May 8, 2013 As part of the diocesan observance of the Year of Faith, a celebration for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi will take place June 2 in Ogdensburg. Catholics in diocese called to show faith in the Eucharist at this Year of Faith event Bishop LaValley has invited Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Ogdensburg to join in this observance of the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ to express their faith in the Eucharist. “Both the Vatican II Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium (#11), and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (#1324), clearly proclaim the Eucharist to be “the source and summit of the Christian life. . .” the bishop said. “During this Year of Faith, the Church of Ogdensburg seeks to be renewed in this belief, and to “rediscover a taste for feeding ourselves . . . on the bread of life” (Porta Fidei, 3). The diocesan celebration begins at 9:30 a.m. with the Corpus Christi Mass at Notre Dame Church. At the conclusion of the Mass, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration until 2 p.m. This time period will include a special Holy Hour, from 11 a.m. to 12, during which the diocesan Church will unite with Pope Francis and the Church worldwide in an hour of adoration and gratitude for the Eucharist. At 2 p.m., a Eucharistic Procession will leave Notre Dame Church, journeying through the streets of Ogdensburg, to St. Mary’s Cathedral. In the procession, Bishop Terry R. LaValley and selected priests will carry the Blessed Sacrament under a canopy. They will be preceded by cross and candle-bearers, Knights of Columbus, Religious, vested deacons, priests and altar servers and torch bearers. The rest of the congregation will follow the Blessed Sacrament down the city streets. At the cathedral, from 3 p.m. to 4, there will be choral praise, Eucharistic adoration and a homily delivered by Bishop LaValley. The celebration will conclude at 4 p.m. with Solemn Evening Prayer and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. |
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