Marriage Preparation Classes #2 & #3
This is a link to the video, the class notes and worksheet for marriage preparation classes, for those who missed a class or would like to review it.
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Prayer of petition to live well the holy season of Lent Lord, as we begin the holy season of Lent, I ask you for your help. You have said: “Be converted to me with all your heart”(Joel 2:12). I hunger to do your will. I long to please you in all that I think and say …
Vocational Sacraments (Holy Orders and Holy Matrimony) Holy Order •Background o Ordination, consecration o OT (Fathers, Moses and 70, Aaron and sons, Levites) o Jesus the High Priest (Hebrews) o Baptismal priesthood (Body of Christ) and ministerial (Christ the Head) •Degrees (and succession) o Bishops , Priests, Deacons •Matter and Form o Man free to …
Read moreFrom the Rector/Catechesis, Fifth Sunday of Easter, 5/7/2023
According to the Catechism, “[t]o die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God’s merciful love means remaining separated from him forever by our own free choice. This state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called ‘hell.’” In just a few words, the Catechism succinctly explains that Hell is the …
The Liturgy of Confession Lesson 19 What to do: • Examine your conscience, asking the help of the Holy Spirit to know your sins. • Begin “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Bless me Father, it has been [how long] since my last confession. I …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2/6/22
The Meaning of Priestly Vestments (Adapted from a Vatican Document on the Liturgical Vestments) The Vestments and the Prayers 1) The priest begins with the amice, a rectangular linen cloth, which has two strings and is placed over the shoulders and around the neck; the strings are then tied about the waist. The amice has the …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 8/8/2021
Funerals: Part 3 of the Series The Order of Christian Funerals is the book which contains all the prayers, rituals, readings, and instructions approved for use in the Dioceses of the United States for carrying out Catholic Funeral Rites. As mentioned in the first Part of this series, there are three Major parts of the Funeral Rites. …