A Message from Our Pastor

October 25, 2026

Dear People of St. Patrick Parish,

In the first reading from the Book of Exodus, the Lord says to the Israelites, “ You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt.” We all need to reflect upon this as we see the way some people treat migrants and immigrants to the USA. Perhaps they forget where their ancestors came from to end up here in America and here, we are today.

In the Gospel Jesus gives us the second commandment to be united with the First.

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

On this Sunday, we need to remember these two great Commandments knowing that sometimes we mess up on the second one.

My neighbor can be a family member, a co-worker, person living next door to me, a driver on the freeway and oh, yes, someone at Mass with me including the priest.

Maybe, we should be forgiving and pray for the neighbor and hope they will change and that one day we can all be together in Heaven with our loving God.

Next Saturday at the 5:00pm Vigil Mass, we will be celebrating the Feast of all Saints and then at all three Masses on Sunday. The Feast of All Saints is a Holy Day of Obligation but this year it is covered along with our Sunday obligations.

Please note you have three Sacrificial Offering envelopes:

• The Regular Parish Maintenance done on the First Sunday of the month.
• The Regular Sunday Offering.
• The offering for All Saints – we need all three.

The All Souls’ Day offering for Monday, November 2, you can list all the departed souls you want to be remembered at all Masses during the month of November.

We should try to come to Mass on Monday, November 2^nd All Souls’ Day, to pray for all souls, especially those that are in Purgatory and can use our prayers to help them get to Heaven, sooner. Mass will be at 7:30am, 9:00am and 7:30pm.

God Bless,
Fr. Larry Young
Your Pastor