Pray for Holy Rosary and Archbishop Etienne

In your mercy, please pray for my parish of Holy Rosary in Tacoma. Our new Archbishop, Paul Etienne, has given our church a “stay of execution“, suspending the destruction order for the moment, while he prays and consults.

Tonight, I’m asking you to pray, as tonight his Excellency will be consulting with our own Parish Council. He has already been here once – he prayed his first Sunday Mass as Archbishop of Seattle at Holy Rosary, for which I remain humbled and grateful.

I am not part of the Council, and this is a closed-door meeting, so I will not be in attendance. Instead, I will be praying Vespers in the Chapel at 6pm, followed by RCIA and Adult Catechesis at 6:30. We will definitely offer our prayers this evening for the Archbishop and our parish, and I ask you to do the same.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful
And kindle in them the fire of Your love.

V: Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created.
R: And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us Pray:

O God, Who instructed the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, Grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ, our Lord.

Amen.