Prepare for Next Week’s April 25-26 Scripture Readings
- 1st Reading: Acts of the Apostles 2:14a,36-41
- Primera Lectura: (Hechos) 2:14,36-41
- Psalm/Salmo: 23(22):1-3a,3b-4,5,6
- 2nd Rdg/Segundo Lectura: 1 Peter (1 Pedro) 2:20-25
- Gospel/Evangelio: John (Juan) 10:1-10
Faith Formation News
Faith Formation Classes Grades K-5
Classes will be held on Sundays from 10:15-11:50am in the Grace Parish Center. Our last class will be on May 3rd.
Youth Ministry Classes Grades 6-12
Final session for all Youth will be on Sunday, April 19th from 5:15-7:15 pm.
Faith Formation Is a Lifelong Journey:
REMINDER to parents:
Even after receiving First Communion and Confirmation, children continue to grow in their understanding of God’s love and their role in the Church. Faith Formation classes help to nurture that growth through prayer, learning, and community. We encourage you to bring your children to Sunday Mass as well as Faith Formation and Youth Ministry classes so they may continue their spiritual journey!
Children Recite Rosary April 26
Join us after the 9am Mass on Sunday, April 26 as our children lead one decade of the Rosary in prayerful devotion. Parents are invited to pray alongside them – a beautiful way to grow in faith as a family. Prayer requests may be placed at the grotto. “Count Your Blessings” boxes are available for children to add intentions throughout the month. We gather on the last Sunday of each month and will pray together for all the intentions collected.
Download Children’s Bulletin in English and Spanish
We encourage you to download the Children’s Bulletin each week from www.thekidsbulletin.com. The Kids’ Bulletin is created by a mom in Canada who is happy to share them with anyone who can use them to help learn or teach about the truth and beauty of the Catholic Faith. It is a great resource for kids who would like to have some fun while learning about the readings from the Sunday Mass each week. Bulletins are available in English and Spanish.
Men Grow in Faith Every Wednesday
Is meeting with fellow men of our parish and growing in your faith of interest to you? If yes, we invite you to join us every Wednesday from 5:30 – 6:30pm on St. Michael’s South Lanai! We will reflect upon the prior Sunday’s readings and discuss how they can positively impact our lives. Special invitation: The last Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM is extra special as we have a potluck dinner in the Grace Parish Center. Come join us!
Rosary Prayer Group Meets After Mass Every Weekday
Everyone is welcome to join! The Rosary is prayed after each weekday Mass at St. Michael’s. We pray for the needs of the parish and special intentions. If you’d like to add someone to the prayer list, please call the office.
Traveling Neighborhood Rosary Inspires Community Prayer
“The Holy Rosary not only serves admirably to overcome the enemies of God and religion but is also a stimulus and spur to the practice of evangelical virtues which it injects and cultivates in our souls. Above all, it nourishes the Catholic Faith, which flourishes again precisely in opportune meditation on the sacred mysteries, and raises minds to the truths revealed to us by God”. – Pius XI
Display the statue of the Blessed Mother in your home and invite your Catholic neighbors to pray the Rosary with your family. For more information, call Beth Smith at (760) 212-4533.
Save Wednesdays for Neocatechumenal Way
Come join our newly formed Neocatechumenal Way ministry at their weekly meetings on Wednesdays from 7pm to 8pm in the Grace Parish Center.
Five Steps for a Good Confession
1. Examine your conscience.
2. Be sincerely sorry for your sins.
3. Confess your sins to a Priest.
4. Resolve to amend your life.
5. After your confession, do the penance the Priest assigns.
Procedure in the Confessional
You say: “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been—(State the length of time) – since my last confession. These are my sins.
Then tell your sins and the number of times committed. When you have finished telling your sins, you should say:
“For these and all the sins of my past, I am truly sorry.”
The Priest now gives the necessary advise, assigns your penance and asks you to say the Act of Contrition. Then wait and listen as the Priest give the absolution. Say “Thank you, Father”, then leave the confessional and perform the penance assigned by the Priest.
Act of Contrition
“O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because of Your just punishments, but most of all because they offend You, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.
