Bishop Mark Hagemoen celebrated Holy Eucharist at the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon Feb. 9, which was marked as the annual diocesan Compassionate Healers’ Mass.
Message from Bishop Mark Hagemoen about the Compassionate Healers’ Mass: PDF
Bishop’s Homily Feb. 9:
Compassionate Healers’ Mass – Background:
An initiative of the Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan, the Compassionate Healers’ Mass is held in dioceses across the province to acknowledge and bless those who journey with the vulnerable, sick and dying, who are the hands and heart of Jesus offering hope in our common pilgrimage of healing and conversion. We pray for all who provide any care and/or support to health care in our communities, including those who:
• Support ailing loved ones in their own home,
• Volunteer in our care facilities,
• Serve as nurses, doctors and care aids,
• Offer spiritual care, and social support,
• Work as administrators or building managers,
• Provide technical support and food services,
• Respond to the needs of the poor,
• Visit the lonely,
• Extend support and counsel to the addicted,
• Attend to the wounds of victims of crime,
• And walk with Christ in the person of the prisoner.
DIOCESAN PRAYER:
Loving God, we pray for all who serve in the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and ask Your blessing for the healers among us. May their strength and devotion be renewed for the unique work of compassion to which they are called. Renew in them wisdom and skill; sympathy and patience; strength and courage; and keep them strong in Your service. May Your light shine through all of our days and deeds, so that Your healing will may prevail, to the glory and praise of Your name.
(Prayer adapted from CHAS resources for National Catholic Health Care Week 2024)
Message from Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan (CHASsk.ca):
NOTE: The World Day of the Sick is marked on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Feb. 11. Find the message from Pope Francis for the 33rd annual World Day of the Sick on the Vatican website: LINK.
