- Weekend Mass Notes - Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday
- Return of Distribution of the Precious Blood
- Faith Formation Dates
- Save the Dates for Sacraments
- Save the Dates
- Tricky Tray - Friday, April 21, 2023
- Life in the Spirit Seminar - May 7th and 8th, starting at 8:00 AM on both days.
- Photos from Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil
Weekend Mass Notes
Masses are on Saturday at 5:30 PM and 8:00 PM and Sunday at 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, and 12:00 Noon.
Readings for the Second Sunday of Easter
Live Stream on Saturday, April 15, at 5:30 PM and available for playback afterward.
The link is also on our website
Online Giving is available at https://secure.myvanco.com/L-YVYY/home.
Our bulletin is available on our website at http://www.stvalentinechurch.com/
The Second Sunday of Easter is known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
“I do not want to punish aching mankind,” Jesus once told St. Faustina, “but I desire to heal it, pressing it to my merciful heart.” He instructed St. Faustina to have an image of him painted and disseminated along with the words, “Jesus, I trust in you,” to help the faithful come to accept God’s mercy. The rays coming from Christ’s heart in the image, she said, symbolize the blood and water that poured out from Jesus’ pierced side to cleanse and heal us.
The parish has an image of The Divine Mercy on the left as you exit the church.
A website devoted to The Divine Mercy.
Distribution of the Precious Blood
"In the Gospel of Matthew, at the Last Supper, Jesus specifically commanded his disciples to “eat” and “drink” his Body and Blood."
Below is a video if you need a refresher on receiving both the Body and Blood of Christ.
- Please, no intinction (dipping the Body into the Blood) since that may lead to the spilling of the Precious Blood.
We also invite those interested in becoming Eucharistic Ministers for the Body and/or Blood to sign up in the vestibule. We will have training sessions over the next two months. Please consider serving the Lord and our faith community!
Faith Formation
Save the Dates for Sacraments
First Communion Practice: Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 5:30 PM in Church and Friday, May 5, 2023, at 5:30 PM in Church
First Communion: Sunday, May 7, 2023, at Noon Mass
First Communion: Sunday, May 7, 2023, at Noon Mass
Events
- Tricky Tray Friday, April 21, 2023
- Click here for the Tricky Tray 2023 form as a PDF (also available on our website)
- Life in the Spirit Seminar - May 7th and 8th, starting at 8:00 AM on both days.
Mission Statement
The Roman Catholic Community of Saint Valentine is called to be a visible sign of God's presence in the world. Through the celebration of the sacraments, especially through reconciliation and the Eucharist, we are sent out to proclaim and witness the Gospel by our lives.
We are therefore dedicated to serving others within our church, local communities, and throughout the world. By loving God, neighbor, and self, we deepen our response to the Lord and announce the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ.
Photos
Photos from Holy Thursday, and the Easter Vigil
Description of the Easter Candle
The Easter Candle is used during the Easter Season and at baptisms and funerals throughout the year.
Most Easter candles have three common features - the five wounds of Christ, the year, and an Alpha and Omega.
Picture
Five marks make up the cross representing the five wounds of Christ.
Top - Crown of Thorns
Left and Right - Nails in each hand
Bottom - One nail through his feet.
Middle - Where a spear was put into his side, which then flowed out blood and water.
Also on the candle is 2023 (using an image from last year), for the year in which the Easter Candle was blessed.
The Alpha (looks like the letter A) is above the cross, and the Omega (looks like a horseshoe) is below. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last one. These two letters represent the eternal nature of God. It anticipates Jesus' second coming and comes from the Book of Revelation 1:8. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”* says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Most Easter candles have three common features - the five wounds of Christ, the year, and an Alpha and Omega.
Picture
Five marks make up the cross representing the five wounds of Christ.
Top - Crown of Thorns
Left and Right - Nails in each hand
Bottom - One nail through his feet.
Middle - Where a spear was put into his side, which then flowed out blood and water.
Also on the candle is 2023 (using an image from last year), for the year in which the Easter Candle was blessed.
The Alpha (looks like the letter A) is above the cross, and the Omega (looks like a horseshoe) is below. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last one. These two letters represent the eternal nature of God. It anticipates Jesus' second coming and comes from the Book of Revelation 1:8. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”* says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
On our Easter candle, we have additional images.
1) Below the cross is a victorious Lamb with the seven seals (Revelation 6), similar to what is on the front of the Saint Valentine Altar of Sacrifice (see http://www.stvalentinechurch.com/mosaics.html)
1) Below the cross is a victorious Lamb with the seven seals (Revelation 6), similar to what is on the front of the Saint Valentine Altar of Sacrifice (see http://www.stvalentinechurch.com/mosaics.html)
2) An angel is bowing down to a risen Christ in a golden oval. The oval is a symbol of holiness and new life.
3) Above the risen Christ is a decoration of the overflowing abundance of God's love, mercy, and grace. It has lilies and other plants showing our new life in Christ through the Paschal Mystery of His passion, death, resurrection, and ascension.
The Easter Candle is also called the Paschal Candle, coming from the word Passover. Christians believe that Easter is the fulfillment of the Jewish Passover celebration - the Last Supper was a Jewish Passover meal, and the resurrection was the fulfillment of the ancient Israelites passing from slavery to new life from the Exodus narrative.