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Category: Devotions
Healing Mass: March 24, 2022
Bishop da Cunha Approves 2022 Events
On February 8th, the Shrine received the generous permission of Bishop da Cunha for our initial schedule of events for this year:
- Fr. Edward Murphy’s Healing Mass, held on the 4th Thursday (this is a change due to his schedule) of February to May, then September to December, with Rosary and Confession at 6:00PM, Mass and Benediction at 6:30PM after Confessions are concluded.
- As we are able to engage a priest, a Mass on the First Friday for the Sacred Heart.
- The required Mass for the anniversary of the Dedication of St. Anne’s Church will be held on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 3:00PM.
- Permission has been granted for Fr. Allen Alexander, MIC, of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception to preside over the St Anne Novena devotions from July 17-25, 2022 at 6:00PM , including a Daily Mass for each day of the Novena in preparation for the Feast Day of Sts. Anne and Joachim.
- Bishop da Cunha has accepted our invitation to celebrate the Solemn Mass of the Feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim on July 26th at 6:00PM. This will be followed by the traditional procession of Her relics around the block.
- The annual Filipino God the Father Celebration and Pilgrimage is moving from the La Salette Shrine to St. Anne Shrine, and will be held on Sunday, September 4, 2022.
Of course, other devotions upcoming include our annual Lenten Vespers held on Sundays during the season of Lent at 3:00PM in the Shrine, The Way of the Cross, held on Good Friday evening, the annual Corpus Christi procession through the streets of Fall River on the Feast of Corpus Christi, and other special devotions and events held throughout the year. We are extremely grateful to Bishop da Cunha for his generous support of our efforts here at St. Anne Shrine and ask for your prayers as we continue our ministry here in the City.
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The “O Antiphons”
We are coming into the final week before Christmas, and at evening Vespers, the “O” Antiphons will be chanted.
These were apparently composed in the seventh or eighth century when monks put together texts from the Old Testament, particularly from the prophet Isaiah, which looked forward to the coming, in flesh, of our salvation.
Each of the O Antiphons highlights a different title for the Messiah: O Sapientia (O Wisdom), O Adonai (O Lord), O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse), O Clavis David (O Key of David), O Oriens (O Rising Sun), O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations), and O Emmanuel. Each one refers to the prophecies of Isaiah.
When we sing “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” during Mass in Advent, its roots go a lot deeper than being sung as a common hymn in the back of the hymnal. This connection to the early days of the Church is a fitting reminder of the rich patrimony that Catholicism embraces and connects us to our inheritance and is preserved as Our Lord promised “…until the end of the ages…”
We will be presenting the antiphons, in order, from today until the the 23rd.
Mission of Mercy Holy Hour: Solemnity of Christ the King
Please join us this Sunday, November 22, at 2:00 PM in the Shrine for our monthly Mission of Mercy Holy Hour. This month, we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year in the Ordinary Form.
On Sunday, November 29, we will begin our annual Advent Vespers on the First Sunday in Advent, at 4:00 PM in the Shrine.
We look forward to seeing you at these upcoming devotions, both to bring this liturgical year of 2020 to a close, and open the 2021 liturgical year properly.