Next Sunday is Respect Life Sunday! 38th Annual Life Chain: will be held on Sunday, October 5, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Meet at the corner of High Street and Great Oaks Trail. Be a strong, peaceful witness to the sanctity of human life in Prayer, Song, and Silence. Bring your family and friends. Signs will be provided.
In this coming month of October let us renew and deepen our devotion to Mary and the praying of the Holy Rosary for a greater respect for human life from the moment of conception to natural death. Only God can give life and only God can take it away. This is how God made us, and He knows for sure what is best for us. So often people try to take control of what belongs only to God and by doing so make everything so much worse. Let us pray and trust in God.
Please remember that the Rosary is prayed every morning in the Chapel of Divine Mercy at 7:30 AM. We also pray the Rosary on the First Saturday of each month after the 8 AM Mass in the church. Every Tuesday afternoon the school children pray the Rosary which is followed by Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament. Everyone is invited to participate in the Rosary at any of these times. Please make the time to pray the Rosary during this month of the Holy Rosary. Gather your family or friends and pray the Rosary together. It is a very powerful prayer that has changed the world. It is the most important prayer we can say not including the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The Rosary is always the opportunity to reflect more deeply on the events of the Gospel and the lives of Jesus and Mary. The Rosary like any prayer unites us to God and His saving acts in our lives. There is no better way to spend twenty minutes of your day.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! On October 17, 18, and 19 we will hold our annual Solemn Eucharistic Devotions which will begin on Friday, October 17, with a special school Mass at 9:30 AM. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will continue on the main altar throughout the weekend, and we will have our Solemn Closing with Mass and a procession with the Blessed Sacrament on Sunday, October 19, beginning at 5 PM. Our guest homilist for the closing Mass will be Fr. Jon Hawkins, Parochial Vicar at Holy Family Parish in Stow and a son of our parish here at Sacred Heart. Fr. Jon was ordained to the priesthood this past May.
Those preparing to receive their First Holy Communion and Confirmation will also join in our procession to honor the Eucharistic presence of our Lord. Please make every effort to be a part of this special weekend of praise and prayer as we give thanks to God for the gift of Himself in the Holy Eucharist.
ROCK THE RECTORY was held last Saturday, September 20, after the 5 PM Mass. The PREDICTABLES entertained us for two hours with some really great Christian music. It was truly a delightful evening, the music was great, the weather was really nice. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to gather as a parish community to listen to some inspiring music and just kick back together. I am very grateful to the PREDICTABLES (Joe McNeill, Chris Serger, and Josh Watson) for their willingness to share their time, talent, and faith with everyone. Thanks, guys and God bless you and your families.
