ST. JOSEPH and HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC PARISHES are a welcoming Catholic community, alive in Christ, living out His message in love and service to everyone. St. Joseph Church is at 500 N. Mesa Verde Avenue in Aztec, New Mexico. Holy Trinity Church is at 42 Road 3520, Flora Vista, New Mexico. Click here for MAP. Our parish office is at Father Owen Center, across the street from St. Joseph Church, at 424 N. Mesa Verde in Aztec, NM.     

THE PADRE'S PORTION 

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear Brothers and Sisters; How do we know about Heaven? I was thinking about my recent enjoyment with the PBS shows about the History of Country Music. I did not come from a family that enjoyed Country, Western, or Bluegrass music. But I have noticed two things that are a part of a feeling of familiarity. The first is that the development of the country’s knowledge of “hillbilly” music came into being between 1925 and 1965. The aspects of what life was like and sung about by the musicians evoked what I know about my parents and their parents’ way of life. Many of my family came from the farm or rural areas. They lived their lives using ‘country methods’. I mean by this things like, being far from medical aid and having to ‘make do’ with what you had. The second thing of familiarity that I experienced was the social knowledge of the musicians. How often was I with someone, and they had the radio on playing Johnny Cash. Or, going into a restaurant where they had a Juke Box, and seeing the names of the popular Country Western singers of the time. We have now familiarity with Heaven because we will already know the people who are there waiting for us.                                                                                                  Fr. David Tate                                                                                                                   

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                                                                So let our sacrifice be in your presence today
    and find favor before you;
            for those who trust in you cannot be                               put to shame.
And now we follow you with our whole heart,
    we fear you and we seek your face.
Do not put us to shame,
             but deal with us in your kindness                           and great mercy.
Deliver us in accord with your wonders,
         and bring glory to your name, O Lord.                                                                                                                                                                                      Daniel 3:40-43

     ST. JOSEPH CHURCH

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

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Our Parish theme:

"I am the vine, you are the branches....

  for without me you can do nothing."                         

                                                              (John 15:5)

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The Churches of St. Joseph in Aztec, and Holy Trinity in Flora Vista, belong to the Catholic Diocese of Gallup in New Mexico, U.S.A. Click the green Diocese crest on the upper right to go to the Diocese of Gallup website.

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