Novena every Thursday before both Masses
The St. Monica Novena prayers for the conversion of fallen-away Catholics, especially among family, relatives and friends.
St. Monica lived during the late Roman Empire in Northern Africa. She spent nearly twenty years beseaching God in tears, sacrifices, and above all prayers for the conversion of her pagan husband and wayward son (who is now known as St. Augustine, one of the greatest saints that the Church has known). Through her constancy, faith, and prayers, she obtained both.
Our Lord Jesus Christ asks his three closest disciples in the garden before His Passion, “Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?”
Do you realize that Jesus is there in the Blessed Sacrament expressly for you, for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart. Frequently, only silence can express my prayer. However, this Divine Guest of the tabernacle understands all, even the silence of a child’s soul filled with gratitude. When I am before the tabernacle, I can say only one thing to Our Lord: ‘My God, you know that I love you’ and I feel my prayer does not tire Jesus. To bear the exile of this valley of tears I need the glance of my Divine Savior. This glance full of love has revealed its charms to me. It has made me sense the happiness of Heaven. My Jesus smiles at me when I sigh to Him. Then I no longer feel my trial of faith. My God’s Glance, His ravishing Smile, That is Heaven for me!
Monthly Devotions
On First Fridays of the month we pray the Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Litany of the Sacred Heart after Mass.
We have Exposition and Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament after the 6:30 pm Mass.
