Announcements
Sunday, November 16th - 23nd Sunday after Pentecost - St Gertrude, V
Monday, November 17th - St Gregory Thaumaturgus, BC
Tuesday, November 18th - Dedication of the Basilica of Ss Peter & Paul
Wednesday, November 19th - St Elizabeth of Hungary, QW - St Pontianus, PM
Thursday, November 20th - St Felix of Valois, C
Friday, November 21st - Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday, November 22nd - St Cecilia, VM
Sunday, November 23rd - Last Sunday after Pentecost - St Clement I, P
- Doughnuts & Coffee: Join us in the St Joseph Hall after the 9:30 AM Mass.
- Catechism Class: For all students after the 9:30 AM Mass.
- Choir Practice: In the upstairs classroom at 8:45 AM for the 9:30 Mass.
23rd Sunday after Pentecost - Meditation & Propers
From the Marian Missel by Sylvester P Juergens, S.M.
God is good towards us: let us be the same towards our brethren. If we pardon our brethren fro the bottom of our hearts, Our Lord Jesus Christ will remit our debts (our sins.)
Introit: Jeremias 29. 11, 12, 14
The Lord saith: I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: you shall call upon Me, and I will hear you; and will bring back your captivity from all places - (Ps. 84. 2). Lord, Thou hast blessed Thy land: Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The Lord saith: I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction...
Collect:
O Lord, we beseech Thee, absolve Thy people from their offenses, that through Thy bountiful goodness, we may be freed from the bonds of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Gradual: Ps. 43. 8, 9
Thou hast delivered us, O Lord, from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us. V. In God we will glory all the day: and in Thy Name we will give praise for ever. Alleluia, alleluia. V. (Ps. 129. 1, 2). From the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my prayer. Alleluia.
Offertory: Ps. 129. 1, 2
From the depths I have cried out to Thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my prayer: from the depths I have cried out to Thee, O Lord.
Secret:
We offer to Thee, O Lord, this Sacrifice of praise, as an increase of our service: that what Thou hast conferred on us who are unworthy, Thou mayest mercifully accomplish. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Communion: Mark 11. 24
Amen I say to you, whatsoever you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive and it shall be done to you.
Postcommunion:
We beseech Thee, O almighty God: that Thou suffer us not to yield to human dangers whom Thou dost grnt to rejoice in this sharing in divine Gifts. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen
My Daily Thought from the Following of Christ:
What is the reason why some of the Saints were so perfect and contemplative? Because their whole study was to mortify themselves wholly from all earthly desires; and so they were able to cleave to God with all their inmost heart, and freely to attend to themselves.
Recessional Hymn
Mother dearest, Mother fairest, help of all who call on thee,
Virgin purest, brightest, rarest, help us, help, we cry to thee.
(Chorus)
Mary, help us, help we pray, Mary, help us, help we pray,
Help us in all care and sorrow: Mary, help us help we pray.
Lady, help in pain and sorrow, soothe those racked on beds of pain;
May the golden light of morrow, bring them health and joy.