ANOINTING OF THE SICK: “Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint [him] with oil in the name of the Lord…” St. James 5:14 The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick extends the healing of Jesus Christ. We will have the Anointing of the Sick every Second Friday of the month after 8:30 am Mass. If you or someone you know is seriously ill at home or in the hospital, the priest will bring the Holy Eucharist and administer the Anointing of the Sick. To request the Anointing of the Sick for yourself or a loved one, please contact the parish office (409) 883 2883.

Chicago born Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost has been elected as the 267th Bishop of Rome. He has taken the name Leo XIV. Please join us in praying for our new pope, Pope Leo XIV, and for his papacy. O God, who in your providential design willed that your Church be built upon blessed Peter, whom you set over the other Apostles, look with favor, we pray, on Leo XIV, our Pope and grant that he, whom you have made peter’s successor, may be for your people a visible source and foundation of unity in faith and of communion. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.