Saint Bernard's Lyon Mountain & Saint Edmund's Ellenburg

UPDATE ON THE NEW FURNACE: The company hopes to complete the work tomorrow night Wednesday, February 10th, so the Wednesday's Mass will be 9AM at St. Edmund's for the soul of Arlene Johnson.

Good Morning everyone....this is Karen, I found this quote and with everything; all the hate, anger and worry going on around us, I thought I would share; When someone is rude, keep a smile on your face. When you stay on the high road and keep your joy, you take away their power.... It’s been a rough year, month, week, day....sometimes we lose sight that it really is in God’s time. Have a beautiful Blessed Day

Having Faith is having the Lord, Our God, by our side always.

During uncertain times, like what we are experiencing now, Trust God regardless of the situation. For He is always with Us

From Fr. Todd's Desk: With the Anticipated Installation of the new Boiler/heating system, on February 8th & 9th...Fr. has decided to do the following: Friday 9AM Mass will be at St. Edmund's for Myrtle Siskavich Saturday 4PM Mass will also be at St. Edmund's for Anthony Golovach. There will be NO SUNDAY MORNING 10:30 MASS.... The Diocese is aware of the heating situation and the safety and well being of OUR Parishioners is of the utmost importance. Please, come join and your fellow Parishioners for the 4PM; 6:30PM or 8AM Mass. See more

Gracefully Broken! I was in Dollar Tree last night, and there was a lady and two kids behind me in the LONG line. One was a big kid, and the other one was a toddler. The bigger one had a pack of glow sticks, and the toddler was screaming for them. The Mom opened the pack and gave him one which stopped his tears. He walked around with it smiling; but then the bigger boy took it, and the toddler started screaming again. Just as the Mom was about to fuss, the older child ben...t the glow stick and handed it back to the toddler. As we walked outside at the same time, the toddler noticed that the stick was now glowing; and his brother said, "I had to break it so that you could get the full effect from it." I almost ran, because l could hear God saying to me, "I had to break you to show you why I created you. You had to go through it so you could fulfill your purpose." That precious child was happy just swinging that "unbroken" glow stick around in the air, because he didn't understand what it was created to do - which was "glow". There are some people who will be content just "being," but some of us that God has chosen... we have to be "broken." We have to get sick. We have to lose a job. We go through a divorce. We have to bury our spouse, parents, best friend, or our child... In those moments of desperation, God is breaking us. But... when the breaking is done, then we will be able to see the reason for which we were created. So when you see us glowing, just know that we have been broken but healed by His Grace and Mercy!!! Amen

God never forsakes us....everything is done in Glory in His time.

Some night, any night....look up to the stars and believe in God’s promise that He said to Abraham....to be with us, to hear us when we call all out His name, to wipe every tear from our eyes, and to forgive every sin.

The light that shines from the figure of Mary also helps us to understand the true meaning of original sin. Indeed that relationship with God which sin truncates is fully alive and active in Mary. In her there is no opposition between God and her being: there is full communion, full understanding. There is a reciprocal yes: God to her and her to God. Mary is free from sin because she belongs entirely to God, she empties herself totally for him. She is full of his Grace and ...of his Love.... The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary expresses the certainty of faith that God’s promises have been fulfilled and that his Covenant does not fail but has produced a holy root from which came forth the blessed Fruit of the whole universe, Jesus the Savior. The Immaculate Virgin shows that Grace can give rise to a response, that God’s fidelity can bring forth a true and good faith. Pope Benedict XVI