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Parish Mass Visits and Keysis Masses
October 25, 2010
Holy Mass is the central mystery of our Catholic Faith. One of the ways we give our love back to God is to fully participate in the Mass.
In addition to our monthly Keysis Family Mass on the last Sunday of the month, we will begin in November to participate in Mass at one Catholic church in the Decatur area each month – usually a Saturday evening Mass, except for Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Church, which is a Sunday Mass.
The Keysis members have been talking about this for some time and we now have the schedule in place. The complete schedule is listed under the calendar tab on the Keysis Web site: http://www.keysis.net/calendar/keysis-mass-schedule
Remembering Holy Week
March 28, 2010
Tonight at Keysis we talked about remembering… remembering our past and making it present in the here and now. This is especially true of the days ahead during this Holy Week… the “three days” known as the Triduum – Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Saturday night.
We gather as the people of God during these days of liturgy and prayer and ritual actions to remember the saving act of Christ, the miracle of his resurrection and to celebrate our faith and identity as Christians. All serve to remind us of who we are in and through Christ. Over the course of three days we take the time to recall and experience from our past that which makes us who we are as Catholic Christians.
For Holy Thursday, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, we talked about the reception of the Holy Oils by our entire faith community – because we received salvation as a community. The washing of the feet of the disciples, Our Lord’s example and mandate – sign and symbol of the service to which we are all called. We remember the institution of the Eucharist by Our Lord at the Last Supper.
For Good Friday we spoke of the Cross – the means of our salvation. God’s love is so powerful that not even death can defeat it. We honor and venerate the cross as a means of our new life.
At the Easter Vigil we light the new Easter Fire and from that the Paschal Candle reminding us that Jesus is our light in the darkness. We proclaim that Christ is Risen and his resurrection provides light and new life!
The blessing of the Easter Water is a symbol of the new life of Christ’s resurrection and of our baptism. We renew our Baptismal Promises and rejoice that the power of sin and death can never overcome those washed in the waters of baptism that flow from Christ.
We gather as family to re-tell the wondrous stories of our salvation and draw strength as we remember. The Scriptures we hear proclaimed help us relive and celebrate the entire course of salvation history. As the Easter Vigil Liturgy continues we are strengthened with the spiritual food of Christ’s Body and Blood through the Holy Eucharist.
There can be no Resurrection without Death – no empty tomb without the cross of Calvary. We closed the evening with praying and walking the Stations of the Cross by candlelight, taking turns carrying the cross, praying… and remembering.
Experiencing God’s Infinite Mercy
March 23, 2010
On Sunday, March 21, we talked about God’s infinite mercy and love at our first Keysis Penance Service. Matt and Kaleigh gave a reflection on reconciliation and then we had an opportunity for individual confession.
Thanks to Fr. Joe, Fr. Rick, and Fr. James who helped us experience this beautiful sacrament of God’s love and healing. Deacon Jim stopped by for a visit and joined us for the penance service. A special thanks to Mrs. Furman for the awesome meal afterward!
