We continue the traditional Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena. Recently, as I was the only priest serving here by myself, I have been tempted to discontinue the evening Mass because of the small number of people who have been coming. It is always too late to bemoan decisions that have been made after it is too late. It is my hope that people concerned about having the evening Novena Mass will do what is obvious so that it will continue. As some may know, we have an icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help near the tabernacle.
Icons are prayers.
The original Our Lady of Perpetual Help icon is known to bring miracles. The pictures date back at least to the 15 th century. There are Greek letters on either side of Our Lady s crown. There is only one star on Our Lady of Perpetual Help signifying that she is the star who brought the light of Christ to the world. The Archangel Michael is on the left side holding the lance and the gall-sop of the passion of Christ and the Archangel Gabriel is on the right hand side holding the cross and the small nails.