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Holy Eucharist
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Covid-19 Mass information as of June 1, 2020
Starting Tuesday, June 1st, the mask mandate now applies to all parish faithfull who have NOT received a vaccination against the Covid-19 virus.
We also ask the following:- Those who are symptomatic or who have been exposed to another with the virus within 14 days to remain at home if you have any symptoms or feel sick.
- Families are to maintain six-foot distancing between their family and others families or individuals throughout Mass.
- Distribution of Holy Communion from the chalice is prohibited to the assembly; communicants are to receive the Body of Christ in the hand.
Please note: all four Missouri Bishops have dispensed the faithful from the obligation to attend Mass on Sunday until further notice. The COVID-19 pandemic presents a serious threat to our physical health! If you have any questions about Mass attendance, please feel free to contact the parish off -
The Sacrament of the Eucharist
The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord's own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist.
At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet 'in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1322 & 1323