Church of the Holy Spirit - Highland, Michigan

Prayer and Devotion

ADORATION (EXPOSITION) OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT is offered in our Perpetual Adoration Chapel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When visiting the Chapel, there is an awareness of the real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. It is an awareness of the gift of His total presence among us, an affirmation of His personal love for us, an acknowledgement of our total dependency upon Him who is the "vine" and we are the "branches", and finally, it is an attitude of centering our whole life in Him and His Holy Will. During this adoration time, the host is exposed within a cross called a monstrance. Someone MUST be in attendance at all times when the monstrance is in Exposition.

We invite you to visit Jesus anytime in the day or night. The Gospel of Mark 6:31 says, "Come by yourself to an out-of-the-way place and rest a while!"

FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTIONS are held on the first Friday of every month, beginning with the 9:00 AM Mass. During the Mass, prayers of thanksgiving and petitions gathered from written testimonies of adores from the Chapel are offered at the Offertory. At the conclusion of the Mass, prayers for the intercession of Our Lady of Perpetual Help are prayed communally.

The First Friday devotions are set aside in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and in reparation for sin. Among the promises said to have been made to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was that the reception of Holy Communion on nine consecutive First Fridays would gain the grace of final repentance.

Confessions are heard after the 9:00 AM Mass.

FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS are held on the first Saturday of every month. Mass is offered at 9:00 AM, followed by the meditative praying of the Rosary. Confessions are heard after Mass.

There are ROSARY OPPORTUNITIES for you to pray with us! The rosary is prayed immediately following daily Mass, as well as preceding every Weekend Mass. All 15-decades are prayed every Thursday evening in the new Perpetual Adoration Chapel at 6:00 PM. If you would like to learn how to pray the rosary, please call Jan Tighe at 887-0027. Another opportunity is every Monday morning from 8-9AM in the new Chapel.

For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world!

The DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET is prayed often at Church of the Holy Spirit. This Chaplet is prayed before every morning Mass during the week, and at 3:00 PM each day in the new Perpetual Adoration Chapel. Come, join us!

The Chaplet was taught to St. Faustina by Jesus. Our parish is faithful to this devotion and invite you to pray with us. If you would like to learn the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, please call Jan Tighe at 887-0027.

There is a PILGRIM STATUE of our Lady of Fatima that can be brought to your home for a week of family prayer and consecration. If you would like more information about this devotion call and let us know who you are. This devotion is sponsored by the Men of the Sacred Heart to bring family and friends together in praying the rosary.

Two PRAYER CENACLES are available every Thursday from 6-7:00 PM in the new Adoration Chapel. During this time, a 15-decade rosary is prayed. Let us know if you need us to contact you with more information.

On Monday mornings, the Blue Army Prayer Cell meet at 8:00 AM in the new Perpetual Adoration Chapel to pray special prayers and the rosary. They pray for priests, the souls in Purgatory, as well as a consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Holy Spirit.