"Life is beautiful; it is a gift even when it is lived in difficult circumstances. It is always a gift." -- Pope Benedict XVI

TONIGHT! "Theology Uncorked" @ Mohawk Valley Winery (706 Varick St) @ 6:30-8:00 pm. Conversation, yummy food, wine--all free! Sr. Lois Paciello of Our Lady of Lourdes is the guest speaker! Adults 40+ - No commitment necessary. Sponsored by The Diocese of Syracuse McDevitt Evangelization Grant awarded to SJSP

Thus ends the Christmas season! Our church now enters "ordinary time" until Ash Wednesday on February 14, 2018 ushers in Lent. Blessings to all!

Did you know that the word "baptism" comes from the Greek word for "plunge" or "immerse"? Today on this feast of Christ's baptism in the River Jordan, let us give great thanks for our own baptism--our plunge into the saving life of Christ! Please, Lord, help us to live up to our baptismal promises. Amen! (da Vinci @ Uffizi)

Let us "come to do him homage"--deep respect, reverence, worship, recognition! Amen!

“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” -- Leo Tolstoy Look up and see the star! Happy feast of the Epiphany to all!

WE ARE SORRY TO ANNOUNCE SUNDAY'S EPIPHANY CONCERT IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER. EPIPHANY CONCERT @ Our Lady of Lourdes on Sunday, January 7 2018, at 3pm in the church! Let's end the Christmas season together with beautiful music! The concert is free and open to the public.

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, mother, widow, convert to Catholicism, founder the first Catholic girls' school in US and the Daughters of Charity, and first American saint, pray for us! Amen!

Today is the feast of the Holy Name of Jesus--at whose name every knee shall bend and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord! Saint Bernard of Clairvaux once wrote that to call on the name of Jesus "calms and soothes the heart.” Amen.

Known around the world as "The Little Flower," Marie-Francoise-Therese Martin was born on January 2, 1873, and baptized two days later on January 4th. "All my life, she wrote, "God surrounded me with love." Dearest Saint Therese, pray for us to be full of love for those who surround us every day.