WITH THE CONVENTUAL FRANCISCANS

Still in Manila, Pale' Eric spent an evening with his Franciscan brothers, the Conventual friars, giving the presentation on the Ceremonies of Holy Mass Explained.

A gift from the friars.

OUTREACH TO MANGALDAN COMMUNITY

Presenting a new copy of the 1962 Missal to the community

Mangaldan is a town in Pangasinan province in the Philippines with a small but fervent group of faithful attached to the Extraordinary Form (Traditional Mass).  This is Pale' Eric's 2nd time being with this community.  Through him, the Guam Latin Mass community is reaching out to assist the Mangaldan group.  A member of the Guam community recently donated a brand new copy of the 1962 Missal to give to the Mangaldan group.  A label has been put on the inside cover of the Missal so that the donor and the Guam community are spiritually with the Mangaldan group every time they have Mass.  Their one and only Missal before this was an old one in poor condition.

Pale' Eric also conducted two sessions for the group explaining the ceremonies of the Mass, as well as the veneration of a relic of Padre Pio.

The Mangaldan community says thanks and God bless to their brethren on Guam!

AUGUST : IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

August is traditionally dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary falls on August 22.  But, in addition to that, is the great Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15.

This month, we also observe the feasts of some very important saints :

St. Dominic (August 4)

St. John Mary Vianney (August 8)

St. Lawrence (August 10)

St. Augustine (August 28)

and many more! 

Besides the saints, one major feast of Our Lord - the Transfiguration on August 6.

August is truly RICH in feasts!

Some Short Prayers in Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary be known, praised, blessed, loved, worshipped and glorified always and in all places!

Sweet heart of Mary, be my salvation!

Meditation

The Sacred Heart of Jesus thirsts for souls.

The Immaculate Heart of Mary yearns that all souls may be lead to her divine Son.

BLESSING WATER

Sunday is the optimal time, liturgically, to bless water since holy water reminds us of our baptism, through which we were born again as adopted children of God through the suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord.  This we celebrate every Sunday, which is liturgical Easter each and every week.

The Scripture lessons for this Sunday happened to be about baptism (Epistle) and the sacraments, especially the Eucharist (Gospel), so there was added relevance.

One of the prayers of the Rite of Blessing Water is so beautiful I wanted to put it on this blog :

O God, Who for the salvation of mankind has built Thy greatest mysteries on this substance, water, in Thy kindness hear our prayers and pour down the power of Thy blessing + into this element, made ready for many kinds of purifications. May this, Thy creature, become an agent of divine grace in the service of Thy mysteries, to drive away evil spirits and dispel sickness, so that everything in the homes and other buildings of the faithful that is sprinkled with this water may be rid of all uncleanness and freed from every harm. Let no breath of infection, no disease-bearing air, remain in these places. May the wiles of the lurking Enemy prove of no avail. Let whatever might menace the safety and peace of those who live here be put to flight by the sprinkling of this water, so that the healthfulness, obtained by calling upon Thy holy name, may be made secure against all attack.

MEET OUR SERVERS

ADAM CEPEDA

Adam just graduated from Okkodo High School.  From Dededo, he has been serving since he was in elementary school.  He hopes to study engineering in college, but he is also very skilled with the guitar.

FRIARY MASS ON WIKKIMISSA

If anyone passing through Guam wanted to go to Mass in the Extraordinary Form, all they have to do is go here

http://honneurs.free.fr/Wikini/wakka.php?wiki=GuaM

to find out accurate information.

This is also a good resource for you who travel the globe.

BLESSING OF WATER

We are running low on the Holy Water that was blessed a while back. So I will be blessing a new container before Mass this Sunday. You may want to take advantage of this and bring your own water in clean and appropriate containers (no product labels, for example). You may want to write your name with a marker or make some other sign, if possible, on your container in case someone brings an identical or similar container. Bring them FILLED with water and I will bless them along with the big one we keep in the sacristy. It makes no sense for you to bring an empty one and fill it with the water I am blessing to replenish our sacristy supply! : )

BIG FAVOR!  Not all in our community use the internet.  If you know their house phone numbers, please give them a call and alert them to this notice in case they'd like to bring their own containers this Sunday.  Thanks!