Saturday, May 26, 2012

Bulletin 104

SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806

EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)

CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

May 27th, 2012 Pentecost Sunday

Epistle: Acts 2: 1-11; Gospel: Jn. 14: 23-31

Mass Schedule May 28th through June 1st

Monday after Pentecost -NO LATIN MASS

Tuesday after Pentecost

Ember Wednesday of Pentecost

Thursday after Pentecost

Ember Friday in the Octave of Pentecost


A plenary indulgence may gained by publicly saying or singing the Veni, Creator on Pentecost Sunday.

JUNE 10, 2012 IS THE SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MASS WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 PM. A PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW MASS BEGINNING AT 4:00PM. JOIN HIS EXCELLENCY, BISHOP JAMES V. JOHNSTON FOR THIS DIOCESAN EVENT.

THERE WILL BE NO CONFESSIONS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 10 BEFORE THE 2:00PM MASS.


Pentecost is a time to reflect on the immense gifts God pours out for us through His Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is the soul and the source of life of the Church. Christ’s Church was born on the day of Pentecost through the breath of Christ.

The Blessed Virgin Mary conceived Christ by the power of the Holy Ghost. She was with the disciples gathered in prayer on the day of Pentecost to preside over the birth of the Church. We must realize that we need the Holy Ghost to fulfill our apostolic activity to build up the Body of Christ. We possess the very same Spirit the disciples received, therefore we have the very same power within us to accomplish great things in Christ.

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Bulletin 103

SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806

EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)

CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

May 20th, 2012 Sunday after the Ascension

Epistle: 1 Pet. 4: 7-11; Gospel: Jn. 15: 26,27; 16: 1-4

Mass Schedule May 21st through May 25th

Monday-Feria after the Ascension -NO LATIN MASS

Tuesday-Feria after the Ascension

Wednesday-Feria after the Ascension

Thursday-Requiem Mass

Friday-Saint Gregory VII Pope and Confessor

NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO LATIN MASS ON FRIDAY, MAY 18TH AT 12:15PM

JUNE 10, 2012 IS THE SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MASS WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 PM. A PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW MASS BEGINNING AT 4:00PM. JOIN HIS EXCELLENCY, BISHOP JAMES V. JOHNSTON FOR THIS DIOCESAN EVENT.

After Jesus Christ breathed upon His Apostles and filled them with the Holy Ghost they were finally able to grasp the fact that our Lord Jesus Christ, who was truly born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, truly suffered and died, had actually truly risen from the dead as well! The cross had given scandal to them and their faith in the resurrection was weak, but now they firmly believed in the risen Christ!

The Apostles experienced great joy at the Ascension because they realized they too would share in the glorified humanity they were witnessing in Christ Jesus. We too should feel the same joy. We too will share in these same gifts!

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Bulletin 102

SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806

EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)

CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

May 13th, 2012 Fifth Sunday after Easter

Epistle: Jas. 1:22-27; Gospel: Jn. 16:23-30

Mass Schedule May 14th through May 18th

Monday-Feria of Paschaltide -NO LATIN MASS

Tuesday-Requiem Mass: +Tiberio Tangarife

Wednesday-Vigil of the Ascension

Thursday-Ascension of the Lord

Friday-Saint Venantius, Martyr-NO LATIN MASS

NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO LATIN MASS ON FRIDAY, MAY 18TH AT 12:15PM

JUNE 10, 2012 IS THE SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MASS WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 PM. A PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW MASS BEGINNING AT 4:00PM. JOIN HIS EXCELLENCY, BISHOP JAMES V. JOHNSTON FOR THIS DIOCESAN EVENT.

Consecration means that a person or thing (e.g., a building, chalice, vestments, etc.) is withdrawn from profane use and is dedicated to the service of God; the object thereby becomes sacred and is to be treated with reverence and respect. The Church is holy by consecration because it is set apart by God to live in union with Him and to serve Him. An individual person becomes a member of God’s holy people through Baptism by which a person is consecrated to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Through this same rite the person assumes the obligation to live a holy life worthy of the consecration he has received by God’s grace.

The Church is ontologically holy because of its life-giving union with the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost and the life of grace that flows from that union. Jesus Christ alludes to this union in the Gospel when he explains clearly that He came forth from the Father and that He now leaves this world to go back to the Father.

It is because of this union of love that Christ assures us we can ask anything of the Father in Christ’s name and it will be given to us! Let us pray with confidence! Let us pray with faith!

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Bulletin 101

SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806

EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)

CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching

May 6th, 2012 Fourth Sunday After Easter –NO LATIN MASS AT 2:30PM

Epistle: Jas. 1:17-21; Gospel: Jn. 16:5-14

Mass Schedule May 7th through May 11th

Monday-Saint Stanislaus; Bishop and Martyr -NO LATIN MASS

Tuesday-Feria of Paschaltide

Wednesday-Saint Gregory of Nazianzen; Bishop, Confessor and Doctor

Thursday-Saint Antoninus; Bishop and Confessor

Friday-SS. Philip and James; Apostles

NO LATIN MASS ON SUNDAY, MAY 6TH AT 2:30PM.

JUNE 10, 2012 IS THE SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MASS WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 PM. A PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW.

Jesus Christ speaks very clearly when He says in the Gospel that the Holy Ghost will teach all the truth. If one wishes to be fully incorporated into the Church of Christ one must embrace the entire system of the Catholic Church:

They are fully incorporated into the society of the Church who, possessing the Spirit of Christ, accept her entire system and all the means of salvation given her, and through union with her visible structure are joined to Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. This joining is effected by the bonds of professed faith, of the sacraments, of ecclesiastical government, and of communion. (LG 14b-366)

To be fully incorporated into the Church one must be united to it by all of the bonds, interior and exterior. The interior bonds of the Holy Ghost include sanctifying grace, faith, hope and love. The exterior bonds include the same professed faith, sacraments, government, and communion.

Pray for Christian unity.

Sincerely in Christ,

Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching