The Feast of Our Lady of Knock is just around the corner.  Oigedchaire will be coordinating a Mass, Novena and Rosary on Saturday August 20th at St. John the Apostle and Evangelist in downtown St. Louis.  The Rosary will begin at 8:30 am followed by Mass at 9:00 am.  The Novena will be prayed immediately following Mass.  I will post the Novena near the start of it.

The Novena to Our Lady of Knock is a beautiful way to venerate the Blessed Mother as Queen of Heaven.  What makes the novena unique is how it starts on the vigil of the Assumption of Mary August 14th and finishes the day after the Feast of Our Lady of Knock on August 22nd the Feast of the Queenship of Mary.

Here is the link you need to join us on August 20th:

Directions to St. John the Apostle

It is very fitting that each year we gather at St. John the Evangelist and Apostle in St. Louis to pray the rosary and the novena to Our Lady of Knock.  The apparition was unique in that on her right hand was St. John the Evangelist dressed like a bishop with a small mitre and a missal or book of the Gospels in his left hand.  He appeared to be preaching.   St. John’s left hand was pointed to the altar in the center of the gable under the window.  On the altar was a lamb about eight weeks old in size and a cross behind the lamb.  St. Joseph was seen on the Holy Mother’s right hand dressed in white.  This scene recalls to us the Holy Family.  Remember the scene of the crucifixion:

When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!”  Then he said to the disciple “Behold, your mother!”  And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. 1