Pastor’s Message – Church of Saint Benedict

May 29, 2026

Memorial of Pope St. Paul IV

God our Father, who by sending into the world the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification made known to the human race your wonderous mystery, grant us, we pray, that in professing the true faith, we may acknowledge the Trinity of eternal glory and adore your Unity, powerful in majesty. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.

Collect for the Mass on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

Brothers and Sisters,

Last Sunday with the celebration of Pentecost, the Great Fifty Days of Easter came to an end. As I stated at Mass that day, the gift of the Holy Spirit and the Sacraments show us that Jesus has not left us as orphans to fend for ourselves.

As we now enter the liturgical season known as Ordination Time, there are a series of celebrations that call us to this eternal truth. The first is this coming Sunday with the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. God is revealed to us not as distant and disinterested, but as a community of Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Through the Son, Jesus, we are invited into this Divine Life that is the Holy Trinity.

After Trinity Sunday, we mark the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (Body of Christ). The Body and Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ is offered to us. His life is to enter ours so that our life can conform more closely to His. We participate in this eternal truth in the Sacrifice of the Mass and our adoration of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

Also, the entire month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. His heart, wounded and crowned with thorns, is on fire with love for us. Our Savior continually invites us into His divine life so that our hearts will be in harmony with His. Such is the depth of His love for us. In the month of June, our bishops will dedicate our nation to the protection to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

We are not left as orphans. No matter how much we may be abandoned and rejected by others, God will never do so to us. The Lord’s love and mercy is everlasting.

Corpus Christi – Come Walk with Jesus

Bishop Konderla invites all the clergy, religious, and laity of the Diocese to join him for a Corpus Christi Procession and Mass on Thursday, June 4. This event will begin at Christ the King Parish in Tulsa with Mass followed by a Eucharistic Procession through the heart of Tulsa to Holy Family Cathedral.

You are welcome to park at Holy Family. Shuttles will be begin running at 4:30pm from Holy Family to Christ the King.

Mass at Christ the King will start at 6:00pm, with the Procession beginning at 7:00pm and arriving at Holy Family by 8:30pm.

Our parish Corpus Christi Procession will be after the 9:00am Mass on Sunday, June 7. Weather permitting, our Eucharistic Procession take us around the church building and conclude with Benediction on the steps of the St. Scholastica Chapel.

Consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

To mark the 250^th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Catholic bishops of the United States are dedicating our nation to the protection of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our parish is providing the following opportunities to prepare and participate in the dedication.

June 1^st to July 4^th – 250 Hours of Adoration: You are invited to make a commitment to pray in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in the St. Scholastica Chapel. The chapel is open Monday through Friday from 6:00am to Midnight and Saturday from 8:00am to 1:00pm. You are welcome to scan the QR code in the parish bulletin or sign up in the church commons to commit to an hour.

June 3^rd to June 11^th – Sacred Heart Novena: You are invited to join others in praying the Sacred Heart Novena in preparation for the consecration. You are welcome to scan the QR code in the parish bulletin for the Novena Prayer.

June 10^th – Parish Rosary: You are invited to join others to pray the Rosary at 6:00pm in the church commons.

June 11^th – Mass for the Consecration to the Sacred Heart: You are invited to a special offering of the Mass in the parish church at 6:00pm. Guests are welcome.

Our Parish

Long time parishioner, Amy Walsh, died on Sunday, May 24. Our condolences to her husband Bill, their children Adam and Allison, the extended family and to her many friends. There is a viewing on Sunday, May 31 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, with a Rosary being offered there at 7:00pm. Amy’s Funeral Mass will be on Monday, June 1at 10:00am in the parish church.

Due to the annual Priest Convocation next week nearly all the priests in the Tulsa metro will be out of town. There will be Communion Services in place of daily Mass on Tuesday, June 2, Wednesday, June 3 and Thursday, June 4. There will be no confessions on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

Adoratio – His Presence Campaign

Later this year our parish will be holding a spiritual campaign to deepen the culture of Eucharistic Adoration. The initiative is part of the on-going Eucharistic Revival. Teaming with the Adoratio (Latin: Adoration) Foundation in the Diocese of Salina, Kansas, this effort will include outreach by parish volunteers to invite to spend time with our Lord present in the Blessed Sacrament. More details will be coming.

Banns of Marriage

Donnovan Houtmann-Harper and Sarah Bryson will enter the Sacrament of Marriage on Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Holy Family Cathedral.

Gary O’Mealey and Kesley Deal will enter the Sacrament of Marriage on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Church of Saint Benedict.

Please keep these couples in your prayers.

Banns of Ordination

Deacon Stephen Matthew McClain is to be ordained to the priesthood on Friday, June 26, 2026, at Holy Family Cathedral. As a seminarian he was assigned to our parish during the summer of 2019. Please keep him in your prayers.

God bless and keep you safe.

Fr. Bryan