Lent & Holy Week Liturgies

Mass & Liturgies

Mass Intentions: Call Patti Day, 651.227.7669, x302.

Prayer Requests or Prayer Shawl Ministry: Call Cindy Nedved 651.227.7669, x305.

John Anthony Judge

Lowell Rehmke,
      Uncle of Cindy Nedved

Jim Brandl

Dorothy Fabian

Church Fried

Vicki Gabler

Kathleen Gay

Ann Gilsdorf

Doug Hess

Julie Horvath

Ted Kay

Maryah Tift

Tim Towle

Audio & Video Reflections U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops

Center for Liturgy Saint Louis University

Daily Inspirations Loyola Press, a Jesuit ministry

Daily Prayer Online from the Jesuits of Australia

Daily Reflections Creighton University staff &faculty

Daily Reflections Creighton University students

The Daily Word of God Jesuits of Singapore

Mp3 & Podcasts Taizé Community's sacred songs

The New American Bible U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops

Online Retreat for Busy People Creighton University

Sunday Connection Loyola Press, scripture & activities

Today's Reading - U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops

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West Campus Church (WC) 1550 Summit Avenue

East Campus Church (EC) 1093 Summit Avenue

Mass, Tuesday - Friday, 7:15 PM, WC

Mass, Saturday, 4:30 PM, Sunday Anticipatory, WC

Mass, Sunday, 8:00 am & 10:30 am, EC               

Reconciliation, Saturday, 3:30 PM, WC or by appointment: 651/227-7669

Centering Prayer Tuesday, 5:30 PM, EC

Eucharistic Adoration Tuesday,12:30-5:00 PM  EC

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LENT

Ash Wednesday. Feb. 17, Mass and Ashes
7:15 AM, West Campus
8:30 AM with STM School, East Campus
7:00 PM, East Campus

Sunday Liturgies
Sat. 4:30 PM Mass, West Campus
Sun. 8:00 AM Mass, East Campus
Sun.10:30 AM Mass, East Campus

Weekday Liturgies
Tue. - Fri. 7:15 AM Mass, West Campus
Wed. 8:30 AM School Mass, East Campus
(No School Mass on March 31)

Private Reconciliation
Sat. 3:30 PM, West Campus

Stations of the Cross, Feb. 19 - March 26
Fri. 2:00 PM with STM School ,East Campus
(No 2:00 stations with the school on March 5)
Fri. 7:00 PM, East Campus

Eucharistic Adoration
Tue. 12:30 - 5:00 PM East Campus

Centering Prayer
Tue. 5:30 - 6:15 PM East Campus

Palm Sunday, March 28
Sat. 4:30 PM Mass, West Campus
Sun. 8:00 AM Mass, East Campus
Sun. 10:30 AM Mass, East Campus

Easter Sunday, April 4
8:00 AM Mass, East Campus
10:30 AM Mass, East Campus

WHAT IS EUCHARISTIC ADORATION?

Catholics believe that during the Mass which we attend each week (for some of us daily), the priest (during the consecration) speaks these words as he holds the communion host, "...He took bread and gave you thanks. He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: Take this all of you, and eat it: this is my body which will be given up for you". When the priest says "this my body", it is at that instant when, through the miracle of transubstantiation, the bread and wine which we offer as the bloodless sacrifice to our Lord truly become the Body, Blood , Soul and Divinity of Jesus. It is His true Presence in the form of bread and wine. It is Christ.

Perpetual Adoration is when the priest takes a consecrated host, such as the one described above, and places it in a monstrance. (monstrance comes from the Latin "monstrance" to show, to expose to view.) The monstrance is then placed in front of the tabernacle (an ornate box which holds the monstrance and any consecrated hosts) or on the altar of the church or chapel for adoration.

What do you actually do during adoration? You may sign up to be an "adorer" which allows you to schedule yourself for one or more hours per week to pray before the very presence of Our Lord, exposed in the monstrance. It means that you can have some time alone with Jesus to recite your favorite prayers, read the bible, contemplate acts of faith, hope, charity, thanksgiving, reparation, pray a rosary or do whatever type of prayerful devotion that suits you..

CENTERING PRAYER

Centering Prayer is a method of prayer, which prepares us to receive the gift of God's presence, traditionally called contemplative prayer. It consists of responding to the Spirit of Christ by consenting to God’s presence and action within. It furthers the development of contemplative prayer by quieting our faculties to cooperate with the gift of God’s presence.

Centering Prayer facilitates the movement from more active modes of prayer - verbal, mental or affective prayer - into a receptive prayer of resting in God. It emphasizes prayer as a personal relationship with God. At the same time, it is a discipline to foster and serve this relationship by a regular, daily practice of prayer. It is Trinitarian in its source, Christ-centered in its focus, and ecclesial in its effects; that is, it builds communities of faith.

Centering Prayer is drawn from ancient prayer practices of the Christian contemplative heritage, notably the Fathers and Mothers of the Desert, Lectio Divina, (praying the scriptures), The Cloud of Unknowing, St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila.. It was distilled into a simple method of prayer in the 1970’s by three Trappist monks, Fr. William Meninger, Fr. Basil Pennington and Abbot Thomas Keating at the Trappist Abbey, St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts.

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