DAILY MASS SCHEDULE
Monday to Friday
6:30 and 7:30 a.m.; 12:15 and 6:00 p.m. Holy Hour and benediction every Thursday after the 6:00 p.m. Mass. On First Fridays, the Holy Hour and Vigil are held after the 6:00 p.m. Mass. Saturday 6:30 and 7:30 a.m.; 6:00 p.m. (Anticipated Mass) Sunday 6:00, 7:15, 8:30, 10:00 and 11:15 a.m. 12:30, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. Confessions are held during all the Masses. |
Adoration Chapel
Open daily from 7:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m. "Trust all things to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and to Mary Help of Christians and you will see what miracles are." -- Saint John Bosco Visiting the Blessed Sacrament is essential if you want to overcome the devil. Attending Holy Mass destroys all devilish gains and the moment of the elevation of the Host is especially terrible for the devil. -- Saint John Bosco |
Preparing for CONFESSION
As we prepare to go to Confession, we must first pray and examine our conscience.
First Commandment: I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
Is God the main goal of my life? Was I faithful and obedient to God? Did I seek to be holy, by the grace of God? Did I seek to grow in the Catholic faith? Did I distrust God or despair of His mercy? Did I accept God’s will for me?
Second Commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Did I avoid the profane use of God’s name in my speech? Did I break a solemn vow or promise?
Third Commandment: Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day.
Did I honor all Sundays by celebrating the Mass (also on holy days) and by avoiding unnecessary work? Was I inattentive at Mass? Was I unnecessarily late or did I leave early? Did I neglect prayer for a long time? Was I faithful to sacramental living (receiving Holy Communion and going to confession)? Did I help make my parish stronger and holier? Did I support the Church? Did I do acts of penance by abstaining and fasting on obligatory days? Did I observe Eucharistic Fasting (by not eating, one hour before receiving Holy Communion)?
Fourth Commandment: Honor your father and your mother.
Did I respect my parents, spouse, family members, and legitimate authorities? Did I attend to the religious education and formation of my children?
Fifth Commandment: You shall not kill.
Did I care for my bodily health and safety and those of other people? Did I abuse drugs or alcohol? Did I support, in any way, abortion, “mercy killing,” or suicide? Did I use contraceptives? Was I impatient, angry, unforgiving, hateful, envious, proud, jealous, revengeful, or lazy? Did I do my responsibilities well?
Sixth Commandment: You shall not commit adultery.
Was I chaste in my thoughts and words? Did I dress immodestly? Did I avoid reading obscene literature, watching immoral films, tv shows and the like? Did I use sex only within marriage and while open to procreating life? Did I engage in adultery, premarital sex, self-abuse, fornication, homosexual activity and other similar sins?
Seventh Commandment: You shall not steal.
Did I steal anything from another person, from my employer, or from the government? Am I ready to repay it? Did I fulfill my contracts? Did I gamble?
Eighth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Did I speak ill of other people? Did I always tell the truth? Did I keep secrets and confidences?
Ninth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
Did I have sexual thoughts about someone to whom I am not married?
Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Did I desire what belongs to other people? Did I wish ill on another? Have I cared for the poor?
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.
First Commandment: I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.
Is God the main goal of my life? Was I faithful and obedient to God? Did I seek to be holy, by the grace of God? Did I seek to grow in the Catholic faith? Did I distrust God or despair of His mercy? Did I accept God’s will for me?
Second Commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Did I avoid the profane use of God’s name in my speech? Did I break a solemn vow or promise?
Third Commandment: Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day.
Did I honor all Sundays by celebrating the Mass (also on holy days) and by avoiding unnecessary work? Was I inattentive at Mass? Was I unnecessarily late or did I leave early? Did I neglect prayer for a long time? Was I faithful to sacramental living (receiving Holy Communion and going to confession)? Did I help make my parish stronger and holier? Did I support the Church? Did I do acts of penance by abstaining and fasting on obligatory days? Did I observe Eucharistic Fasting (by not eating, one hour before receiving Holy Communion)?
Fourth Commandment: Honor your father and your mother.
Did I respect my parents, spouse, family members, and legitimate authorities? Did I attend to the religious education and formation of my children?
Fifth Commandment: You shall not kill.
Did I care for my bodily health and safety and those of other people? Did I abuse drugs or alcohol? Did I support, in any way, abortion, “mercy killing,” or suicide? Did I use contraceptives? Was I impatient, angry, unforgiving, hateful, envious, proud, jealous, revengeful, or lazy? Did I do my responsibilities well?
Sixth Commandment: You shall not commit adultery.
Was I chaste in my thoughts and words? Did I dress immodestly? Did I avoid reading obscene literature, watching immoral films, tv shows and the like? Did I use sex only within marriage and while open to procreating life? Did I engage in adultery, premarital sex, self-abuse, fornication, homosexual activity and other similar sins?
Seventh Commandment: You shall not steal.
Did I steal anything from another person, from my employer, or from the government? Am I ready to repay it? Did I fulfill my contracts? Did I gamble?
Eighth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Did I speak ill of other people? Did I always tell the truth? Did I keep secrets and confidences?
Ninth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
Did I have sexual thoughts about someone to whom I am not married?
Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Did I desire what belongs to other people? Did I wish ill on another? Have I cared for the poor?
Act of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.