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Pope Francis' Prayer for an End to the War in Ukraine
On Wednesday, March 16, during his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis prayed for an end to the war in Ukraine. The prayer he used is based on one composed by Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy. Please join the Holy Father in praying for this intention.
Forgive us for war, O Lord.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us sinners!
Lord Jesus, born in the shadows of bombs falling on Kyiv, have mercy on us!
Lord Jesus, who died in a mother’s arms in a bunker in Kharkiv, have mercy on us!
Lord Jesus, a 20-year-old sent to the frontlines, have mercy on us!
Lord Jesus, who still behold armed hands in the shadow of your Cross, have mercy on us!
Forgive us, O Lord.
Forgive us, if we are not satisfied with the nails with which we crucified Your hands, as we continue to slake our thirst with the blood of those mauled by weapons.
Forgive us, if these hands which You created to tend have been transformed into instruments of death.
Forgive us, O Lord, if we continue to kill our brother.
Forgive us, if we continue like Cain to pick up the stones of our fields to kill Abel.
Forgive us, if we continue to justify our cruelty with our labours, if we legitimize the brutality of our actions with our pain.
Forgive us for war, O Lord. Forgive us for war, O Lord.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, we implore You! Hold fast the hand of Cain!
Illumine our consciences;
May our will not be done;
Abandon us not to our own actions!
Stop us, O Lord, stop us!
And when you have held back the hand of Cain, care also for him. He is our brother.
O Lord, put a halt to the violence!
Stop us, O Lord!
Amen.
Unofficial translation courtesy of Vatican Media -
Jubilee of Holy Year 2025
Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within
both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever
Amen
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Weekday Masses
celebrated in the rectory chapel on following days:
Monday , Thursday and Friday - 7:30am
Wednesday - 6:30pm (in the rectory chapel)
(No Wednesday mass from July 1 - September 1)
Weekend Masses ( in the church):
Saturday Vigil Mass - 4:00pm (English) ;
confessions : 3:15pm - 3:45pm (Saturdays)
Sunday - 8:30am (Polish) ; 10:30am (English)
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Lent 2025
Weekday Masses
Monday, Thursday & Friday 7:30am (rectory chapel)
Wednesday – 6:30pm (church) (St. Jude Novena)
St. Jude Stations of the Cross
Every Friday during Lenten season
On Friday March 21st there is no station of the cross at 10am
10:00am-service with JPII students (parishioners welcome) 6:30pm– (Polish) (rectory chapel)
Lenten Confessions
Every Saturday – 3:15pm-3: 45pm(church)
April 11(Friday) 10:30 am with JPII students
April 12(Saturday) -2:45-3:45pm
April 16(Wednesday ) -after St. Jude Novena
Deanery Confessions
At St Francis Church, Middletown\
March 28 (Friday) from 6 am to 6 pm
March 29 (Saturday) from 6am to 2 pm
Polish Lamentations (Gorzkie Zale)
Every Sunday (starting March 9)
8:10am - (before Polish Mass which starts 8:30am each Sunday)
Divine Mercy Sunday ~April 27
3:00 pm ~Holy Hour Adoration with the Divine Mercy Chaplet
Ash Wednesday (March 5)
7:30am Mass with distribution of ashes (church
10:00am Liturgy of the Word with ashes (church)
6:30pm Mass with ashes and St Jude Novena starts(church
St. Jude Novena
Every Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Church
(until April 30)
Palm Sunday - April 12