St Lawrence – Sacred Heart

Gambling?

 

I remember driving away from Atlantic City on the Causeway and passing billboard after billboard. Most of them were ads with 800 numbers for people with gambling problems. The casinos, whose business model is to get you addicted, then helpfully point you to treatment centers. Thanks a lot. 

 

We’ve lived through an explosion in gambling in our lifetimes. Once, it was restricted to Las Vegas, then to Atlantic City, then OTB, then Indian reservations—and now it is everywhere with all sorts of government-sponsored lotteries. The internet has enabled online betting, and sports betting is a major business for professional and amateur sports. In fact, sports gambling has risen 44.5% in just a year to an $11 billion industry, and there’s no end to its growth in sight.    

 

Governments love this because they tax it all heavily, getting money from people without formally raising taxes. 

 

The Church has never been against a raffle, lottery, or poker game because games of chance are a part of human nature. If we keep it to a moderate form of entertainment, it can be fun and harmless. Morally, it becomes problematic if it gets compulsive or hurts one’s family and finances. Moderation is needed.

 

But today, we have major marketing efforts directed at people to hook them into habitual gambling, which for many people can be addictive and out of control. Some people have addictive personalities and have to be especially careful. But we all need to watch our tendency to want to get “something for nothing” rather than work for what we have. 

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Sacred Heart

414 Haviland Dr, Patterson, NY

All Saints Day

October 31
5:15 PM Sacred Heart

 

All Souls Day

November 2
9:00 am Mass of All Souls at St. Lawrence
will be offered for all the faithful departed of St. Lawrence & Sacred Heart Parishes

Blessing of the graves
St. Lawrence Cemetery
10:30 AM – 12 noon
Deacon Mark

Regular Schedule


Sunday

10:30 am Mass

Monday-Friday
9:00 am Rosary

Monday
6:30 pm Rosary via Zoom

For Assistance Call
(845) 279-4832

Saint Lawrence O'Toole

31 Prospect St, Brewster, NY

All Saints Day

October 31
6:30 PM St. Lawrence
7:30 PM Spanish

 

November 1 (No confessions)
7:30 AM St. Lawrence
8:30 AM St. Lawrence
7:00 PM St. Lawrence

 

All Souls Day

November 2
9:00 am Mass of All Souls – St. Lawrence
will be offered for all the faithful departed of St. Lawrence & Sacred Heart Parishes

 

Blessing of the graves
St. Lawrence Cemetery
10:30 AM – 12 noon
Deacon Mark

   

Regular Schedule

Saturday
5 pm Mass
7:30 pm Mass en Español

Sunday
8 am, 9:30 am, 11 am Mass
12:30 pm Mass en Español
5:30 pm Mass 

Monday-Friday
8:30 am Daily Mass

First Friday
7 pm Mass, Adoration, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Exposition

Monday – Friday
7:45 am Rosary

 

Monday
6:30 pm Rosary via Zoom

 

Saturday
8:30 am Rosary

For Assistance Call
(845) 279-2021

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9:30 am Sunday & Holy Day Masses plus Seasons of Praise, check calendar for dates & times

Saint Lawrence O'Toole

31 Prospect St, Brewster, NY

Confession

Monday
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm 

 

Friday
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Saint Lawrence O'Toole

31 Prospect St, Brewster, NY

Divine Mercy Chapel
Perpetual Adoration

 

For Assistance Call
(845) 279-2021