St. Francis Xavier
Catholic Church

425 Price st - friday harbor wa 98250
360-378-2910
Parish Family 1 - San Juan Islands, Anacortes, Swinomish

Welcome to the Catholic Churches in the beautiful San Juan Islands!
- St. Francis Weekly Schedule
  Friday Harbor • Orcas • Lopez
  December 15 - December 21, 2025
  Confessions & Rosary are a half hour before Mass unless otherwise posted!
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  Monday, December 15
  10 days till Christmas
  FRIDAY HARBOR
  9:00 AM Mass
  Tuesday, December 16
  FRIDAY HARBOR
  9:00 AM Communion Service
  Wednesday, December 17
  FRIDAY HARBOR
  9:00 AM Mass
  Thursday, December 18
  FRIDAY HARBOR
  9:00 AM Mass
  ORCAS
  1:00 PM Adoration
  LOPEZ
  4:30 PM Adoration & Confessions
  5:30 PM Mass w/ Anointing of the sick
  Friday, December 19
  FRIDAY HARBOR
  9:00 AM Mass
  Saturday, December 20
  5 days till Christmas
  FRIDAY HARBOR
  4:00 PM Confessions
  5:30 PM Vigil Mass
  Sunday, December 21
  Fourth Sunday of Advent
  FRIDAY HARBOR
  8:30 AM Mass
  ORCAS
  11:30 AM Mass
  LOPEZ
  4:00 PM Mass
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- Today's Readings
  
  Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
  
  Reading I Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13
  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-18, 19 and 23
  Gospel Matthew 21:28-32
- News
  
  NEW! Letter from Archbishop on Unity
  
  Parish Family Letter from Archbishop Etienne
  
  Familia parroquial carta del Arzobispo Etienne
  
  Marriage Guidelines
  
  EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES BEFORE 1,000 AD
- Special Announcements - St. Paul's
  Advent Joy: Saints Lucy and John of the Cross
  This weekend in Advent, we rejoice on Gaudete Sunday (December 14), the Third Sunday of Advent, inviting us to rejoice in the Lord's coming salvation amid patient waiting. On Saturday December 13, we honor Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr, whose unfading light symbolizes hope piercing Advent's expectant darkness, as she kept her lamp lit for the Bridegroom. Echoing "Advent Hope in the Waiting," Isaiah's vision of the desert blooming, the blind seeing, and the lame leaping foreshadows Christ's works—blind receiving sight, lame walking, and good news to the poor—which Jesus affirms to John's disciples, urging us to take no offense at Him. Saint Lucy calls us to purity and endurance, her martyrdom reminding us that God's mercy lifts veils of doubt and sin, turning wilderness into joy.
  On Sunday, Saint John of the Cross, priest and Doctor, complements this with his ascent through the "dark night" to God's mountain, reformed by trials and aflame with love. James exhorts patience like the farmer awaiting rain, strengthening hearts for the near Judge, exemplified by prophets' suffering. Jesus praises John the Baptist as greatest yet surpassed by kingdom's least, fulfilling Elijah's return. In daily trials, let these saints inspire trust: blossom in God's plan, endure with hope, and sing everlasting joy as sorrow flees.
  Prayer: Merciful Father, through Saints Lucy's light and John's dark night, stir our hearts to rejoice in Your saving love. Amen.
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Advent Joy: Saints Lucy and John of the Cross