St Matthew Parish Seattle

06/19/2026

We get it. The thought of bringing your whole family to Adoration can feel a little scary.

What if they argue? What if they need the bathroom ten times? What if they just won’t stay quiet? What if the baby cries?

Here’s the beautiful thing…. Your child can’t learn to talk to Jesus and listen for Him unless they get to practice, and the only way they practice is by showing up, wiggles and all.

So come as you are, with every little one in tow. Families are always welcome at Adoration, anytime.

St. Mark & St. Matthew Parish Family wants your family here, and more than that, Jesus wants you here. He isn’t waiting on the perfectly behaved version of your family.
He’s waiting on the real one. 🙏🏿🙏🙏🏿🙏🙏🏻🙏🏽

Join us at St Mark Catholic Church, Shoreline

Adoration runs all day Friday following daily Mass, and closes with Benediction at 8:45 am Saturday. Come for five minutes or stay for an hour. There’s room for your whole family.

06/18/2026

Join us as we give thanks to God and celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Fr. Ross's Ordination to the Priesthood!

We invite you to Mass as we thank Fr. Ross for a decade of faithful service, prayer, and dedication to God's people.

Please come and celebrate this special milestone with us. We look forward to praying together and giving thanks for the gift of his priesthood.

📅 Friday, June 26, 2026
⏰ 6:00Pm
📍 St Mark Church

"Thank you, Fr. Ross, for your faithful 'yes' to God's call!"

06/11/2026

Day 9 – Consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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Today, we 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.

PRAY:
O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: You know the longings of our hearts, and you desire that we enjoy friendship with you. From your pierced side, you have poured out the wellspring of life, for which we thirst. Your heart burns with a love for all people to return to a right relationship with you. We celebrate the abundant gifts you have given this nation, founded on the self-evident truths that our Creator has endowed all people with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We make reparation for the offenses against you and against human dignity that have taken place in this nation. May our hearts be united to yours, so that our families and communities enjoy peace and happiness; may broken relationships be reconciled, injustices repaired, and the wounds of our land be healed. May your holy Catholic Church serve as a sign, pointing all people to your infinite love. O Desire of Nations and Center of History, we ask you to bless these United States of America. Who live and reign with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

06/10/2026

Day 7 – Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation

Let us ask the Sacred Heart of Jesus for strength and increased faith with this prayer by Blessed Miguel Pro, S.J.
Pray:
I believe, O Lord, but strengthen my faith...
Heart of Jesus, I love Thee; but increase my love.
Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee; but give greater vigor to my confidence.
Heart of Jesus, I give my heart to Thee; but so enclose it in Thee that it may never be separated from Thee.
Heart of Jesus, I am all Thine; but take care of my promise so that I may be able to put it in practice even unto the complete sacrifice of my life. Amen.

06/10/2026

St. Mark & St. Matthew Parish Family has Benediction every Saturday morning at 8:45 at our St. Mark, Shoreline location. Please join us and be Blessed by the Lord.

At the close of our Corpus Christi procession, we celebrated Benediction, which is one of the most beautiful and intimate moments in Catholic liturgical life.

During Benediction, the priest raises the monstrance, containing the Body of Christ and makes the Sign of the Cross over the congregation.

But here’s what makes it extraordinary:
The blessing doesn’t come from the priest.

It comes from Jesus Christ, truly present, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity- in the Eucharist.

This is the Real Presence. This is what we celebrate on Corpus Christi.

“The Lord bless you and keep you.” — Numbers 6:24

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06/10/2026

Day 8 – Jesus, gentle and humble of heart

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.

PRAY:
O Jesus! When You were a Pilgrim on earth, You said: “Learn of Me for I am gentle and humble of heart and you will find rest for your souls.” O Mighty Monarch of Heaven, my soul finds rest in seeing You, clothed in the form and nature of a slave, humbling Yourself to wash the feet of Your apostles... I beg You, my Divine Jesus, to send me a humiliation whenever I try to set myself above others. I know that You humble the proud soul but to the one who humbles one’s self. You give an eternity of glory... To obtain this grace of Your infinite mercy I will very often repeat: “O Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, make my heart like Yours!”

06/08/2026

𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢: 𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐄𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐉𝐨𝐲 🙏

The Catholic Church celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 7, 2026, a day of profound grace and Eucharistic devotion across the world.

Saint Francis de Sales wrote, "Nowhere do we find our Saviour more tender or more loving, than here [in Adoration] where He, so to speak, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to Food, in order to pe*****te our souls and to unite Himself to the hearts of His friends."

Eucharistic processions took place worldwide on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Many parishes and communities witnessed the faithful processing through streets and churches with the Blessed Sacrament held high.

During Pope Leo XIV's Wednesday General Audience on June 3, 2026, he had encouraged Catholics to participate in this beautiful tradition:

"In the Eucharist, we contemplate Jesus, the bread broken and given for each of us," he said. "Processions with the Blessed Sacrament, which take place in the streets of many towns, are an expression of popular Eucharistic devotion; in this regard, I encourage you to keep alive this beautiful public manifestation of faith."

𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞

If you participated in a solemn Eucharistic procession on Corpus Christi, you can still obtain the plenary indulgence by fulfilling these three conditions:

•𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 (as soon as possible or after fulfilling the other conditions)
•𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 (as soon as possible)
•𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (The Church suggests an "Our Father" and a "Hail Mary" as soon as possible)

The USCCB's Manual for Plenary Indulgences states: "A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who devoutly participate in a solemn Eucharistic procession, held inside or outside a church, of greatest importance on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ."

One must approach the indulgence with a spirit "completely detached from the affection for a sin," both mortal and venial. If a soul is not completely detached, the indulgence is partial.

O Sacrament most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, all praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine!

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

Day 6 – Heart of Jesus, atonement for our sins

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:

PRAY:
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.

06/08/2026

Day 4 - Heart of Jesus, patient and full of mercy

Perhaps the most well-known reflection on the merciful heart of Jesus can be found in the Divine Mercy devotion. Saint Faustina Kowalska, a 20th century Polish sister, revealed that Jesus appeared to her with rays emanating from his heart and instructed her to paint his image with the signature “Jesus, I trust in you,” and that all who venerate the image of Divine Mercy will not perish. Trusting in the endless mercy of Jesus, let us pray with Saint Faustina from the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Pray:
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen (Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul, 950).