Nativity BVM
    nativitybvm@comcast.net
    610-566-0185
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    Sacraments


    We recognize that the Sacraments have a visible and invisible reality, a reality open to all the human senses but grasped in its God-given depths with the eyes of faith. When parents hug their children, for example, the visible reality we see is the hug. The invisible reality the hug conveys is love. We cannot "see" the love the hug expresses, though sometimes we can see its nurturing effect in the child.

    The visible reality we see in the Sacraments is their outward expression, the form they take, and the way in which they are administered and received. The invisible reality we cannot "see" is God's grace, his gracious initiative in redeeming us through the death and Resurrection of his Son. His initiative is called grace because it is the free and loving gift by which he offers people a share in his life, and shows us his favor and will for our salvation. Our response to the grace of God's initiative is itself a grace or gift from God by which we can imitate Christ in our daily lives.

    (From USCCB Website)

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     Weekend Mass Schedule:
    Saturday Vigil: 5pm
    Sunday: 8am & 10am *
    * Live Streamed on YouTube

    Weekday Mass Schedule
    Mon-Sat: 8am

    Confession
    Saturdays: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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    Nativity Of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    30 East Franklin Street,
    Media, PA 19063

    Telephone: 610-566-0185
    Fax:
    610-566-2873

    Email:
    nativitybvm@comcast.net
    Rectory Office Hours:
    M, W, Th: 9am-Noon, 1pm-4pm
    Tues: 9am-Noon, 1pm-3pm
    Fri: 9am-Noon
    Sat & Sun: Closed

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    Adoration in Church:

    Monday through Friday 8:30am-8pm
    Saturday 9am-4:30pm
    1st and 3rd Sunday 2pm-8pm
    Sunday with no baptisms 12pm-8pm

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