Sunday, August 05, 2007

ICRSS news

FYI, while not liturgical, Msgr. Michael Schmitz of the ICRSS will be talking on Catholic Answers Live readion tomorrow at 6:00pm EST on the topic of "The Evil One: His Existence, Being and Snares" for any who are interested.

Also from the ICRSS:

Forty Hours Devotion in Thanksgiving
for Summorum pontificum
September 14 - 16, 2007
Shrine of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
Chicago, Illinois


In thanksgiving for His Holiness’s motu proprio Summorum pontificum, the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest will hold the Forty Hours Devotion at the Shrine of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in Chicago, beginning the day the motu proprio comes into effect, Friday, September 14th. This will be an occasion to thank God Almighty for this grace given to the Church, and to pray for our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, for Holy Mother the Church, for all bishops and priests, religious, and all our intentions.

The Forty Hours Devotion takes place over a period of three days. Whether in a contiguous period of forty hours or whether the Blessed Sacrament is reposed during the night, the same liturgical privileges and indulgences apply.

The general schedule for the Forty Hours Devotion is:

Friday, September 14th - Exaltation of the Holy Cross

• High Mass at 7:00 pm

• after Mass, Procession and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Litany of the Saints.

• Adoration until 10:00 pm


Saturday, September 15th - Seven Sorrows of Our Lady

• Sung Mass at 8:00 am

• after Mass, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

• Adoration until 10:00 pm


Sunday, September 16th - Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

• Low Mass at 8:00 am followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

• High Mass at 10:00 am, before the Blessed Sacrament Exposed*,
followed by Procession, Litany of the Saints and Benediction

• Refreshments and good company

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