The Friday Flocknote
This Week at Saint Andrew
Sun Apr 11: The Feast of Divine Mercy
Come join us at 12pm for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Confessions, including readings from St. Faustina's Diary, recitation of the Holy Rosary, and Benediction. At 3pm, there will a Novena and Chaplet of Divine Mercy followed by the Mass of Divine Mercy.
Mass is still scheduled for 7:30am, 9:00am, and 10:30am celebrating the Second Sunday of Easter.
Wed Apr 14, 6pm - 8pm: Exposition, Adoration, Benediction, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena
Our evening adoration will begin with the Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 6:00pm inside the church, followed by the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, continuing with Adoration, and ending with Benediction at 8:00pm.
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.
What is Divine Mercy Sunday?
Video of the Week:
Aloneness: Jesus vs. Judas
Saint of the Week:
Saint Magdalen of Canossa
Feast Day - April 10
c. 1774 - 1835
This foundress, born to a noble family in Verona, Italy, lost her father at age 5 and was abandoned by her mother when she remarried. Choosing religious life over an advantageous marriage, Magdalen first joined the Carmelites, but left when she saw that their strict rules of enclosure would prohibit her charitable works.
She began a new community, the Canossian Daughters of Charity, in 1799 by bringing two poor girls into her own home. The institute spread throughout Italy, and Magdalen helped found an order of priests and a third order for laypeople. Canossians minister today in Italy, Latin America and the Philippines. Magdalen, who was canonized in 1988, famously said, “Those who love are never tired, since love knows no burden.”
Isn't it Friday? Can we eat meat now?
Yes, you can eat meat today! Today is a solemnity because it is part of the Octave of Easter. This article explains why.