Mary’s Home

on the West Side of Detroit
May Crowning (2024)
Wedding Mass (2023)
Wedding Mass (2023)
Mother's Day Blessing! (2024)
May Crowning (2024)
YA Trivia Night (2024)
Marian Consecration (2024)
YA Bonfire (2023)
May Crowning 2024
The Church at Night (2023)
UofM Carillon Players visit the Bell Tower (2024)
Women's Group Preparing for Fall Fest (2023)
Male Volunteers at Fall Fest (2023)
YAs Congratulate each other after a Hilarious Improv Skit (2023)
Rorate Caeli Mass (2021)
Women's Group (2023)
YA's Pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary (2023)
SVdP Fundraising Walk (2023)
Sunday School (2023)
Sunday School Rosary (2023)
Sunday School (2023)
Praise and Worship Night
Sunday School (2023)
Rorate Caeli Mass (2023)
Decorating for Christmas Mass (2023)
Christmas Vigil (2023)
Epiphany Blessing (2024)
Painting the New Adoration Chapel (2024)
Earliest known image of Saint Mary of Redford's current building. (est 1927)
YA Indoor Olympic Night (2024)
Feast of Epiphany (2024)
Feast of Epiphany (2024)
Engaged Couple Prays at the Marian Altar (2024)
Praise and Worship Night (2022)
FallFest (2022)
Setting up the Nativity (2023)
First Communion
Missionaries Paint the 'New' Offices (2023)
First Communion
Stations of the Cross on Grand River - Good Friday (2024)

“For my eyes have seen Your Salvation.”
- Luke 2:30

The Presentation of the Lord
Sunday February 2, 2025

  • Liturgy of the Word (Cycle C)

    First Reading
    Malachi 3:1-4

    Responsorial Psalm
    24:7, 8, 9, 10

    Second Reading
    Hebrews 2:14-18

    Gospel
    Luke 2:22-40

  • Gospel Reflection

    The Scripture passages today speak to God’s promise to send a Savior to mankind.

    The prophet Malachi likens God’s messenger to refined precious metals.

    The Letter to the Hebrews explains how Jesus came to help not angels, but mankind.

    In St. Luke’s Gospel, Mary and Joseph take the baby Jesus to the Temple. In accordance with the law, He is consecrated to the Lord. Simeon, a just man, and Anne, a prophetess, witness in the presence of the infant Jesus the fulfillment of the ancient
    prophecies.

    We, as faithful stewards, strive to build a deeper relationship with the Lord — to consecrate our lives to His will.  May this feast day inspire us to embrace Christ’s will to accomplish His work in our parish communion and the greater community.

  • Prayer of the Week

    Lord, I surrender myself completely to You. 

    Take my thoughts, my words, my actions, and my desires.  Purify them, sanctify them, and align them with Your divine plan. May every breath I take be for Your greater glory. 

    Grant me the courage to say ‘yes’ to Your will, as Mary did at the Annunciation.  Like her, may I be Your humble servant, ready to accept whatever You ask of me.

    I offer this prayer to You, O God, through Your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.  Amen.

  • Thoughts of the Saints

    “True love of God consists in carrying out God’s will.  To show God our love in what we do, all our actions, even the least, must spring from our love of God.”

    -Diary of Saint Faustina

  • Fellowship

    Fellowship happens the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month - immediately following 11:00 am mass. Come and join your parish family for coffee and conversation!

    -Sunday February 16: Sponsors:
    The Aleobua Family

  • Week At-A-Glance

    Monday February 3
    Parish Office Open: 1pm-5pm
    No Daily Mass or Confession

    Tuesday February 4
    Parish Office Open: 1pm-5pm
    6:00 pm Mass

    Wednesday February 5
    Parish Office Open: 1pm-5pm
    No Daily Mass or Confession

    Thursday February 6
    Parish Office Open: 1pm-5pm
    7:30 am Mass

    Friday February 7
    Parish Office Closed
    7:30 am Mass
    6:00 pm Karate Class

    Saturday February 8
    Parish Office Closed
    9:00 am Mass (Latin Novus Ordo)
    9:45 am Confession
    10:00 am SVdP Mtg

    Sunday February 9
    Parish Office Closed
    11:00 am Mass
    12:00 pm Sunday School
    4:15 pm Confession
    5:00 pm Mass (Latin High Mass)

  • 2025 Holy Days of Obligation

    Every Sunday is an Obligation
    Mass: 11:00 am | 5:00 pm (Latin)

    Thursday May 29*
    Ascension of Jesus
    11:00 am Mass

    Friday August 15*
    Ascension of Jesus
    11:00 am Mass

    Monday December 8
    Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    11:00 am Mass

    Thursday December 25*
    Christmas Day
    11:00 am Mass

    *No 7:30 am daily mass or confession

PRAYER GROUPS

  • Men's Group

    Prayer, conversation, fellowship
    Thursday: February 13, 2025: 6:30 pm
    Thursday: February 27, 2025: 6:30 pm
    Fr. Athanasius Fornwalt
    pastor@saintmaryofredford.church

  • Ladies Who Pray

    Prayer, conversation, fellowship
    Tuesday: February 25, 2025: 2:00 pm | ZOOM
    Marilyn Bachelor
    meb_25@earthlink.net

 

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