Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Dear Mother of Perpetual Help, from the cross Jesus gave you to us for our Mother. You are the kindest, the most loving of all mothers…..
You are invited to attend two activities celebrating the Feast of the Our Lady of Perpetual HelpAng Santo Rosaryo - The Holy Rosary in Tagalog
The Joyful Mysteries - Ang mga Misteryo sa Tuwa
(Prayed on Mondays & Saturdays)
The Sorrowful Mysteries - Ang mga Misteryo sa Hapis
(Prayed on Tuesdays & Fridays, optional on Sundays during Lent)
The Glorious Mysteries - Ang mga Misteryo sa Luwalhati
(Prayed on Wednesdays & Sundays)
The Luminous Mysteries - Ang mga Misteryo ng Liwanag
(Prayed on Thursdays)
Salubong is a very unique Filipino Easter tradition. It celebrates the first meeting of our Resurrected Christ with His beloved Mother. Can you just imagine the exuberant joy of our Blessed Mary on that Easter day? After the grief and sorrow, Jesus appears to her alive and victorious. What a glorious sight that must have been!
We are all invited to experience this meeting and share that same joy. Come and celebrate the Salubong with us. There are two venues where you can participate.
Notre Dame Catholic Church (Southwest Houston)
7720 Boone Rd, Houston, TX 77072
Link to Map
4:00am, April 12, 2009 (Easter Sunday)
Prince of Peace (Northwest Houston)
19222 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX 77070
Link to Map
4:00am, April 12, 2009 (Easter Sunday)
Ever-living God, help us to celebrate our joy in the resurrection of the Lord and to express in our lives the love we celebrate. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. AMEN
I will make you fishers of men…
“Come after me and I will make you fishers of men…”, Simon and Andrew,at once left their nets and without hesitation, followed Him. This Sunday, we are reminded of Jesus’ invitation to do His work.Are you ready to become the ambassadors for Christ?
The Filipino Ministry Council invites you to a concelebrated mass in honor of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila
at Notre Dame Catholic Church
7720 Boone Rd, Houston, 77072 LINK TO MAP
on Saturday, Sep 27, 2008
10:00am
Main Celebrant:
Rev. Msgr. Seth Hermoso
10:00am - Rosary & Novena
10:30am - Procession
11:00am - Mass
12:30pm - Potluck Lunch & Fellowship
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Novena prayers can be found on the link below.
This 9-day novena can be started on September 19th.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3960960/Novena-to-San-Lorenzo-Ruiz-de-ManilaTri-Fold
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San Lorenzo Ruiz is the first Filipino Saint and martyr. He was a layman, married, and had 3 children. He was born circa 1600 in Binondo, Manila, and he was educated in Dominican schools. In his younger years, San Lorenzo served at the convent of Binondo church as a sacristan. Not only did he learn Spanish there but also catechism. After several years, San Lorenzo Ruiz earned the title of "escribano" or notary. He became an active member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, an organization devoted to the Blessed Virgin.
In 1636, he was falsely accused of murder and sought asylum on board a ship with three Dominican priests, Saint Antonio Gonzalez, Saint Guillermo Courtet, and Saint Miguel de Aozaraza, a Japanese priest, Saint Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, and a layman named Saint Lazaro of Kyoto, a leper. The boat landed at Okinawa and the group was arrested on basis of their Christian religion.
At that time, there was a wide scale persecution of Christians. All those who professed faith in God and served as missionaries were jailed and even put to death. Their lives were to be spared if they would renounce their Christians faith. But thousands of those Christians chose death rather than renouncing their belief in God. And San Lorenzo Ruiz was among those who underwent excruciating forms of persecution. On September 27, 1637, he was hung upside down from the gallows with his body falling into a pit. After two days of agony, he died of bleeding and suffocation. His body along with other martyrs were set on fire and the ashes carried out of the Nagasaki Bay and thrown into the sea near the little island of Io-Juma, to prevent their veneration by the Christians.
When the San Lorenzo was being interrogated and asked whether to grant him life if he renounced his faith, he replied with these noble words: "I am a Christian, and this I profess until the hour of my death and for God I shall give my life…and had I many thousands of lives, I shall offer them for Him. And so, do with me as you please."
San Lorenzo Ruiz was proclaimed "Blessed" in February 1981 at Luneta, together with 16 other companions, in connection with Pope John Paul II's papal visit to the Philippines. He was canonized and declared a "Saint" on October 18, 1987 in Rome.
Their feast day is September 28.
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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Ruiz
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/apple/1434/novena.htm
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=91532
