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St. Rita Catholic Parish is a diverse and welcoming community of faith dedicated to forming disciples of the Good News of Jesus Christ through Word, Sacrament, and Service. In communion with the teachings of the Catholic Church and in partnership with Notre Dame Seminary, St. Rita’s disciples witness to their personal faith as a community on mission, extending God’s presence to our New Orleans neighborhoods. Daily Mass Times: Mon. - Fri. at 7am, Sat. at 8am Sunday Mass Times: Sat. at 4pm, Sun. at 7am, 10:30am, 5pm
Episodes
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30 • Mattew 6:19-23
Our Lord instructs us, "Store up treasures in heaven. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be." Saint Paul lists his treasures: "Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked..." With Paul, we "will boast of the things that show my weakness," to show that our treasure is God's strength, not our own.
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
2 Corinthians 11:1-11 • Matthew 6:7-15
Saint Paul speaks of our "betrothal" to Christ, a "sincere and pure commitment to Christ" that withstands all temptation. This union with Jesus, which may seem to be "foolishness," enables us to speak to God in a new way: "Our Father." We now call upon the Lord with the love and affection of a son or daughter.
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 • Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
We give alms without fanfare because we are being "enriched in every way for all generosity" by the mercy of God. We pray in a hidden way, confident that the seed hidden in the soil produces an abundant harvest. We do not look gloomy when we fast, but rather we cheerfully give God our hunger. In all these things, the grace of Christ is moving us. He is the first and true sower, and "whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully."
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
2 Corinthians 8:1-9 • Matthew 5:43-48
We become "perfect as the Heavenly Father is perfect" when we "test the genuineness of our love" by showing concern for others - especially by loving our enemies. We love them with the love that we receive from Jesus, who "for your sake became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich." In Christ we are rich, enough to love our enemies.
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
2 Corinthians 6:1-10 • Matthew 5:38-42
"Offer no resistance to one who is evil." Jesus never commands the impossible. In giving us this instruction, he bestows the grace that makes it happen. This explains Saint Paul, who commended himself as a minister of God "in afflictions, hardships, beatings, and imprisonments, treated as a deceiver." The cross of Jesus gives the resplendent capacity to surpass the world's usual ways of responding.
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Ezekiel 17:22-24 • 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 • Mark 4:26-34
The heart of God aches to "tear off a tender shoot" from a mighty cedar and "plant it on a high and lofty mountain" so that "birds of every kind shall dwell beneath it." That is, the Lord wants to reveal his glory by taking up our insignificance and turning it into something "majestic" by the power of his love. "God's Kingdom," Pope Francis said, "is above all the initiative and gift of the Lord. Our weak effort, seemingly small before the complexity of the problems of the world, when integrated with God's effort, fears no difficulty. The victory of the Lord is certain... This opens us up to trust and hope, despite the tragedies, the injustices, the sufferings that we encounter." When we "walk by faith, not by sight," the hidden depths of things become apparent, and we remain vigorous and sturdy, "bearing fruit even in old age."
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Isaiah 61:9-11 • Luke 2:41-51
The Immaculate Heart of Mary is the most perfect reflection of the love and purity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In fact, the Immaculate Heart of the Mother of God gave the Incarnate Word his whole humanity: the blood that was shed, the hand and feet that were pierced for us, the heart that showed pity to the needy and sick crowds. Mary's Immaculate Heart is a refuge for each of us who seek to follow her divine Son. Whatever we seek - strength to overcome temptation, courage to arise after a fall, patience to endure the cross - can be found by turning to her. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!