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 is how we communicate with God. Conversing with God through prayer helps us grow in relationship to Him. Not only how we speak to Him, but in listening to Him. Prayer may be a source of comfort, wisdom, strength or even peace. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament has many opportunities for communal and individual prayer.
Introducing Every Sacred Family: A 52 Week Mass Discussion Guide! Created in collaboration with Ablaze Families, this 80-page guide is an amazing resource for raising saints—and Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament has purchased it for the entire parish!
Inside you’ll find a roadmap to prepare for Mass as a family, engage kids of all ages at Mass, and continue faith-filled conversation throughout the week—because catechizing our kids starts with conversation!
For every Sunday and Solemnity, there are three discussion questions that dive into the Mass readings, with a particular focus on the weekly Gospel reading. Written by Catholic mom and theologian Jennifer Stavinoha, the questions are engaging, appropriate for kids of all ages, and designed to spark meaningful conversation around the Mass readings. And, you don’t need to be a catechist or biblical scholar to use the Guide or answer the questions with your family. Simply answer from the heart and share your own experience of how God is working in your life right now!
And our favorite? This guide meets you where you are! Even if you only have a few minutes in the car on the way to Mass, this guide makes it easy to grow in faith as a family.
How can you use the Guide?
Questions? Please contact the Parish Office at (847) 979-0901 or info@olbsegv.org. We hope you find this Guide useful. If you’re using it, please let us know what you think. We want to hear from you!
One significant way that Christians have prayed each day, whether alone or with a community, is through the Liturgy of the Hours.
This ancient practice, with origins in the Old Testament, continues to be a daily prayer discipline for religious communities today. Join fellow parishioners for Morning Prayer, Monday through Saturday. You can join any day and as many days as you wish!
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.
Our commitment to prayer is the bond that unites us. Review readings for the week or download Daily Prayer.
Whether you are reading ahead for Sunday, following along from home because you aren’t ready or able to join us in church yet, or are following along in church until we are able to bring back worship aids for Daily and Sunday liturgy, follow this link to Daily Prayer on the USCCB website.
If you prefer to have Daily Readings delivered right to your inbox, follow this link to subscribe to Get Daily Readings eMails.
“To pray the Rosary is to hand over our burdens to the merciful hearts of Christ and His mother.” —Pope St. John Paul II
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Rosary Ministry is a community dedicated to the powerful and transformative practice of praying the rosary. Group Rosary Prayer fosters a sense of spiritual connection among parishioners. Rosary Ministry gathers weekly to unite in prayer, reflection and meditation to seek solace, strength, and guidance through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Embracing the rich tapestry of Catholic tradition, Rosary Ministry leads and actively participates in other prayer opportunities which deepen faith and nurture spiritual bonds in the parish:
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Rosary Group provides opportunity for group rosary and novena prayer leading up to the Feast Day of our patroness, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, and other Marian Feast Days such as Our Lady of Guadalupe. Watch the parish calendar, bulletin and eNewsletter for more information and specific locations, dates and times.
In addition to our Weekly Eucharistic Adoration schedule, Rosary Group leads Eucharistic Adoration on the First Friday of every month and the First Saturday Devotions on the First Saturday of each month. Each is a divine opportunity to deepen our connection with God and receive His abundant blessings.
The 9 First Fridays
St. Margaret Mary Alocoque received revelations from Jesus, including the request for the establishment of a feast day in honor of His Sacred Heart and the practice of receiving Holy Communion on the first Friday of each month. The Church grants a Plenary indulgence to those who attend Mass, receive Communion and spend one hour in Adoration in honor of The Sacred Heart of Jesus on the First Friday of each month for nine (9) consecutive months.
The 5 First Saturdays
“Look at my Heart, surrounded with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce me at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. You at least, try to console me and announce that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with all the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall: go to confession, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.” –Words of Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fatima is a title given to Our Blessed Mother based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children, Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, at the Cova da Iria in Fatima, Portugal. The three children claimed to have seen the Blessed Virgin Mary in a total of six apparitions between May 13, and October 13, 1917. The events were declared worthy of belief by Jose Alves Correia da Silva, Bishop of Leiria, on October 13, 1930 and on April 25, 1946, Pope Pius XII granted a pontifical decree of canonical coronation. Our Lady of Fatima shares her Feast Day, May 13th, with our patroness, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament.
Each year during October, the month of the Holy Rosary, and near the anniversary of the final apparition, we are visited by a Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Most people are unable to make the pilgrimage to Fatima each year, so with characteristic humility and love, Our Lady overcomes this difficulty by becoming the pilgrim. She comes to us courtesy of the Ambassadors of Mary, founded in 1947 by Fr. James Mary Keane, OSM. In 1954, the Ambassadors of Mary began bringing Pilgrim Statues to locations in and around Chicago to promote devotion to Our Blessed Mother, and by 1987 there were 190 Pilgrim Statues. Our Mother is collecting prayers and sacrifices in reparation for the sins committed against her divine son. With the help of many volunteers, the Ambassadors of Mary are able to provide First Saturday Retreats, the Pilgrim Virgin Apostolate and an annual celebration of Our Lady of Fatima at Holy Name Cathedral. Please join us nightly to pray the Rosary while Our Lady of Fatima Pilgrim Statue visits:
Welcome Prayer Service – Saturday, October 8 | 1:30pm
Nightly Rosary – Sunday, October 9 - Friday, October 14 | 7:00pm
Farewell Prayer Service – Saturday, October 15 | 12:30pm
Download the flyer or contact the parish office (847) 979-0901 to discover more.
Public Prayer Is Powerful! Join fellow parishioners and thousands across the country in praying a public Rosary on the Saturday closest to the Miracle of the Sun, Saturday, October 15, 2022 from Noon to 2pm. We will gather in front of St. Julian Eymard (601 Biesterfield Road, across the street from the Hospital) on the parkway near the signpost.
Download the flyer to discover more or let others know about the Public Rosary Rally.
See our Rosary display in church vestibules for prayer materials and rosaries throughout the month of October.
Watch The Rosary: A Prayer of Miracles on Formed. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament has a subscription to Formed. Simply visit Formed.org/signup and enter our parish zip code (60007), click next and enter your Name and eMail Address, then click Signup. Search Formed for additional Rosary materials.
See something great, on Formed or somewhere else? Please contact the parish office (847) 979-0901 and let us know!
Questions? Connect with us on Facebook to dive deeper into our Rosary Ministry and stay updated on our latest events, activities, and spiritual insights! If you have additional questions, please contact the parish office (847) 979-0901 or info@olbsegv.org. May God Bless You!
“The future of the world and of the Church passes through the family.” —Pope St. John Paul II
The Apostolate for Family Consecration® (AFC) supports and challenges Catholic families to grow in holiness, grow in truth and grow together so that they can become fully alive in Christ.
AFC share the message of Family Consecration to the Holy Family as the best way for families to grow in holiness. Join an AFC Family Holy Hour on the third Monday of each month at Queen of the Rosary Church to participate in group prayer, faith-based presentations, the Sacrament of Reconciliation and enjoy fellowship. Headquartered in Ohio, Apostolate for Family Consecration was founded in 1975 by Jerry and Gwen Coniker. Discover more.
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.
Intercessory Prayer pleads with God on behalf of others who are in desperate need of His intervention.
“And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive if you have faith.” — Matthew 21:22
At Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, we’re plugged into the power of prayer.
If you or a loved one are in need of God’s intervention, please contact the Parish Office (847) 979-0901 or info@olbsegv.org to have yourself or your loved one included in our Prayer List.
In Memoriam remembers those in our parish family who have gone to their eternal rest…forever in our hearts.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” —John 3:16
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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.
Questions? Please contact the Parish Office (847) 979-0901 or info@olbsegv.org.