OLQU Chain Rosary
On every second Monday, the parish will pray a chain rosary. It can be prayed from any place for our parish, for the relief and eradication of COVID, and for special intentions of our mind and heart.
Family Rosary
Every third Sunday we will have a Family Rosary at 6 PM in St. Joseph's Chapel. All are invited to bring a candle to be blessed by Father during the Exposition of the Blessed Eucharist.
Taizé Service
Every fourth Thursday OLQU will have a Taizé Service. This is a time of prayer, music, and contemplation in the presence of Christ.
TAIZE PRAYER SERVICE
What is Taizé Night Prayer?
Taizé Night Prayer is a distinctive style of meditative prayer developed by a community of monks in rural, Taizé, France. This quiet, moving reflective prayer combines elements of the Church's traditional Liturgy of the Hours, Adoration, and contemplative meditation.
A typical Taizé prayer service incorporates periods of silence with meditative readings from Scripture, prayers of praise and intercession, songs or chants based on the Psalms or other parts of Scripture. Short songs or chants, repeated over and over, create a meditative environment and express basic realities of faith which can be easily grasped by the mind and the heart.
Taizé Prayer is widely practiced today in student centers and retreat houses, but also in parish churches and local congregations throughout the world.
It is an elegantly simple service: chants, often in Latin, repeated several times, and some songs. There are Scripture readings, Psalms, intercessory prayer, and silence in candlelight, facing the Blessed Sacrament. In 50 minutes, it’s over.
-Claudia McClure
