Servants of the Holy Family
How to Request a Mass
Letters of inquiry, requests for prayers, and Mass intentions may be sent by post to our religious community at this address:
Servants of the Holy Family
8528 Kenosha Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80908-5004
8528 Kenosha Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80908-5004
Please Include
- Your name
- Mass intention
- Your email address and phone number (in case we need more information about your request)
- If your Mass intention is for a person, indicate whether the person is living or deceased
- Check or money order for Mass stipend (customary minimum: $25)
Further Information
- Limit of 5 Masses per order.
- For various reasons we are unable to promise dates for fulfilling Mass Requests.
- Mass intentions are received with the understanding that the Masses will be offered when convenient.
- The customary minimum stipend is $25. The stipend is not a payment for the Mass — it represents the donor’s gratitude for the priest’s dedication of the ministerial fruits of the Mass for the donor’s intention.
- Because we no longer process Mass stipends by credit card, there is no need to include an extra payment processing fee in your check or money order.
- Having Masses offered for family and friends makes thoughtful gifts.
Value of the Holy Mass
God is more honored by a single Mass than He could be by all actions of angels and men together however fervent and heroic they may be. How seldom do we thank Jesus Christ that, in doing away with all other sacrifices, he has left us a sacrifice that cannot fail. It may be that in praying, fasting, and giving alms I offend God by my bad intention or by the way I act, more than I glorify Him. Perhaps my acts of penance merit punishment rather than cancel it, and my alms render me still a greater debtor to God; but when I hear Mass, when I offer the holy sacrifice as a priest or as a member of the Church, I can with full courage and confidence defy heaven to do anything that pleases God more. Then I can ask for pardon and be sure of obtaining it no matter how great or numberless my sins. Whatsoever I hope for and desire I can pray for confidently. I can ask for great graces for myself and others. My only fear is that I shall ask too little.