A Message from Our Pastor

November 01, 2026

Dear People of St. Patrick Parish,

Today, the Feast of All Saints is a day we remember and pray to all the souls in heaven who earned the joy of heaven by being faithful to God in living out their mortal lives.

The canonized Saint is declared a Saint in heaven by the Church and is worthy of veneration by the Faithful e.g., St. Patrick, St. Joseph, St. Peter, etc. We pray to them to pray for us and to intercede to God, to help us on our journey to Heaven as we live out our Catholic Faith or for people who love God and try to live a holy life.

We also pray for our deceased parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, and people who touched our lives.

An example might be our grandparents who helped raise us, took us to Mass, taught us to pray. They drove us to school and other places and helped our parents to raise us.

Heaven is God’s Thanks to them and His pride in what they did.

Another example may be those who help in the Church to bring knowledge of God like school teachers, faith formation teachers, choir members, lectors, altar servers and those who bring Communion to the Homebound.

I also hope that priests and deacons who serve the Church will be among the Saints in heaven and be welcomed by those they served.

Monday is All Souls Day when we pray to all the Saints in heaven and also especially pray for the souls in Purgatory that our prayers for them will help them get to heaven sooner. A real act of love to the people we may have or not have known, and we know they will pray for us in thanksgiving.

Do we really want to be in the number When the Saints Go Marching In?

God Bless ,
Fr. Larry Young
Your Pastor