Current Announcements

On Friday, January 5th, the vigil of the Epiphany, we will have the traditional blessing of the Epiphany water. Mass will be at 4:00 pm at St. Agnes and there will be no 5:15pm Mass. The blessing of the Epiphany water will take place immediately at 5pm. 

If you would like to have water blessed, please bring it in large containers (as opposed to many small containers) to the back of the chapel by the tables which are near the entrance.

Gold, incense, myrrh, and chalk will be blessed before Mass on January 6th. 

Kits with Epiphany water, blessed incense, and blessed chalk will be available to use for the blessing of your home on January 6th; a donation of $5 is asked. The prayer of blessing to print here; just make sure to change the year to '2024.'    

Due to the fact that there is only one priest currently at Corpus Christi, it will not be possible to have Fr. van Zee impart blessings. The head of the house is encouraged to ask the blessing upon the house. 

Friday, January 5th, is the First Friday. We will have Mass at 4pm at St. Agnes and the Epiphany Water blessing at 5pm at St. Agnes. Due to the duration of the blessing and time constraints, there will be no 5:15pm Mass this day.

Saturday, January 6th, sung Mass at 6:45am for the Epiphany. Epiphany kits will be available for purchase for $5 after Mass this day.

2024 Giving Envelope Request In an effort not to waste funds, we will be ordering giving envelopes only for those who request them. If you wish to be provided with weekly giving envelopes please complete this form. https://forms.gle/YffMKsmEQYndCGX89.The form will be available until December 30th after that day it will be closed.

The easiest way to give regularly is online at our secure site. There one can set up reoccurring or one-time donations.

An extremely grave initiative is underway in Florida that seeks to erase pro-life protections by inserting language into the Florida Constitution banning regulation of abortion. Abortion activists are working to gather petition signatures to place a pro-abortion constitutional amendment, titled Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion, on the November 2024 ballot. This amendment would allow abortion up until birth, including when the baby is capable of feeling pain, and would eliminate laws requiring parental consent and safety protocols for women. Floridians should not sign the petition. Please go to www.dioceseofvenice.org/respectlife for more information.

If you are interested in attending one of the following events, please contact Karen Foss, Respect Life Representative for Corpus Christi Chapel at [email protected]:

• March for Life in DC on January 19
• Catholic Days at the Capitol, 3-day bus trip to Tallahassee on February 6-8.

RCIA class will take place on Saturday December 23rd at 9am via Zoom. If you are a parishioner and would like to participate but don't yet have the link, please email Luisa at: [email protected]. If you have previously received the link, you can continue to use the same link for all classes.

December 24^th Christmas Eve

7:15am St. Agnes

8:45am St. Agnes

12:30pm Resurrection

4:30pm St Agnes

No 4:30pm Mass at St. William’s due to scheduling conflict

December 25^th

12am Midnight Mass at St. Williams

8:45am St. Agnes

12:30pm Resurrection

No 4:30pm Mass at St. William’s

January 1st  

7:15am St. Agnes

8:45am St. Agnes

No 12:30pm Mass at St. Resurrection 

No 4:30pm Mass at St. William’s

This is not a Holy Day of Obligation but attendance at Mass is nonetheless highly encouraged.

On Wednesday, December 27th the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, there will be a special blessing of wine and spirits after the 5:15pm Mass at St. Agnes. Please bring your bottles with you to Mass and keep them with you in your pew. We will bless them and then pass through to sprinkle them with holy water. 

Wine is blessed on this day because according to tradition, St. John was served poisoned wine but survived because he blessed the wine before he put it to his lips; the poison rose from the chalice in the shape of a serpent. In his happy memory, Catholics bring wine to church, which the priest blesses, turning it into a sacramental called the “Love of St. John.” Catholics use this sacramental wine for special occasions throughout the year and to give to the sick.

The wine is also a symbol of the great love of Christ that filled St. John’s heart with loyalty, courage and enthusiasm for his Master. He alone of all the apostles was not afraid to stay close to Jesus during the Passion and Crucifixion and he was the only Apostle not martyred. At least some of the wine blessed on the feast should be enjoyed on the day of the feast itself. When it is drunk on his Feast Day, we drink it before dinner as a toast to St. John. The Father of the house lifts his glass toward Mother and says, “I drink you the love of St. John.” The Mother replies “I thank you for the Love of St. John” and then turns to the oldest child, lifts his glass, and says, “I drink you the love of St. John…” –and on it goes down the line until each has been toasted. The wine may be drunk as is, out of the bottle, or may be prepared as in this recipe:

St. John’s Love (serves 8)1 quart red wine

3 whole cloves

1/16 teaspoon ground cardamom

2 two-inch cinnamon sticks

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 cup sugar

Pour the wine into a large saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients. Boil for 5 minutes (this pretty much evaporates all of the alcohol). Serve hot.

Here’s an English translation of the ritual for blessing the wine, translated from the 1962 Rituale Romanum:

BLESSING OF WINE on the Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

At the end of the principal Mass on the feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, after the last Gospel, the priest, retaining all vestments except the maniple, blesses wine brought by the people. This is done in memory and in honor of St. John, who drank without any ill effects the poisoned wine offered to him by his enemies.

P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

P: The Lord be with you.

All: May He also be with you.

Let us pray.

If it please you, Lord God, bless and consecrate this vessel of wine (or any other beverage) by the power of your right hand; and grant that, through the merits of St. John, apostle and evangelist, all your faithful who drink of it may find it a help and a protection. As the blessed John drank the poisoned potion without any ill effects, so may all who today drink the blessed wine in his honor be delivered from poisoning and similar harmful things. And as they offer themselves body and soul to you, may they obtain pardon of all their sins; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Lord, bless this creature drink, so that it may be a health- giving medicine to all who use it; and grant by your grace that all who taste of it may enjoy bodily and spiritual health in calling on your holy name; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

May the blessing of almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, come on this wine (or any other beverage) and remain always.

All: Amen.

It is sprinkled with holy water. If the blessing is given privately outside of Mass, the priest is vested in surplice and stole and performs the ceremony as given above.

An extremely grave initiative is underway in Florida that seeks to erase pro-life protections by inserting language into the Florida Constitution banning regulation of abortion. Abortion activists are working to gather petition signatures to place a pro-abortion constitutional amendment, titled Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion, on the November 2024 ballot. This amendment would allow abortion up until birth, including when the baby is capable of feeling pain, and would eliminate laws requiring parental consent and safety protocols for women. Floridians should not sign the petition. Please go to www.dioceseofvenice.org/respectlife for more information.

Saturday, December 16th, Maiden's and Choir only at Royal Palm. These groups will not meet at the new Church location as previously announced. Also, there will be no Acolyte training or Man-skills class.

Saturday, December 16th, La Posada at Adelita and Vidal's house. "La posada" is a very traditional celebration in honor of the pilgrimage of Saint Joseph and our Lady to Bethlehem. We will pray the holy rosary and the litany, we will sing songs and afterward we will eat, we will also have a piñata. It will take place in Adelita and Vidal's House (45 25th Ave NE Naples FL, 34120) on December 16th from 6-8 pm. 

La posada es una celebración en honor del peregrinaje de San José y la Santísima Virgen María a Belén. Rezaremos el santo rosario, las letanías, cantaremos, y después comeremos, también tendremos piñata. Únase a esta celebración anual que se llevará a cabo en la casa de Adelita y Vidal (45 25th Ave NE Naples FL, 34120) el 16 de diciembre de 6-8pm. 

Tuesday, December 19th, all are invited to sing Christmas Carols for the patients at Memory Care of Naples from 10am to 11am. 

Thursday, December 21st, sung Mass in honor of St. Thomas the Apostle. 

Saturday, December 23rd, RCIA class via Zoom at 9am with Fr. van Zee.