The Church of the Holy Nativity
Who and what is it?
The Church of the Holy Nativity is a Roman Catholic Church Under the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.
Canonical structure within the Roman Catholic Church enabling former Anglicans to maintain some degree of corporate identity and patrimony (heredity & tradition).
Pope Benedict XVI through the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith erected this as a PERSONAL diocese of the Holy Father with himself as its Ordinary and now Pope Francis I have that honor.
The Church of Holy Nativity has as its head in the United States Bishop - The Most Rev. Steven J. Lopes. The Ordinariate is like a diocese but in this case a diocese over the entire US and Canada, modeled after the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of USA.
The Personal Ordinariate is not an Anglican Use parish or Pastoral Provision parish. Pope John Paul II granted these in June 1980, which permitted the ordination as Roman Catholic priests of married former clergy of the Anglican and Episcopal Churches. These parishes have now been folded into the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.
Are the Priests of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter Latin Priests as well? YES! The Priests of the Ordinariate are members of the Latin Rite but who wish to maintain some features of their own tradition and patrimony. The Ordinariate priests are dual certified in both the Latin Rite Mass and the Ordinariate Mass. The Latin Church includes among its liturgical rites the widespread Roman Rite, Byzantine Rite, the Ambrosia Rite of Milan, the Mozarabic Rite, the Maronite Rite, and specific uses of religious orders just to name a few.
This event has made history for the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglicans who wish to come back to the Mother Church. We thank Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and now Pope Francis I for having the foresight and wisdom to help bring this to a reality
If you have any questions about Holy Nativity as a Roman Catholic Church please ask Father Lowell the pastor of Holy Nativity.
The Catholic Church of the Holy Nativity
1414 North Easy Street + Payson, Arizona 85541
Website: holynativitypayson.com
The Most Rev. Steven J. Lopes – Bishop
The Rev. Fr. Lowell E. Andrews – Pastor
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Services
Sunday Mass 10:00 a.m.
Weekday - Wednesdays Mass & Holy Unction 10:00 a.m.
First Wednesday of the month
Benediction & Chaplet of Divine Mercy 5:30 p.m.
The Church of the Holy Nativity
Catholic
Under the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me.”
Fourth Sunday after Trinity
fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 9, 2017
For those who spread the Kingdom of God
+Fourth Sunday after Trinity+
Fr. Lowell E. Andrews, Celebrant
Opening Hymn # 731
Introit
Collect for Purity
Summary of the Law
Kyrie eleison
Gloria in Excelsis
Collect of the Day
First Reading – Zechariah 9: 9-10
Psalm: 145: 1-2, 8-11, 13-14
"Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord."
Second Reading: Roman 8: 9, 11-13
"Alleluia, alleluia"
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom..
"Alleluia, alleluia"
Holy Gospel – Matthew 11: 25-30
Homily - Fr. Lowell+
The Nicene Creed
Intercession (Form III)
Penitential Rite
The Comfortable Words
Announcements
Offering (collection taken at this time) Hymn # 727
Preparation of the Altar
Prayer over the Offerings
Eucharistic Prayer - (Roman Canon)
Sursum Corda & the Sanctus
Prayer of Consecration
The Lord’s Prayer
The Peace
Breaking of the Bread
The Agnus Dei
The Prayer of Humble Access
The Administration of the Sacrament+ Hy:728, 726 ,729
(Communion is taken by intinction, (placed on your tongue) if you wish not to receive the wine, the blood of Christ place you finger over your lips when the Priest comes to you and he will give you the host, body of Christ only.)
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Concluding Rite
Blessing
Dismissal
Closing Hymn # 724
+Bold type said together. +
· .Those in our parish - needing our prayers.
For our Counrty and our Freedom
Those who bear the cross & the yoke for the spread of the kingdom of God.
“Come unto me”
Dearest, sweetest words ever heard by mortal ears. Jesus seemed glad that it was the simple-minded common people who received him. St. Paul said the same thing in 1Cor:26. It seems hard for intellectuals, in their mental pride, to humble themselves enough to acknowledge their need of a Savior. Jesus here claims for himself the quality of meekness which he had blessed in Mt 5:5. It was said also that Moses was a meek man, Num 12:3.
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Does Catholics give in tithing? Yes! Jesus talks about tithing in Luke 11:42 and Luke 18:12 and Matthew 23:23. He teaches us about a greater level of giving in Luke 19: 8-9, where Zacchaeus said to Jesus, “ I give half my belongings Lord, to the poor. If I have defrauded anyone in the least, I pay him back fourfold.” Jesus said to him: “Today salvation has come to this house, for this is what means to be a son of Abraham.”
Tithing means giving ten percent of your income to Christ’s Church and the poor. God gave Moses the commandment of tithing in 1300 B.C. for the purpose of supporting the Levite priests and their mission work. The practice of tithing has aa strong precedent in the Bible and church history and is still relevant today.