St. Joseph Catholic Church
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Liturgical Living 2021
Heyo! Here’s a list of Mass Times for Holy Days in 2021, and a quick guide to living out traditions and feasts of the Catholic Liturgical Year in your home and with our parish family!
You can easily find the reasons for these traditions online,
or by reading “The Catholic All Year” by Kendra Tierney
(or by clicking the underlined links throughout in this email)
(or by clicking the underlined links throughout in this email)
Dec.31- Jan 1- Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
Holy Day of Obligation:
7:00pm New Year’s Eve Mass
7:00pm New Year’s Eve Mass
12:10pm New Year’s Day
January 6th – Epiphany
At the bottom of this email are the prayers you can pray while carrying out this tradition. Blessed chalk will be available at the back of Church this week- (remember our doors are unlocked throughout the day so parishioners can come and pray)
Feb. 2nd – Candlemas
Blessing of candles
Tuesday, 8:15pm Mass at Newman Center, bring candles which you would like blessed.
Feb. 3rd – Feast of St. Blaise
4:00pm Mass- come for the blessing of throats
Tues. Feb. 16th – Mardi Gras-
have a king cake! Buy some Venetian masks and go bonkers- or don’t! (Yeah this one’s weird!)
Wed. Feb. 17th – Ash Wednesday
12:10pm Mass, 4:00pm Mass
Ashes and Penance! Give up vice, grow in virtue- engage in spiritual combat!
Feb. 17th– April 3rd Lent
-every Friday in Lent: come to Station of the Cross at 6pm (after the 5:15pm Mass). In the beforetimes we used to have free meat-free dinners and family movie nights, if society isn’t shut down that’s how we’ll roll again!
Mar. 17th – St. Patrick’s Day
Eat something green, wear something green, wish you were Irish and don’t get drunk!
Mar.19th – St. Joseph’s Feast Day
April 1- 4 – Easter Triduum
April 1: Holy Thursday 7pm Mass- Washing of the Feet, followed by time of prayer at the Altar of Repose in the parish hall.
April 2: Good Friday– 12:10pm Service
April 3rd Easter Vigil 8pm (starting with the Easter bon-fire)
April 4th Easter Sunday 10am
April 10-11 – Divine Mercy Sunday
Read “Divine Mercy in my Soul” by St. Faustina, go to confession!
May Crowning
May 23rd – Pentecost
6:30pm Sunday night Praise and Worship and Adoration
June 6th – Corpus Christi
Procession through the streets-? Let’s bring back the tradition! Maybe this is the year!?
Fri. Jun 11th – Sacred Heart
June 24th – John the Baptist
August 15th – Assumption-
lands on a Sunday in 2021
Sept. 29th -Michaelmas-
Nov, 1st -All Saints Day
Holy Day of Obligation
12:10pm Mass, 7pm Mass
Nov. 2nd – All Souls Day
6:30pm Memorial Mass, prayers for all our deceased loved ones of the past year. Go to a cemetery to pray for the faithful departed.
Nov. 11th -Martinmas-
Nov.28- Advent
Have an Advent Wreath in your home-
Dec. 6th – St. Nicholas’ Feast
Dec. 8th – Immaculate Conception.
On which date we celebrate the night St. Joachim and St. Anne conceived the Blessed Mother. I’m sure you can figure out something.
Holy Day of Obligation:
Tuesday 8:15pm Mass (Dec. 7) at Newman Center
Wednesday 12:10pm Mass, 4:00pm Mass
Dec. 24th– Christmas Eve
Mass Schedule TBD
Dec.31- Jan 1- Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God
Holy Day of Obligation:
7:00pm New Year’s Eve Mass
7:00pm New Year’s Eve Mass
12:10pm New Year’s Day
Epiphany Chalk Blessing
Jan 3rd
Jan 3rd
This ceremony of the blessing of the home and inscription of the initials of the three Magi above each door:
(bring blessed chalk, as well as incense and holy water *if* you have them)
Blessed chalk will be available at the back of Church all this week.
Holy Water is always available from the font/basin next to the pulpit up front.
Holy Water is always available from the font/basin next to the pulpit up front.
Leader: Peace be to this house.
All: And to all who dwell herein.
All: And to all who dwell herein.
All: From the east came the Magi to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening their treasures they offered precious gifts: gold for the great King, incense for the true God, and myrrh in symbol of His burial.
the room is sprinkled with holy water and incensed. After this is completed,
All: From the east came the Magi to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening their treasures they offered precious gifts: gold for the great King, incense for the true God, and myrrh in symbol of His burial.
All: Our Father. . .
Leader: All they from Saba shall come
All: Bringing gold and frankincense.
Leader: O Lord, hear my prayer.
All: And let my cry come to You.
All: Bringing gold and frankincense.
Leader: O Lord, hear my prayer.
All: And let my cry come to You.
Leader: Let us pray. O God, who by the guidance of a star did on this day manifest Your only-begotten Son to the Gentiles, mercifully grant that we who know You by faith may also attain the vision of Your glorious majesty. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Leader: Be enlightened, O Jerusalem, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee—Jesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary.
All: And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light and kings in the splendor of thy rising, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon thee.
Leader: Let us pray.
Bless, + O Lord God almighty, this home, that in it there may be health, purity, the strength of victory, humility, goodness and mercy, the fulfillment of Thy law, the thanksgiving to God the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. And may this blessing remain upon this home and upon all who dwell herein. Through Christ our Lord.
Bless, + O Lord God almighty, this home, that in it there may be health, purity, the strength of victory, humility, goodness and mercy, the fulfillment of Thy law, the thanksgiving to God the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. And may this blessing remain upon this home and upon all who dwell herein. Through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
After the prayers of the blessing are recited, each room of the home is sprinkled with holy water.
The year, and the initials of the Magi are inscribed upon the doors with the blessed chalk. (The initials, C, M, B, can also be interpreted as the Latin phrase “Christus mansionem benedicat” which means “Christ bless this house”.)
It will look like this:
20 + C + M + B + 21
