Updates August 22, 2020

 

UPDATES FROM ST. COLUMBA – August 22, 2020

Mass Schedule this Weekend:

5:30 pm – in church

8:00 am – outdoors (weather permitting)

10:00 am – outdoors (weather permitting)

12:00 noon – in church

 If the weather is bad, we are prepared to offer overflow Masses in the gym at 8:00 am & 10:00 am. Please come first to the church.

SPECIAL NOTE – This is the last weekend we can offer overflow Masses in the school. Due to the pandemic and the school’s need for space, the gym and cafeteria will be set up as classrooms. If the church is full, we will make sure the outdoor speakers are on. We must do the best we can. Seating is at 50%. It would be helpful if you come to Mass in church a bit early so that we can seat all before Mass begins. Thank you!

 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 23, 2020

 Entrance Antiphon (Ps 85: 1-4) 

Cantor: Incline  your  ear  to  me,  O  Lord,  and  hear  me;   O  God,   save  your    servant  who  trusts  in  you;  have  mercy  on  me,  O  Lord,   for  unto    you  do  I  cry  all  the  day.

All: Glory be to the Father…

 Psalm Response: Lord, your love is eternal. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

 Communion Antiphon:

He who eats my flesh and  drinks  my  blood,   abides  in  me,  and  I  in  him,    says  the  Lord.

 Communion:

Eye has not seen, ear has not heard 

what God has ready for those who love him;

Spirit of love, come, give us the mind of Jesus, 

teach us the wisdom of God.

1.      When pain and sorrow weigh us down, be near to us, O Lord, 

          forgive the weakness of our faith, and bear us up within your peaceful word.

2.      Our lives are but a single breath, we flower, and we fade,

          yet all our days are in your hands, so we return in love what love has made.

3.      To those who see with eyes of faith, the Lord is ever near,

          reflected in the faces of all the poor and lowly of the world.

4.      We sing a myst'ry from the past in halls where saints have trod,

          yet ever new the music rings to Jesus, Living Song of God.

 Text: 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; Marty Haugen, b.1950, © 1982, GIA Publications, Inc.

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 OUR MASS SCHEDULE FOE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER STARTING SEPTEMBER 8 (day after Labor Day)

Mondays – 7:00 am in church

Tuesdays – 7:00 pm outdoors until it gets too dark - then in church

Wednesdays – 7:00 am in church

Thursdays - 7:00 pm outdoors until it gets too dark - then in church

Fridays – 7:00 am in church

Saturday morning – 8:00 am outdoors

Saturday evening – 5:30 pm in church

Sunday morning – 8:00 am outdoors, 10:00 am outdoors, 12 noon in church.

 NOTES – There is still no requirement to attend weekend Mass due to the pandemic. We are offering a variety of Mass times and places in the hope that you will find at least one Mass per week that you can safely attend. We must return to 7am daily Mass (M, W, F) because school is starting, and the parking lot is needed.

HEARING ASSIST – We have reactivated the hearing assist system in church. But the user must sterilize the earpiece and receiver both before and after each use!

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES – The Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass scheduled for the Cathedral is cancelled due to the pandemic. Here at St. Columba, we will bless 25^th and 50^th Wedding Anniversary Couples for 2020 on Sunday, September 20 at 10:00 am Mass (outdoors). Bring your chairs! Rain date is September 27 same time. We will offer a blessing during Mass and distribute certificates from the Archdiocese of NY. Sadly, we cannot have a reception this year. If you do not feel safe attending, let us know and we will mail the certificates. Call Laura at 227-8380 or rectory@stcolumbaonline.org. Let her know if you are coming to Mass or want the certificates mailed. Thank you.

PRIESTS AWAY

Father Michael will be away August 24-29 and August 31-September 4.