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Worship Aid (Bilingüe) | USCCB Readings | Lecturas

Worship Aid (Bilingüe) | USCCB Readings | Lecturas

Easter Vigil
Worship Aid (Bilingüe) | USCCB Readings | Lecturas

Easter Sunday
Worship Aid (Bilingüe) | USCCB Readings | Lecturas

Per the decree of Bishop Vasquez of the Diocese of Austin, all public Masses are suspended until April 30, 2020, and the faithful are dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. 

We will livestream a private Mass each Saturday at 5:00 p.m. on our Facebook We will also stream daily Mass Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.

As a reminder, per Bishop Vasquez, you may make spiritual communion at any time. Through a spiritual communion, we unite ourselves to God and the Church in prayer when unable to physically receive the holy Eucharist.

My Dearest Jesus,
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things,
and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot, at this moment, receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You
as if You were already there
and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me
to be separated from You. Amen.

To help you prepare for viewing and participating fully as possible in the liturgy from your home you will need to set aside some quiet time for about an hour.  It would be advantageous to shut off phones and other distractions so you can focus.  Lighting a candle and following along in your missal, if you have one, might be helpful. At the bottom of this communication, there is a worship aid format you may want to print and follow along. You may wish to print this out.

During Communion, you may join in making a Spiritual Communion by praying the printed prayer in the worship aid.  Though a Spiritual Communion is not the same as receiving the Body and Blood of Christ, it is one of the most efficacious ways we can participate when we cannot receive the real presence.

The prayer we are using is an adaption of the personal prayer for a more communal offering – uniting with all parishioners. The music for this weekly Sunday Mass will be simple and either comes from the Roman Missal or from the public domain. 

Holy Homes
There was a time when almost every Catholic home had an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a crucifix displayed somewhere prominently.  Some homes may have even other images of St. Joseph and maybe one or more cultural saints.  Families may have prayed regularly together at bedtime, before meals, for evening family rosary, etc.  Much of this has been lost with our hectic lives.  This may be a time to recover or even find new ways to recapture once again the sacred home experience.
One basic way this can be done is to create a home shrine, a place that can be an oratory of prayer – little chapel.  This could be done by lighting a candle when at prayer, fixing a place to kneel, have a bible close by that you can read, maybe an easy chair for reflection, or whatever works for you. It could be at your formal dining room, kitchen table, in a less busy room of the home, at a desk, in the hallway or maybe outside.  For some this may even be at your computer screen.  Don’t worry if it doesn’t look sacred enough.  It will become a sacred place to you with regular use.  If what you set up doesn’t work try something else.

Readings for Mass
This site provides the readings for each day.  You may wish to read them through, listen to them proclaimed and listen to the reflections before you view a mass online.
http://usccb.org/bible/readings

Online Tithing
Sign up for online giving! Going through this crisis points out that it is more important than ever to continue giving to our parish. Perhaps this may be the time that you consider giving regularly online by creating an account and setting up a recurring donation on our website: www.st-ignatius.org/give We are so grateful for your love and support and look ahead to the days when we will be together again side by side at the altar of the Lord!

Resources
Resources that may help with your home liturgical setting will be added each week.
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/source/saint-of-the-day/