Sunday Worship
Participate in Mass Online or on Television
5 Ways to get the most out of televised Mass
While the suspension of public Masses nationwide is a tragic necessity, this is also our opportunity to stand in solidarity with Christians around the world who do not have the chance to keep the Sabbath holy, or to attend Sunday worship. Let us pray fervently as a diocese for an end to the COVID-19 epidemic and a swift resumption of public Mass.
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Spiritual Communion
Catholics are encouraged to make a ‘spiritual communion’. St. John Paul II writes that “it is good to cultivate in our hearts a constant desire for the sacrament of the Eucharist. This was the origin of the practice of ‘spiritual communion’, which has happily been established in the Church for centuries and recommended by saints who were masters of the spiritual life. Saint Teresa of Jesus wrote: ‘When you do not receive communion and you do not attend Mass, you can make a spiritual communion, which is a most beneficial practice; by it the love of God will be greatly impressed on you.’” (Ecclesia Eucharistia, no. 34)
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How Do I Make a Spiritual Communion?
Below are recommendations for how to make a ‘spiritual communion’ when unable to participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The recommendations can be adapted based upon personal and family needs.
• Gather with others in your household and begin a time of prayer with the sign of the cross. • Take time to read and reflect upon the readings from Sunday Mass. • Share prayer intentions quietly or aloud. • Pray the Lord’s Prayer. • Pray a prayer of spiritual communion (such as the one to the right). • Close with the sign of the cross. |
Read and Reflect on the Daily Scriptures:
WATCH SUNDAY MASS
St. Joseph's, Greenwich - Sunday Mass on Youtube
Sunday mass will be posted at 10 am each Sunday on YouTube and will remain available. |
Mass is streamed online from local parishes, live every Sunday, and available on demand. Television broadcast information is also available.
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Watch Daily Mass
Friends, in an effort to continue the practice of our faith in these trying times, when many parishes have closed due to restrictions around the coronavirus, we invite you to join us online for daily Mass from Bishop Barron's chapel, celebrated either by Bishop Barron himself or by Fr. Steve Grunow, CEO of Word on Fire.
The video will be posted at 8:15am ET each day and recordings of previous masses are also available. |