Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church February 21, 2016 On the Same Page Rev. Denis B. Theroux, Pastor The Second Sunday of Lent Dear Friends, During this Lenten Season, one of the “Spiritual Enrichment” ac;vi;es that I have suggested, is Eucharist Adora;on. Though, we, as a parish, have Eucharis;c Adora;on on every Friday throughout the year, over the years, it is a prac;ce which has had special significance during Lent. It is an incredible opportunity to “spend ;me” with the Lord Jesus. The challenge of late has been that we are not able to leave the Eucharist exposed in the Adora;on Chapel, because we don’t have enough people par;cipa;ng. OJen ;mes on Fridays, a parishioner will come to the Office to tell us that they have to leave, and no one else is in the chapel. So, one of the staff members then heads off to the chapel to remove the Eucharist from the “Monstrance” and return the consecrated host back to the Tabernacle. I have brought this to the aOen;on of a number of people at Weekday Mass, and several people have shared with me that they don’t understand what Eucharis;c Adora;on is or know and understand the history of Adora;on. In an aOempt to help people to understand, the following ar;cle appeared in the March 2011 issue of U.S. Catholic magazine (Vo. 76, No. 3, page 46), and I have inserted here, reprinted with permission. Hopefully, with more understanding, we can truly be a “Eucharis;c Centered” community. The author, Victoria M. Tufano, is the Pastoral Associate and Director of Liturgy at Ascension Catholic Church in Oak Park, Illinois. What's the history of adora/on of the blessed sacrament? It seems that a lot of parishes are star/ng to have adora/on of the Blessed Sacrament, either as a regular pracce or just on occasion. Is this something new? Isn’t the celebra/on of the Mass enough? Adora/on of the Blessed Sacrament is not something new. It is a centuries-old pracce rooted in an essen/al teaching of Catholic Chris/anity: Jesus Christ is truly and completely present in the Eucharist. Like many pracces of our faith, however, adora/on of the Blessed Sacrament developed gradually. In the earliest years of Chris/anity, consecrated bread would be brought home from the celebra/on of the Eucharist to be given to those not able to be present at the liturgy because of illness. It was also to be consumed by the faithful during the week to keep them connected to the Eucharist and the community they celebrated with. In about the fourth century monasteries began to reserve the Eucharist, and by the 11th century, reserva/on— s/ll mainly for the sick and dying—was a regular feature of churches. While reverence was certainly given to Christ present in the sacrament, it was not yet customary to pray before the reserved sacrament. In the 11th century, the French monk Berengar of Tours began to teach that the bread and wine in the celebra/on of the Eucharist could not change physically into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Pope Gregory VII demanded a retracon from Berengar saying that the body and blood of Christ were truly present in the Eucharist. This resulted in a refining of the church’s teaching on the real presence. In response, Eucharis/c devo/on burst forth throughout Europe: processions, visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and other prayers focused on the reserved sacrament became part of Catholic life. Around the same /me, eleva/ons of the bread and the wine were added to the Eucharis/c prayer at Mass. For some, the moment of seeing the consecrated host overshadowed the rest of the liturgy. Times of extended exposi/on of the Blessed Sacrament outside the Mass grew out of this acon, and eventually a blessing with the exposed Eucharist, or benedicon, developed. The feast of Corpus Chris/ developed in the 13th and 14th centuries. Processions became tradi/onal on this day, and other devo/ons, including adora/on, gained popularity. Eucharis/c Congresses, held since the late 19th century (most recently in Canada in 2008), con/nue to promote this devo/on. Since the Second Va/can Council, a great deal of a[en/on has focused on the reform of the liturgy and a deepening of Eucharis/c theology and piety, but the pracce of adora/on remained in many places. Like the pracce of the earliest Chris/ans, adora/on can keep us connected to the community’s celebra/on of the Eucharist. © Victoria M. Tufano, US Catholic. Used with permission OUR LADY OF VICTORY PAGE 2 NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN OUR LADY OF VICTORY CATHOLIC CHURCH COLLABORATION PARTNER PARISHES 133 Orchard Drive ✚ Northville, Michigan ✚ 48167 Phone: (248) 349-2621 ✚ Fax: (248) 349-7329 ✚ www.olvnorthville.org Holy Family, 24505 Meadowbrook Rd., Novi, 48375 (248) 349-8847, www.holyfamilynovi.org OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-noon, 1:00-5:00 p.m. MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday-5:00 p.m., Sunday-7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. St. James, 46325 W. 10 Mile Rd., Novi, 48374 Monday-7:00 p.m., Wednesday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. (248) 347-7778, www.sjnovi.net RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. MISSION STATEMENT St. Joseph, 830 S. LafayeOe St., South Lyon, 48178 “As Disciples of Jesus Christ, we are a giving, growing Catholic family. Through the intercession of (248) 446-8700, www.saintjosephsouthlyon.org Mary, we pray, we worship, we serve and we educate in Faith.” PARISH STAFF & MINISTRY CONTACT INFORMATION CLERGY CHRISTIAN SERVICE COORDINATOR Rev. 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It is always a good time to ask how our Lenten Tuesday, March 1, 7:00 p.m. practices are going. Each year on this Sunday we hear about the Transfiguration of Jesus. It is so very easy to hear just Packets have been sent out to all of the parents with incoming the first few words and check out, because we have heard it Kindergarten students. Please complete the forms and be prepared to pay so many times. Have you ever had an experience that you the registration fee when you attend orientation at Our Lady of Victory were somewhere and with someone and the event was so School. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. It will be a wonderful night to meet awe filled that you wanted it to last forever? If you have, the teachers and administrative staff! then you have some idea of what Peter was feeling. When I read this in Lost for Words, edited by Peter Edwards it made me pause and reflect on what the OLV MiDDle School Information Night experience must have been like for them.