Return to Sunday Obligation to Attend Mass: Effective this Weekend
The bishops of Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Rochester (our Diocese), and Syracuse have issued a joint statement on the return to Sunday Obligation to attend Mass. Read their statement here. "Now it is also time to return to Sunday Mass...the obligation to attend Sunday Mass now resumes, effective the weekend of June 5-6, 2021, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ in our dioceses."
Upcoming Opportunities and Events
Rosary
Join us in praying the Holy Rosary tomorrow, Wednesday June 2nd at 5 pm ET. We will pray with selected Scripture verses before each Hail Mary, in order to help us enter into and focus on each mystery. Click here to join (ID: 961 7296 9930, Pswrd: 193308).
Movie Night
Summertime means movie nights with Cornell Catholic are back! Join us this Thursday, June 3rd at 7 pm ET for a movie and discussion. Movie TBD. Click here to join (ID: 961 7296 9930, Pswrd: 193308).
St. Ephrem Poetry Night
On Wednesday, June 9, the Church celebrates St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church. St. Ephrem was a gifted poet from the fourth century. We will have a 'poetry night' on Wednesday June 9th at 5 pm. Join us in reading and discussing this great saint's poetry!
Adoration
Immaculate Conception Church offers Eucharistic Adoration every Friday at 7 pm. This is a quiet time to be in the presence of Jesus and pray. All are welcome and sign ups are not required.
Local Summer Outdoor Worship Concert
There will be an outdoor worship concert on June 6th from 3-4 pm at Myers Point Point Park, Lansing. The worship concert will feature Cornell's Joe Salzano, Rachael Tissot from the Good Shepherd Catholic Community, and Cornell student musicians.
Summer Ministry
There will be several opportunities to stay connected and continue your faith journey with Cornell Catholic Community this summer. This July, our staff will be leading an exciting new pilot program: This Catholic Life: Real Talk about Living as a Catholic in the Contemporary World. This program will be offered over “hybrid style,” so that wherever you are in the world this summer, you can join us for these critical conversations. We will also be leading several in-person opportunities for those of you staying in Ithaca over the summer including nature prayer walks and meetups after Sunday mass. Stay tuned for details coming next week!
There will be several opportunities to stay connected and continue your faith journey with Cornell Catholic Community this summer. This July, our staff will be leading an exciting new pilot program: This Catholic Life: Real Talk about Living as a Catholic in the Contemporary World. This program will be offered over “hybrid style,” so that wherever you are in the world this summer, you can join us for these critical conversations. We will also be leading several in-person opportunities for those of you staying in Ithaca over the summer including nature prayer walks and meetups after Sunday mass. Stay tuned for details coming next week!
The Month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus!
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church 478:
Jesus knew and loved us each and all during his life, his agony and his Passion, and gave himself up for each one of us: "The Son of God. . . loved me and gave himself for me."(Cal 2:20) He has loved us all with a human heart. For this reason, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced by our sins and for our salvation,(Cf. Jn 19:34.) "is quite rightly considered the chief sign and symbol of that. . . love with which the divine Redeemer continually loves the eternal Father and all human beings" without exception. (Pius XII, Enc. Haurietis aquas (1956): DS 3924; cf. DS 3812)
Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
by Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Lord Jesus,
let my heart never rest until it finds You,
who are its center, its love, and its happiness.
By the wound in Your heart
pardon the sins that I have committed
whether out of malice or out of evil desires.
Place my weak heart in your own divine heart,
continually under your protection and guidance,
so that I may persevere in doing good
and in fleeing evil until my last breath.
Amen.
let my heart never rest until it finds You,
who are its center, its love, and its happiness.
By the wound in Your heart
pardon the sins that I have committed
whether out of malice or out of evil desires.
Place my weak heart in your own divine heart,
continually under your protection and guidance,
so that I may persevere in doing good
and in fleeing evil until my last breath.
Amen.
You can find the novena prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus here.