January 1st is a holy day of obligation for the Feast of the Circumcision. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Spencer, OK, will have Mass at 8 am; Our Lady of Fatima in Chelsea, OK, will have Mass at Noon.
NEW MASS TIMES
Beginning this Sunday, a new Mass schedule is being trialed that will allow Spencer and Chelsea to have permanent Mass times of 8 and Noon respectively. Previously, one Sunday each month had a different schedule to accommodate Fr. Sandquist offering a third Mass in Kansas.
November is blowing in with a weekend whirlwind of opportunities for enriching your spiritual life. The announcements from the November bulletin are excerpted here for a ready reference. The full bulletin with Mass schedule is on the “Monthly Bulletin” page linked in the tabs. The Fall Festival flyer is re-published below the announcements, but please note that Fr. Sandquist wants all submissions for the coloring contest to use the pdf file of Our Lady of Sorrows at the end of this post. Coloring the picture at home prior to the contest is encouraged.
This Saturday, November 2, the Church celebrates the feast of All Souls. Fr. Sandquist will be offering three Masses in Spencer, Oklahoma, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
The Masses will be offered at 8:00 a.m., 8:35 a.m., and 9:05 a.m.
For the November bulletin and a complete Mass schedule, please go to the Bulletin Tab in the top menu bar.
Fr. Stephen Sandquist, CMRI, will celebrate Holy Week at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Spencer, Oklahoma. Fr. Timothy Geckle, CMRI, will celebrate Holy Week at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Mountain View, Arkansas.
The schedule for Holy Week ceremonies follows, as well as Easter Sunday Mass times for the mission chapels that will not have Sacred Triduum services.
Spencer, OK, (Oklahoma City) Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Holy Saturday: is a day of Fast and Complete abstinence. Those 7 and older are reminded that they must abstain from meat entirely on this day.
Chelsea, OK, (Tulsa) Our Lady of Fatima Chapel
Easter Sunday Mass at 10 am
Mountain View, AR, Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel
Holy Thursday, March 28, Mass at 6 pm followed by All Night Adoration
Good Friday, March 29, 11:30am Stations of the Cross, Noon-3pm Good Friday Liturgy
Holy Saturday, March 30, 10:30 PM Easter Vigil Liturgy
Easter Sunday, March 31, 12:00 AM Midnight Mass of the Resurrection
Easter Sunday Morning, March 31, 9:00 AM
In Roland, AR,(Little Rock) St. Philomena Chapel
Easter Sunday Mass at 2 pm
Farmington, AR (Fayetteville)
Easter Sunday Mass following confessions at 6 pm
Mass will be at 9:30 am.
Immediately after death, Mary was assumed, soul and body, into heaven. This is the ancient belief of the Church, as the feast of the Assumption, one of the oldest feasts of Mary, proves. Her blessedness surpasses the blessedness of the angels and saints of heaven, because the measure of her soul was so great that she was worthy to carry God beneath her heart.
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty, The Face of the Heavenly Mother
O God, Who didst deign to choose for Thy dwelling the virginal womb of the blessed Mary, grant, we beseech Thee, that, defended by her protection, we may assist with joy at her festival. Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, who didst bear the Creator of all things: thou didst bring forth Him Who made thee, and remainest forever a virgin.
May our offerings be commended to Thy mercy, O Lord, by the prayer of the Mother of God, whom Thou hast removed from this world that she may with confidence intercede for us with Thee. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Grant Thine assistance, O merciful God, to our frailty, that we, who anticipate the festival of God’s holy Mother, may, by the aid of her intercession, rise from our iniquity. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Consider first, in the festival of this day, and contemplate in spirit the glorious entry of the blessed virgin Mary, the mother of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ, into the everlasting kingdom of her Son. See, my soul, with what joy of the whole court of heaven, with what triumphs, with what heavenly hymns, she was escorted thither by legions of angels; see how all the citizens of heaven went forth to meet her: with what affectionate embraces she was welcomed by her divine Son, and presented by him to his eternal father: see how she was placed above all the angels and saints, above all the cherubim and seraphim on a most glorious throne, the highest in heaven next to that of her Son; and crowned by him with a diadem of such supereminent brightness and glory as is not to be expressed nor conceived. Rejoice, O my soul, in this glorious assumption of the mother of our Lord, who as he has been pleased to make us his brethren, has been pleased to make her also our mother. O what a happiness it is for us to have such a mother, (who has so great interest with the king of heaven, and who takes our welfare so much to heart,) so near the throne of all mercy and grace! O blessed Virgin, graciously look down upon us in this our banishment, and always show thyself a mother to us.
Consider 2ndly, what brought this ever-blessed Virgin to this supereminent glory, which we honour in this festival of her assumption? 1. It was her most profound humility – she was exalted above all because she was the most humble of all. For he that humbleth himself the most upon earth shall be the most exalted in heaven. 2. It was her perfect purity of soul and body, mind and heart, from all the defilements of sin. 3. It was principally her supereminent love of God; for the degree of the enjoyment of God in his eternal glory is ever proportioned to the degree of our love of God in this mortal life. If then we hope one day to follow this blessed Virgin to heaven, and to have a share in the glory of her assumption, we must endeavour to imitate her humility, her purity, and her love of God. No soul can ever ascent to heaven by any other way than that of humility, purity, and the love of God.
Consider 3rdly, that this imitation of the virtues of the blessed Virgin is an excellent way of honouring her, and of showing our real esteem, love, and devotion to her. For how can we better testify our affection and veneration for the saints of God than by honouring and loving in them that which made them saints; and that which God himself honours and loves in them, that is their virtues? Or how can we better express our esteem and love for their virtues than by studying to imitate them? This kind of devotion is most pleasing to the saints, and to the queen of the saints, and to the God of the saints; it is most honourable to them and most profitable to ourselves. This will bring us effectually to the eternal society of the saints; which without this no other devotion can secure to us.
Conclude so to rejoice in the exaltation of our blessed Lady, in this day of her glory, and to take up on this day a generous resolution of walking in her footsteps, by a diligent imitation of her life; but more especially by following the great example of her humility, purity, and love of God. This generous resolution of thine will be so agreeable to her as to add a new satisfaction and joy to the immense felicity she possessed before.
Our Lady of Fatima Mission Chapel 