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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!
Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 3 & 4, 2022
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All are invited to join us for the live-streaming of Advent Vespers during the four Sundays of Advent: Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11 & 18 at 5 pm.
All are invited to join us for the live-streaming of Advent Vespers during the four Sundays of Advent: Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11 & 18 at 5 pm.
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Advent Vespers- First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27, 2022
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Advent Vespers- Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 4, 2022
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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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Feast of the Immaculate Conception Holy Day, Thursday, Dec. 8, Mass times: 8 am, 12:10 pm & 6:30 pm* at Sacred Heart Church. *Mass will be live-streamed on our website.
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100th Anniversary Christmas Package Deal: For the holiday season, we are offering a 100th Anniversary book, a pair of St. André Bessette 100th Anniversary socks, and a commemorative 100th Anniversary pin all for $50! Proceeds benefit the St. André House. Purchase in the parish office while supplies last!
2023 Men's Retreat: Jan. 6-8 at the John Wesley Retreat Center. Participation limited. Sign up now!
Click here to check out all of the different volunteer opportunities and ways to get involved at Sacred Heart Parish!
100th Anniversary Christmas Package Deal: For the holiday season, we are offering a 100th Anniversary book, a pair of St. André Bessette 100th Anniversary socks, and a commemorative 100th Anniversary pin all for $50! Proceeds benefit the St. André House. Purchase in the parish office while supplies last!
2023 Men's Retreat: Jan. 6-8 at the John Wesley Retreat Center. Participation limited. Sign up now!
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.
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. Jarrod Waugh, 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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Second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2022
Gospel Meditation: In the Desert you Can Remember Your Name
By: Fr. Jarrod Waugh, CSC, Pastor
Many of the Old Testament Prophets give a warning to the people about something that is going to happen; repent because there is a trial that is coming, or might even be averted, if you heed God’s command in time. There is an aspect of this in John the Baptist’s preaching, but when John says that “the Kingdom of Heaven is AT HAND,” it seems even more immediate than the tone of some of the more ancient prophets. The tone of John’s message is less like a teacher reminding the class about an impending test and, to my mind, more like a conductor who steps out onto the train platform to yell “All aboard!” This train is leaving NOW, and if you don’t get on, you will be left behind. John will point out Jesus as the Lamb of God, and Jesus is already here; Jesus is just a few months younger than John himself.
John seems almost caught off-guard by some of the people that have responded to his invitation to ‘get on the Kingdom train.’ There are some suspect Pharisees (bossy micromanagers of people’s spiritual lives) and Sadducees (Roman sympathizers? Aloof ritualists?) among the crowd, and each of these groups typically seemed very much occupied with their own agendas. But here there are some of their number who have been just as arrested by John’s invitation as the rest of the more common people who have been listening to him preach. John asks them, “who warned you snakes about what is coming?” Well, Mr. Baptist, sir, you did!
Perhaps John was temporarily swayed by the— understandable— assumption that Good News is news that is good for “my people,” or “my team,” whoever I assume that to be. If my opponents also benefit, then I might not immediately recognize it as good news until I let go of those previous categories. Can I only win if you also lose, or can I come to a place where I realize that we both can win? It is also possible that a good percentage of John’s followers have legitimate grievances against one or both of those groups and by John calling them out he is reassuring the rest of his followers that God is, firstly, not blind to the injustices they have committed, but also, after getting a higher level of scrutiny that they too can potentially be included in the invitation to be part of the coming Kingdom. There is something equalizing about coming out into the desert. You don’t get to bring any of the trappings of your usual life and influence with you. The scribe and the priest are “just folk” and are faced with the same dilemma and opportunity— do I leave my previous way of life behind so that I can become one of the building blocks of a new Kingdom, or after a brief interruption by this strange man dressed in camel hair, will I go back to business (and sin) as usual?
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC has been reassigned.
Our new pastor is Fr. Jarrod Waugh, CSC.
By: Fr. Jarrod Waugh, CSC, Pastor
Many of the Old Testament Prophets give a warning to the people about something that is going to happen; repent because there is a trial that is coming, or might even be averted, if you heed God’s command in time. There is an aspect of this in John the Baptist’s preaching, but when John says that “the Kingdom of Heaven is AT HAND,” it seems even more immediate than the tone of some of the more ancient prophets. The tone of John’s message is less like a teacher reminding the class about an impending test and, to my mind, more like a conductor who steps out onto the train platform to yell “All aboard!” This train is leaving NOW, and if you don’t get on, you will be left behind. John will point out Jesus as the Lamb of God, and Jesus is already here; Jesus is just a few months younger than John himself.
John seems almost caught off-guard by some of the people that have responded to his invitation to ‘get on the Kingdom train.’ There are some suspect Pharisees (bossy micromanagers of people’s spiritual lives) and Sadducees (Roman sympathizers? Aloof ritualists?) among the crowd, and each of these groups typically seemed very much occupied with their own agendas. But here there are some of their number who have been just as arrested by John’s invitation as the rest of the more common people who have been listening to him preach. John asks them, “who warned you snakes about what is coming?” Well, Mr. Baptist, sir, you did!
Perhaps John was temporarily swayed by the— understandable— assumption that Good News is news that is good for “my people,” or “my team,” whoever I assume that to be. If my opponents also benefit, then I might not immediately recognize it as good news until I let go of those previous categories. Can I only win if you also lose, or can I come to a place where I realize that we both can win? It is also possible that a good percentage of John’s followers have legitimate grievances against one or both of those groups and by John calling them out he is reassuring the rest of his followers that God is, firstly, not blind to the injustices they have committed, but also, after getting a higher level of scrutiny that they too can potentially be included in the invitation to be part of the coming Kingdom. There is something equalizing about coming out into the desert. You don’t get to bring any of the trappings of your usual life and influence with you. The scribe and the priest are “just folk” and are faced with the same dilemma and opportunity— do I leave my previous way of life behind so that I can become one of the building blocks of a new Kingdom, or after a brief interruption by this strange man dressed in camel hair, will I go back to business (and sin) as usual?
Fr. Ron Raab, CSC has been reassigned.
Our new pastor is Fr. Jarrod Waugh, CSC.
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