If you need the Sacrament of Reconciliation, come to Lenten Confessions at St. Mary's Farmington on Tuesday, April 16, at 7PM

April is dedicated to the Holy Eucharist

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.

Lent and Easter Schedule

Holy Thursday, April 18 Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Church 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, Spanish Eucharistic Adoration at St. Joseph Parish Hall up to 12 midnight Good Friday, April 19 1:00 p.m.: Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy Novena, and the Passion of our Lord at Holy Trinity Church Day of Fasting and Abstinence No services at St. Joseph Church Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 20 8:00 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph Church Easter Sunday, April 21 Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord 8:50 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church 11:10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church 3:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Church

THE PADRE'S PORTION

Palm Sunday

Dear Brothers and Sisters: It is not un-Catholic to have a Bible in your home. Matter of fact, it is VERY Catholic to own a Bible. Since the 1960s, the Holy Masses open to us throughout the year much of what is found in Sacred Scripture. For the New Testament, it is over seventy percent during the three year cycle. Since the time of Adam and Eve, God has been unfolding slowly His plan of our salvation from the bondage of Sin. Palm Sunday, which is the beginning of Holy Week, is a great example of how the New Testament is rooted in the foundation of the Old Testament. What God did in the NT, he began in the OT. Let us think about where Jesus enters the Temple on Palm Sunday (Mt 21). Going to the OT Book of Proverbs (30:4), we find, “Who has gone up to heaven and come down again—What is that person’s name, or the name of his son?” Looking to the Book of Zechariah (9:9) we find, “Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey.” And finally, from the Psalms (118: 26), “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”

Fr. David Tate

Comments? You may email pastor@stjosephaztec.org

  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

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

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(John 15:5)

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