ONCE A WEEK BROADCAST MASS - JANUARY 19, 2021

Live-streamed at 8 AM from St. Cyprian Church

PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION – My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

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STATEMENT FROM CARDINAL CUPICH ON JANUARY 20

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala D. Harris

The Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Chicago joins our prayers with those of Pope Francis for the new President and First Lady, Vice President and Second Gentleman, and we extend our warmest wishes as they assume their new service to the nation.

Only two weeks ago, the world watched as our democracy was attacked. Today, we proved its resilience. The new administration begins in a time of global pandemic, economic peril and deep division, when millions of our brothers and sisters have been brought low by illness, poverty and racism. We pray that the way forward will be inspired, as the Holy Father asked, by dreaming together.

Just as they prayed together on inauguration day, we ask the leaders of our country to act together for the benefit of all its people. We implore that every life be valued, protected and nurtured as we rebuild a nation once again dedicated to its founding ideals of liberty and justice for all. Let us not fail in imagining a better future for all humanity and our common home and proceed, as President Biden said, with our whole soul in the task of making it real.

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MASS INFORMATION DURING PANDEMIC

SATURDAYS - JANUARY 23 & JANUARY 30
Confessions from 4 to 4:45 PM at St. Celestine
No reservations are required to come to Confession
Public Mass at 5 PM at St. Celestine

SUNDAYS - JANUARY 24 & JANUARY 31
Public Masses
7:30 AM and 10:30 AM at St. Celestine
9 AM at St. Cyprian
10:30 AM - Live-Streamed Mass - FACEBOOK

Reservations are required to attend the Masses!
Limited quantity of people at each Mass

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DAILY MASSES - TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS
There will be a 8 AM Mass on Tuesdays at St. Cyprian and on Wednesdays at St. Celestine. No reservation is needed for daily Masses.

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PRO-LIFE MASS ON A NATIONAL DAY

We will have a special Mass on Friday, January 22 at 8 AM at St. Celestine for the National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, when the Catholic Church remembers the 47th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. No reservation is needed to attend this Mass; however, every person will have to sign-in at the entrance of the church. Masks and social distancing will be required.

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Parish Bulletin - 3rd Sunday in OT - Jan 24, 2021 (PDF)

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BELL CALLS FOR PRAYER - With the closing of our Churches, Cardinal Cupich has asked that we have the experience of being united in prayer, even when we are isolated.  By pausing and lifting up in prayer all those affected by the pandemic, we can offer our support to those in need and let them know that they are not alone.  The Cardinal is asking us to pray five times a day with the prayer being dedicated to a specific group particularly impacted by the pandemic. Our church bells will ring at those hours to remind us to show our solidarity in prayer.

The prayer intentions for each hour of prayer follow:

9 AM – Prayer for those infected with the virus and all who are ill.

Lord, place your healing hand on those who suffer illness. Bring them to full health and ease their anxious hearts. May our prayer and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary encourage them that they are not alone. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. AMEN!

Noon – Prayer for health care workers and those attending to the sick.

Lord, we are ennobled by those who put their lives at risk in caring for the sick. Keep them safe and embolden them when they are weary.  We ask this in Jesus’ Name. AMEN!

3 PM – Prayer for first responders and essential workers.

Lord, we pray for those who run to danger and keep us safe and those who serve the common good. Embrace them with your mantle of protection and comfort the fears of their families. We ask this in Jesus’ name. AMEN!

6 PM – Prayer for people of every nation and their leaders.

Lord, the pandemic opens our eyes to each other as brother and sisters in one human family. We pray for people of every nation and their leaders, asking that they be inspired to seek the good of all and quell the voices of division. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. AMEN!

9  PM – Prayer for those who have died today.

Lord, we grieve the passing of our sisters and brothers who have died this day. We commend them to your tender mercy, confident that nothing, not even death, will separate us from your love. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. AMEN!

The parish staff and I will uplift you in prayer each and every day. Pray for each other. United in faith, with our eyes fixed on the Cross, we can overcome this time of peril and be stronger in our faith and love for each other.

In prayer,
Father Paul Cao
Pastor, St. Mother Guerin Parish