This is a follow-up to last week's column announcing the OCTOBER 3rd CELEBRATION. Yes, YOU ARE ALL INVITED: COME AT 5 PM this Sunday! COME and CELEBRATE with Bishop Dorsonville. Our Lord Jesus is inviting you! You can't reject HIS invitation!
There is much to celebrate: 10 Years of Hispanic Ministry, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (anticipation of October 7), Dedication of our renovated Chapel to Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patron Saint of the Americas , Protectress of the Unborn, and Queen of Evangelization), Blessing of the new, inspirational painting of Divine Mercy (last painting by Orlando Lagman), Outdoor Procession of the Blessed Sacrament , Praying for Unity in the EUCHARIST (Paschal Mystery and Holy Communion), unveiling of the EUCHARISTIC DISPLAY to be one of the focus of our YEAR OF EUCHARISTIC RENEWAL, and FIESTA in the Father Martin Hall (food and music).
Come and dress in your best attire, including traditional attire from your country of origin. If you cannot stay for the entire program, come to the 6 pm Eucharistic Procession followed by 7 pm Mass.
For easy reference, below is the entire OCTOBER 3rd program as already announced last week:
5 pm: Welcoming and meeting the Bishop in the Narthex
5:30 pm: Living ROSARY in the main church
6 pm: Outdoor EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION 6:30 pm: BISHOP blesses the renovated, daily Mass Chapel and DEDICATES it to OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
7 pm: Bi-lingual MASS including the blessing of the new, inspirational DIVINE MERCY painting and the UNVEILING of the EUCHARISTIC display near the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima (closely associated to the devotion to the Eucharist and the Rosary)
8:15 pm: Reception and Celebration in the FATHER MARTIN HALL: FELLOWSHIP, FOOD and MUSIC.
We are putting together a site to cover all key information concerning our "little" Eucharistic Miracle of April 23, 2021. This site is still under construction: www. olhoc.com/little-eucharistic-miracle. It will help facilitate our Year of Eucharistic Renewal. It will be largely based on the various columns I wrote since last April, including:
1. Eucharistic Miracle at OLHOC (May 2 weekly Bulletin)
2. United in Eucharistic Miracle (May 9 weekly Bulletin)
3. Year of Eucharistic Miracle (June 13 weekly Bulletin)
4. The Eucharistic Miracle: John Chapter Six (July 25 weekly Bulletin)
5. "Eucharist, Priesthood, Unity" (August 8 weekly Bulletin)
6. Believing in the Eucharist (August 22 weekly Bulletin)
God has poured many blessings upon the first 41 years of our parish. There are many many more to come. May this Year of Eucharistic Renewal help all of us to feel the PRESENCE OF THE LORD at every MASS and be truly UNITED IN THE EUCHARIST! Let us recite the ANIMA CHRISTI PRAYER in the silence of our hearts as we receive THE EUCHARIST:
SOUL OF CHRIST, Sanctify me!
BODY OF CHRIST, Save me!
BLOOD OF CHRIST, Inebriate me!
WATER FROM THE SIDE OF CHRIST, Wash me!
PASSION OF CHRIST, Strengthen me!
O GOOD JESUS, Hear me!
WITHIN YOUR WOUNDS, Hide me!
SEPARATED FROM YOU, let me never be!
FROM THE EVIL ONE, Protect me!
AT THE HOUR OF MY DEATH, Call me!
AND CLOSE TO YOU, Bid me
THAT WITH YOUR SAINTS,
I may be praising you FOR EVER AND EVER.
AMEN!!!
One in Christ,
Fr. Alain