St. Raphael the Archangel

Hello All!
For the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, I attended the 7 am (ugh!) Mass at St. Raphael the Archangel.

St. Raphael always makes me think of an old Protestant Church in New England.  It just seems colonial.  I still have a hard time dealing with drapes in the windows of a Catholic Church.

Because of the extreme early-ness, there was no music, but there were bells at the Consecration.  Father used Eucharistic Prayer II.

Father gave a brief homily about how the first reading was actually the first prophecy about Mary and Jesus.  He gave it a Latin term which I didn't catch.  The snake in the first reading refers to Satan.  The seed is sin and spiritual death.  The reading refers to Mary though.

Pictures:

St. Raphael the Archangel

St. Raphael and Tobiah

View from the Back Pew!

Advent Wreath

Station VIII

St. Raphael

Links:
Website of St. Raphael the Archangel
Pictures from Rome of the West