All weekend Masses and weekly school Mass are cancelled.
Daily Mass will continue as usual at 8:15am in the church.
Parishioners are fully dispensed from Mass obligation.
All parish ministry meetings, small group gatherings, and other events are cancelled.
The Parish Office and Food Closet will remain open during their regular hours.
The Adoration Chapel is still accessible.
Individual Confessions will continue as scheduled: Friday morning from 8:45-9:30am (right after daily Mass) and Saturday afternoon from 4:00-5:00pm. The Communal Penance service set for March 28th is cancelled.
Our teachers are set to enact their digital learning protocols, so our students' education will continue while school is closed March 16–31.
Evening Prayer
Loving Father, I thank you for the day that has passed. Thank you that you have been with me throughout the day; that not a moment passed without your loving gaze upon me. Thank you for protecting me from harm and for providing this day what I truly needed. Thank you for being so powerful that even the effects of sin and evil in our world do not limit your ability to bring good out of everything.
(Pause and prayerfully reflect on the events of the day, thanking
God for his faithfulness and being filled with his peace)
Lord, I began this day committed to doing your will. I’m sorry for the times I was not attentive to you, for the times I failed to respond sensitively to the needs of those around me, for the times I did not resist temptation. Forgive my sins.
(Offer to God any specific areas of sin or weakness that you fell into this day and consciously forgive those who angered or hurt you today)
Thank you, Lord, for always being eager to forgive me. Without you my life can only be unmanageable. With you I have strength to meet any challenges that arise. Because you are my Shepherd, there is nothing I need to be afraid of.
(Place your concerns and anxieties in
God’s loving care and let go of them)
Finally, Father, I wish to pray for all those I have spoken to and worked with today. Lead all of your people closer to you. May those in the greatest difficulty find encouragement and hope and may those who do not have adequate shelter or food be taken care of.
(Add specific prayer requests at this time, including family members, those who are ill, those struggling and not turning to God)
Dear Father, bless me this night. May I be kept safe from all evil and awaken refreshed and eager to serve you once again. All of this I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Close with an Act of Contrition, Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be)
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Lenten Challenge: Pray a litany of gratitude alphabetically: go through each letter of the alphabet thinking of the people, feelings, experiences and blessings you have received from God. This could be a fun thing to do as a couple or family too!