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the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

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    NOTE:  All times are subject to change, check weekly bulletin for updates

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      • Saturday: 4:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
      • Sunday: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN 10:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN
      • TueFri 8:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN
    • Holy Days of Obligation

      Mass Times:              as noted in the weekly bulletin

    • Today's Readings

      • Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
        Reading 1  Is 58:7-10
        Responsorial Psalm  Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
        Reading 2  1 Cor 2:1-5
        Gospel  Mt 5:13-16
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    • Confession Times

      • Saturday: 3:00 PM to 3:40 PM
      Also available by appointment.
    • Adoration Times

      • Friday: 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM times subject to change
      NOTE: During Lent, until 7:30 PM and ends with Way of the Cross; Holy Thursday in the Marian Chapel from 9-11PM
    • Group Rosary

      Tue- Fri:  After 8:30 AM Mass


      Monthly:  6:30 PM on Third Wednesdays
      October - Month of the Rosary: 30 min. before weekend Masses
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  • Inclement Weather
    Inclement Weather
    Unless there is a Level 3 Snow Emergency,
    our weekend Masses will take place as usual.

    All meetings and planned activities MAY be canceled as well. 
  • The Beauty of Catholic Liturgy
    The Beauty of Catholic Liturgy
    "Source of Life, Prayer and Catechesis"

    Numbers 1071-1075 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) treat sacred liturgy as source of life, as well as its relationship with prayer and catechesis. The liturgy is  source of life first of all because it is the “work of Christ” (CCC, 1071). In the second place, because “it is also an action of his Church” (Ibid.). But, which is the preeminent of these two aspects? Moreover, what does the word “life” mean in this context?

    • What is Liturgy?

      The word "liturgy" literally means work of the people.  Within the Catholic Church, it is used to describe all the public acts of worship that take place, as it draws the people into the work of God.  Liturgy is in many ways the public face of the Church, and it is through the liturgy where people engage with their faith and deepen their relationship with God.

      "Liturgy is not an event that depends on good ideas and great songs. No one makes up or invents a liturgy. It is something that grew over millennia of faith"  from YOUCAT (para. 167).

      Liturgy is the divine worship of the Church and includes the celebration of Mass, the celebration of the Sacraments, and the Divine Office or Daily Prayer of the Church.  The celebration of the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, and so all other liturgies flow from and to the celebration of Mass.

      Liturgy is not just the words that are said, but it is much much more!  Through the liturgy, we encounter God and our united with our brothers and sisters across the world as the Universal Church, which Christ established when He assended into Heaven.  

  • A Prayer for When We Are Not Able to Receive the Holy Eucharist
    AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

    • My Jesus, 
      I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.  Amen.

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