We are most grateful for those who have continued to support the parish financially during these challenging times. We continue to need your help in order to further our mission to be a welcoming parish that promotes encounters with Christ in the sacraments and in one another. The easy way to exercise this stewardship for your spiritual family would be to participate in the Faith Direct contribution program. An online link is provided here:

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SUNDAY:
SATURDAY 5:30 PM (Sunday Vigil)  |  7:30 AM  |  9:00 AM  |  10:30 AM (Church & Gym*)  |    12:30 PM  |  5:30 PM
*There is no Gym Mass in the summer

WEEKDAY & SATURDAY MASSES*:
MON-FRI: 6:30 AM  |  8:00 AM  |  5:30 PM
SAT: 8:00 AM  
*Federal Holidays: Mass is at 10:00 AM ONLY

HOLY DAY MASSES:
Eve of the Feast: 5:30 PM  |   Day of the Feast: 6:30 AM  |  8:00 AM  |  11:00 AM  |  5:30 PM

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Adoration is in the Church starting at 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

CONFESSION

SATURDAY: 4:00–5:00 PM in the main church. As always, you can make an appointment with a priest for confession at any other time.

PLEASE NOTE: A mask is required to be worn at all times and hand sanitizer will be available upon entering the building and should be utilized.

LIVESTREAMED MASS ON YOUTUBE

Watch our livestreamed Mass through our YOUTUBE Channel  (click here). The videos will remain posted there after the Mass has ended, should you miss it live. 

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October 17, 2021

Dear Parish Family:

Although we live hurried lives and often eat on the run, some of us on occasion still have special meals to celebrate key events or holidays. The late Dutch priest Father Henri Nouwen recalled his own experience of these special celebrations from his youth in a beautiful little book that took its title from today’s gospel. The question of Jesus ought to reverberate in our souls: “Can you drink the cup?” Father Nouwen suggested that we answer that question slowly. Take the glass in your hand and examine it carefully. It is your life thus far. Raise it, accepting the good, the bad, and the ugly. Toast one another; then consume the drink. Accept the degree to which you do or do not identify with the Savior on your journey to the Father. There is a moving film from 2010 called “Of Gods and Men” that portrays the true story of French Cistercian monks whose lives were threatened by Algerian nationalists. At one point the film portrayed the monks sharing what they knew might be their final meal. Classical music played in the background. Words were not used; but the brothers shared glasses of wine and lovingly toasted one another in a scene reminiscent of the Last Supper. That night all but one were executed.

Jesus continues to ask those who want to follow him if they are willing to pay the cost. Whatever our struggle on this journey of faith, we ought to take consolation in these words from the “Letter to the Hebrews:”

“So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help.”
(Hebrews 4:16)

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Bill Foley

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH
5949 Western Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20015

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