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Holy Hour

This Friday, 11/11/11

Eucharistic Adoration at Blessed Sacrament

8-9pm

At 9pm we will meet at the entrance and go out for food/drinks!

Events THIS Week

Hi Young Adults,

Missed us last week? Never fear! We have two more events this week:

Tuesday 10/25
Drinks with the Dominicans at Blue Star Cafe
7:30pm
Our own Dominican Brother Simon Kim will be speaking, and there will be plenty of time to eat, drink and socialize. It will be fantastic.

Thursday 10/27

Veritas in the Priory (the small building just south of the church)

7:30pm

We will resume our discussion of excerpts from Cardinal George's book The Difference God Makes. No need to have even heard of the book before. After discussion wraps up around 9pm, we like to socialize and eventually head to a pub nearby.

Events This Week

Thursday 10/20
7:30 at the UW Newman Center (in lieu of Veritas this week)

Come hear "The Problem (or Problems?) of Faith and Science" by Fr. Raphael Mary at this month's Chesterton Society Event


Friday 10/21
7:30-10:30p at Blessed Sacrament

Mercy Night is a parish penance service with Confession, Adoration, and prayerful music.

FALL EVENTS

Young Adults, the fall is upon us, and that means lots of upcoming YA events!

Tuesday September 27th
Drinks with the Dominicans at Blue Star Cafe
7:30pm
Come meet our newest Dominican, Father Boniface!

Thursday September 29th
Potluck in the Parish Hall
7:00pm
Meet your fellow Blessed Sacrament young adults over a casual meal. Please bring something delicious to share!

Thursday October 6th
Veritas in the Blessed Sacrament Priory (Margaret of Savoy Room)
7:30pm
Join us as we kick off the first of six discussions on "The Difference God Makes" by Cardinal Francis George. We will be reading excerpts, so no need to buy/read the book ahead.

Saturday October 8th
Oktoberfest! in the Parish Hall
6:00pm
Join the Knights of Columbus in fundraising for our Dominican seminarians with brats and beer!

Puyallup Fair!

Sorry for the late post, but hopefully you've seen on FB and/or your email already:

WHAT: Come to the Puyallup Fair this Saturday September 10!

WHEN: We'll meet at 3pm at the University Playground on the corner of 50th and 9th (one block south of Blessed Sacrament) to carpool. Please park on the street. We'll plan to return by 10pm. *Note the change of location*

COST: Tickets cost $11/person at the door, or you can buy ahead at Safeway or Walgreens (or online) for $9. Parking will be about $3/person in a carpool. Budget additional for rides and food. Make sure to bring cash!

Dominican Rite Mass

THIS COMING MONDAY 8/8 @ 7pm:

In honor of the Feast of St. Dominic, Archbishop Sartain will be celebrating a Solemn Dominican Rite Mass.

The Tudor Choir, Blessed Sacrament's resident professional ensemble, will sing John Taverner's Mass setting Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas for the occasion. If you haven't been to a Tudor Choir Mass yet, you are in for an extremely beautiful treat!

A reception will follow the Mass in the Priory Backyard. Hope to see you there!

July Young Adult BBQ

WHEN: Saturday, July 2, 5-11:30pm

WHERE: 1310 NE 52nd Street Seattle, WA

Join the Blessed Sacrament Young Adults for some grilling, dancing, and general merriment at our summer BBQ at Casey's house. He and his housemates will provide chips, condiments, and non-alcoholic beverages, so bring your own meat for the grill, drinks, side dish, or dessert to share.

This is a great chance for Catholics throughout the area to get to know each other, so invite your friends!

St. Lawrence, pray for us!

Spring Picnic!

WHEN: Sat June 4, 2-5pm
WHERE: Green Lake, north end
WHAT: Picnic! Bring snacks! Bring drinks! Bring a frisbee! Bring delicious cookies! (The Seattle Parks Dept. thanks you for keeping the beverages non-alcoholic.)

The Blog is Back! Add our calendar to yours!

Dear all, after a long hiatus, the YA blog will now be updated regularly!

Our NEXT EVENT:

VERITAS, the YA study group, will be discussing Pope Benedict XVI's Light of the World on Thursdays at 7:30pm, 5/19-6/23, at 4418 Meridian Ave N Unit B (Wallingford).  Don't worry, you don't need to buy and/or read the book to participate!

The Google calendar is also up to date now, and you can add it to your calendar! 

Type "blesssac@gmail.com" into the "Other Calendars" field on your Google Calendar to add the Young Adult event calendar.

Holy Week

Easter Triduum

Holy Thursday, April 1
Tenebrae, 8:00 AM
Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:30 PM, followed by adoration until midnight.

Good Friday, April 2
Tenebrae, 8:00 AM
Tre Ore: Meditations on the Last Words of Christ, Noon - 3:00 PM
Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 7:30 PM

Holy Saturday, April 3
Tenebrae, 8:00 AM 
Blessing of Easter Food, 1:00 PM
Easter Vigil Mass of the Resurrection, 8:30 PM

Easter Sunday, April 4
Masses of the Lord’s Resurrection, 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, Noon, and 5:45 PM 

Sacrament of Reconciliation
Thursdays after the 8:00 AM Mass, Saturdays 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, or by appointment
~ There are no confessions during Holy Week ~

Mercy Night

This Lenten season our Blessed Sacrament's penance service is being combined with Mercy Night and will take place on Friday, March 19th, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Our Dominican priests will be hearing confessions throughout the evening.

Originating from the Emmanuel Community in Europe, Mercy Night is a beautiful candlelit evening of prayer and adoration, with contemplative music. Come anytime, and stay for as little or as long as you like.

Newman Center: Living Faith Night

The Newman Grad/Young Adult Group invites the community to

LIVING FAITH NIGHT

March 10, 2010

6-8pm – Siena Room, Newman Center

Everyone has their own unique faith journey and a story to share. Join Newman Center Grad/YA group as they share a meal (this time they will have Breakfast for Dinner i.e. Pancakes, Eggs, Sausages, Veggie Patties,etc..), get to know each other a little bit better, and hear about one of our community’s faith journey. During this Living Faith Night, Jesson Mata, the liturgical director for Blessed Sacrament, is sharing his faith story.

A sign up sheet will be posted this week. Please let the Newman Center know if you will be joining them and what you can bring to share for the meal. If you prefer, you can bring an item for the Compassion Kits or Hygiene drive in lieu of bring-ing food or drink to share.

Holy Hour Reflection

Lk 13:1-9

Some people told Jesus about the Galileans
whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
Jesus said to them in reply,
“Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way
they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?
By no means!
But I tell you, if you do not repent,
you will all perish as they did!
Or those eighteen people who were killed
when the tower at Siloam fell on them—
do you think they were more guilty
than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?
By no means!
But I tell you, if you do not repent,
you will all perish as they did!”

And he told them this parable:
“There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard,
and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,
he said to the gardener,
‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree
but have found none.
So cut it down.
Why should it exhaust the soil?’
He said to him in reply,
‘Sir, leave it for this year also,
and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it;
it may bear fruit in the future.
If not you can cut it down.’”

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Many of us here can relate to gardner in this parable, as I'm sure that we've all planted something that has failed to thrive. I, for one, certainly do not have a green thumb. Try as I might, I can’t get my plants to grow healthy and strong. Last year, I had the idea of planting a garden on my porch. I was tempting fate, some might say, but I had faith that it would work. Despite my uniform efforts and attention to all of my plants, my tomatoes and lettuce grew and thrived, and the tomatoes produced fruit, while my carrots and sugar-snap peas withered away. It took me a while to realize that it neither the success nor the failure was through my own doing. Rather, it was a combination of factors, the interplay of me, the weather conditions, and the plants themselves.

Much in the same way, Jesus' parable of the fig tree shows us the interrelatedness of the fig tree, the gardner, and the owner. The gardner must properly tend to the fig tree in order for it to grow and thrive. The gardener also trusts that by properly tending to the fig tree that it will blossom and grow, lest he be given no choice but to cut that tree down. And in a sense, both the fig tree and the gardner look to the mercy of the owner not to cut down the tree and to give them each more time. The mercy and grace shown by the owner, first, by allowing the unfruitful tree to remain for three years and then by giving the gardener one additional year, sheds light on just how important that little fig tree is to the owner.

We too, like the fig tree, are dependent on God's mercy through Jesus Christ. Just as the gardner appealed to the owner, so Christ laid down His life for us. We depend on God to give us what we need each day and to have mercy on us for our imperfect ways, so much so that we pray it in words that Jesus himself gave to us: "Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses".  And He does -- He gives us so much (so much more than what we ever deign to ask for ourselves) and forgives us when we fail.

St. Dominic taught that we are to place ourselves like a cup under the flowing spring of Christ and let Jesus fill us up not only to the brim, but also to overflowing with His grace and mercy. He taught that we should share the overflow, but always remember to keep our own cup filled to the brim through prayer and contemplation.  All theology, all love, all life begins at the foot of the cross.  Just as water flowed from Jesus' precious side when it was pierced, so too Jesus flows with love, mercy, and compassion from the cross.  We must receive in order to give; we need time to pray and be filled.

As small and insignificant we are in comparison to God, we are nonetheless important to Him. Why else would he shower us with His mercy and grace? And why else would He send us His only begotten Son to shed His Blood for us? All He asks in return is that we are fruitful, that we use the gifts that He has given to each and every one of us.

Merciful God,

As we walk the path of Lent

And progress through the labyrinth of our journey

We discover weakness upon weakness

Compromise upon compromise

A culture that clutters our path with digressions

A sense of self that interferes with our vision.

As we catch our reflection in the light of Christ,

We know how far from Him we are.

Do not let our sins impede our progress

In your mercy, forgive us and send us on our pilgrimage again.

Almighty God, grant us pardon and remission of our sins

And give us the time to bear fruit for You.

Amen.

 

Holy Hour

"It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist's hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross." - St. Bernard

 

Join us on this upcoming Friday, March 5th from 7:30pm - 8:30pm** at the Newman Center. Spend some quiet time in prayer before the Eucharist during this Lenten season. This month's Holy Hour will offer time for silent reflection while incorporating rosary recitation and scripture. Fr. Raphael Mary will be present for Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

**Please note that we have changed the time of Holy Hour to 7:30 p.m.

Interreligious Panel Discussion: Catholic/Muslim/Jewish

Come support Father Raphael Mary Salzillo, OP he as dialogs with a Muslim imam and a Jewish rabbi.

The Muslim student club at Everett Community College will be hosting a panel discussion on religious tolerance this coming Tuesday, March 9th from noon to 1:00pm at Everett Community College.  Fr. Raphael Mary will sit on the panel along with a Muslim imam and a Jewish rabbi.  All are welcome! 

The address of the campus is 2000 Powers St. Everett, WA 98201.  When you get to campus, just ask for the the multi-purpose room at Parks Student Union and anyone will be able to direct you.

True Compassion = No Assisted Suicide!

You are all invited to join the True Compassion Advocates on Friday, March 5th, 2010 (the one year anniversary of legalized assisted suicide) from noon - 1pm  for a protest against Assisted Suicide at the University of Washington Medical Center (one of the few hospitals in our area to "opt in" to offering assisted suicide). Please consider coming out as a witness of love to show our community that is precious in all of its forms.  (For more information, please read the letter below.) 

 

Dear True Compassion Advocates,

 

It’s hard to believe that we’re more than two months into the New Year.  Now, with February passing quickly and March only a few weeks away, the one year anniversary of legalized assisted suicide in Washington State is just around the corner.

No doubt this date will be celebrated by suicide promoters like Compassion and Choices, but compassion advocates will commemorate this tragic anniversary by joining together to demonstrate on behalf of those victimized by suicide and assisted suicide.  We’ll meet at UW Medical Center in Seattle—one of the few hospitals which decided to opt in to offering lethal drug overdoses to suicidal ill people under the Act.  Please join us March 5th, on the sidewalk near the front of the UW hospital at 1959 NE Pacific St. from Noon-1 PM.  Mark your calendars and make demonstrating compassion  on March 5th a priority.  With lives at risk, what could be more important?

One year later, it’s clear that “choice” is a lie.  Washington’s voters mistakenly thought they voted for a law full of safeguards from abuse.  Instead, the so-called Death with Dignity Act has become a recipe for elder abuse and an occasion for encouraging “well seniors” to commit suicide.   In the last few months alone, True Compassion Advocates has fielded phone calls

• about senior citizens feeling pressured to commit suicide, assisted suicide, or euthanasia because “my children told me the cost of my assisted living is eating into their inheritance,”
•  from upset family members, frightened a loved one is planning “choose” assisted suicide because of economic pressures or inadequate health or home care coverage,
•  from devastated health care professionals, anguished at feeling forced to assist suicidal patients in killing themselves,
• about an unsavory suicide promotion group hosting a ‘how to commit suicide’ workshop for “well elders” and making plans to open an office to facilitate suicide-related tourism.

        
Clearly, sitting at home and hoping the abuse of assisted suicide will go away is not an option.  So what can we do?

 

Join us on March 5th.  Save lives and influence people. Help us get the message out: "We're here for you.  We care for you.  Suicide and assisted suicide are not the answer."  Help TCA  create safe harbor communities  in your area—places where vulnerable ill people can go to receive health care they can trust with their lives—care which includes true compassion, rather than the false choices like assisted suicide.

 

Join thousands across Washington and even more around the world who are receiving regularly-updated resources, information, and support from the True Compassion Advocates web site.  Support family members, friends, and members of your community with TCA’s resources on health care choices, aging with courage, serious illness support, caregiver resources, and suicide prevention.  Look for us on Facebook. You can either search for True Compassion Advocates, or click the link on the bottom of our homepage.  Become a fan, invite your friends to do the same, and share our updates.

Answering the daily calls from those in need and from media, creating these extensive resources, and continuing our vital work takes both time and money—both of which are in short supply.  There is so much more we can do, but we need your help.  Please consider making a life-saving donation to the essential work of True Compassion Advocates.

Thank you for all you are doing to advocate for quality, compassionate care and to offer positive choices and alternatives to suicide and assisted suicide. It is an honor and a privilege to work alongside you.  As always, please contact us if you have questions or need resources to support your role as a True Compassion Advocate. See you on the 5th!   We’ll even bring the signs!

 

Sincerely,

 

Eileen Geller
Carrie Herring
Marie Harkins
True Compassion Advocates

Veritas

Just a reminder that Veritas is canceled both today and next week. We hope you will join us again on Thursday, March 4th at 7:30pm in the Siena Room of the Newman Center for a discussion of Humanae Vitae.

Ash Wednesday (and Lenten Schedule)

Ash Wednesday, February 17

8:00 AM (Mass), 12:10 PM Liturgy of the Word with distribution of ashes, 5:30 PM(Mass), and 7:00 PM (Mass)

Fridays during Lent, February 19 - March 26

Soup Supper, 6:00 PM in the Parish Hall
Stations of the Cross, 7:00 PM in the church

Parish Penance Service and Mercy Night 

Friday, March 19, 7:00 PM in the church

Lenten Series on the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Tuesdays, March 2, 9, 16 and 23, 7:30 PM in the Parish Hall

DEUS PROVIDEBIT

The West Coast Dominican Brothers of St. Albert's Priory have a new blog called Deus Providebit. It's pretty fabulous - check it out!!!

Here's a bit about the Brothers in their own words...

"For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Dominican Order, the purpose of the Order is to pass on to others the fruits of our contemplation. This 'passing on' of our contemplation we call preaching, a word that may conjure up for our readers a dry Sunday homily or the diatribe of a sidewalk evangelist. Preaching, for us, does not carry such negative connotations. Rather, it is the outward expression of an inward encounter with the Living God. Such expressions have taken shape in many ways over the 800 year history of our Order: the itinerant evangelism of our founder- St. Dominic, the passionate love for truth and the intellectual clarity of Sts. Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas, St. Martin de Porres' evangelical love for the poor, St. Catherine of Siena's ministry of reconciliation and reform. The Studentate of the Western Province aspire to these models of holy preaching and we hope that this blog, in its better moments, helps further the Dominican mission: Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare- To Praise, To Preach, To Bless."