FORTY HOURS EUCHARISTIC DEVOTION 2017 - NYC

CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

(128 West 37^th Street, NYC)

FORTY HOURS EUCHARISTIC DEVOTION

The Church of the Holy Innocents will start its Forty Hours Devotion THIS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT.

     

First Day: The opening Mass will be this coming Friday, October 27, 2017 at 6PM, and it will be a Votive Mass of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

 

At the end of the opening Mass, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed, there will be a solemn Eucharistic procession inside the church, and the Pange lingua, the Litany of the Saints, and some other special psalms, versicles, and prayers will be chanted. 

     

Second Day: Then, on Saturday, October 28 at 1PM, we will have the traditional Votive Mass Pro Pace.

  

Third Day: The closing Mass will be on Sunday, October 29 at 10:30AM, which will also be the 1st class Feast of Christ the King. This closing Mass will be celebrated coram Sanctissimo (in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed throughout the entire Mass).

 

At the end of the closing Mass, the Litany of the Saints and other special psalms and prayers will be chanted and we will have another Procession of the Blessed Sacrament inside the church. This Procession will end with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the Divine Praises, and the recitation of the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

 

While in the Roman Catholic Church there are many Feasts and devotions throughout the year, the Forty Hours Devotion is always awaited and received with extreme joy. “Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament,” according to Fr. Faber, “is the queen of all devotions. It is the central devotion of the Church. All others gather round it and group themselves there as satellites; for others celebrate His Mysteries; this is Himself.”

 

The Forty Hours Devotion is surrounded with three special dimensions:

1) The protection from evil and temptation;

2) Reparation for our own sins and for the poor souls in purgatory; and

3) Deliverance from political, material and spiritual calamities. 

 

All these petitions (for ourselves, for our neighbors, and for the entire Church) are expressed in detail in the beautiful Litanies of the Saints that are chanted as part of the opening and the closing Masses for the Forty Hours.

 

The very active and vibrant Church of the Holy Innocents (NYC) is still the only parish in the entire Archdiocese of NY that has the Forty Hours Devotion in its traditional form. The Forty Hours Devotion was permanently established by Pope Clement VIII “in order that day and night the faithful might appease their Lord by prayer before the Blessed Sacrament solemnly exposed, imploring there His divine mercy.”

HOLY WEEK (1962) AT HOLY INNOCENTS (NYC)

HOLY WEEK – As is tradition every year, Holy Innocents will have the Holy Week ceremonies according to the older liturgical books. The Holy Week Schedule will be as follows:

 

Palm Sunday (3/20/16)

• Sung Mass for Palm Sunday at 10:30AM
• Sung Vespers for Palm Sunday at 2:30PM 

 

Monday in Holy Week (3/21/16)

• Reconciliation Monday (Confessions from 4PM to 8PM)
• Mass at 6PM

Tuesday in Holy Week (3/22/16)

• Mass at 6PM

 

Spy Wednesday (3/23/16)

• Sung Mass at 6PM
• Tenebræ Service at 8PM

 

Holy Thursday (3/24/16)

• Sung Mass at 7:30PM
• The church will remain open for people to visit and pray at the Altar of Repose.

 

Good Friday (3/25/16)

• Seven Last Words at 12 Noon – Musical setting: Théodore Dubois
• Liturgy of the Passion (Pre-Sanctified) at 3PM 

 

Holy Saturday (3/26/16)

• Easter Vigil at 9:30PM
• Easter festive reception immediately after the Easter Vigil 

 

Easter Sunday (3/27/16)

• Easter Day Mass at 10:30AM
• Festive Coffee Hour after Mass
• Sung Vespers for Easter at 2:30PM

SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY 2016 - CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Traditional Sung Mass at 10:30 AM for Septuagesima Sunday at the Church of the Holy Innocents on January 24, 2016 

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Photos taken by Mr. Kristian Portella

 

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Asperges

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Incensation at the Introit

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Prayers at the foot of the Altar

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Chanting of the Gospel

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Sermon

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Recitation of the Credo

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Offertory of the Mass

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Elevation of the Consecrated Host

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Ecce Agnus Dei

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Distribution of Holy Communion

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Last Gospel



Titular Feast of the Holy Innocents at the Church of the Holy Innocents in NYC - 12-28-2014

Today, Sunday, December 28th, 2014 was the Feast of the Holy Innocents, which is the Titular Feast of the Church of the Holy Innocents (NYC). It was also the first time that Fr. Leonard Villa, new Administrator of the Church of the Holy Innocents, celebrated the 10:30am (traditional) Mass. 

As can be seen in these photos, the Altar was solemnly and beautifully decorated (beautiful flowers, Relics on the High Altar, red drapes, magnificent Vestments, spectacular Palestrina music, etc.). We can also joyfully point out that there were 320 people in attendance at this Mass, and many of these stayed for the wonderful Coffee Hour (there was a lot of food!) in order to formally meet Fr. Villa. 

  

The sermon, as many mentioned after the Mass, was fantastic! Fr. Villa's "battle plan" (daily Rosary, reverence and adoration to the Eucharist, prayers for Priests, devotion to the Sacred Heart and to the Immaculate Heart, Confession, reparation to God, etc.) for the Parish of the Holy Innocents is what every church needs and Holy Innocents will certainly continue to be an active, vibrant community of faith in this regard. 

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These pictures were taken by Mr. Arrys Ortanez

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