Healing Masses will be held every First Friday at St. Lucy’s Church in Scranton with Rosary and Devotions beginning at 6:30 p.m. Music will be provided by Sacred Heart Singers; Jenn Michel and Ernie Pappa. All are invited.
ST. LUCY'S CHURCH-FIRST FRIDAY MASS AND DEVOTIONS Rosary-6:30 P.M. Mass-7:00 P.M.-Every First Friday PLEASE COME...MARY IS EXPECTING YOU!
Celebrating the 21st Anniversary of First Fridays at St. Lucy’s
First Friday Devotions began on August 4th, 1989. They were organized by Marie Castellano who faithfully kept devotions ongoing until she passed into our Lord’s hands on January 30th, 2003. She shared with me that she was urged to spread devotions to Our Lady who kept coming to her in dreams showing her rosaries and providing her with the fragrance of roses in her home. Finally, after some spiritual direction from Fr. Michael Pulicare, it became clear to Marie that she needed to start First Friday Devotions at St. Lucy’s. Once she began First Fridays, the dreams ended and Marie knew intuitively that she had done what the Blessed Mother wanted.
Since I had helped Marie with First Friday since 1995, I was blessed to continue in Marie’s footsteps in keeping First Fridays going from 2003 until the present. Please remember Marie in your prayers. May she rest in peace.
COME AND JOIN US on the First Friday of every month at 6:30 p.m. for the Rosary and Healing Mass at 7:00 p.m.
By Ernie Pappa
Monthly Message from Our Lady at Medejorge, August 25, 2013
With enthusiasm say ‘I want to be a sign to others'
“Dear Children!
Also today, the Most High is giving me the grace to be with you and to lead you towards conversion. Every day I am sowing and am calling you to conversion, that you may be prayer, peace, love- the grain that by dying will give birth a hundredfold. I do not desire for you, dear children, to have to repent for everything that you could have done but did not want to. Therefore little children, again, with enthusiam say: 'I want to be a sign to others.'
"Thank you for having responded to my call."
Pray to receive a softened heart that will allow God's grace to fill you with love and compassion for others. Our Blessed Mother can intercede for us and help us to receive such a heart.
Opening Prayer
Dearest Mother, some are willing to pray and make sacrifices for sinners. Indeed, you have as many as there are in this cell. Increase our number and cause us to develop a deeper, more spiritual understanding to respond to your appeal for prayer and sarifice for sinners. By increasing our cell, spreading and dividing, may the overwhelming force of the Sacrifice of Calvary now be applied to the sins of the world so that we will see the fulfillment of your promise..."An Era of Peace will be concealed to mankind."
Eucharistic Prayer
Most Holy Trinity, I adore you. My God, My God, I love you in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The Passion Prayer
O Jesus, beloved and most desirable King, remember the grief that You suffered, when naked and like a criminal You were fastened and raised on the Cross, when all Your relatives and friends abandoned You, except Your beloved mother, who remained close to You during Your agony and whom You did entrust to Your Disciple when You said to Mary: "Woman, behold your Son" and to St. John: "Son behold your Mother!"I beg of You, O my Savior, by the Sword of Sorrow which pierced the soul of Your Holy Mother, to have compassion on me, in all my affliction and tribulation, both corporal and spiritual, and to assist me in all my trials, and especially at the hour of my death, Amen.
Sacrifice Prayer
O My Jesus, it is for love of You, in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and for the conversion of poor sinners.
ROSARY
Prayer to St. Michael
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense agiant the wickedness and snares of the devil, may God rebuke him we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan and all the other evil spirits, who roam about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus...Have mercy on us! (3 times)
Let us Pray...1) For Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict, Father Ferretti, and for all priests and more vocations 2) for peace in the world and an end to all abortions 3) for our Church, St. Lucy's, that Mary our Mother will bless her and all the churches in the world 4) that our Blessed Mother and her dear son Jesus will bring us all blessings and graces to see this Rosary grow 5) for all the souls in Purgatory 6) for God's graces upon us all that through Mary we will become closer to her beloved Son Jesus 7) Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place our trust in You 8) Our Lady of Medjugorje pray for us, send us all the faithful to pray your Rosary, receive the Holy Eucharist, and bring them back to your Beloved Son, Jesus.
HOLY VIRGIN MARY PRAYER
Mother of God and our Mother, accept this Holy Rosary which I offer you, to show my love for you, and my firm confidence in your powerful intercession. I offer it as an act of faith in the Mysteries of the Incarnation and the Redemption, as an act of thanksgiving to God for all His love for me and all mankind, as an act of atonement for the sins of the world, especially my own, and as an act of petition to God through your intercession for all the needs of God's people on earth, but especially this earnest request...
(Here offer the intentions held in the silence of your heart)
Our Lady of Fatima...Pray for us. Jesus, Mary and Joseph...Hear our Prayer. Mother Cabrini...Pray for us
Let us Pray...O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that by mediating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
ANIMA CHRISTI...Soul of Christ, sanctify me; Body of Christ, save me; Blood of Christ, inebriate me; Water from the side of Christ, wash me; Passion of Christ, strengthen me; O good Jesus, hear me; Within your wounds, hide me; Seperated from you, let me never be; From the evil one, protect me; At the hour of my death, call me; And close to you, bid me; That within Your saints, I may be, praising You forever and ever. Amen.
THE MEMORARE...Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by your confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate! despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
