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FROM THE DESK OF FR. ARIEL VALENCIA (SEPTEMBER 27, 2020)
We now have weekend Masses with limited attendance.
Mass on Sunday will also be live-streamed on Facebook at 8 AM.
The Lion's Roar
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently put out a document entitled Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. It provides guidance for us as we fulfill our rights and duties in this election season. There is a link to that document in our website. The prayer at the Introductory Note is as follows:
Merciful Father,
Thank you for inviting each of us to join in your work of building the kingdom of love, justice, and peace. Draw us close to you in prayer as we discern your call in our families and communities. Send us forth to encounter all whom you love: those not yet born, those in poverty, those in need of welcome. Inspire us to respond to the call to faithful citizenship, during election season and beyond. Help us to imitate your charity and compassion and to serve as models of loving dialogue. Teach us to treat others with respect, even when we disagree, and seek to share your love and mercy. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen. -
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Act of Spiritual CommunionIt is a beautiful and praiseworthy tradition to recite an act of spiritual communion when one is unable, for whatever reason, to receive Holy Communion. Below is an act of spiritual communion composed by Saint Alphonsus Ligouri.
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. -
Today's Readings
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Reading 1 DN 7:9-10, 13-14Responsorial Psalm PS 138:1-2AB, 2CDE-3, 4-5Gospel JN 1:47-51
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From the Desk of Msgr. Dzielak (SEPTEMBER 27, 2020)YOU HAVE MADE US FOR YOURSELF, O GOD, AND OUR HEARTS ARE RESTLESS UNTIL THEY REST IN YOU
[St Augustine, THE CONFESSIONS]
Which of the two did his father’s will? [Matthew 21:31a] These words of Jesus are a challenge to everyone, for they remind us of what the prophet Ezekiel spoke as the Word of God centuries before the coming of our Lord:
When someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies, this is because of the iniquity he committed that he must die. But if he turns from the wickedness he has committed, and does what is right and just, he shall preserve his life [Ezekiel 18:26-27].
This is something each one of us, and everyone alive, should take to heart. It is the fact that what we do is more important than what we say we will do, and then not do it. We commonly call it “lip service.”
I’m sure you can recognize it when you see it. Think of the people who have their children baptized, promise that they will raise them in the Catholic faith, and then fail to take the children to Mass, to teach them basic prayers and teachings of the Church, and so forth. Think of people who say emphatically that they are Catholic, but who sift and choose what teachings of Christ they will follow. Think of those ordained clergy members who have violated the promises they made at the time of their ordination.
But we see this in little ways, too, when we promise to repent and change our ways after confession. I don’t say this make any of us scrupulous. I am well aware, from personal experience, that we sincerely promise in confession that we will “avoid the occasions of sin” and not commit the same sins again. Given our human weaknesses, the result of the consequences of original sin, it is rare—and only through a special grace of God—that we will not sin again after confession. For a good confession we need only have a sincere desire not to sin again, and a willingness to make every responsible effort to avoid situations where, from past experience, we know that we generally fall into sin.
Ultimately, we have to depend on the mercy of Christ, which he continually teaches that he wants to freely give us. This is not to say that we should presume that we can continue to sin and God will save us anyway. That’s the sin of presumption. But is it to say that we are “wounded saints” (my own idea), who usually have good intentions but can too easily fall in times of temptation.
The Church urges us to pray for the grace of final perseverance, which means that despite our weaknesses and sins, we have our sights set on eternal life with God, and pray that we will open ourselves to God’s continual work to convert more and more each day to his will and way of life. -
Calendar
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Wednesday, September 30, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions are being heard during Adoration time. *Only when weekday Mass is said at SS Peter & Paul.Read More -
Wednesday, September 30, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
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Read MoreSaturday, October 3, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Read MoreSunday, October 4, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Wednesday, October 7, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions are being heard during Adoration time. *Only when weekday Mass is said at SS Peter & Paul.Read More
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COVID-19 Updates
- Mass on Sunday will be live-streamed on Facebook at 8 AM.
- Daily Mass: We are celebrating daily Mass here on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 AM.
- Anchor: Episode 25 - Visit with our priests this Thursday, October 8, on Facebook at 11:30 AM. There will be NO live-stream Anchor session on October 1.
- Confessions: Tuesday 8:30-9:30am; Wednesday 11:00-12:00am; Saturday 11:00-12:00am
One of the many precious gifts the Lord has given us are prayers to invite and praise God. All students MUST have our basic Catholic faith prayers memorized this coming year.
Religious Education
1. GLORY BE
2. HAIL MARY
3. OUR FATHER
We will also develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Rosary. YOU ARE THE PRIMARY TEACHER OF OUR FAITH. Please take time at home to say these prayers with your children everyday. Please pray for all our youth and volunteers.
God, our loving Father, Thank you for all the ways you bless me. Help me to be aware that every person, place, and adventure I experience is an opportunity to love YOU more. Fill me with a desire to change and to grow, and give me the wisdom to choose to follow YOUR will. AMEN
IMPORTANT MESSAGES FROM BISHOP DAVID J. MALLOY
** Bishop Malloy Announces Plan to Reopen Churches for Public Mass **
Bishop Malloy has issued a new statement on May 13 about plans, procedures and restrictions for opening churches within the Diocese of Rockford.
Letter from Bishop Malloy and Executive Summary for reopening churches
** STATEMENT UPDATED AS OF 8:00 AM, 4/9/2020 **Bishop Malloy has issued a new statement extending dispensation past Easter.
Bishop Malloy's Dispensation Statement
To comply with Vatican and state guidance about group gatherings during this time of pandemic, Bishop David Malloy has cancelled all in-person Masses and other prayer gatherings in the Rockford Diocese until further notice. -
A MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM BISHOP MALLOY
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Election 2020 - Catholic Teaching & Beliefs
Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States
Political Guidelines Brochure
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
As Catholics, we bring the richness of our faith to the public square. We draw from both faith and reason as we seek to affirm the dignity of the human person and the common good of all. With renewed hope, we, the Catholic Bishops of the United States, are re-issuing Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, our teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics, which provides guidance for all who seek to exercise their rights and duties as citizens.
Everyone living in this country is called to participate in public life and contribute to the common good. In Rejoice and Be Glad [Gaudete et Exsultate], Pope Francis writes:
Your identification with Christ and his will involves a commitment to build with him that kingdom of love, justice and universal peace. . . .You cannot grow in holiness without committing yourself, body and soul, to giving your best to this endeavor.
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MASS & Confession Times
Celebration of the Eucharist
Sunday Masses -
Saturday 5:30 PM
Sunday 9:30 AM
Weekday Masses -
Mondays & Tuesdays 8:00 AM
Confessions continue during this COVID-19 Pandemic
Saturdays: 11:00 AM-12:00PM (Noon)
Tuesday: 8:30 AM-9:30 AM during Adoration
Wednesday 11:00 AM -12:00PM (Noon) -
National Catholic Register
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Life Teen Blog
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