May our website help you on your journey to our loving Heavenly Father, as He calls you by name to know and love Him ever more deeply, through His Son Jesus Christ, the Lord and Savior of the world, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for visiting our website! We hope to see you soon in our Holy Mother of the Rosary Polish National Catholic Parish in Chicopee, MA! YES YOU CAN! Can you be Catholic without being Roman Catholic? YES YOU CAN! If divorced, can you receive Holy Communion? YES YOU CAN! Can our priests marry? YES THEY CAN! Can you be baptized and confirmed in this parish? YES YOU CAN! Can you receive valid Sacraments? YES YOU CAN! COME JOIN US FOR MASS ON EVERY SUNDAY AT 9:30 AM November 2024 - Pray with us each Wednesday at noon: Almighty God, speak to our hearts whenever courage fades. Sustain us with an unyielding trust and steadfast faith, so that we may not be afraid to profess or defend our faith in You. May we stand with the same courage and perseverance of Your holy martyrs as we face the challenges placed before us. Renew us with Your unfailing love and fill us with hope in Your eternal purpose. Enlighten us to look beyond the temporary things of this world to You, the Source of all courage. We ask this through Your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. ` Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen. |
Prayer for the Clergy – 2010 PNCC Prayer Book Lord Jesus, Great High Priest and Eternal Shepherd, for the building and expansion of Your Kingdom You have called forth men to apostolic orders to serve in Your Church. By the grace of the Holy Spirit strengthen the prime bishop, bishops, priests and deacons. Endue them with the gifts of wisdom, understanding and knowledge, guide them with Your counsel, give them strength to fulfill their ministry. Fill them with the spirit of piety and the fear of the Lord so they can be true witnesses of Your Gospel. When the time should come for them to cross the threshold of life, receive them into Your heavenly kingdom. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Prayer for Vocations – 2006 PNCC Missal Almighty and Eternal God, in Your plan for our salvation You provide priests as shepherds for Your people. Raise up worthy servants for Your altars and ardent but gentle servants of the gospel. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Prayers for Families God, our Heavenly Father, You have blessed each of us with the gift of family that through our family life we may learn to love and care for others. Open our eyes to recognize in all people the bonds of kinship. May we unselfishly serve them who with us have been made co‑heirs with Christ. We ask this through the same Jesus Christ. Amen. Loving Father, we desire to live as Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in peace with You and with one another. By their intercession, may we be strengthened to live like the Holy Family and to face the challenges of life. This we ask through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. |