The Ostende Blog – Fr Christopher Young

Adoration, Confession & Rosary following Mass

Davenport, Holy Family: High Mass, 11:00am. No confessions before Mass today… but confessions just after the start of Mass, as usual. Rosary.

Rite of Blessing of Candles will begin before Mass at 10:40am. Candles for blessing can be dropped off after Mass on Friday.

Iowa City, St Patrick: Low Mass with hymns, 2:30pm. Rosary and confession before Mass. No potluck after Mass this month (but next Sunday instead)

After Mass at both sites, please pick up your 2024 Contribtors of Record Tax Letter. A Chaplaincy financial statement is also being made available as well. Thanks very much to all financial supporters of the Diocese of Davenport Latin Mass Chaplaincy for your outstanding support! God be praised!

https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/0202Purification.pdf

Adoration, Confessions after Mass

Adoration, Rosary & Confessions before Mass beginning at 11:00

Davenport, Holy Family- High Mass, 11:00am. Confessions and Rosary before Mass; Holy Face devotion and Fellowship Meal after Mass.

Iowa City, St Patrick- Low Mass with hymns. Rosary and Confessions before Mass

Religious Goods blessed after both Masses today. You may leave off candles today to be blessed 2 February, which will take place before Mass on that day.

Novena & Confession after Mass

Adoration Rosary and Confession starting at 11:00am

Here is a prayer I got from LifeSite that some have been praying for President Trump and his family before and during his inauguration:

Many of Trump’s decisions during the campaign, particularly his distancing himself from the pro-life position, have troubled me as well as many others across the world. This, of course, should merely serve as more inspiration for us to pray, fast and do penance for him.

“Heavenly Father, in the name of Thy Son and our Savior, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, we beseech Thee to look with favor upon Thy servant, President Donald Trump, as he assumes his public office.
“Guide him in this task by Thy Holy Spirit. Draw him ever closer to Thyself. Surround him with men and women of living faith. Give him heavenly wisdom to accomplish his work here on earth.
“Make him a man of prayer. Give him an ever-deepening hunger for the Truth found in Thy Holy Word and the teaching of Thy Church. Pour forth upon him the spirit of wisdom, charity, and true service.
“May St. Michael the Archangel protect him against the evil one. Please Lord, help him to both discern – and work for – the real common good. Use him to promote authentic peace and justice, in this nation, and with other nations.
Lead him to embrace Thy One True Faith. Enlighten his mind with Thy Holy Spirit that he may defend the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death.
“May he protect and defend authentic marriage, and the family and the social order founded upon it. May he promote authentic human freedom, including economic freedom, governing with a heart for the poor.
“May he recognize, affirm and uphold the Natural Moral Law and Thy Divine Law in his exercise of governance as the President of the United States of America. Grant him the grace to turn away from all forms of evil and self-interest, and to lead with humility, integrity, and compassion.
“O Lord, we place President Trump in Thy hands. May he always seek to serve Thee above all, and lead with a heart transformed by Thy love. And we ask for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Patroness of the United States of America, for him, his family and our nation. Amen.

Today’s Collect:
“O almighty God, have regard to our weakness: and since the weight of our own evil deeds oppresses us, may the glorious intercession of Thy blessed Martyrs, Fabian and Sebastian, protect us. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.”