Holy Family Parish

Sundays Theme: Life giving Sacrifice

We contemplated Christ's Passion as we persevere in our Lenten Resolutions this Holy Week. "For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son."  (John 3:16) We entered deeper into our Lords Passion by meditating on the Stations of the Cross as we prepare our hearts to accompany Jesus during Holy Week. We connected this theme with Sacred Scripture passages from our bibles, reviewing the passages and discussing ways to live this out at home, in school and in our Parish community through getting involved at service projects and being present for Christ during the Liturgy of Holy Week. Our Youth Group T-Shirts came in! They are $15, if you would like to buy one contact [email protected] We will be having a free-will donation Pancake Breakfast after the 8:30 Mass at Roling Hall this Easter Sunday the 21st  to support our youth attending the NCYC in Indiana this November. Bring your family after Mass and don't worry about cooking this Easter, we will do that for you! Thank you Youth Group for all your hard work in preparing this fundraiser for NCYC (National Catholic Youth Conference).  

We watched a short clip of “The 13th Day,” and discussed different penances we could do to repair for all the ways that God is offended. We prayed the prayer of reparation that the Angel of Fatima taught the children: “My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You! I ask pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You! Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly, and I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference with which He Himself is offended. And, through the infinite merits of His most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion of poor sinners.” Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother* and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.  John 19:25-27

We watched a short clip of “The 13^th Day” and discussed the power of prayer. Queen Esters prayer and intercession saved her race. When Jesus prayed and interceded to God on our behalf, he opened the gates of heaven for us by His sacrifice on the cross, offering salvation to the human race! We discussed on in our lives God has given us the gift and task of uniting our sacrifices and difficulties with Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for the conversion of sinners and salvation of souls. 

 Joe Pietz shared his testimony of a deep encounter with Christ through prayer and we made resolutions that during this time of Lent, may we work for a more profound relationship with Jesus through prayer and share this gift with others!  We connected this with the 13th Day, a movie about Our Lady of Fatima and the shepherd children Jacinta, Francesco, and Lucia. She implored the children to pray because “many souls go to hell because they have nobody to pray and offer sacrifices for them.” May we respond to her petition of daily praying the rosary for the conversion of sinners and peace! We then connected it to Sacred Scripture and pondered how to concretely enflesh this in our daily lives. "Are you willing to offer yourselves to God and bear all the sufferings He wills to send you, as an act of reparation for the conversion of sinners?" (Words of the Blessed Mother to shepherd children in Fatima Portugal, 1917)