May 27, 2026

Heavenly Father, we come to you with humble hearts, asking for your mercy upon all mankind. Let your peace flow through nations, across borders, and into every home. Calm the storms of hatred, silence the drums of war, and replace pride with compassion.

Heal our broken world. Let us not grow tired of praying, hoping and believing. May we, in our little ways, be instruments of your peace and love.

Amen.
~ St. Padre Pio


Dear Parishioners,

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity is called a mystery because it is a divinely revealed truth that surpasses our understanding. Finite human minds, even the most brilliant, cannot fully comprehend an infinite God.

That being said, we can mention a few things about the topic. For example, we know that God exists as the Holy Trinity. God is one Divine Being and three distinct Persons. We believe in one God, not three gods. We hear the invocation of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity in Paul’s farewell at the end of today’s second reading: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you. 

The Church has tried over the centuries to teach the concept of God as “three in one” through analogies. For example, Saint Patrick famously used the shamrock as an image. He pointed out that there are three lobes but only one shamrock. The image of a triangle has also been used to demonstrate how there are three sides but only one triangle. These, and other analogies, ultimately fall short, however, because the Divine Persons cannot be reduced to mere parts of Godlike lobes of a shamrock or sides of a triangle. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are each fully God.

Although God far exceeds our limits of understanding, the existence of a triune God does teach us something quite significant, namely, that God himself is a loving relationship. Sacred Scripture tells us that God is love. The opening line of our Gospel contains one of Scripture’s most famous passages about God’s love: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. Because the three Divine Persons are distinct, they can love one another, and because God is one, this love remains unified. The Holy Trinity forms a perfect community of love: the Father loves the Son; the Son loves the Father; and the love between the Father and Son is the Holy Spirit.

Like the Holy Trinity, we also are meant to exist in relationship with others. Our human relationships provide us with fundamental experiences of giving and receiving self-sacrificial love. When we understand that it is God who gives us the capacity to love others, these same relationships give us an opportunity to experience deep fulfillment. In fact, the Church goes so far as to state the following: “Man, who is the only creature on earth which God willed for itself, cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself” (Gaudium et Spes 24). We discover our authentic selves when we choose to bring God’s love to the people who share our journey. The gift of self we make to them then becomes, in a real way, our gift of self to God.

Therefore, the existence of a triune God teaches us something vitally important and practically instructive: Since God is a community of love in his very nature, we, too, as human beings created in God’s image, are meant to build and become a community of love.

God Love Ya!
Fr. Reilly



The Preparation of the Gifts includes the collection of money, the procession of the gifts (bread, wine, and money) and concludes with the prayer over the gifts. Instrumental music or a song that fits the theme or the celebration is sometimes used. This part of the Mass used to be mistakenly labeled the offertory. It is really no offering at all but a preparation of the gifts to be offered. The gifts are offered in union with Jesus at the conclusion of the Eucharistic Prayer. The collection of money is very important in this rite. Even the prayer of the celebrant is secondary and may be said silently. The collection of money is not merely a way of dealing with all the necessary bills like heat and light, etc. The money is symbolic of ourselves. It is a sign of our willingness to give all we have to the Lord for the maintenance of the church and the care of the poor. Every liturgy should include gifts for the poor. This is expressive of what the Eucharist means in terms of our relationship with others. The money is brought up in procession with the bread and wine and remains near the altar. So the prayer over the gifts is said not just over bread and wine but over our gifts as well. Any music that is used during this rite serves to accompany the action. The length of the song, then, depends on the length of the rite. 



We invite you to join the Saints Peter and Paul community in honoring the Sacred Heart in Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Friday, June 5, at 7:00 PM. Concluding at 8:00 PM, this First Friday Holy Hour will consist of Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Evening Prayer, the Litany of the Eucharist.

In the words of Saint Teresa of Calcutta:




Our Hope Ministry cares for parishioners who are homebound, elderly, or ill. Our volunteers are happy to offer rides to medical appointments or the grocery store, grocery shop for you, or simply spend time with a friendly home visit.

Inspired by Jesus' call to care for one another, we reach out with compassion, kindness, and a loving presence.

If you or someone you know could use support, or if you would like to learn more about our service, please contact Loretta Bevilacqua at 610.529.1991.



We are in need of your help to re-stock the Caring For Friends freezer.

All the instructions and tins are in the locker in the freezer room in the Narthex. We do not have enough meals to meet the needs of our parishioners.

Any help you can give us is greatly appreciated by the coordinators and fellow parishioners!

Thank you!