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Liturgical worship is 'symbolic', that is, "it is carried out by means of signs by which the faith is nourished, strengthened, and expressed."

Principalmente decimos que la Misa es una acción de Dios. Estamos invitados a participar.

The liturgy is primarily a divine activity, but God has so designed it so that we might participate, as members of the Body of Christ, in Christ's great sacrifice of himself to the Father.

Pope Francis has promulgated new norms for the celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Missal.

As part of our Eucharistic Revival and renewed catechesis on the Mass called for by Bishop Cotta, the Liturgy & Worship office has prepared resources for learning more about the Mass and growing in our participation in it. This includes a new catechetical series titled "(Re-) Learning the Mass", walking through the entire Mass, with new articles to be released weekly. Further resources are available at https://stocktondiocese.org/relearning-the-mass, or in Spanish at https://stocktondiocese.org/aprendiendo-la-misa, with more to be added!

The Mass has many names, which is fitting for its divine reality, which cannot be sufficiently expressed by just a few human words.

La Misa tiene muchos nombres, lo que corresponde a su realidad divina, que no puede expresarse suficientemente con unas pocas palabras humanas.

The copyright holders of the liturgical and biblical texts used for Mass and the other sacraments have policies on when permission or royalties may be required.

The obligation to participate at Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation has been reinstated as of June 27th, 2021. For further information on the obligation, please visit the link.

The guidelines for Mass and other liturgies have been updated in light of the updated state and CDC guidelines.

As the pandemic recedes and restrictions are lifted, dioceses have begun to reinstate the obligation for Catholics to participate at Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. In advance of this reinstatement for our diocese (date TBD), Bishop Cotta wants all the faithful to be reminded of the basics of this obligation, why we have it, and the importance of the Sunday Eucharist.

On May 1, 2021, Pope Francis added seven new invocations to the Litany of St. Joseph. The official English translation has been released by the USCCB, and may be viewed at the link.

Alo largo de la historia de la humanidad ha primado un criterio de vida que ha consistido, y se ha limitado, sólo a satisfacer los instintos más elementales: beber, comer, pasarlo bien, tener salud. Y para esto es “obligatorio” buscar dinero y para tenerlo es “obligatoria” la ley del trabajo. Pero más allá hay otra realidad tanto o más importante: la espiritual. Atender lo más básico, materialmente hablando, no es suficiente en la vida: el ser humano también es un ser espiritual. Jesús bien lo dijo: “No sólo de pan vive el hombre” (Mt 4,4). Tenemos por tanto también la “obligación” de preocuparnos por nuestra vida espiritual recibiendo todo lo que Dios nos da, acogiendo la vida que Él nos da.

El día del Señor —como ha sido llamado el domingo desde los tiempos apostólicos— ha tenido siempre, en la historia de la Iglesia, una consideración privilegiada por su estrecha relación con el núcleo mismo del misterio cristiano. En efecto, el domingo recuerda, en la sucesión semanal del tiempo, el día de la resurrección de Cristo. Es la Pascua de la semana, en la que se celebra la victoria de Cristo sobre el pecado y la muerte, la realización en él de la primera creación y el inicio de la « nueva creación » (cf. 2 Co 5,17). Es el día de la evocación adoradora y agradecida del primer día del mundo y a la vez la prefiguración, en la esperanza activa, del « último día », cuando Cristo vendrá en su gloria (cf. Hch 1,11; 1 Ts 4,13-17) y « hará un mundo nuevo » (cf. Ap 21,5).

Updated guidelines as of 5/5/2021

On Thursday May 28, 2020  Mr. Nomer Gutierrez, President of Families for Vocations and Healing Ministry, presented a very generous donation of $35,000.00 from their annual fundraiser dinner for our seminarians. We are very grateful to all the members of FVHM for their continuing support and generosity to promote vocations in our diocese. This donation will help our Seminarian Education Fund. Thank you so much!                           From L to R:  Bishop Myron Cotta, Mr. Nomer Gutierrez, Fr. Cesar Martinez.

On Good Shepherd Sunday we were honored to have Bishop Cotta at our St. John Vianney House of Formation to celebrate Mass for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.  Pictured from left to right below are: Seminarian Akbar Saul Perez, Discerner Brandon Salas, Bishop Myron J. Cotta, Fr. Cesar Martinez, and Seminarian Candidate Javier Elias.

View the Liturgical Calendar for the United States for 2021.