Divine Mercy Sunday was a full day at St. Mary's. It was kicked off, of course, with Saturday afternoon confessions and Saturday evening anticipated mass. But on Sunday there was CCD, the two normal masses, and an additional mass at 3:00pm, the hour of mercy. We were blessed to have Fr. Romanowski saying all of the masses (he must be exhausted!). After 11:30 mass, we sang one of my favorite hymns, "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" and then prayed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, as usual. (We had been praying the Novena of Divine Mercy over the past days as well.) Following that, there was a baptism! What a grace it is to see so many babies at St. Mary's. I just happened to be lingering, taking pictures around the church after mass and got to see the sweet little girl and her family gathering for the blessed event. We are truly blessed at St. Mary's to have such a variety of people of all ages and backgrounds, even people originally from different places or who travel a distance to attend St. Mary's. There are also not an insubstantial number of converts and "reverts," and I believe this is a testament to how Our Lady draws souls to the Church by using St. Mary's. After the baptism confessions were heard by our wonderful Fr. Gannon (if you have not met Fr. Gannon you must!) and Fr. Romanowski and there was Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until 3:00pm mass.
Below you can view a little slideshow of St. Mary's. These are just a few pictures from around and within the church on Divine Mercy Sunday. You may wonder why I included a few pictures of the parking lot and street. That was just to show that despite having four masses, our small church still has full attendance. Though I only attended the 11:30 mass this weekend, I heard that the other three masses were full as well.
You will also see that in one of the pictures Fr. Romanowski is kneeling beside the altar. This was during our consecration prayer. After every mass we say a special prayer in which we consecrate ourselves, our families, and our parish St. Mary's to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We pray that we are under the protection of the Two Hearts! We are so privileged to have a priest as committed as Fr. Romanowski who gives so much to us and to Our Lord every single day.
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Below you can view a little slideshow of St. Mary's. These are just a few pictures from around and within the church on Divine Mercy Sunday. You may wonder why I included a few pictures of the parking lot and street. That was just to show that despite having four masses, our small church still has full attendance. Though I only attended the 11:30 mass this weekend, I heard that the other three masses were full as well.
You will also see that in one of the pictures Fr. Romanowski is kneeling beside the altar. This was during our consecration prayer. After every mass we say a special prayer in which we consecrate ourselves, our families, and our parish St. Mary's to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We pray that we are under the protection of the Two Hearts! We are so privileged to have a priest as committed as Fr. Romanowski who gives so much to us and to Our Lord every single day.