Our Lady of Mercy Church

     
Weekend Masses:
Saturday 4:30 (Live streamed)
Sunday 8:30
Sunday 10:30

Daily Masses:
Monday 8:30am
Tuesday 8:30am
Wednesday 8:30am
Friday 8:30am

Holy Days:
Vigil (Evening Before) 7:00pm
Holy Day Mass 8:30am

Every Saturday:
3:00pm - 3:45pm

By Appointment:
Please call the parish office to schedule with Father Paul

Parish office:
         Monday-Thursday 9:00am - 3:00 pm

We are continuing to accept donations for our new missals.  Please call the office at 424-3757 if your family would like to donate a missal to the parish in honor of someone or in memory of a loved one.  There is no deadline to request a missal.
 

Click here to see pictures of the tailgate party.
Click here to see images from Holy Week.
Click here to see pictures of the Mardi Gras dinner.
Click here to see some pictures from the Parish cookout!
Click here to view photos of Peter & Caroline renew their vows on May 1, their 50th wedding anniversary.
 

An Easter Blessing in the Home

O Lord, Almighty God, bless this house that it may become a shelter of health, chastity, humility, goodness, mildness, obedience to the Commandments, and thanksgiving to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Upon this house and those who dwell here may Your blessing remain forever. Through Christ our Lord. Amen!

The Octave of Easter
 
The celebration of Our Lord’s Resurrection continues in the Church for eight days, called the Octave of Easter. Each day of the Octave is ranked as a Solemnity in the Church’s liturgical calendar, the highest ranking of liturgical feasts. At Masses during the Octave of Easter, as on Sundays, the Gloria, is recited or sung. And at the end of each Mass of the Octave, the double Alleluia is sung at the dismissal.
 
The idea of an Octave of a great feast has its roots in the Old Testament. There are many Jewish feasts that lasted for eight days, for example, the feast of Passover and the feast of Tabernacles. In the Catholic Church, we celebrate eight days of Christmas as well as eight days of Easter.
 
The Gospel readings at Masses during the Octave of Easter include passages from the Gospels that relate various appearances of the Risen Jesus. Reflecting on these Gospel texts is a wonderful way to prolong the celebration of Easter. Each day during the Octave, we proclaim in the Gospel Acclamation: This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it!
 
The Octave of Easter ends on the Second Sunday of Easter, the Sunday of Divine Mercy. 

Divine Mercy Sunday: April 11

When Jesus appeared to St. Faustina in the 1930s, teaching her the devotion to Divine Mercy, the world was struggling with war, persecution, and violence. Jesus told St. Faustina that His message of Divine Mercy is “mankind’s last hope of salvation.”

In teaching about God's Divine Mercy, St. John Paul II once said: “Those who sincerely say ‘Jesus, I trust in You’ will find comfort in all their anxieties and fears. There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy—that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God.”

The message of Divine Mercy continues to ring true today. When Jesus appeared to St. Faustina, He urged her to have someone paint an image of Himself with the words “Jesus, I Trust In You!” at the bottom. Jesus told Sr. Faustina, When chastisements for sins come upon the world and your own country will experience utter degradation, the only refuge will be trust in My mercy. I will protect the cities and homes in which The Divine Mercy Image is found; I will protect the persons who will venerate this Image. The only refuge will be trust in My Mercy.

Our weekend Mass schedule is as follows: Saturday (Vigil) at 4:30 pm, Sunday at 8:30 am, and Sunday at 10:30 am. The Saturday 4:30 pm Mass will be live streamed on the parish website. Also, the distribution of Holy Communion will take place from 9:30 am to 10:00 am on Sunday for those not yet comfortable returning to Mass in person.
 

The Saturday Vigil Mass at 4:30 pm will be the only weekend Mass live streamed. It may be watched live on the homepage of the parish website.

Please check the OLM Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/olmnh) for any updates.

Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License #P-400021.  All rights reserved.

  Thank you to everyone who is making their offertory to Our Lady of Mercy Church online.  Online giving has provided much needed stability over the last year.  If you are not already signed up for online giving, please consider signing up today.  It reduces the cost of envelopes, provides funds that the parish can rely on and budget with, and provides stability in times of low church attendance.  Thank you for your generosity.  Click the button below to access online giving.  Set up your donations for up to a year in advance.


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