The Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
Mass will be held at the following times:
- 8:00 AM
- 9:30 AM
- 11:00 AM
- 12:30 PM
- 2:00 PM (Spanish)
God, thank you for a new year. May everyone in our family be willing to begin anew with a clean slate. We know that you are always ready to forgive us. Help us to be willing to forgive ourselves and to forgive one another. As we begin a new year, remind us of our truest values and our deepest desires. Help us to live in the goodness that comes from doing what you want us to do Help us to put aside anxiety about the future and the past, so that we might live in peace with you now, one day at a time.
Other themes come together at today’s celebration. It is the Octave of Christmas: Our remembrance of Mary’s divine motherhood injects a further note of Christmas joy. It is a day of prayer for world peace: Mary is the mother of the Prince of Peace. It is the first day of a new year: Mary continues to bring new life to her children—who are also God’s children.