READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY,
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
(Optional Year A readings for use with the RCIA)
1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41
IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
"The Eucharistic Prayer"
I have been writing the last few weeks about the Eucharistic Prayer as
part of our ongoing focus on it during this season of RENEW. You or I can internalize this
great prayer better as we understand it more. In the U.S. we now have 13 different
Eucharistic Prayers to use: the 4 prayers we usually find in the missalette, 3 prayers for
Massses with children, 2 prayers for reconciliation, and 4 recently approved prayers for
various occasions. While not all of these Eucharistic prayers are put together in the same
way, they all share some common elements. One of these elements is the invocation of
the Holy Spirit, or epiclesis. The bread and wine become the Body and
Blood of Christ by the power of God when we remember Jesus’s sacrifice. When
you see the priest place his hands flat over the bread and wine, join him in praying for
the Holy Spirit to make the gifts holy. - Pat Kelly
*We pray for the ill: Tony Coogan,
Koret Koelman, Terry McLeod, Adela Florez, Ana Cosgaya, Peter Capodonicco, Rosemary
McHale, Arthur Candia, Bastiaan Blumenthal, Muriel Krause, Sister Cabrini, Don Vickery,
Jeanne McHugh, Catherine Cook, Ann Burns, Imelda Daly, Margarita Velez, Marky, Marlyn
Arancibia, Marcia Bourne, Sandra Dill, Randall Guerro, Denise Hawald, Cyndy Smerdel,
Theresa Cook, Marina Buhain, Father Ring , Perry Gonis, Richard Quintana & Rita Gomez.
As a Parish Community, We Pray
That all who are called to the Easter Sacraments find refreshment
and strength in the waters of life.
Our sincere sympathy to the families of
Mauro Sciacqua and Albert Brandelli
who recently passed away. |
