A Message from Our Pastor

July 19, 2026

The Reading from the Book of Wisdom

Today for us, to pray and reflect upon:

• There is no god besides you who have the care of all. Yes, that includes all of us here at St. Patrick Parish.
• God, you have taught us by your deeds that we must be kind and have hope that our being kind and forgiving of others can bring us eternal happiness and joy in Heaven.

The Reading from St. Paul to the Romans:

• The Spirit, the third person of the Blessed Trinity comes to our aid in times of weakness and temptation to sin.
• Yes, we must believe that God who knows us when we are tempted to sin sends the Holy Spirit to help us be faithful to our loving God and say no to the evil one.

The Reading from the Gospel of Matthew:

• God wants us to live our lives like good seed and when the devil tempts us, He sends the Holy Spirit to seek God’s help and if we sin, God wants us to be sorry, seek His forgiveness and start over.
• He reminds us that one day Jesus will send His angels to come for us and if we have sinned and caused others to sin, to throw us into the fiery furnace – Hell. Let us repent and not want to be wailing and grinding our teeth.
• Oh, happy note, the good and righteous people, the angels will lead to heaven and let them shine like the sun as they lead them to kingdom of God our Father.

Thank you, God, for the gift of our Baptism and the use of the Seven Sacraments and a Church Parish that can keep helping us to be the shining lights one day in heaven.

God Bless,
Fr. Larry Young
Your Pastor