The Holy Mass
The Holy Mass is the central act of worship in the life of a Catholic. At Mass, the faithful encounter Christ, offer thanksgiving and praise to God, receive healing and the graces necessary to live the Christian life, are more closely united to Jesus, and are sent out to bring the presence of Christ to the world. The term "Mass" is derived from the Latin text of the priest's dismissal of the congregation at the end of the liturgy "Itte, missa est" meaning "to send out" as Jesus Christ sent his disciples out to the world to take his teaching to them.
Mass Times
Weekday Masses
Tuesday to Friday - 9:30 am
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Weekend Masses
Saturday - 4:00 pm
Sunday - 9:00 am + 11:00 am
"Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know...It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!"
- St. Pio of Pietrelcina
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Prayer of Thanksgiving After Mass
Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank you, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, you have fed me with the Precious Body and Blood of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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I pray that this Holy Communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation. May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good.
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May it be a strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to you, the One true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with you.
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And I pray that you will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with your Son and Holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
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Amen
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- St. Thomas Aquinas
Prayer Before Mass
Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ, I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth.
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Lord, in your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive the bread of angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help to bring me to salvation. May I receive the sacrament of the Lord's Body and Blood, and its reality and power.
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King God, may I receive the Body of your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into his mystical body and numbered among his members.
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Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive your beloved Son under the veil of a sacrament, may I one day see him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with you forever.
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Amen.
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-St. Thomas Aquinas