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Sacred Heart Parish
Colorado Springs, CO
Served by the Congregation of Holy Cross
Sacred Heart Parish
Colorado Springs, CO
Served by the Congregation of Holy Cross
Live-streaming Mass at Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Church offers a live-stream of the 5:30 pm Saturday Vigil Mass on our website each week.
Not able to join us at that time? No problem! A recording of the Mass will be available all week on our website.
Whether in person or online, we hope you will join us!
Not able to join us at that time? No problem! A recording of the Mass will be available all week on our website.
Whether in person or online, we hope you will join us!
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Act of Spiritual Communion:
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. |
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Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, April 14, 2022
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Good Friday, April 15, 2022
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Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022
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Spring Art Sale
Fr. Ron will host another Art Sale to benefit the Saint André House on Saturday, May 21, 5 pm- 7 pm and Sunday, May 22, 8 am– 1:30 pm in the Parish Center gym. Fifty-one original works of art by Fr. Ron will be available by silent auction or they can be purchased on the spot for a "Buy Now" price. Click here to preview the art on our website.
Parishioners and out-of-town friends of Fr. Ron can purchase an original painting for the “Buy Now” price any time after 12 pm on Saturday, May 21. Thank you for your participation and support!
Fr. Ron will host another Art Sale to benefit the Saint André House on Saturday, May 21, 5 pm- 7 pm and Sunday, May 22, 8 am– 1:30 pm in the Parish Center gym. Fifty-one original works of art by Fr. Ron will be available by silent auction or they can be purchased on the spot for a "Buy Now" price. Click here to preview the art on our website.
Parishioners and out-of-town friends of Fr. Ron can purchase an original painting for the “Buy Now” price any time after 12 pm on Saturday, May 21. Thank you for your participation and support!
A PRAYER FOR PEACE BY POPE FRANCIS
Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!
We have tried so many times and over so many years
to resolve our conflicts by our own powers and by the force of our arms.
How many moments of hostility and darkness have we experienced?
how much blood has been shed?
how many lives have been shattered?
how many hopes have been buried?
But our efforts have been in vain.
Now, Lord, come to our aid!
Grant us peace, teach us peace;
guide our steps in the way of peace.
Open our eyes and our hearts,
and give us the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war everything is lost".
Instill in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace.
Lord, God of Abraham, God of the Prophets, God of Love,
you created us and you call us to live as brothers and sisters.
Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace;
enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister.
Make us sensitive to the plea of our citizens
who entreat us to turn our weapons of war into implements of peace,
our trepidation into confident trust,
and our quarreling into forgiveness.
Keep alive within us the flame of hope,
so that with patience and perseverance
we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation.
In this way may peace triumph at last,
and may the words "division," "hatred," and "war"
be banished from the heart of every man and woman.
Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands.
Renew our hearts and minds,
so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother,"
and our way of life will always be that of: Shalom, Peace, Salaam!
Amen.
Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!
We have tried so many times and over so many years
to resolve our conflicts by our own powers and by the force of our arms.
How many moments of hostility and darkness have we experienced?
how much blood has been shed?
how many lives have been shattered?
how many hopes have been buried?
But our efforts have been in vain.
Now, Lord, come to our aid!
Grant us peace, teach us peace;
guide our steps in the way of peace.
Open our eyes and our hearts,
and give us the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war everything is lost".
Instill in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace.
Lord, God of Abraham, God of the Prophets, God of Love,
you created us and you call us to live as brothers and sisters.
Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace;
enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister.
Make us sensitive to the plea of our citizens
who entreat us to turn our weapons of war into implements of peace,
our trepidation into confident trust,
and our quarreling into forgiveness.
Keep alive within us the flame of hope,
so that with patience and perseverance
we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation.
In this way may peace triumph at last,
and may the words "division," "hatred," and "war"
be banished from the heart of every man and woman.
Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands.
Renew our hearts and minds,
so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother,"
and our way of life will always be that of: Shalom, Peace, Salaam!
Amen.
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC recently gave a talk at St. Gabriel's Parish on our faith, art, conversion, and the issues of abuse within the church using his illustrations of The Stations of the Cross in Atonement for Abuse and for the Healing of All.
Connecting Sacraments and ServiceWelcome families and friends, first time visitors and seekers of faith. Our three churches, Sacred Heart Church in Colorado Springs, Holy Rosary Chapel in Cascade and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel in Manitou Springs are an apostolate of the Congregation of Holy Cross, based in South Bend, Indiana. Holy Cross priests and brothers serve in 13 parishes in the United States and serve in 16 different countries around the world.
We are a welcoming Catholic community called by God to live out the message of Christ in love and service to all people. Our parish mission is: As a prayerful Catholic Community of service following Jesus Christ's message of hope and salvation, we make God known, loved and served. Sacred Heart Parish consists of three churches: Sacred Heart Church, Holy Rosary Chapel & Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel. Fr. Ronald Raab, CSC is the Pastor and Fr. Randall Rentner, CSC is the Associate Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish. |
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC welcomes parishioners and blesses the doors on May 23, 2018, the day of Dedication after the restoration of Sacred Heart Church was complete.
"... to make God known, loved and served." |
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6th Sunday of Easter, May 22, 2022
Dear Followers of the Risen Christ,
In John 14:23-29, the gospel prepares us for the feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost. Jesus tells his disciples that he will leave them and that he will eventually come back. Jesus prepares us for the gift of the Holy Spirit, who will teach us everything. The Holy Spirit will remind us of everything we learned from Jesus.
Jesus also offers us again the primary gift of the Resurrection, an enduring and lasting peace. Peace is the first word proclaimed after he rose from the dead. Peace is revealed by the Holy Spirit and flows into our hearts and lives if we remain in him. Peace is a gift not yet realized in most human hearts and certainly not in our world. Our ancestors in faith, especially the mystics and saints, offer us stories time and again about how they struggled in life and yet maintained the gift of peace because they trusted in the power of God’s love and in the realization of Jesus’ dying and rising. We may not be saints, but our hearts are also restless. It is our life journey to be instruments of peace in the center of our suffering, our misfortunes, and even on our death beds. Peace is hard to come by, because we must grow into our hearts of faith and that growth takes us an entire lifetime.
Once again in the Easter season, Jesus also tells us to not let our hearts be troubled. He invites us not to be afraid. This is his message of peace once again. We struggle with faith because we think faith will change us, that God will tell us to live beyond our gifts, wants, and talents.
Instead, God is invested in our lives as they are. God uses our gifts and talents for good. The difference is that we understand our lives are in him, for him, and because of him. This is a lifetime of peace. When we can surrender to such beauty and love of God, we become the followers God desires us to be, people who love even in fear, people who imagine even in our stubbornness, and people who believe even in our suffering.
This Easter season continues to offer us Jesus Christ in images of consolation and wonder. He is the giver of peace. He is the consolation of love even in fear. The Easter season reveals in his resurrection the power of God’s commitment to us. This commitment is in the depths of our baptism. We die to self and live in Christ. We are born again. Easter lives in the connection of our lives as Christians.
As we approach the Ascension of Jesus and then Pentecost, here are some questions to ask:
How is Jesus inviting you into a greater peace within your own life?
How is Jesus inviting you into a life of less fear, self-hatred, and violence?
How has the Easter season changed your perspective on Jesus Christ and your commitment to him and your commitment within the Church?
Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him…”
God give you peace,
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC, Pastor
In John 14:23-29, the gospel prepares us for the feasts of the Ascension and Pentecost. Jesus tells his disciples that he will leave them and that he will eventually come back. Jesus prepares us for the gift of the Holy Spirit, who will teach us everything. The Holy Spirit will remind us of everything we learned from Jesus.
Jesus also offers us again the primary gift of the Resurrection, an enduring and lasting peace. Peace is the first word proclaimed after he rose from the dead. Peace is revealed by the Holy Spirit and flows into our hearts and lives if we remain in him. Peace is a gift not yet realized in most human hearts and certainly not in our world. Our ancestors in faith, especially the mystics and saints, offer us stories time and again about how they struggled in life and yet maintained the gift of peace because they trusted in the power of God’s love and in the realization of Jesus’ dying and rising. We may not be saints, but our hearts are also restless. It is our life journey to be instruments of peace in the center of our suffering, our misfortunes, and even on our death beds. Peace is hard to come by, because we must grow into our hearts of faith and that growth takes us an entire lifetime.
Once again in the Easter season, Jesus also tells us to not let our hearts be troubled. He invites us not to be afraid. This is his message of peace once again. We struggle with faith because we think faith will change us, that God will tell us to live beyond our gifts, wants, and talents.
Instead, God is invested in our lives as they are. God uses our gifts and talents for good. The difference is that we understand our lives are in him, for him, and because of him. This is a lifetime of peace. When we can surrender to such beauty and love of God, we become the followers God desires us to be, people who love even in fear, people who imagine even in our stubbornness, and people who believe even in our suffering.
This Easter season continues to offer us Jesus Christ in images of consolation and wonder. He is the giver of peace. He is the consolation of love even in fear. The Easter season reveals in his resurrection the power of God’s commitment to us. This commitment is in the depths of our baptism. We die to self and live in Christ. We are born again. Easter lives in the connection of our lives as Christians.
As we approach the Ascension of Jesus and then Pentecost, here are some questions to ask:
How is Jesus inviting you into a greater peace within your own life?
How is Jesus inviting you into a life of less fear, self-hatred, and violence?
How has the Easter season changed your perspective on Jesus Christ and your commitment to him and your commitment within the Church?
Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him…”
God give you peace,
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC, Pastor
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