Feast of St. Francis October 4th, 2020
Transitus Service
Franciscans commemorate the transitus (or passing) of St. Francis into eternal life on the night of October 3rd, the evening before his feast day. The Friars of the Holy Spirit will be holding a transitus service on Saturday, October 3rd at 6 PM. All are welcome.
Bonfire for young adults to follow!
Following the Transitus Service, there will be a bonfire for young adults at 7 PM in the courtyard of St. Mary of Redford. Please meeting by the St. Joseph altar. Snacks will be provided.
Novenas in Honor of St. Francis
Between September 25th and October 3rd, we will be praying the following novena to St. Francis of Assisi. Simply say the prayer below for your intentions each day between those dates.
You may also use the following novena in honor of the Stigmata which includes passages to read each day from the account of how St. Francis received the wounds of Christ: Novena in Honor of the Stigmata
Glorious Saint Francis, who voluntarily renounced all the comforts and riches of thy home to follow more perfectly the life of poverty and abnegation of Jesus Christ: Obtain for us, we pray, a generous contempt of all things in this world, that we may secure the true and eternal things of heaven.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O glorious Saint Francis, who during the whole course of thy life continually wept over the passion of the Redeemer, and labored most zealously for the salvation of souls: Obtain for us, we pray, the grace of weeping continually over those sins by which we have crucified afresh Our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may attain to be of the number of those who shall eternally bless His supreme mercy.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
O glorious Saint Francis, who, loving above all things suffering and the Cross, merited to bear in thy body the miraculous stigmata, by which thou becamest a living image of Jesus Christ crucified: Obtain for us, we pray, the grace to bear in our bodies the mortifications of Christ, that we may merit one day to receive the consolations which are infallibly promised to all those who now weep.
"If we be dead with Christ Jesus, we shall live also with Him," says the Apostle; "if we suffer, we shall also reign with Him."
Pray for us, Saint Francis, that we may obtain the graces and favors we ask for in this novena; pray for us, especially, that we may obtain the grace of perseverance; of a holy death and a happy eternity.
Pray an Our Father, a Hail Mary, and a Glory Be five times
Feast of St. Francis on Sunday, October 4th!
On Sunday, October 4th, the Friars of the Holy Spirit will be celebrating the solemnity of St. Francis. Masses will be at 11 AM (English) and 5 PM (Latin). Please join us!