Blessing of Animals on St. Francis’ Day
(October 4, 2002)
(October 4, 2002)
My third and last presentation on the new Mass translations will be this Wednesday at 6:30pm in the Hall. We will go over the changes in the Liturgy of the Eucharist, practice the people’s parts, introduce the pew cards, and give out Magnificat guidebooks. I am very much looking forward to these new translations, which will begin fully on November 27. We have already started singing the new parts (Gloria, Holy Holy Holy, and Lamb of God), if you haven’t already noticed.
My favorite month of the year is coming up: October. I love the change in weather, the turning leaves (grew up in Pennsylvania), and most of all, the liturgical feasts! This Saturday, October 1, is St. Therese’s Day, and October 2 is Holy Guardian Angels, and October 4 is St. Francis, and October 7 is Holy Rosary, October 15 is St. Teresa of Avila, and October 19 are the North American Martyrs (Isaac Jogues and companions). How I love these feasts!
But even now, in latter September, we have some wonderful saints days. Tuesday is St. Vincent de Paul, and Wednesday is Good Saint Wenceslaus, and Thursday are the Holy Archangels. St. Vincent de Paul was ordained in the year 1600 (easy to remember) in France, but was captured by Turkish pirates in his fifth year of priesthood and made a slave for two years. He converted his master and escaped back to France, where he eventually founded the men’s order we now call the “Vincentians.” (Sacred Heart in Patterson is run by the Vincentian priests and brothers.) St. Vincent, having been a slave himself, loved the poor, and served as chaplain to the galley slaves in France. “Love the poor, and your life will be filled with sunlight and you will not fear the hour of death,” he wrote. Our own St. Vincent de Paul Society gives so much to the poor, and those who work in it are filled with sunlight, as are all those in our parish who work directly with the poor.
Many thanks to all our catechists, now that PSR is in full swing!
My favorite month of the year is coming up: October. I love the change in weather, the turning leaves (grew up in Pennsylvania), and most of all, the liturgical feasts! This Saturday, October 1, is St. Therese’s Day, and October 2 is Holy Guardian Angels, and October 4 is St. Francis, and October 7 is Holy Rosary, October 15 is St. Teresa of Avila, and October 19 are the North American Martyrs (Isaac Jogues and companions). How I love these feasts!
But even now, in latter September, we have some wonderful saints days. Tuesday is St. Vincent de Paul, and Wednesday is Good Saint Wenceslaus, and Thursday are the Holy Archangels. St. Vincent de Paul was ordained in the year 1600 (easy to remember) in France, but was captured by Turkish pirates in his fifth year of priesthood and made a slave for two years. He converted his master and escaped back to France, where he eventually founded the men’s order we now call the “Vincentians.” (Sacred Heart in Patterson is run by the Vincentian priests and brothers.) St. Vincent, having been a slave himself, loved the poor, and served as chaplain to the galley slaves in France. “Love the poor, and your life will be filled with sunlight and you will not fear the hour of death,” he wrote. Our own St. Vincent de Paul Society gives so much to the poor, and those who work in it are filled with sunlight, as are all those in our parish who work directly with the poor.
Many thanks to all our catechists, now that PSR is in full swing!
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