Saturday: 05:00pm (SJE)
Sunday: 8am/10:30am (QR) | 9:15am (SJE)
Daily: M/W/F 8:15am (SJE) | Tu/Th/Sa 8:15am (QR)
Prayer doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t require perfect words, a perfect schedule, or years of experience. Prayer is simply opening your heart to and starting a conversation with God—in gratitude, in silence, in joy, in struggle, and in everyday life.
Whether you are looking for a daily rhythm of prayer, a family-friendly way to engage Sunday Mass, a quiet place to reflect, or a community to pray alongside, there is a place for you here at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish.
No matter where you are on your faith journey, you are invited to begin.
Every Sacred Family’s weekly Mass Guides are designed especially for families with children to help everyone engage more deeply in Sunday’s liturgy. Each guide includes:
Guides are available for each liturgical cycle (A, B, and C), and the upcoming Sunday’s guide is also featured weekly in our eNewsletter.
Next Step: Download the guide and bring it to Mass or discuss it together at the dinner table.
Start your day rooted in prayer with Morning Prayer led by Dcn Jerry, Monday to Saturday, from 7:45–8:00am by telephone. Especially for those unable to attend prayer in person, this is a beautiful way to remain connected to the prayer of the universal Church.
Listen and pray along with any of the options below:
Please be logged in or dialed into our virtual vestibule by 7:40am so we may begin on time. Prayer begins at 7:45am, concludes by 8:00am and includes a recited hymn, psalms, a reading, prayers, and intercessions, Monday through Saturday.
Next Step: Join us one morning this week — even just once — and experience the peace of beginning the day in prayer.
Our Rosary Ministry gathers in prayer every Tuesday at 7:00pm in St. Julian Eymard Church and also leads:
Whether you pray the Rosary daily or are learning for the very first time, all are welcome.
Next Step: Come pray one decade, one Rosary, or simply come listen and learn.
The Apostolate for Family Consecration meets on the third Monday of most months in Queen of the Rosary Church and supports families in becoming fully alive in Christ through prayer, encouragement, and faithful Catholic living.
Families of all ages and stages are welcome.
Next Step: Attend an upcoming gathering and discover how faith can flourish more fully at home.
Sometimes the best prayer begins with simply slowing down. Throughout our parish grounds, you’ll find peaceful outdoor spaces where you are welcome, weather tolerated, to sit, walk, rest, reflect, and speak with God as the Spirit moves.
No reservation required. No schedule necessary. No experience needed. Just come.
Next Step: Visit for ten quiet minutes this week and allow God to meet you there:
Marian Garden at Queen of the Rosary. Behind the old parish center, there is an outdoor Marian Garden open to all for private prayer and reflection.
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Garden at St. Julian. On the East side of St. Julian Eymard, there is a Marian Garden that boasts the statue of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament as described by St. Peter Julian Eymard, open to all for private prayer and reflection.
Joseph Garden. On the West side of St. Julian Eymard, there is a Joseph Garden donated by Joseph A. in honor of his grandfather, Joseph Scotkovsky, for his Eagle Scout project, available for private prayer and reflection.
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive if you have faith.” — Matthew 21:22
One of the beautiful traditions of the Catholic Church is praying for one another. Mass intentions and intercessory prayers may be offered:
While an offering may accompany a Mass intention, you are never “buying a Mass.” Rather, the offering supports the life and ministry of the Church while the community joins together in prayer for a particular intention.
Prayer requests may be submitted through the parish office, or online using the form below for your convenience.
Next Step: Entrust someone you love — or a burden you carry — to the prayers of the Church.
Looking to deepen your prayer life throughout the week? Explore additional resources including:
Lord God of peace, hear our prayer!
We have tried so many times and over so many years to resolve our conflicts by our own powers and by the force of our arms. How many moments of hostility and darkness have we experienced; how much blood has been shed; how many lives have been shattered; how many hopes have been buried… But our efforts have been in vain.
Now, Lord, come to our aid! Grant us peace, teach us peace; guide our steps in the way of peace. Open our eyes and our hearts, and give us the courage to say: "Never again war!"; "With war everything is lost". Instill in our hearts the courage to take concrete steps to achieve peace.
Lord, God of Abraham, God of the Prophets, God of Love, you created us and you call us to live as brothers and sisters. Give us the strength daily to be instruments of peace; enable us to see everyone who crosses our path as our brother or sister. Make us sensitive to the plea of our citizens who entreat us to turn our weapons of war into implements of peace, our trepidation into confident trust, and our quarreling into forgiveness.
Keep alive within us the flame of hope, so that with patience and perseverance we may opt for dialogue and reconciliation. In this way may peace triumph at last, and may the words "division", "hatred" and "war" be banished from the heart of every man and woman. Lord, defuse the violence of our tongues and our hands. Renew our hearts and minds, so that the word which always brings us together will be "brother", and our way of life will always be that of: Shalom, Peace, Salaam!
Amen.
Eternal God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
our source of unity and strength,
bless us as we become
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish.
Grace us with courageous and compassionate hearts,
working together as companions on the journey of faith
to build this new Catholic Community of Elk Grove Village,
dedicated to your glory by sacrament, service, and witness.
You proclaim: “See, I am doing something new!”
Soften our hearts to your will,
and make us respond with ready gratitude and love.
Through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen
O Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament,
the glory of Christians, the joy of the universal Church,
and icon of hope, pray for us.
God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.
Taking as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it.
Trusting that You will make all things right
If I surrender to Your will.
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen
Father,
I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into your hands I commend my spirit; I offer it to you
With all the love of my heart, for I love you, Lord,
And so need to give myself,
To surrender myself into your hands, without reserve,
And with boundless confidence,
For you are my Father.
Amen
–Blessed Charles de Foucauld
Give me O Lord all the courage I need,
Give me courage to face this uncertainty with hope during the long days and even longer nights.
Give me courage to keep on trusting even when I don't understand.
Let me remember that it is the one who trusts in you who will be saved.
Let me remember the words of Jesus, "l will be with you always."
Amen.
–Shared by Dcn Jerry Szostak during his 2020 Advent Homily
For the sick, homebound and those unable to join us in person due to serious reasons, Pope Francis assures the faithful that we can receive “spiritual Communion” while watching Mass on television or livestream.
“United to Christ we are never alone, but instead form one body, of which he is the head. It is a union that is nourished with prayer and also with spiritual Communion in the Eucharist, a practice that is recommended when it isn’t possible to receive the sacrament,” said Pope Francis on March 15, 2020.
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is recited using ordinary Rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and followed by a closing prayer. Discover more.
It is reported Mother Teresa often prayed a flying novena whenever big problems arose that needed an immediate dose of grace. With a flying novena, you pray nine Memorares immediately in a row. Because she often experienced miraculous effects through her flying novenas, Mother Teresa typically added a tenth Memorare as a gesture of thanksgiving for what was sure to be an answered prayer. Discover more.
The novena in honor of the Holy Spirit is the oldest of all novenas since it was first made at the direction of Our Lord Himself when He sent His apostles back to Jerusalem to await the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost. Discover more.
"Without Mary, we shall never find Jesus, for she possesses Him in her Heart." —St. Peter Julian Eymard. Pray the Novena to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament.
Saint Peter Julian Eymard promoted the frequent reception of Holy Communion and a profound respect for the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. He encouraged prayer in the presence of the Sacrament and felt that this prayer transformed lives. Discover more.
O my God, teach me to be generous, to serve You as
You deserve to be served, to give without counting
the cost, to fight without fear of being wounded, to
work without seeking rest, and to spend myself
without expecting any reward but the knowledge
that I am doing Your Holy Will.
—St. Ignatius of Loyola
Dear Lord, keep us in peace. Pray for Our Country.
Please contact the Parish Office (847) 979-0901 or sgoranson@archchicago.org to learn more.