St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
648 JAY ST., UTICA, NY 13501 – 315-735-1482
Third Sunday of Easter Reflection: From fear to lasting power of love By SISTER MARY McGLONE As it starts out, today’s Gospel seems redundant, repeating last week’s scene in which Jesus appeared among the disciples. But there are some key differences. First of all, today’s event took place while the disciples from Emmaus were explaining […]
On Saturday evening, March 31, our parish celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ with the beautiful and moving Easter Vigil service. The Paschal Candle was lit and processed in the dark through the church; numerous parishioners took part in the readings from the Old and New Testaments and other commentary; two adults were fully initiated […]
Easter Blessing for a new beginning By JAN RICHARDSON In out-of-the-way places of the heart, where your thoughts never think to wander, a new beginning has been quietly forming. It has been waiting … waiting until you are ready to emerge. For a long time this new beginning has watched you. It knows the emptiness […]
Easter Sunday Reflection: 3 things to lead a better Christian life By SISTER CAROL DEMPSEY March 31 — the end of another calendar month — ushers in a season of profound hope as Christians everywhere celebrate Easter, the commemoration of Christ’s resurrection. Many times, Easter and the Jewish feast of Passover overlap, but not this […]
Second Sunday of Easter Reflection: Thomas didn’t see the new reality By SISTER MARY McGLONE Seeing is believing. Is that today’s theme? Perhaps. Folks hear today’s Gospel and think of Thomas the doubter. What about thinking of Thomas as the guy determined to walk the walk and not just talk the talk? Consider it. How […]
Parishioners from Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament and St. Anthony & St. Agnes parishes joined in worship on Holy Thursday at Mount Carmel. A packed church participated in the Mass, watched as Father Jim washed the feet of 12 people, re-enacting what Jesus did to his disciples the night before he was crucified. The service […]
Our parish celebrated Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem during Palm Sunday services Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, March 23 and 24. To the strains of “Jerusalem My Destiny,” parishioners, including our Faith Formation students, processed through the church in honor of Christ. The Passion was proclaimed through the voices of five people and the […]