Traditional Latin Mass Sunday January 28th at 11 AM St. Martha Church 214 Brainard rd Enfield Ct High Mass

Potluck Social same day. This Sunday

                                             Bring a dish and join us

                 Our Lady of Good Success pray for us. Amen

 Novena to Our Lady of Good Success starts today.

https://www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com/pages/9-day-novena-to-our-lady-of-good-success

https://www.tfp.org/novena-to-our-lady-of-good-success-of-the-purification/

 Traditional Latin Mass this Weds. 7:00 P.M. Jan. 24th

Leonine Prayers Said at end of every Low Mass

St. Martha Catholic Church 214 Brainard rd. Enfield Ct.

Traditional Latin Mass Sunday Jan. 21st at 11:00 A.M.

St. Martha Church 214 Brainard rd Enfield Ct.

                                                  

                                          Behold The Lamb Of God

                 Our Lady of Good Success pray for us. Amen 

 Traditional Latin Mass Saturday January 20th at 9:00 A.M. St. Martha Church Enfield Ct. 

             Our Lady of Good Success of the Purification, Pray for us. Amen

Video Above

 Traditional Latin Mass every Weds. 7:00 P.M.

Leonine Prayers Said at end of every Low Mass

St. Martha Catholic Church 214 Brainard rd. Enfield Ct.

 Traditional Latin Mass Sunday Jan. 14th at 11:00 A.M.

St. Martha Church 214 Brainard rd Enfield Ct.

                                                  

                                          Behold The Lamb Of God

                 Our Lady of Good Success pray for us. Amen

     Traditional Latin Mass in Enfield Ct

      Sunday at 11:00 A.M. January 7th followed by Blessing of Sacramentals
        St. Martha Catholic Church 214 Brainard Rd. Enfield Enfield Ct
                                                             

THE PRIESTLY ROBE

Touch it lightly, or not at all.

Let it not fall !

Let not a fabric so august

Trail in the dust!

`Tis a costly thing,

Woven by love in suffering.

`Twas Jesus` parting gift to men.

When the Lord rose to Heaven again,

His latest breathing fell on it.

A mystery hides within its folds.

Quickened by sacramental breath,

It holds

The power of life and death.

Would you sully it ? Would you rend it?

Is there a Christian would not defend it-

A robe so costly and so rare,

So wonderfully fair ?

Woe to the hand profane

Woe to the heart ungracious,

Woe to the tongue unheeding,

Would dare to cast a stain

On a vestment made so precious

By such costly bleeding!

II

I know this robe and its history,

And what strange virtue goeth forth

From its hem to bless the earth;

And I adore the mystery

That gives it grace,

In Jesus` name, to soothe and heal.

With more than human tenderness

I prize the priestly order;

And, while the reverent knee I kneel,

I do not see beneath the border

Frail feet of clay,

But seek to find, if so I may,

By feeling,

Some gracious thread which will convey

To my sore spirit healing.

Vicars of Christ ! deem me not rude,

If nearer than is wont I press me;

But turn and bless me

Amid the kneeling multitude.

The priestly robe  Rev. Clarence Walworth  anno 1888

 Traditional Latin Mass for Weds. January 3rd at 7:00 P.M.

 Vigil of Epiphany, Friday January 5th at 7:00 P.M. Special Event Blessing of Epiphany Water Example video below to have idea of ceremony; and explanation of Epiphany water. 

Traditional Latin Mass for Feast of Epiphany will be Saturday  January 6th at 9:00 A.M. High Mass With a visit by The 3 Kings right after Mass with small reception. St. Martha Church 214 Brainard Rd. Enfield Ct

Reflection for the Epiphany

The Epiphany of the Lord is the manifestation of Christ who is the light and salvation of God for all peoples.  God manifested the arrival of the true King to the Magi and they start a long and arduous journey to search for the Child.  Guided by the light of a star they found Him and adored Him.
The Magi embody all those who with hope and faith search for that light that can return the meaning to their lives. In other words, those who seek God. Faith is a constant search that requires crossing through darkness, as we encounter difficulties and abandon the comfort of our own thinking, in order to walk the extraordinary paths that lead to God.
The Magi were humble and simple individuals. They did not flaunt their human wisdom. Prostrated before a child like any other, they discovered in Him the Prince and Master of all wisdom. As a result, they opened their gifts, more importantly their hearts to the child. Their reward would be being filled with the divine mystery. They were able to find what others were incapable of finding: neither the prideful scribes, nor the ambitious Herod. Perhaps the Magi had a childlike heart, capable of dreaming and believing the incredible.
Like Herod, the arrogant who can’t lift their eyes to the skies, the short-sighted towards the manifestations of God, the hard-hearted and those who live in selfishness and ambition can never experience and celebrate the Epiphany. Because the Epiphany is radiance for those who know to lift their eyes to Heaven and don’t become hunched towards earthly things. The Magi knew how to read the message of God in the star and they searched for it in the darkness and became wisely deaf to the opinions of others, especially towards the poisonous interests of Herod.
Thus, dearly beloved, let us become manifestation of the God of love, hope and justice. Let us offer our Savior Jesus and our brethren the best of us: our heart, our life, and our time.  Hopefully, we can become like a star that guides, orients and shine over those who seek God.

Rev. Fr. Robert Villa

Traditional Latin Mass Sunday Jan. 7th at 11:00 A.M. 

Followed immediately after Mass by Blessing of Sacramentals