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Dear friends,

Plenary Indulgence for praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart on Good Friday

The Most Reverend José Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and President of the USCCB, invites all Catholics to join in praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 12:00 noon on Good Friday. By a special grant from the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See for those who pray for the end of the pandemic, a plenary indulgence is available for all who join Archbishop Gomez in this prayer. To receive this indulgence, a member of the faithful would need to:

pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart on Good Friday;
be truly repentant of any sins they have committed and receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation at the earliest opportunity; and
pray for the Holy Father’s intentions.

The USCCB has supplied a prayer card with the Litany of the Sacred Heart in both English and Spanish, and one of the friars will pray this Litany at noon on Good Friday, at the beginning of our preaching of the Seven Last Words of Christ.

Seven Last Words

It is a custom in some families to try to observe silence in their homes on Good Friday between noon and 3pm, the hours that Christ was on the cross. It is the custom at St. Patrick to preach about the seven last words (or sayings) of Christ on the cross as recorded in the four Gospel accounts. In addition to our already announced Triduum liturgies, we will also live-stream the preaching of the Seven Last Words of Christ: seven brief reflections spread out over these three hours. Here is the schedule of the preached reflections:

12:00 Noon – Litany of the Sacred Heart, in partial fulfillment of the conditions for a plenary indulgence, followed by preaching on Luke 12:46 – “Father, forgive them, for they know no what they do.” / Fr. Thomas Blau, O.P.
12:25pm – Luke 23:43 – “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” / Fr. Thomas Blau, O.P.
12:50pm – John 12:26-27 – “He said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold your son.’” / Fr. Raymund Snyder, O.P.
1:15pm – Matthew 27:46 – “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” / Fr. Charles Shonk, O.P.
1:40pm – John 19:28 – “I thirst!” / Fr. Charles Shonk, O.P.
2:05pm – John 19:30 – “It is finished.” / Fr. Stephen Dominic Hayes, O.P.
2:30pm – Luke 23:46 – “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.” / Fr. Stephen Dominic Hayes, O.P.

New Prayer List on Parish Website

As a means of spiritual support and communion during the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be maintaining a prayer list on the parish website. If you have a friend or family member who is in special need of prayer and you would like to add them to the list of people to be prayed for, go to https://www.stpatrickcolumbus.org/prayerlist and send us a message using the contact form. Please note the following:

Only names will be published on the prayer list, not specific intentions. Names of individuals or of entire families are acceptable.
Please limit your request to those you most want prayers for. Do not send in a long list of names.
Anyone who is added to the list must be okay with having their name published on the website. It's your responsibility to ensure that this condition is satisfied.
To request that someone be added to the prayer list, you must know each other personally as friends or family members.
If the person to be prayed for is deceased, please indicate this in your request.
Names will remain posted for a period of 4 months. At the end of that time, you can request that they be added again.
Your name (the requestor's name) will not be published.
You must be a parishioner of St. Patrick's to make requests, and you must include your full name on the contact form when you make your request.

During this time of isolation, we remain spiritually connected. Let us continue to pray for one another. The prayer list will be posted in an easy-to-print format, and it will be updated regularly.

Confessions are coming

A plan has been developed by the Diocese for hearing individual confessions safely during the time of the pandemic, but it cannot be implemented just yet, especially due to the anticipated surge in cases of COVID-19 in Ohio in the next weeks. Bishop Brennan will let us know when we can set this plan in motion, so your patience is appreciated.

In the meantime, Fr. Bernard Mulcahy, O.P., one of our friars at St. Patrick Priory who teaches full time at the Pontifical College Josephinum, has written a concise, clear, and encouraging article on the meaning of perfect contrition, which the Holy See has encouraged the faithful to have recourse to in times like these when individual confession is not immediately available. You can read it at this link: https://angelusnews.com/faith/making-your-contrition-perfect-in-a-time-without-confession/