were a poet, artist, and musician.  May the beauty of this earth widen our hearts to know the God of loveliness, we pray…

St. Alphonsus, your whole life was dedicated to preaching the Gospel to the poor.  Open our ears to the goodness of Jesus and our mouths to proclaim his mercy, we pray…

St. Alphonsus, the patron for those who suffer from arthritis, comfort those with arthritis and other serious physical afflictions, and let the light of Christ’s healing grace ease their pain and suffering, we pray…

St. Alphonsus, you lived as a brother in community with your Redemptorist confreres.  May joy and understanding, forgiveness and peace, reign in our communities and our hearts, we pray…

St. Alphonsus, all your life you knew the companionship of Mary, the Mother of the Redeemer.  May Mary accompany us on our pilgrim way of faith, we pray…

St. Alphonsus, pray for us!

Happy Feast Day!