Mass Times: Saturdays at 5:00 pm;
Sundays at 8:00 am and 10:30 am.
Mon, Tues, Wed* (*Communion service),
and Fri at 8:15 am;
Thurs at 6:00 pm.
St. Rita Roman Catholic Church
1008 Maple Dr., Webster, NY 14580
585-671-1100
 

The Parish Office is open from 9 am to noon, Monday through Friday.  Stop by or give us a call at 671-1100.

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Easter Blessings

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being at St. Rita this Easter. You make our worship and our Eucharist so very special when we are gathered together like we are on Easter.

Together we both receive and celebrate the Good News: Alleluia! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

Easter is the very heart of who we are as Christians. It is a day overflowing with Joy, New Life, and Re-creation. It is a day when all those words deserve capital letters and many sentences end in exclamation points! This Easter Day catapults us into rarified air and we do not come down until we hit the ground running, renewed with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.

One of the questions we are faced with on this day is, “Where is Jesus?” Our Gospels do not show Him to us. Instead we are confronted with an empty tomb.

We don’t encounter Jesus at the empty tomb because we are His Tabernacle, we are His Temple. He is the Word made Flesh and He has made His home with us and all the human race.

We all know our lives are better when God is in them. We all know that our lives are better when we live them in the light of gratitude and service.

Thank you again for being here. You are always welcome. Your friends and family are always welcome.

Rejoice and be Glad! Jesus is not at the empty tomb. Jesus has made His home with you and gives Himself to you lovingly at every Eucharist.

Carry with you always the Good News of Easter: Alleluia! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

Have a blessed Easter,

~Fr. Tim


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Scripture

An Introduction to the Sunday Scripture Readings - April 27, 2025

“Peace Be With You”

Easter is such a momentous event that we celebrate it for fifty days - from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. This is the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

During this Easter season, all of our first readings are taken from the Acts of the Apostles, our Epistles readings are taken from the Book of Revelation, and most of our Gospel readings are taken from the Gospel according to John. It is a special time when we learn about the early life of the Church and who Jesus truly is as He revealed Himself to His disciples and followers.

In our first reading (Acts of the Apostles 5:12-16), we hear how the Apostles, especially Peter, were exercising the authority given by Jesus to heal the sick, open the eyes of the blind, and drive out demons. Many people were converted because of their words and deeds. ”A large number of people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem also gathered, bringing the sick and those disturbed by unclean spirits, and they were all cured.“

In our second reading from the Book of Revelation (Rev 1:9-11, 12-13, 17-19), we hear John describe his first vision where he was called to testify to all the Churches of the risen Jesus’ mastery over death and his final judgement and rule on the “Lord’s Day” (the final day of judgement). John wrote in a time of distress and persecution and sought to give encouragement to Christians suffering in the name of Jesus.

Our Gospel reading (John 20:19-31) has two distinct messages. One is the institution of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Jesus appeared to His disciples in the locked room and gave them His peace and the authority to forgive sins. The other message is a call to faith, which, by its very nature, is a belief in someone or something we have not seen but know through faith to exist. This is the story of Thomas, who demanded to touch the wounds of Jesus before he would believe that Jesus was risen.

Our readings today urge us to have faith in this Jesus, the crucified, who rose from the dead, thus conquering death and atoning for our sins. In His passion and death, Jesus took upon Himself our infirmities, our sufferings, and transforms them every day into His risen body and blood through the Eucharist.

bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042725.cfm


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Mass Times: Saturdays at 5:00 pm;
Sundays at 8:00 am and 10:30 am.
Mon, Tues, Wed* (*Communion service),
and Fri at 8:15 am;
Thurs at 6:00 pm.