ASCENSION THURSDAY
This is a holy day of obligation, Mass Schedule is:

Wednesday, May 16th
7:30pm (Vigil)

Thursday, May 17th
7:00am
12:10pm
7:30PM

• All are invited to St. Mary’s Patio and garden blessing celebration. The corrected date is Saturday, May 19 after the 4:00 p.m. Mass, in front of the parish center. Light refreshments will be served.

• The Somerset Food bank collection is May 13. Please leave your bagged goods in the Narthex.

• SHIP frozen food drop/off begins this weekend, and every second Sunday of the month.

• Altar Server training classes will be starting soon for all boys and girls interested in becoming Altar Servers for grades 4-8. If your child is interested in serving, please contact Cathy Cooney at the parish office.

• St. Mary’s is on Facebook! If you are a Facebook user, consider being “friends” with St. Mary’s and automatically receive important news and notifications involving our parish.   Click on this link and press the "Like" button at the top of the facebook page.

A MOTHER'S DAY PRAYER

Thank You, Holy Father, for Your special gift of mothers; for the example of Your unconditional love they share with their children.

Thank You for the mother who lets her child know without doubt he or she is loved, and for the child who returns that love.

 Lord, today we pray You will protect and guide mothers everywhere; that You will grant them Your wisdom in loving and teaching their children.

Today, may children everywhere remembers the warm caresses and whispers in the night; the tears dried and Band-Aids, the peach cobbler, the laughter; and the blood curdling scream, “No!” at the brink of danger.

Thank You for the mothers who played with us, taught us, nurtured us, fed us, listened to us and tried to understand us.

Today, may we remember Mom’s beauty when we were young; and her loveliness discovered as we aged.

Lord, today draw especially close the mothers who are alone, for whatever reason; and grant them Your comfort, Your pleasure, Your Peace.

And, Lord, for children who are alone, because of distance, death, or indifference, may good memories flood their minds.

And if there is not a good memory, may forgiveness burst forth from their hearts and revive in them long lost joy. Thank you particularly for phone calls today, and for a shared “I Love You.”

Today as we honor, celebrate, or simply reflect on the woman who gave us birth, or who adopted us into her heart.

We thank You, Lord, for life, and for Mom! In Jesus name. Amen!