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Happy Divine Mercy Sunday

April 19, 2020 / Parish News

Happy Divine Mercy Sunday to you All! For His Mercy endures Forever!

Thanks be to God for His endless Mercy. His desire to constantly care for the souls who wander the farthest from Him. I know I have wandered from our Lord and continue to feel His love pulling me back to Himself. Think of how our loving Father waits patiently for our return so that we can share in the joy and glory of the Son’s Resurrection, His return to the Father so that the Holy Spirit may come and dwell in our heart, mind, body, and soul. Jesus reveals the way to His Father for us.

The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a beautiful devotion and powerful prayer that recognizes the awesome power of God’s Mercy. The Early Church Fathers learned and taught about the constant need to repent from our sins and turn back to the Lord for His divine grace so we may be reunited and healed in His Most Sacred Heart. St. Anthony of the Desert said, “This is the great work of man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God and to expect temptation to his last breath.” We need God’s help and cannot do it by ourself or only with other people, we were created by Him who is Love so that we may receive that perfect love and have the opportunity to try and return that love back to our Creator, the God of the universe, the Most Holy Trinity.

May we always realize the Father’s perfect patience to wait for us, and His readiness to extend His Mercy to the souls who are in most need of His Mercy.

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, Have Mercy on us and in the whole world!

In Christ,
Father Steiner

“The Divine Heart is an ocean full of all good things, wherein poor souls can cast all their needs; it is an ocean full of joy to drown all our sadness, an ocean of humility to drown our folly, an ocean of mercy to those in distress, an ocean of love in which to submerge our poverty.”

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Happy Easter!

April 12, 2020 / Parish News

I would like to wish each one of you a Blessed and Holy Easter!
May all the suffering and pain you endured during Lent be united to our Lord’s Cross and bring you into His Glorious Resurrection! The truth was prophesied and fulfilled in Jesus as He says, “When I am lifted form the earth, I will draw all men to myself.” On this day we remember the baptismal promise that our Heavenly Father bestowed upon us, as His beloved sons and daughters, the gift of His divine Light and Life.

Jesus Christ breaks into the darkness of the world so that His light and life may enter in uniting it to HImself. We have had plenty of silent time, hopefully we have spent more time with our Lord. Pray the rosary, to your guardian angel, for your family and to each of their guardian angels, learn about a new saint, look up a teaching in the Catechism, pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet,
the Litany of Saints, the Litany of Humility, pray with the 5 wounds of Christ,
or any devotion to our Lady.

We enter into the joy of the Resurrection through our own death to sin and a continual turning back to the Lord so He can glorify us and share His divine life with us. “This is the day the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad.”
Psalm 118 It is a lifelong process, but we do not know how much time
we will have. Give God everything today.

In Christ,

Father Steiner

A Parish update from Fr. Steiner

April 8, 2020 / Diocese of Nashville News, News, Parish News

Dear parishioners and friends of Holy Rosary,

I pray and hope you are staying healthy and safe in the midst of the Coronavirus. We enter into Holy Week today through Palm Sunday. Jesus mounts the donkey and begins His journey up to Calvary. I invite you to continue to pray for the bishop, one another, and my brother priests and I. Hopefully in this time of Lent we have found time to take and spend with the Lord in prayer, deepening our relationship with Him.

This will truly be a Holly Week none of us will forget, since we will not be able to publicly gather during the week or on Easter itself. We may feel alone but rest assured my brothers and sisters in Christ, God is right by our side. He will raise us up in these times of challenge to show His power and glory! I encourage you as you enter into Holy Week to reflect on the loneliness Jesus felt, and if you have felt lonely you may unite your loneliness to Christ on the Cross so that Jesus may lift you up in His glory.

This past Tuesday, Bishop Mark Spalding updated his degree cancelling public Masses and gatherings until April 24 and dispensing Catholics from their Sunday obligation through that day. A further determination will be made at a later date as the current public health crisis unfolds.

In the interest of public health, I have decided not to hand anything out to the public at this time, including blessed palms, rosaries, etc., that involve people handling things or leaving their homes without real need. I will make blessed palms available at a later date once public masses have resumed. I will participate with the Palm Sunday and Holy Week Liturgies with my brother priests at Cathedral of the Incarnation. Click to view live-stream here. Celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at 11 am with Bishop Spalding on Fox 17.

As we journey to Calvary with our Lord let us keep especially in prayer those who have passed from this virus, all who are sick, those who work in the medical field, and our world. And we always return to the words of our savior Jesus Christ to find comfort and hope as we hear Him say, “and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” (Jn 12:32) Through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ may we gain a deeper trust and desire to truly be His servants in His vineyard.

In Christ, through Mary,
Father Steiner

Important Message from Bishop Spalding

April 7, 2020 / Diocese of Nashville News, News

Members of our Holy Rosary parish family, please read this important update from Bishop Spalding.

My Dear People of God,
We continue to receive new and updated guidance from civil authorities and experts regarding the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Throughout this time, we have taken appropriate and prudent steps to ensure the wellbeing of you and your loved ones. Following the latest advice of the CDC, in conjunction with the bishops of Tennessee and Kentucky who are making similar provisions, I am announcing the following:

Effective immediately, I have dispensed all the faithful of the Diocese of Nashville from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, up to and including April 3, 2020.

All public celebrations of Mass and all other gatherings are canceled through the same date, April 3. We will continue to monitor the situation and may extend this timeframe if necessary. Weddings, funerals, and baptisms may proceed in consultation with your pastors, but you will be asked to limit attendance to immediate family only.

Since we have an ongoing obligation to honor the sabbath day, I ask all to refrain from unnecessary work on Sundays and to offer prayers such as reciting the Holy Rosary, reading the readings from Sunday Mass, and/ or praying the Stations of the Cross at home. In addition, I encourage you to take advantage of opportunities to watch celebrations of Holy Mass online.
In spiritual union with other dioceses throughout the world, I would like to encourage you to join me in a day of fasting, abstinence, and prayer, to take place this Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Our Catholic schools will also be closed through the same date and will be in direct contact with parents concerning provisions for the ongoing instruction of our students during this time.

Please know of my sincere love and concern for all of you and your families in this uncertain time. My thoughts and prayers are with you, as well as with the sick, the elderly, and those who are especially vulnerable.

Your priests will continue to offer Mass in private for you and your intentions and are available for your pastoral needs. Let us continue to entrust ourselves to the Blessed Mother who enfolds us in her protecting veil.


Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend J. Mark Spalding, D.D., J.C.L.
Bishop of Nashville

DECREE

IN LIGHT OF the Interim Guidance.for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the federal government of the United States of America on 15 March 2020, and

IN LIGHT OF the consideration given by the Church to legitimate and reasonable directives of civil authorities (c. 22 CIC), and
HAVING solicitude for the wellbeing of all the Christian faithful in my care (c. 383 §1 CIC),

I, therefore, DISPENSE (c. 87 CIC) the faithful of the Diocese of Nashville from the obligation to participate in Mass on Sundays and other holy days of obligation (c. 1247 CIC), until 3 April 2020.

I further DIRECT the clergy and lay faithful of the Diocese of Nashville to have due regard for any instructions ( c. 34 § 1) for ongoing religious activity during this time, as published on the diocesan website, https://dioceseofnashville.com/

Welcome! A message from our pastor

April 7, 2020 / Parish News

Welcome!
I hope that you will encounter God in our liturgies, the Sacraments, and most of all in the members of our community. It is my pleasure to say to everyone in the Holy Rosary Community how blessed I am that God has placed me here to serve you as pastor. I have met many wonderful people in the parish and school community. It has been a blessing to be present here at Holy Rosary and to witness many sacred events in the lives of our school children and members. 

I want to say “Thank You” for your continuing support and prayers.

-Father Dan Steiner