“Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”
Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them. The apparitions of Our Lady of Our Lady of Laus: In Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, France, to Information from: Banneux were reported by a young Benoîte Rencurel, a young shepherdess are the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_apparition child, Mariette Beco a native of Marian apparitions approved in the 21st century by the Banneux, Belgium in the 1930s. She Roman Catholic Church. 2008. The apparitions of Our Lady of reported seeing a Lady in White who La Salette in France were reported declared herself the Virgin of the Our Lady of Our Lady of Knock: in the in1846 by two shepherd children, Poor and told her: "Believe in me and Gietzwald: In the year County Mayo, Ireland, is the site Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud. I will believe in you." 1877 the Virgin Mary was revealed to little of a nineteenth-century appari- tion. On the wet Our Lady of Lourdes: The Lady girls Barbara Our Lady of Pontmain Thursday evening of 21 August held a string of Rosary beads and Samulowska and The apparitions at Our 1879, at about 8 o'clock, Our led Saint Justyna Lady of Pontmain, Lady, St. Joseph, and St. John Bernadette Szafryńska. She France also called Our the Evangelist appeared in a (14 year old appeared several Lady of Hope were blaze of Heavenly light at the shepherd girl) to times, speaking the reported in 1871 by a south gable of Knock Parish the discovery of a Polish language and number of young Church. Behind them and a little buried spring... explained how children. important it is to pray to the left of St. John was a plain and say the rosary. altar. On the altar was a cross and a lamb with adoring Our Lady of Fatima: On July 13 1917 the beautiful Lady once Our Lady of the angels. The appearance of St again appeared to the children. When Lucia asked what she Rosary wanted, she said, “I want you to come here on the 13th of next Joseph, St John and the Lamb month, to continue to pray the Rosary every make the apparition unique in church history. The Apparition day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, in was seen by fifteen people order to obtain peace for the world and the whose ages ranged from six end of the war, because only she years to can help you." The 33 apparitions of Our Lady of Beauraing seventy-five were reported in Belgium between and November 1932 and January 1933 by included men, five local children ranging in age women and from 9 to 15 years. children
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Sunday, October 7 Thursday, October 11 The 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time 10:30 am Mary’s Guild - Rm B 9:35 am Re K-5th grade - Center West 2:30 pm Bereavement - Rm B 6:30 pm Pastoral Council - Rm A
Friday, October 12 Monday, October 8 Following Mass Church Cleaning 1:00 pm Peace & Justice - Rm B 2:00 pm Blood Drive - Rm C 6:30 pm Bible Study - Rm A Saturday, October 13 - Collecting KC Pennies from 6:30 pm Moms Prayer Group - Rm B Heaven outside Church doors
Tuesday, October 9 Sunday, October 14 9:00 am Bible Study - Rm A The 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time 6:30 pm Evangelization - Rm B Collecting KC Pennies from Heaven outside Church doors 7:00 pm KC Business - Rm C 9:30 am RCIA - Rm A 9:35 am Re K-5th grade - Center West Wednesday, October 10 1:00 pm Secular Franciscans - Parish Office 6:00 pm Life Teen - Parish Office 7:00 pm Edge - Parish Office
Brothers and Sisters,
As I mentioned at all the Masses last weekend, today we will take up again the praying of the St. Michael Prayer at the end of all the Masses. We have been doing this at the daily Masses since July, but following the request of Pope Francis and our Archbishop we will now extend that to all Masses at Christ the King. After the final blessing is given and before the final hymn is started, the priest and servers will come down to the foot of the altar, everyone will kneel and we will say the prayer, after which the final hymn will begin. Good things will come to our parish and our families by invoking the help of such a great protector and intercessor.
It is important to remember that the recovery of traditions such as this prayer follows both the letter and the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. I had the privilege of being immersed in all the documents and the history of Vatican II during my graduate and doctoral studies at the Gregorian University. We went through the Council (as well as Vatican I and Trent) backwards and forwards, inside and out. Unfortunately, in the first couple decades after the council many things, often things liturgical, were done in the name of Vatican II or in the “spirit of Vatican II” that are found neither in its documents nor in its proper spirit. Often these things were done in good faith by well meaning people who were told, often by a priest or religious, “this is Vatican II”. Many things were done away with that should have continued. We see that more clearly now, and the St. Michael prayer is one such example. They say that it takes about 50 years to get a Council right. I think it’s very telling that Pope Francis himself has asked everyone in the Church to pray the St. Michael prayer, the rosary and the Sub tuum praesidium prayer (to Our Lady) during the month of October.
St. Michael the Archangel pray for us!
In Christ the King,
Msgr. John Cihak
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