The Halfway Point of 2020” and More

The Halfway Point of 2020

Greetings!

Salutations to you! How are you today? I hope that you are well. It’s amazing to think that we’ve already reached the midway mark for this year of 2020 but here we are. And what a year it has been with the global pandemic caused by COVID 19/Coronavirus and so many disruptions to our daily lives. However, through it all the Lord has been attentive to our prayers and we have been sustained us by His Grace. I’m reminded of a popular song by the rock and roll group Bon Jovi with the refrain, “Whoa, we’re halfway there! Whoa, livin’ on a prayer!”

Unless you’ve got the song on in the background or find a video of it on the Internet you’ll have to imagine with me the song. The idea is that we’re halfway through this year and it is ultimately by God’s Mercy that we’re here at all and pressing onward. Psalm 25 for Daily Mass today offers a posture of prayer for us in our relationship with the Lord: “Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me your paths, Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior.” May the Grace and Mercy of Jesus which has brought so many brave Christian men, women, and children through trials and tribulations of the past continue to support us and lead us on through the second half of this year. To conclude this article here is a “Prayer in Time of Suffering” that seemed appropriate:

Prayer in Time of Suffering

Behold me, my beloved Jesus,

weighed down under the burden

of my trials and sufferings,

I cast myself at Your feet,

that You may renew my strength

and my courage, while I rest here

in Your Presence.

Permit me to lay down my cross

in Your Sacred Heart,

for only Your infinite goodness

can sustain me; only Your love

can help me bear my cross;

only Your powerful hand

can lighten its weight.

O Divine King, Jesus, whose heart

is so compassionate to the afflicted,

I wish to live in You;

suffer and die in You.

During my life be to me my model

and my support; at the hour of my death,

be my hope and my refuge. Amen.

(Source: catholic.org/prayers )

Peace in Christ,

Fr. James

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Trivia Question of the Week

We are currently in which week of Ordinary Time?

A. Third

B. Fifth

C. Seventh

D. Ninth

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Prayer During A Health Crisis

Compassionate and Loving Father,

In the face of confusion and concern

impart to us the calm of your presence.

In You allow us to find hope and healing.

Be with those who serve the sick

and give them Your caring hands.

Be with those who lead

and give them Your Spirit of wisdom.

Be with those who have fallen ill

and give them Your comforting heart.

Wrap your arms around our world

and hold us in your love.

Allow us at this time of trial to then

serve as instruments of that love

to all we meet. We ask this

in Your Name. Amen.

©LPi

Pray for COVID-19 Anointing Corps, Patients, Families and Medical Support Teams

Parishioners across the Archdiocese are invited to prayerfully support those who are suffering most intensely, usually in sterile isolation, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Text archspm-anointing to 55321 or sign up here to receive a text each time a COVID-19 Anointing Corps Priest is dispatched to give the Last Rites. Upon receipt of the text, those in this ministry commit to take a moment to pray:

One Our Father for the patient who is in danger of death, as they prepare to meet our Heavenly Father face-to-face;
One Hail Mary for the patient’s family and friends, asking the Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Sorrows, to intercede to comfort them; and
One Glory Be in thanksgiving for the priest and for his protection, as well as the medical team attending to the patient.

For more ways to pray for those affected by COVID-19, visit archspm.org/covid19prayers

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Dinner and Auction to Benefit

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Answer to the Trivia Question of the Week:

D. Ninth

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