Welcome to St. Pius X!
We are genuinely so happy to see you here. We especially want to welcome you if this is your first time in church in a while. We’re honored that you’re choosing to spend Christmas with us! If you want a refresher on the Mass, you can follow along on page three of the missal. But if you walk away with nothing else from this Mass, we pray it’s this: Jesus loves you.
So much that He — God — became human (a vulnerable, poor baby at that!) to save you and prove how much He loves you. Yes, you, the person reading this. Even if (especially if!) you’re thinking to yourself, “Well, that’s nice, but there’s no way He could love me.” Yes, He does. We promise. That’s actually the whole point of Christmas.
If you don’t believe that, here’s your challenge: Whatever you’ve been carrying for these past weeks — the stress, the anxiety, the pain — give it to Him today. Leave it all in the manger with Him.
And then continue to bring them to Him every day. Your prayers don’t have to be crazy long or elaborate. Just tell Him what’s going on and ask Him for help.
It’s not going to fix everything magically. But after a while, you’ll start to notice that even if the circumstances don’t change, you have peace about it. You can’t quite explain.
(That’s Jesus. And it’s awesome.)
To help you do that, we’d love to invite you back to Mass on Sunday. We know — you’re crazy busy, and adding one more thing to your weekend is daunting.
But we promise it’s worth it. What we hear consistently from people is that going to Mass weekly not only gives them an opportunity to thank God and worship Him, but they also leave refreshed, hopeful, peaceful, and loved.
Because they’ve given their everything — even the messy parts — to the Lord, and He’s transformed them with His love.
And we want that for you, too.
If you’re here, you’re part of our family. We want to walk with you on this journey. Trust us; we don’t have it all figured out, either. But we struggle and grapple together, pray for each other, help each other, and draw closer to Jesus together.
We want to do that for you, too, but we can only do that if we get to know you. So, will you join us again on Sunday?
We pray that you have a blessed Christmas filled with knowledge of Christ’s love for you and that we will see you again soon.
God bless you!
Fr. Martin and the St. Pius X Pastoral Team
P.S. You may have a lot of questions about faith. “Is that really Jesus in the Eucharist?” “Why do bad things happen to good people?” “Why does the Church teach _____?”
Seriously, that’s one of the main reasons we exist: to answer questions! If that’s you, start small. Spend time alone in the church with Jesus to ask Him your questions — we’re open every day from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm. Or sign up for our email newsletter through this link: Flocknote Newsletter or text SPXDISCIPLE to 84576 for upcoming Bible studies, events, etc.; reach out to talk to Fr. Martin, who would be happy to meet with you and answer your questions. We mean it when we say we want to walk with you, which starts by answering your questions!
