Church of the
Annunciation

7580 Clinton Street
Elma, New York 14059

716.683.5254


  The Parish Office encourages the use of appointments.

Call 683-5254 or [email protected] for an appointment for documents or to arrange to have a Mass said for a loved one. Some transactions, but not all, may be done by phone, mail, and email.

MASS INTENTIONS

Masses are now available. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to schedule a Mass.

Please note that our Mass schedule has changed for both the weekend and weekday Masses.

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THIRTYFIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - NOVEMBER 6, 2024

One of my favorite television programs is “Law and Order.” This title, I think, is rather appropriate for this Sunday’s readings. Without the law, there can be no order in our society. Our God is a God of order. Thus, our church is a church of order, meaning that there is a structure to every aspect of it.

 

In the book of Deuteronomy, we are told that we must love the Lord our God with our entire being. God gives us His unconditional love so that we have the means to love him in return. The first five books of the Old Testament are the books of the law. It is within these books that God issued the ten commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai.

 

Jesus makes reference to the ten commandments in today’s gospel as he summarizes them in his answer to the scholar’s question. The first five commandments pertain to our relationship with our God. Jesus quotes the passage from Deuteronomy in order to do this. But then, he takes it a step further by summarizing the last five commandments which pertain to our relationship with our neighbor. Therefore, we shall love the Lord our God with our entire being, and we shall love our neighbor as ourselves. The two great commandments go hand-in-hand. We cannot love our neighbor unless we love our God. What God gives to us, we must give to one another.

 

-Fr. Karl


 

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CLICK HERE to pray with a video of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary

 

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Schedules for

WHEAT Family of Parishes

 

WEEKENDS

Saturdays:

4 pm St. Vincent

4:30 pm Immaculate Conception

Sundays:

8 am Annunciation

8 am Immaculate Conception

9 am St. Joseph

9:30 am Immaculate Conception

10 am St. Vincent

10:30 am St. George

11 am Annunciation

5 pm Annunciation

 

WEEKDAYS

Monday:

9 am Annunciation

8 am Immaculate Conception

Tuesday:

8 am St. George

8 am St. Vincent

8 am Immaculate Conception

6 pm Mass at St. Vincent

Wednesday:

7am Annunciation

8am Immaculate Conception

Thursday:

8am Immaculate Conception

8am St. Joseph

6pm Mass at St. Vincent

Friday:

9 am Annunciation

1st Friday Nocturnal Adoration

3rd Friday Adoration at 9:30am

8 am St. George

6 pm 1st Friday of the month only,

devotions at

Saturday:

8 am St. Joseph

Check the bulletin for Holy Day times.

                        Confessions at Annunciation: 4:00PM on Sunday and upon request. Anointing of the Sick on the first Sunday of the month after the 11AM Mass.

 

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for September

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Please protect the barrel - it is not for disposal of garbage.

 

 

 

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