Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish

06/11/2026

Join us for Adoration at St. Roch beginning at 9:00 AM TODAY followed by Mass to celebrate this beautiful occasion

What a day to be Catholic in America! Today we celebrate the consecration of our nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 🙏🇺🇸

06/11/2026

Today, the Bishops of the United States will consecrate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Parishes and individuals around the country are encouraged to join the U.S. Catholic bishops in this historic occasion, beginning with this Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus written for the consecration.

06/10/2026

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, “the Little Flower,” profoundly understood the gentle and humble heart of Jesus. In contemplating how to be transformed by Christ's love, she reflected that “What pleases [Jesus] is that he sees me loving my littleness and my poverty, the blind hope that I have in his mercy… the weaker one is, without desires or virtues, the more suited one is for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love” (Letter 197 to Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart, September 17, 1896). Let us join with Saint Thérèse in praying for our hearts to be humble like Jesus.

06/10/2026

THIS THURSDAY, TOMORROW, THERE WILL BE ADORATION BEGINNING AT 9:00 AM AT ST. ROCH CHURCH FOLLOWED BY MASS

Tomorrow, June 11 — In a powerful spiritual moment tied to America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Catholic bishops will solemnly consecrate the entire nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Preparations are happening across the country: parishes, families, and dioceses are joining in prayer, with a special Novena leading up to this historic act. The consecration will take place during the bishops’ Spring Plenary Assembly in Orlando and will be livestreamed for the whole nation to participate.

This is the first time in U.S. history that the country is being formally consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus — a beautiful act of trust in Christ’s mercy and love for our nation.

🙏 Why This Matters:
In times of division, challenges, and uncertainty, we turn to the Heart of Jesus — the source of all consolation, justice, and true peace. May this consecration bring abundant graces, healing, and renewal to America.

How to Participate Tomorrow:
🔸 Join the livestream via USCCB
🔸 Pray the Act of Consecration with your family or parish
🔸 Offer your own personal consecration to the Sacred Heart

Let us pray for our bishops, our priests, and our country! 🇺🇸

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06/09/2026

In Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis describes the consoling nature of devotion to the Sacred Heart as “flesh and blood in the Church’s pilgrimage through history;” a mutual sharing of suffering between Christ and us (no. 157). Because Christ bore our sin in the wounds of his passion and death on the cross, we console him for our affronts. Because we also raise up our suffering to Christ, we ask him to console us.

Let us ask the Sacred Heart of Jesus for strength and increased faith with this prayer by Blessed Miguel Pro, S.J.

06/08/2026

As we consider the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Christ’s great love for humanity, we reflect on how we have fallen short of his love and the need to atone for our sins. We also take this moment to repent as a nation for the sins of our country’s past. Let us pray for forgiveness and healing from the harms caused by our nation’s original sins of slavery and racism. A central element of devotion to the Sacred Heart is reparation – the practice of making amends for the wrongs we have done, asking Christ to forgive our sins and convert our hearts to love as he loves. Let us pray with St. Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorists, as we atone for our sins and consecrate ourselves to the heart of Jesus:

My Jesus, I love You with my whole heart. I am sorry for having so many times offended Your infinite goodness. With the help of Your grace, I purpose never to offend You again. And now, unworthy though I am, I consecrate myself to You without reserve. I renounce and give entirely to You my will, my affection, my desires, and all that I possess.

06/07/2026

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.” John 6:56

Today we celebrate the profound gift of the Eucharist. Christ is truly present to us, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. In the breaking of the bread, we are nourished by Love itself.

As we reflect on this sacred mystery, may our hearts be filled with gratitude and reverence. May we grow in deeper love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and respond generously to His call.

Jesus, Bread of Life, strengthen us to live as one Body in Christ. ✝️

06/07/2026

“If you don’t want the Eucharist, you don’t want Jesus.”
— Fr. Mike Schmitz

This goes straight to the heart of the Gospel. If Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, then rejecting it is not just rejecting a teaching, it is turning away from Him personally.

At the Last Supper on Holy Thursday, Jesus didn’t say, “This represents my body.” He said, “This is my body.” And then He told the apostles, “Do this in memory of me.” That’s the moment the Eucharist and the priesthood were both given to the Church. Every Mass is not a new sacrifice, but the same sacrifice of Calvary made present again.

In John 6, Jesus doesn’t speak symbolically and move on. He repeats Himself over and over, about six times, saying we must eat His flesh and drink His blood. And when people start to struggle with that, He doesn’t correct it or soften it. He lets them wrestle with it. Then in John 6:66, many of His own disciples walk away. He doesn’t stop them. He turns to the Twelve and asks if they will leave too.

To stay with Jesus means trusting Him even when it’s hard to understand, and showing up to Mass not out of habit, but because we believe He is really there.

If Jesus was only speaking symbolically in John 6, why did so many disciples walk away instead of Him clarifying?

06/07/2026

The love poured out from the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a constant source of renewal for the missionary spirit of the Church and our call to universal holiness. Servant of God Fr. Jules Chevalier, who founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1854, recited this daily prayer to remain close to the Sacred Heart.