Submit Your Intentions, June 9 Solemn Pontifical High Mass

Dear Friend, 

Last week, I mentioned that on June 9, Cardinal Burke will celebrate a very special Pontifical High Mass, at 11:00 AM Central Time from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. All are invited to make a pilgrimage to the Shrine to assist at this Solemn High Mass. 

The Shrine is a spiritual destination, with many beautiful chapels, statues, gardens, and devotional areas for visitors and pilgrims from all over the world. 

For those who will be viewing on a computer or smartphone, a link will be sent the day before. 

What intentions will you be submitting, which will be included in the full ceremonial, Pontifical High Mass, offered by His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke?

The June 9 Pontifical High Mass is the older, traditional, Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite that has been celebrated for centuries. 

Here are some interesting facts:

~ Only a Bishop, Archbishop, Cardinal or Pope can celebrate a Pontifical High Mass.

~ Cardinal Burke will process in the sanctuary wearing a surplice and his religious clothing as a Cardinal, not yet fully vested for Holy Mass. A Cardinal's red skull cap will be worn and not a bishop's mitre.

~ Vesting will take place during the Holy Mass.

~ His Eminence’s hands will be ceremonially washed by four clerics. Gloves will cover his hands. 

~ His Eminence will be wearing liturgical pontifical sandals on his feet, as well as liturgical stockings, also known as buskins.

~ When Cardinal Burke will be sitting and preaching, he will be on a chair called a “faldstool” which will be placed in the middle of the sanctuary. 

~ A Master of Ceremonies, clerics, deacons, subdeacons and altar boys will be present. 

~ Everything will be sung.

If you have never assisted at a Pontifical High Mass, please mark your calendar to either attend in person or view online, on June 9 at 11:00 AM Central Time. Submit your intentions for His Eminence to remember in this High Mass:

Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
http://www.catholicaction.org/