Finally, the numbers of COVID cases are going down! Let's pray the trend continues. We continue to be stringent with our disinfection process at OLM and we thank the great team of people who wipe down the pews after every Mass. The weather is getting better, so ventilation is easy and plentiful!This Sunday, Fr. Michael, our Jesuit […]
This Sunday is the First Sunday of Lent.This year, William, our seminarian from Verbum Dei will lead Stations of the Cross in English on Fridays at 8:00 PM. The new curfew hour is 11:00 PM. I will lead the Stations of the Cross in Spanish at 6:30 PM. The prayer will take place in the […]
Today is Ash Wednesday and we begin the season of Lent today. Today we should refrain from meat and reduce our food intake to a combined maximum of only 2 full meals. There are 2 Masses for Ash Wednesday. 12:00 - Fr. Ron presiding alone - all in Spanish - ashed distributed after the homily.7:30 PM _ […]
This Sunday is the last Sunday of Ordinary Time. We want to add some joy to these difficult days. How?1) We will have a baptism at Mass.2) We will celebrate that Jesus Christ defeated death and rose from the dead!3) We have a great cantors, and our disinfection team to keep us safe, and Fr. Ron […]
Did you ever see the movie "Groundhog Day?" It kind of describes how many people feel nowadays with the never ending COVID crisis. Every day seems just like the previous day. This Sunday, we will celebrate our Mass. We are very close to our legal limit for occupancy but are being even more strict with our […]
Hello again,How are you holding up? Finally the warm weather has returned to Madrid, but even so, there are still some small heaps of snow that have not completely melted yet! That has to be a record!I was happy to see that we had over 300 views of our Mass last Sunday on Youtube! Thanks for joining […]
Hello,I was going to say that we have planned a "normal" Sunday this weekend, but "normal" is a relative concept nowadays.1) The snow is gone, you can park in the streets easily! That's good! 2) The weather will be better so we can open up windows and have more than adequate ventilation.3) Fr. Ron is preaching […]
Well, if it doesn't snow again (ha ha) we should be able to meet on Sunday for Mass. These next few days should melt some of the snow but as of today we still have quite a bit left.I imagine all public transport will be working fine by Sunday. If you come in car, the […]
Hello Everyone,This mail comes early because tomorrow (Wednesday) we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany! It is a Holy Day of obligation and we will have Mass in English at 11:00 AM.Fr. Ron will be presiding and preaching. Also, we have a special prayer request. Tomasz from Poland asks for the Mass to be offered for […]
