Christ Our Light Catholic Church - Loudonville, NY

Unable to meet us at church - our Saturday 4 PM Mass is live streamed, and is now on YouTube.com for viewing.  Go to YouTube and search Christ Our Light Church Loudonville 

Attending Mass? Check out our Re-Opening Church tab for details on how to prepare for Mass.  So we might provide a safe environment for all, we are required to track Mass attendees for use of potential contact tracing in the event there is a confirmed case within our parish community.  Therefore we ask that you call or email the parish office to place your name on our Mass Reservation list each week by 3 PM Friday.  Didn't call or email in time?  We welcome walk-ins but you may risk being turned away if we are at capacity. 

Updates, changes, and resources can be found on the Diocese dedicated web page at rcda.org/coronavirus or
by downloading, “myParishApp” to  your mobile device by texting "App" to 88202.  It’s FREE!

From Deacon Dick
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time

As we journey through this time of pandemic, discord, and division in which people typically  project their pain on others,  here is a short poem by Carmelite Sister Jessica Powers that invites us to look within ourselves first and recognize the presence of the Lord.  Then we can truly say to one another:  May the Peace of Christ be with you.

Repair of Fences
I am alone in the dark, and I am thinking
what darkness would be mine if I could see
the ruin I wrought in every place I wandered
and if I could not be
aware of One who follows after me.

Whom do I love, O God, when I love Thee?
The great Undoer who has torn apart
the walls I built against a human heart,
the Mender who has sewn together the hedges
through which I broke when I went seeking ill,
the Love who follows and forgives me still.

Fumbler and fool that I am, with things around me
Of fragile make like souls, how I am blessed
To hear behind me footsteps of a Saviour!
I sing to the east; I sing to the west:
God is my repairer of fences, turning my paths into rest.

Prayer For Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, 
I believe You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.