O God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten Son, have conquered death and unlocked for us the path to eternity, grant, we pray, that we who keep the solemnity of the Lord’s Resurrection may, through the renewal brought by your Spirit, rise up in the light of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ [...]
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Collect for Easter Sunday
April 8, 2012Collects for Good Friday
April 6, 2012There are two options: Remember your mercies, O Lord, and with your eternal protection sanctify your servants, for whom Christ your Son, by the shedding of his Blood, established the Paschal Mystery. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen. Or: O God, who by the Passion of Christ your Son, our Lord, abolished [...]
Collects for Holy Thursday
April 5, 2012[Chrism Mass] O God, who anointed your Only Begotten Son with the Holy Spirit and made Him Christ and Lord, graciously grant that, being made sharers in his consecration, we may bear witness to your Redemption in the world. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity [...]
Holy Week activities – Spy Wednesday
April 4, 2012Today is “Spy Wednesday”…….. Spy Wednesday references the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot. Today we recall from the Gospel reading (Matthew 26:14-25) how Judas first conspired with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of sliver. At our house each year, it is tradition that, when our school kids get home from school, we have [...]
Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week
April 4, 2012O God, who willed your son to submit for our sake to the yoke of the Cross, so that you might drive from us the power of the enemy, grant us, your servants,to attain the grace of the resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity [...]
Collect for Tuesday of Holy Week
April 3, 2012Almighty ever-living God, grant us so to celebrate the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion that we may merit to receive your pardon. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Collect for Monday of Holy Week
April 2, 2012Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, though in our weakness we fail, we may be revived through the Passion of your Only Begotten Son. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Christ’s Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem: So it begins …
April 1, 2012Collect for Palm Sunday: Almighty ever-living God, who as an example of humility for the human race to follow caused our savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross, graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering and so merit a share in his resurrection. Who lives and reigns with you [...]
Collect (KAH-lehkt)
March 31, 2012Also known (in the English-language liturgical books) as the “Opening Prayer,” a formal prayer, usually addressed to the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit, by which the introductory rites are brought to a close and the assembly is prepared for the Liturgy of the Word. -Catholic Dictionary, Stravinskas One of the most [...]
Bringing Your Holy Thursday Lesson to Life!
March 24, 2012Plan to join Archbishop Nienstedt on March 27th at 7pm at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, as he celebrates one of the most important liturgies in the local Church’s life – the Chrism Mass. Within this Mass, traditionally celebrated on the morning of Holy Thursday, the oils used for baptism, confirmation and ordination will be [...]
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