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245 W. Hwy 90, China, Texas 77613
Welcome!
Thank you for visiting Our Lady of Sorrows Church online. We hope that our website gives you the information you are seeking. Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to greet you and share with you our love for Jesus Christ and for you, our neighbor.
Our Pastor is Reverend
Polycarp Otieno
Church Office- 409-752-3571
Church Office Hours-
Mon-Thur. 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Your donations are sent directly to the Church, credited with your
name. Thank you!
Our Faith
We believe that the door to salvation is always open and so are the doors to our church. Our mission is to be fully devoted to Jesus by opening our arms to those in search of the truth. We show God’s love and concern for our fellow man at every opportunity. Through works of charity and opening our doors to listen and love, we feel that we are walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.
Mass Times
WEEKENDS
Saturday at 4:00 PM
Sunday at 8:30 AM
Weekdays:
Tuesday 8:00 AM
Wednesday- 8:00 AM
Thursday- 8:00 AM
Friday 8:00 AM
Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00- 3:45 p.m.
Adoration- Wednesday
8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
Baptism: Please call the
office for appointment. Baptism Classes are required.
Weddings: Diocesan policy for Marriage requires that you make an appointment with the pastor at least six months before the anticipated wedding. Please meet with the pastor before setting your final date.
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We welcome you to our Church, if you would like to join our Parish family, Census forms can be found under the Forms tab or in the Church.
Our next Children's Mass will be on November 8 All children are invited to join us, and wear your VBS shirt if you have one.
Sunday November 1, 2026
Solemnity of All Saints
The Saints model Christian holiness
and pray for us from heaven
First Reading-Revelation 7:2-4,9-14- Jon has a vision of heaven, filled with people from every nation and tribe worshiping God.
PSALM-24:1bc-2,3-4ab-5,6- R/. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
Second Reading- 1John 3:13- In his First Letter, John writes that we are God's children now and by placing our hope in him are made pure as [God] is pure.
Gospel- Matthew 5:1-12a- In the Gospel, Jesus teaches the Beatitudes to His disciples.
BEATITUDE GAME-Have someone read the Gospel about the Beatitudes, then try to guess which beatitude attribute you see in others around you. What would be better than knowing our beatitude? Its corresponding reward or gift, of course! So we named each beatitude and its corresponding reward
Beatitude: poor in spirit | Reward: the Kingdom of heaven is theirs
Beatitude: they who mourn | Reward: will be comforted
Beatitude: the meek | Reward: will inherit the land
Beatitude: they who hunger and thirst for righteousness | Reward: will be satisfied
Beatitude: the merciful | Reward: will be shown mercy
Beatitude: clean of heart | Reward: will see God
Beatitude: the peacemakers | Reward: will be called children of God.
Beatitude: they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness | Reward: theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Beatitude: Insulted, persecuted, and every kind of evil falsely uttered against you because of Him - Reward: reward will be great in heaven
Most of us don't recognize the virtues others see in us. Our faces appear in the mirror, but what if we see only a slim shadow of our true selves in relation to Christ? Looking for beatitudes in others is the opposite of removing a splinter from their eyes. If you remove their splinter, the beam in your own eye is still lodged there plain-as-day for all to see. Turning your mirror to reflect another’s goodness has an added bonus because the act itself is exercising the beatitudes. And practicing beatitudes is a form of working on your own eye beam.
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