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Matthew J. Geerlings
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Merry Christmas to you!
Special thanks to all who served our Church at prayer in music ministry over the past few weeks. Your gift of time and talent as a chorister, psalmist, organist or pianist, conductor, or instrumentalist of any kind is a treasure for our local Church.
Just a reminder that our bicentennial hymn for the archdiocese, "Christ Our Light" is very appropriate for the remainder of Christmastide and Winter Ordinary Time. You can find settings of this hymn to a few different hymn tunes, with a Spanish verse, on our office's website.
Many blessings to you in this new year!
Soli Deo Gloria |
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Celebrating the Family Patron on
Sunday
Celebrating important local feasts (including patron of the parish, dedication of the parish church, etc.) is important to a faith community. Some of them can be observed on a Sunday, enabling more of the faithful to participate. Learn more about how and when to celebrate the patron of your Family of Parishes. |
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Preparing Upcoming Liturgies (Sunday of the Word of God and Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
You’ll find resources on the ODWS website to assist you in preparing for the Sunday of the Word of God (Jan 25) and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. (Look under "Other Annual Celebrations") |
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Rite of Election of Catechumens and the Calling of Candidates to Continuing Conversion
February 22, 2026
This important Lenten ritual on Feb 22 is for catechumens preparing for full initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and First Communion) at the Easter Vigil 2026. Also invited are those baptized Christians who are seeking to be received into the full communion of the Catholic Church this Easter and have been preparing alongside the catechumens. (Please remember that non-Catholic Christians may be received into full communion any time during the year.) Registration is open Jan 12-31. |
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Start Time for the Easter Vigil
The Roman Missal specifies that the Easter Vigil "must take place during the night, so that it begins after nightfall…." In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the Easter Vigil for 2026 should begin NO EARLIER THAN 8:45pm, and preferably at 9:00pm.
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Liturgy of the Hours: New Translation
The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has confirmed the English translation of the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition for liturgical use in the United States. Learn more about the implementation process and purchasing this new ritual text. |
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Q. What options may be used for the Profession of Faith at Mass on Sundays and Solemnities?
A. #18 of the Roman Missal puts the Nicene Creed in first place, both with chant notation and text. #19 then specifies that “Instead of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, especially during Lent and Easter Time, the baptismal Symbol of the Roman Church, known as the Apostles’ Creed, may be used.” This gives a clear indication that the Nicene Creed is to be normatively used throughout the year and the Apostles’ Creed could be used during Lent and Easter. There is no indication that the Apostles’ Creed would be used during other seasons simply because it’s shorter. Also, when other sacraments or rites are celebrated during Mass (e.g, Baptism or the Rite of Election), the Creed may be omitted. |
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POPE FRANCIS ON SACRAMENTS |
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The sacraments “are made” of things — come from God. To Him they are oriented, and by Him they have been assumed, and assumed in a particular way in the Incarnation, so that they can become instruments of salvation, vehicles of the Spirit, channels of grace. In this it is clear how vast is the distance between this vision and either a materialistic or spiritualistic vision. If created things are such a fundamental, essential part of the sacramental action that brings about our salvation, then we must arrange ourselves in their presence with a fresh, non-superficial regard, respectful and grateful. From the very beginning, created things contain the seed of the sanctifying grace of the sacraments. |
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— POPE FRANCIS
Desiderio Desideravi, Apostolic Letter on the Liturgical Formation of the People of God, #46 |
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