Lectors

Lectors serve the parish community by reading the Scripture passages from the Old Testament and the New Testament epistles during Sunday Mass. Lectors are called to be living witnesses of the Word of God and help the community to hear the Scriptures with open hearts.

Any parishioner who is interested in being a lector for our weekend Masses should contact Marie Skrobola at [email protected]

Isaiah 55:10  "For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth,  making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth. It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it."

Catechism of the Catholic Church #1102 – “The Holy Spirit gives a spiritual understanding of the Word of God to those who read or hear it…the Spirit puts both the faithful and the ministers into a living relationship with Christ, the Word, and Image of the Father, so they can live out the meaning of what they hear.”

Dei Verbum – Pope Paul VI

21. "The Church has always venerated the divine Scriptures just as she venerates the body of the Lord, since, especially in the sacred liturgy, she unceasingly receives and offers to the faithful the bread of life from the table both of God's word and of Christ's body. She has always maintained them, and continues to do so, together with sacred tradition, as the supreme rule of faith, since, as inspired by God and committed once and for all to writing, they impart the word of God Himself without change, and make the voice of the Holy Spirit resound in the words of the prophets and Apostles. Therefore, like the Christian religion itself, all the preaching of the Church must be nourished and regulated by Sacred Scripture. For in the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven meets His children with great love and speaks with them; and the force and power in the word of God is so great that it stands as the support and energy of the Church, the strength of faith for her sons, the food of the soul, the pure and everlasting source of spiritual life. Consequently these words are perfectly applicable to Sacred Scripture: "For the word of God is living and active" (Heb. 4:12) and "it has power to build you up and give you your heritage among all those who are sanctified" (Acts 20:32; see 1 Thess. 2:13)."