He is Always There

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There is no time lost in finding Jesus when one visits the Old Adobe Mission; for he is always there as he is everywhere; and always at home with his Mother.

Merry Christmas to all! 

Thoughts From The Mission

If I love what Jesus loves, I cannot be wrong; unless I love what Jesus loves, I cannot be right. I may then―I must―love the Madonna, and, like the angel, I may gaze lovingly into her face with reverence and delight and hail her as the "highly favored" Maiden, purest Mother of perfect Child.

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His Name is Jesus!

The Old Adobe Mission is a small Church with big talent. We hope that you enjoy the video as much as we enjoyed the Cantata!

Special thanks to our Director of Music Ann Weiss and soloists, Laura Coordes, Amanda Gasal and Brian Cannon as well as our narrator Julie Estes. Special mention to our beautiful and talented OLPH choir.

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

 Old Adobe Mission ― Scottsdale, Arizona

According to tradition the Blessed Virgin appeared to a fifty-five-year-old peasant named Juan Diego, who was hurrying to hear Mass in Mexico City, on Saturday, December 9, 1531.

She sent him to Bishop Zumarraga to ask that a temple be built on the spot where she stood.

She was at the same place that evening and Sunday evening to get the bishop's answer. 

After cross-questioning Juan, the bishop ordered him to ask for a sign from the lady who had said she was the Mother of God. 

Juan was occupied all Monday with Bernardino, an uncle, who seemed dying of fever. On Tuesday, December 12th, the grieved nephew had to run for a priest and, to avoid the apparition, slipped around where the chapel now stands. But the Blessed Virgin crossed down to meet him and said, 

"What road is this thou takes, son?" A tender dialogue ensued. Reassuring Juan about his uncle-whom at that instant she cured and in an apparition to him also called herself Holy Mary of Guadalupe-she bade him go again to the bishop. Without hesitating he joyously asked for a sign. She told him to go up to the rocks and gather roses. 

He knew it was neither the time nor the place for roses, but he obeyed. Gathering the roses into the long cloak worn by Mexican Indians, he returned to the Blessed Mother, who rearranged them and warned him to keep them untouched and unseen till he reached the bishop. 

When he arrived at the bishop's home, Juan unfolded his cloak and the roses fell out. Startled to see the bishop and his attendants kneeling before him, he looked at the cloak and saw glowing there the life-sized figure of the Virgin Mother, just as he had described her. 

The picture was venerated in the bishop's chapel and soon after carried in procession to the first shrine.  Today, unscathed by time the cloak continues in it's veneration by millions of faithful Catholics from around the world. 

INDULGENCED PRAYER

Our Lady of Guadalupe, mystical rose, make intercession for holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke you in their necessities, and since you are the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of the true God, obtain for us from your most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, burning charity and the precious gift of final perseverance.  Amen.

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Scottsdale, Arizona

The Sunday Homily

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The liturgical year ends with the feast of Christ the King. This day reminds us what the Christian thing is all about: that Jesus really is the king, the Lord of our lives; that we belong utterly to him; and that we can say, with St. Paul, “It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.”

Mass Readings

Reading 1 - Daniel 7:13-14

Psalm - Psalm 93:1-5

Reading 2 - Revelation 1:5-8

Gospel - John 18:33-37

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The Sunday Homily

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The Book of Wisdom offers us the strange assertion that God did not make death, for he formed humanity to be imperishable. This revelation directs us towards the truth that death is much more than merely the dissolution of the body; it is the full impact of the power of sin over our lives. This power is especially evident in our fear of death. The dormition of the Mother of God offers us a sign that Christ has given to humanity a way that takes us not only beyond our fear of death but beyond death itself. The way of Christ enables us to face the power of death with trust rather than fear.

Mass Readings

Reading 1 - Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24

Psalm - Psalm 30:2-13

Reading 2 - 2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Gospel - Mark 5:21-43

The Sunday Homily - 06/24/18

John the Baptist is one of the most important figures in Christianity, and provides a window into the tradition of the Jewish priesthood and the historical context of the day. John chose the river Jordan to baptize, a conscious move to display the forgiveness of sins against the backdrop of the Jewish history of Exodus and liberation. Yet while he was baptizing in the desert, likely an exercise in protest of the corruption in the Temple in Jerusalem, he was heralding the coming of Christ, one who will "baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."

Solemnity of the Feast of Corpus Christi

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To truly understand what Jesus did at the climax of his life—and what the Catholic Church does at every Mass—we must understand the importance of blood sacrifice to Judaism in Jesus’ time. Everything that Moses did at Mt. Sinai, and all that was done for a thousand years in the temple, was summed up by Christ’s ultimate blood sacrifice on the Cross, offered for the reconciliation of God and humanity. And this ultimate lifeblood of God, sprinkled by Christ the high priest once for all, is what the Mass re-presents and makes sacramentally present to us.

Mass Readings

Reading 1 - Exodus 24:3-8
Psalm - Psalm 116:12-18
Reading 2 - Hebrews 9:11-15
Gospel - Mark 14:12-26