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Fall 2019 - spring 2020
FAMILY MINSTRY EVENTS AND SPECIAL MASSES
- OCTOBER 5 – WELCOME BACK! – Fall Family Potluck Dinner
- NOVEMBER 30 – Advent Wreath Making Event @ 4 PM
- DECEMBER 1 – ADVENT
- DECEMBER 24 – Christmas Eve Mass – Acting out the Gospel
- DECEMBER 25 – CHRISTMAS
- JANUARY 5 – EPIPHANY
- FEBRUARY 8 – PREP FOR LENT – Winter Family Potluck Dinner
- FEBRUARY 26 – ASH WEDNESDAY
- LENT(40 days) – Ash Wednesday through Palm Sunday
- Acts of Love and Rice Bowl projects
- APRIL 5 - PALM SUNDAY
- APRIL 10 - GOOD FRIDAY - STATIONS OF THE CROSS
- TRIDUUM
The Sacred Triduum is sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Sunday. It is considered the most solemn part of the liturgical year, recounting the last three days of Jesus' life on earth, the events of his Passion and Resurrection when the Lamb of God laid down his life in atonement for our sins
Sundown on Holy Thursday
APRIL 9 - HOLY THURSDAY MASS @ 7:30 PM
The Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper
Procession to the repository. Adoration 9 - 11 PM
Holy Thursday’s Mass of the Lord’s Supper has something very important to teach us, this is when Jesus tells us of his new commandment, "Love one another as I have loved you. "He shows us what he means by this in two ways. First, he uses the great symbol of washing his disciples’ feet, love and service are at the heart of our following Jesus. Second, he gives us the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, offering oneself for the other and abiding with the other is at the heart of God’s love for us and the model for our love for each other.
This Mass ends with a beautiful procession around the church with the Eucharist, the Blessed Sacrament. As Jesus left the Last Supper and went to the Garden of Gethsemane, so the Blessed Sacrament is taken to a side altar where we can spend time in prayer with Jesus before Good Friday.
Good Friday - April 10
STATIONS OF THE CROSS FOR FAMILIES @ 10AM
This family time is an opportunity for children and families to closely exam and learn the Stations of the Cross at Blessed Sacrament. We do this by having a child carry the cross to each station while different children take turn reading the story at their assigned station. Our pastor, Fr. Duffell, also participates with the children by reading the Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the cross. With light/subtle music in the background to help set the tone, we believe children learn best when they are actively engaged and participating. The children teach by reading.
(the cross is large, yet made of light wood, so kids who are curious will have a chance to carry it.)
We end with prayer, singing a beautiful meditative Taizé hymn - O Lord Hear My Prayer.
We chose this hymn because meditative singing is one of the easiest ways to worship for children, a short song, repeated over and over, give it a meditative nature; thus, the meditation becomes a way of listening to God. It allows every child to take part in a time of prayer together and to remain together in attentive waiting on God.
Mass: The Service of the Lord's Passion @ 5:30 PM
This Liturgy commemorates the suffering and death of Jesus upon the Cross. Jesus came into the world to show God’s teaching and way, but not everyone could accept this. Jesus was misunderstood and even feared, and so was made to suffer and put to death.
As we hear the Passion Gospel sung by the choir this day we recall all of this, reflect on our own non-acceptance of God’s love, our own daily sins, and the desire to remain with Jesus at the Cross and renew our love for him. After the Passion is sung, we hear the great Intercessions in which, standing at the Cross, we with Jesus offer to God the needs of the church and the world. After the Intercessions, each of us come forward to adore the Cross, the symbol of our salvation. Finally, even though this is not a Mass, not a Eucharistic Offering, Holy Communion is still given to the faithful using hosts that were consecrated on Holy Thursday.
Holy Saturday – April 10
MASS: EASTER VIGIL @ 8:30 PM
Easter Vigil and Celebration of Resurrection
The Easter Vigil is the most important Liturgy of the Church year. Having experienced the death of Jesus, we once again gather as his followers, hopeful that his promise, that in three days he would be raised, will be fulfilled.
We gather outside the church in the dark of night awaiting this moment of Resurrection. A fire is lit, and from that fire, each of us will receive a lit candle because Jesus’ promise is for each of us …that the light will conquer the darkness and that death will lead to new life. The Readings at this Mass recount creation, the growth of God’s people in Israel, the sin that pervades our life, and the new life that God gives in Jesus.
At this Mass, also, the adult members of our community who have not yet been Baptized or Confirmed or received Holy Communion will receive those Sacraments! Let us welcome and cheer them on as they will be the newest members of the Church, inspiring us to reaffirm our own desire to follow Jesus.
- EASTER SUNDAY – April 12
- MONTH OF MAY – Month of our Lady of Fatima / Mother’s Day (May 10)
- PENTECOST – May 31
Pentecost is the annual Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his ascension from earth to heaven on Ascension Day. It always falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter. It is considered the birthday of the Christian.
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