Announcements

1. ASCENSION THURSDAY: Thursday, 25, the , is a holyday of obligation. The schedule is that of Sunday, with the addition of a 7:30 pm Low . 2. ROGATION DAYS: The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday preceding Ascension Thursday are Rogation Days — days of solemn supplication. Please see the inside of the bulletin for the schedule, which varies greatly from day to day.

What are Rogation Days? — An excerpt from The Church’s Year of Grace, by Pius Parsch. — t the present time the Western Church observes only four Rogation days, one on April 25 (St. Mark's Rogation day), and three preceding A Ascension Thursday. These days the Church devotes to prayer, beseeching God to alleviate physical and spiritual needs, and to bless the produce of field and garden. There were many Rogation days in the calendar of the ancient Church, some on set dates during the year, others at times of particular crises. The practice of three Rogation days before the feast of Christ's Ascension originated in Gaul (modern France). The saintly bishop Mamertus of Vienne introduced these days of prayer and penance when catastrophe threatened the city and its neighborhood about the year 450 A.D. Quickly the custom spread, and eventually it was incorporated into the liturgy of the Western Church. The celebration consists in a followed by the Rogation Mass. In this procession we may sense the last remnant of the obsolete station observed by ancient Christians almost daily during and during the first week after . They would gather in a church known as the ecclesia collecta (hence the word "Collect") and from there walk in procession with the bishop and clergy to another church singing the and the Kyrie. The place of destination was known as the statio or station church, and holy Mass was celebrated there. Our present Rogation liturgy has preserved something of these venerable practices. Our prayer should not only be sincere and personal, we should also pray as units of a community, for to this type of prayer a special efficacy is attached. In the Rogation procession the Litany of the Saints is recited; it gives us an opportunity to call upon the entire Church triumphant to intercede in our behalf. The prayers concluding the Litany are unusually beautiful and edifying.

Parish Bulletin 14 – 28 May 2017

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Patrick Abbet Email: [email protected] Cell Phone: (434) 394 4967 Please limit phone calls to sacramental emergencies.

Sunday Schedule

7:20 am Low Mass & Confessions 10:00 am Solemn Mass & Confessions 5:00 pm 2nd Vespers & Benediction

Daily Schedule

7:15 am Low Mass 6:55 pm Benediction with Rosary

A. = Abbot B. = Bishop C. = Confessor D. = Doctor K. = King M. = Martyr* P. = Pope Pr. = Priest V. = Virgin W. = Widow *Mm. = Martyrs, Vv. = Virgins, etc. May 14 – 21

UNDAY Fourth Sunday after Easter II 7:20 S May 14 10:00

ONDAY St. John Baptist de la Salle, C. III 7:15 M May 15

UESDAY St. Ubald, Bishop and Confessor III 7:15 T May 16

EDNESDAY St. Pascal Baylon, Confessor III 7:15 W May 17

HURSDAY St. Venantius, Martyr III 7:15 T May 18

RIDAY St. Peter Celestine, Pope and C. III 7:15 F May 19 Commemoration of St. Pudentiana, Virgin

ATURDAY St. Bernardine of Siena, C. III 7:15 S May 20

UNDAY Fifth Sunday after Easter II 7:20 S May 21 10:00

This week’s schedule is normal. — Variations for the following week: —

Monday May 22: Rogations Day 7:15 am Low Requiem Mass for Seminary friends & benefactors 5:25 pm Benediction with sung Rosary 7:00 pm Procession and sung votive Mass of the Rogations

Tuesday May 22: Rogations Day 6:30 am Procession and sung Mass of the Rogations; All else as usual.

May 21 – 28

UNDAY Fifth Sunday after Easter II 7:20 S May 21 10:00

ONDAY IV 7:15 M May 22 Rogation Day 7:00

UESDAY Feria IV 6:30 T May 23 Rogation Day

EDNESDAY Vigil of the Ascension II 9:00 W May 24 Rogation Day 7:00

HURSDAY The Ascension of Our Lord I 7:20 T May 25 10:00

RIDAY St. Philip Neri, Confessor III 7:15 F May 26 Commemoration of St. Eleutherius, P.M.

ATURDAY St. Bede the Venerable, C.D. III 7:15 S May 27 Commemoration of St. John I, P.M.

UNDAY Sunday after the Ascension II 7:20 S May 28 10:00

Variations

Wednesday May 24: Vigil of the Ascension & Rogation Day 9:00 am Sung Mass of the Vigil of the Ascension 5:20 pm 1st Vespers of the Feast of the Ascension 7:00 pm Procession and sung votive Mass of the Rogations

Thursday May 25: Ascension Thursday — a Holyday of Obligation 7:20 am Low Mass 10:00 am Solemn Mass 5:00 pm 2nd Vespers and Benediction 7:30 pm Low Mass