THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 17, 2016

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1 THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 17, 2016 CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 239 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota Very Rev. John L. Ubel, Rector Rev. Eugene Tiffany Deacons Phil Stewart, Russ Shupe, & Nao Kao Yang ARCHDIOCESE OF SAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda, Archbishop-Designate Most Reverend Andrew H. Cozzens, Auxiliary Bishop

2 LITURGY GUIDE FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER PHOTOGRAPHY The Cathedral welcomes all visitors to Mass today. We encourage those who wish to take photos of this sacred space to do so freely before and after Mass. Once the opening announcement is made, please refrain from taking photos and videos until Mass has concluded. Thank you. OPENING HYMN OLD HUNDREDTH 669 All People That on Earth Do Dwell INTROIT (8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.) Misericórdia Dómini Gregorian Missal, Mode IV Misericórdia Dómini plena est terra, allelúia: verbo Dei cæli firmáti sunt, allelúia, allelúia. Ps. Exsultáte iusti in Dómino: rectos decet collaudátio. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord, alleluia; by the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, alleluia, alleluia.. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praising befits those who are upright. Ps 33:5, 6, & 1 GREETING Roman Missal Celebrant: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Celebrant: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (or similar greeting) And with your spirit. PENITENTIAL ACT (omit at 10:00 a.m.) BLESSING WITH EASTER WATER (10:00 a.m.) Vidi aquam Leo Nestor GLORIA Congregational Mass, John Lee. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD 849 FIRST READING Acts 13:14, RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5 USCCB/New American Bible Saint Noël Chabanel Vss: Lectionary for Mass We are his peo ple, the sheep of his flock SECOND READING Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 GOSPEL John 10:27-30 Deacon: The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Deacon: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. At the conclusion of the Gospel: Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. HOMILY

3 PROFESSION OF FAITH Stand I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, All bow while saying: and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. UNIVERSAL PRAYER Lord, hear our prayer THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND OBLATION HYMN (when announced) ST. AGNES 728 Shepherd of Souls MOTET (10:00 a. m.) Alleluia, I heard a voice, Weelkes ORATE FRATRES Roman Missal Celebrant: Pray brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. SANCTUS Mass for the City, Richard Proulx MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Celebrant: The mystery of faith. Roman Missal AGNUS DEI Roman Missal Cantor: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, Third time: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, ECCE AGNUS DEI Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. HOLY COMMUNION Catholics who are properly disposed are invited to come forward to receive Holy Communion. Our brothers and sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms crossed over the chest to receive a blessing. COMMUNIO Ego sum pastor Gregorian Missal, Mode II Ego sum pastor bonus, allelúia: et cognósco oves meas, et cognóscunt me meæ, allelúia, allelúia. I am the good shepherd, alleluia; I know my sheep and my own know me, alleluia, alleluia. Jn 10:14 COMMUNION ANTIPHON 447 O FILII ET FILIÆ MOTET (10:00 a. m.) This joyful Eastertide, Wood CLOSING HYMN LLANFAIR 463 Christ the Lord is Risen Today

4 Page 4 CATHEDRAL HOURS CATHEDRAL CAMPUS Sunday - Friday Saturday Offices, Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY MASS Anticipatory (Saturday) 5:15 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., Noon, & 5:00 p.m. DAILY MASS Monday - Friday Saturday 7:30 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. 8:00 a.m. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday - Friday 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Tuesday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ROSARY Sundays at 11:15 a.m. in the Cana Chapel and at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Weekdays at 4:50 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin OFFICE HOURS (RECTORY AT 239 SELBY AVENUE) Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WELCOME CENTER HOURS Sunday Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GUIDED TOURS Offered Monday-Friday at 1:00 p.m. (except on holydays and national holidays.) Meet in the center aisle. MUSEUM HOURS Call the Welcome Center at for hours of operation. VIRTUAL TOURS Visit for a mobile app tour. Virtually walk through the Cathedral on our website at RADIO BROADCAST The 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass is recorded and aired on Relevant Radio 1330 AM every Sunday morning at 11:00. Listen online at SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL CAMPUS Twin Cities Hmong Catholic Community Located at 651 Virginia Street, Saint Paul Sunday Mass (Hmong and English) SUNDAY STEWARDSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR APRIL 3, :00 a.m. Sunday Envelopes $ 6, Member EFT/credit card $ 1, Visitors/Plate $ 4, Total Sunday Contributions $ 12, SVdP Campus Sunday $ ALMOST A CORNHUSKER: JOHN IRELAND AND NEBRASKA Last week s article left off with a deacon by the name of John Ireland, practically camped out on Bishop Grace s doorstep, so eager to meet his new bishop. Following eight years of seminary study in France, the deacon was understandably eager to be ordained to the priesthood. Saint Paul had swelled to 11,000 people in the eight years since the teenager had sailed across the pond, and the church too was growing. There was even need for a jail! But Bishop Grace, ever the careful intellectual, made Ireland wait several months, putting him to work as his secretary. After all, he just celebrated his 23 rd birthday (two years younger than the minimum age according to the Council of Trent), and one suspects he wanted to get to know him. Despite his youth, Grace ordained Ireland on the Sunday before Christmas in The two would be inextricably linked henceforth. Over the years, there has been ample opportunity to explain to an inquisitive Catholic or two the exact meaning of the term Coadjutor. In the history of our Archdiocese, we have seen five of them! The term derives from the Latin words for co-assist, indicating that the primary function is one of assistance to the sitting bishop. But unlike an auxiliary bishop, the coadjutor enjoys the right of succession, meaning that he automatically becomes the new bishop when the diocesan bishop retires or dies. Coadjutors first appeared in the early Middle Ages (Saint Gregory the Great mentions them), in particular when a bishop s health was such that he needed assistance. It is less common today since a bishop must now at least offer his resignation in writing to the Pope when he turns 75. But plans occasionally change (Newark, NJ comes to mind!), or in very rare cases, the coadjutor dies before he can take over! Stay tuned that happened here in the early 1970 s. As Bishop Grace grew older, he needed assistance in the vast territory under his pastoral care. Add to that, the seemingly endless concerns over the melding of Irish, French, German, Italian and Slovenian immigrants, and he had his hands full. Recall, he guided this diocese through the period of the Civil War, a most difficult time. He recruited men and women religious to open schools and established the Catholic press in the form of the Northwest Chronicle, precursor to our own Catholic Spirit of today. He lobbied his metropolitan, Archbishop Peter Kenrick, to split the territory of the Diocese of Saint Paul, writing that he found it impossible to give the amount of attention both spiritual and temporal that was demanded by his office. He suggested creating a new diocese in Saint Cloud, as well as separating out North Dakota territory into a new Vicariate. All these things would eventually happen, but not exactly when he desired. Grace also requested to be excused from attending Vatican Council I for reasons of health, which was granted. Mind you, this was to be the first Ecumenical Council since Trent in the mid 16 th century! I find this particularly curious, since he spent his seminary years studying in Rome and would have been in a position to fully participate. But five years later all that changed. According to Marvin O Connell s excellent history previously cited, what Bishop Grace did not foresee was that a 36 year-old priest of his, talented though he was, would be named to a position as Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska, including the episcopal rank. Grace was furious and clearly healthy enough, because he sailed off to Rome to object in person to the entire haphazard process by which bishops were selected in the pioneer days of the Catholic Church in America. Grace explained that he had

5 submitted his name in deference to the other bishops in the province, and as an honor for the young priest, but that he thought would never be seriously considered. But the Roman Cardinal called his bluff. Then why did he submit the name? Is he a worthy candidate being named a bishop or not? Bishop Grace blinked and said that Ireland was eminently qualified for episcopal rank. At the same time, 4,883 miles away in Saint Paul, Ireland himself wrote his own letter in Latin, asking Pope Pius IX to relieve him of the burden of going to Nebraska. However, the steamer carrying the letter wrecked off the coast of England, never reaching the Pope. It did not matter, because Bishop Grace s case was understood enough such that plans changed and Ireland was not missioned to Nebraska. Instead, he was named Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul on May 9, Ireland wasn t going anywhere! It just goes to show that plans can and indeed do change we must always leave room for the Holy Spirit! Ireland was then just 37 years old, just two years past the minimum age allowed by Church Law today. He was consecrated to the episcopacy on the same date (December 21) that he was ordained a priest. And it was the same pair of hands that was laid upon his head in the person of 61 year-old Bishop Grace. It was also the first time a bishop had been consecrated within the territorial confines of the still young diocese. Consider the implications had John Ireland gone to Nebraska? How would have the history of this great Archdiocese have unfolded? What are the odds that we would be worshipping today in this great Cathedral? (Next week: Bishop John Ireland Takes Over) Following not one, but two Synods dedicated to family life, the Holy Father released his Apostolic Exhortation entitled Amoris Laetitia. The Joy of Love is a substantial document (250 + pages!) and will take time to digest. As it also arrives at the peak of Confirmation season, (not to mention installation preparation for Archbishop Hebda s installation), I m trying to read a little each day. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, President of the USCCB, introduced Amoris Laetitia: Pope Francis is calling us to enter more deeply into the beauty of marriage and Christ's teaching. From the opening lines of Genesis to the closing chapter of Revelation, and throughout the Gospels, God speaks eloquently to us about the joys and challenges of marriage and family life. Despite my own weaknesses, I have tried for nearly 27 years to uphold the fullness of Church teaching on marriage and family, while doing so in a spirit of charity. Pope John Paul II re-established four Catholic dioceses in Russia 25 years ago this past Wednesday. Following 70 years of illegality, the hierarchy was constituted in four separate jurisdictions. The Church was extremely careful to avoid using the same names as currently being used by the Russian Orthodox (e.g. Patriarchate of Moscow), and it has been a difficult road. Despite the continued restrictions (foreign religious workers must exit the county every four months and re-apply for visa), the faith is alive. I d like to invite parishioners of all ages to join the Men s Association in their annual Spring Clean-Up, Saturday April 23 following the 8:00 a.m. Mass. If many turn out (as with our church cleanings), we can beautifully prepare the grounds for the May 13 th installation of our new Shepherd. The significant amount of mulch we ll apply requires strong souls to wield the wheelbarrows. Please consider joining us. Sincerely in Christ, Fr. John L. Ubel, Rector CATHEDRAL CALENDAR Sunday, April 17 - Fourth Sunday of Easter Coffee and Donut Sunday Coffee and Donut Sunday after the 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Masses 8:00 a.m. Calix Society Breakfast Meeting - Assembly Room 11:15 a.m. Rosary for Life - Cana Chapel 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life - Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Monday, April 18 Tuesday, April 19 Wednesday, April 20 9:30 a.m. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - Level 1 - Assembly Room 4:00 p.m. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - Levels 1&2 - Assembly Room 4:00 p.m. Ss. Cecilia and Gregory Choir - Towers 4:00 p.m. St. Thomas Choristers - Gallery 6:30 p.m. Faith & Life - Saint Agnes School 7:00 p.m. Cathedral Choir - Gallery Thursday, April 21 7:00 p.m. RCIA - Wellisch Hall Friday, April 22 1:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Cenacle - Hospitality Room 3:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet - Cana Chapel 6:00 p.m. CYA - Outdoor Sports Night - Rahn Athletic Park, Eagan Saturday, April 23 8:30 a.m. Men s Association Annual Spring Clean-up - Courtyard 9:00 a.m. BeFrienders Meeting - Downstairs Conference Room 9:30 a.m. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd - Level 1 - Assembly Room Sunday, April 24 - Fifth Sunday of Easter 11:15 a.m. Rosary for Life - Cana Chapel 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life - Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Bishop John Ireland Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul Page 5

6 Page 6 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday - Sunday, April :15 p.m. David and Sheila Long 8:00 a.m. Margaret Goetzenber 9:00 a.m. Rev. John Klockeman 10:00 a.m. Cathedral Parish~For the People 12:00 p.m. Robert Costello 5:00 p.m. Elizabeth DiMola Monday, April 18 7:30 a.m. Billy Gerard 5:15 p.m. Jim Berens Tuesday, April 19 7:30 a.m. Debra Waldera 5:15 p.m. Britteny Bratschi Wednesday, April 20 7:30 a.m.rev. Eugene Tiffany 5:15 p.m. James Cocchiarella Thursday, April 21 7:30 a.m. Cathedral Benefactors 5:15 p.m. Donald Quinn Friday, April 22 7:30 a.m. Merlin Gross 5:15 p.m. Rev. John Ubel Saturday, April 23 8:00 a.m. Deacon Russell Shupe GOSPEL READINGS Readings for the Week of April 17, 2016 Sunday: Acts 13:14, 43-52/Ps 100:1-3, 5/ Rv 7:9, 14b-17/Jn 10:27-30 Monday: Acts 11:1-18/Ps 42:2-3; 43:3-4/Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26/Ps 87:1-7/Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 12:24--13:5a/Ps 67:2-3, 5-6, 8/ Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25/Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27/ Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33/Ps 2:6-11/Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52/Ps 98:1-4/Jn 14:7-14 Next Sunday: Acts 14:21-27/Ps 145:8-13/Rv 21:1-5a/ Jn 13:31-33a, ON THE COVER CATHEDRAL NEWS CATHEDRAL LENDING LIBRARY TODAY! The Cathedral Lending Library will be available again at coffee & donuts after the 10:00 a.m. Mass today, April 17. We have a donated collection of Catholic books and media for all parishioners to use, free of charge, in order to help us all learn more about living out our Catholic faith and build fellowship with one another. For more information, please see the Cathedral website. VOLUNTEERS ONGOING CHURCH CLEANING Volunteers are essential in maintaining our historic Cathedral. You can help preserve our beautiful church with as little as 20 minutes once per month or as much as one hour per week. We have a wide range of light cleaning for nearly all abilities. Please contact Julie at or tomcrisp@comcast.net for more information. Sweepers Needed: Volunteers are needed to help sweep the main church every Wednesday evening from 5:45-7:00 p.m. Your commitment can vary from once per month to weekly. No meetings. No committees. Just plain sweeping with a small group of very nice people. Enjoy the quietness of the church or silent prayer while you help maintain our historic floor. For scheduling and security reasons, please contact Julie Crisp to join. Call or tomcrisp@comcast.net. ABRIA FUN RUN Mark your calendars. The Abria Life Is Wonderful Family Fun Run/ Walk is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Raspberry Island in St. Paul. This Mother s Day weekend, stand for the worth of every given life and the dignity of motherhood. Register today at: supporters.abria.org Hundreds have registered-don t miss out! ANNUAL SPRING CLEAN-UP, APRIL 23 Help Spread Wood Chips: All Cathedral parishioners are encouraged to help beautify our Cathedral grounds this Saturday, April 23. We will gather in the courtyard following 8:00 a.m. Mass. Young adults, families everyone all are invited to bring a wheel barrow, a lawn cart, a shovel plus your smiles and enthusiasm and help the Men s Association spread wood chips all around the Cathedral grounds. Cathedral staff will provide refreshments. INTRODUCING CATHOLICISM, APRIL 27 Are you curious about Catholicism? Thinking about becoming Catholic? Join us every other week beginning April 27 for Introducing Catholicism - an informal introduction to the breadth and depth of the Catholic faith through Bishop Robert Barron s acclaimed Catholicism series. Each time we re together, we ll view an episode featuring a different aspect of the Catholic faith and have a brief discussion afterwards, wherein questions are welcome. No registration, no previous participation is necessary...just come! We meet in the Ryan Room, 7:00-8:30 p.m. For more information, visit: LEMON PIE THANK YOU The Women s Association wishes to thank everyone who helped with the pies this past weekend. We had lots of great help, many new faces and the pies turned out delicious! We would also like to thank the many people who purchased our pies. The net proceeds will benefit the Alter Guild and its work for our parish.

7 Page 7 VOICES FROM THE ARCHIVES Missionaries of the Northwest... They were priests, among them Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits all swept up in the zeal of the missionary movement. O Connell wrote, The cutting edge of the missionary project had to be entrusted to priests... because of the unique status Catholicism bestows upon the ordained minister, who alone enjoys the capacity to confect the sacraments of grace, especially the Eucharist. Archbishop Ireland would later write, their zeal for the welfare of the Church, for the salvations of souls was a burning passion. There was something of the romantic in their grand gesture of abandoning country, family, traditions a sense of hopefulness, that rush of enthusiasm, that restless hankering for adventure. A job description circulated in France in the 1700s seemed only to challenge these missionary priests: We offer you no salary, no recompense, no holidays, no pension. But we offer you hard work, a poor dwelling, few consolations, many disappointments, frequent sickness, a violent and lonely death. An unknown grave. One of the priests who read and embraced this challenge would become the first bishop in the Northwest Father Mathias Loras. He came from a highly respected French Catholic family--his father, uncles and aunts were guillotined during the Reign of Terror. Like his seminary classmate, Jean-Marie Vianney, later Saint Jean Vianney, Loras was trained for prayer and study, the principal occupations of a minister of Jesus Christ. Ordained in 1815, he quickly rose to assume important work in the diocese. But he was drawn to the missions, and in 1828 was sent to serve in Mobile, Alabama. An effective and zealous missionary, he was soon chosen to head the new Diocese of Dubuque, which included most of present-day Iowa, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota east of the Missouri River. In 1839, the new Bishop Loras would board a steamship and travel along the superb Mississippi and the beautiful Lake Pepin to St. Peter, Minnesota. That journey would change the history of the church in Saint Paul. Excerpts from Pilgrims to the Northland, by Marvin O Connell. Note: Archbishop Ireland praised these early missionaries. They worked... in a land that was hard. They lived in huts and tents and cabins among the natives learning their way and their language to serve them as Christ s servants. They worked alone, sometimes waiting months to greet a priest companion. They were educated men--longsuffering, courageous, daring. ACSP. COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The English translation and Chants of The Roman Missal 2010 ICEL Corporation. Saint Noël Chabanel Responsorial Psalm by Corpus Christi Watershed, 2010 licensed in the Creative Commons. Congregational Mass by John Lee 1970, 2010 GIA Publications, Inc. Mass for the City by Richard Proulx 1992, 2010 GIA Publications, Inc. Reported under OneLicense No RITES BAPTISM We welcome those who have been newly baptized. Please pray for them as they continue to grow in Christ. Anna Grace Schoenfelder Michael LaFleur Purdy III Grace Marie Mantel MARRIAGE Please join us in praying for all couples preparing for the sacrament of Matrimony. Michael Terry Sauer Rachel Elizabeth Medina Patrick Peter Kempen Lara Patrice Kiley SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION BAPTISM The sacrament of Baptism is celebrated for our parishioners on Sundays after the Noon Mass. Parents must attend a preparation class. To inquire, call Marybeth Gaetano at FIRST RECONCILIATION/HOLY COMMUNION, AND CONFIRMATION Registered parishioners are encouraged to register for preparation for the sacraments. For more information regarding catechesis for children ages 3 through Confirmation, call Patrick Conley at MATRIMONY To be married at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, one or both persons of the engaged couple must be an active, registered Cathedral parishioner for six months prior to requesting a wedding date. Call Zachary Morgan at for information about wedding policies. MASS INTENTIONS Scripture and Tradition witness to the value of praying for those who have gone before us in faith. Both Catholic tradition and Church Law clearly acknowledge that it is a laudable practice for the faithful to make offerings in the form of Mass intentions. It has deliberately chosen the more precise term offering to clearly show that any offering given for the celebration of a Mass is to be freely given. Each Mass offered here at the Cathedral is assigned an intention, most often for those who have died, though intentions are not limited to the deceased. It is especially recommended to remember deceased loved ones on the anniversary day of their death or their birthday. Generally speaking, Mass intentions ought to be for a single person. Common exceptions include a Mass offering for a couple s 25 th wedding anniversary, for example. You are encouraged to call the Cathedral office at in order to arrange intentions.

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