God s Word for this Week

Transcription

1 (A parish community in the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie) the Most Reverend Marcel Damphousse Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie James Hutton, C.S.S. Pastor, Parish Priest Home Phone: Denis O Donnell, Deacon stpatricks@unitz.ca Larry Lazowick, Acolyte Ray Levac, Acolyte Myrna Levac, Diocesan Order of Service Brenda Cavallin, Pastoral Associate (Youth Ministry, Music) stpatricksym@gmail.com Loretta DiGioseffo, Pastoral Associate (Children s Sacraments, School Liaison) stpatricks@unitz.ca Michelle Bedard Parish Secretary/Office Manager Vilija Tassone & Ruth-Anne Ingram Office Assistants Dennis Ongaro Custodian Yvonne Luoma Sacristan, Hall Kitchen Monitor Christina Bégin, Matt Kallio Principal Musician Zenaida Odense Parish Nurse Liz - Prayer Chain Other Parish Groups & Co-ordinators See Website SUNDAY EUCHARIST Saturday Sunday 4:30 pm 10:00 am WEEKDAY EUCHARIST As announced in weekly bulletin see Website SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confessions) Saturday 3:30 to 4:00 pm Weekdays (upon request, before Mass & by appointment) OTHER SACRAMENTS Contact Parish office or website March 20, 2016 Palm/Passion Sunday God s Word for this Week Reading I: Isaiah 50:4-7 Reading II: Philippians 2:6-11 Gospel: Luke 22:14-23:56 Scripture Focus Loving in the thisness. What meaning does this reading of the Passion have for you in your life? Where have you met the suffering Jesus? Have you met the suffering Jesus in an illness or in the illness of a family member? Have you seen the suffering Jesus in a homeless person? Have you felt the suffering Jesus in the neglect of an elderly man or woman? Have you experienced the suffering Jesus in the disrespectful treatment of someone who is of a different race? Have you heard the suffering of Jesus in the slurs cast upon those of a different sexual orientation? Jesus suffering is present in the here and now. Jesus suffering is the suffering of God because in Jesus God takes on our humanity. Taking on humanity, God raises us to a new dignity in Jesus, with Jesus and through Jesus. God doesn t demand anything of us in return. God doesn t demand worship or love. Through Jesus, God simply says, Follow me. So how do we love God? We love God in our thisness, as Duns Scotus, a 13 th century Franciscan, taught. We love God in the here and now. If we love one another in our thisness, God remains in us, and God s love is brought to perfection in us. (1John 4:12) Jeremiah, Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Micah, Zachariah, and Jesus all say the same thing. What I want you to do is love suffering people where you find them. I believe our inability to recognize and love God in what is right in front of us has made us separate religion from our actual lives. (Richard Rohr, OFM. Love God in what is right in front of you.) When we bring together religion and life, we love as God loves. When we love people in our thisness, for themselves and in themselves, not for what they can do for us, we love as God loves. When we love as God loves, God lives in us and we in God. Life Focus Are you willing to travel the same path of Jesus, to love in the thisness? -submitted OFFICE by HOURS: Tuesday to Friday; 9 am 12 pm & 1 pm 4 pm Tony Chezzi 39 Walford Road Sudbury ON P3E 2H2 Tel: Fax: stpatricks@unitz.ca OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday to Friday; 9 am 12 pm & 1 pm 4 pm For more information visit our website: 39 Walford Road Sudbury ON P3E 2H2 Tel: Fax: stpatricks@unitz.ca For more information visit our website:

2 Palm/Passion Sunday YOU ARE INVITED! EQUIP YOURSELF!!! The New Evangelization Summit Live from Ottawa webcast streaming to Sudbury April at St. Alexander Church, 100 Gaudette St., Chelmsford. Cost $30. For details of time etc and to register online: newevangelization.ca OR phone OR Sunday Collection Report: Received March 13 th, 2016: $3, from 206 envelopes $ from loose change Total: $3, Growing together in awareness... Special Guest Speaker: Imam Abdul-Hak Dabliz Islamic Association, Sudbury Mosque, on Tuesday, April 19 at 7 PM, At Holy Redeemer Parish, 1887 Bancroft Dr. Sudbury. We ask you to come out and learn about the Islamic Faith. It will offer a chance to chat with the leader of the Sudbury Mosque Imam Abdul-Hak who is very open and would welcome any questions you may have about Islam. Did You Notice? Each week the front of the parish bulletin features a reflection on the Sunday readings. For several weeks during Lent our own parishioner Tony Chezzi has been producing these thought provoking words. Let him know if they affect you. Thank you Tony! CWL News: CWL Meetings: Our executives have a meeting in the lower hall at 7pm on April 6 th. The general meeting will be on the 13th at 7pm lower hall. CWL Annual Indoor Yard Sale Sat. May 7th a.m. -- 1p.m. Reminding parishioners it s that time again for spring cleaning! Save any suitable items and they can be dropped off in the back breezeway after Easter week. Remember "One woman s junk is another woman s treasure.".no Clothes please but hats, handbags and jewellery welcome. Convention Time is just around the corner ladies. When: May 13 to 15, Where: Sault Ste Marie those interested are to contact Linda Bot there is an option to take a bus details to follow, registration and hotel expenses are covered first come first serve. Birth Right: There is no greater gift then that of baby. We are will be collecting baby items for our annual Birth Right Shower can be dropped off in the breezeway before May 11. You won t want to miss it! Join the a cappella choir Octatonic Decadence in concert March 22 at 7:30 pm at St. Patrick s Church. Featuring musical settings of the ancient Office of Tenebrae, the service of shadows, with music by Thomas Tallis, Robert White, Arvo Part and Gregorio Allegri, among others. The polyphonic settings will be interspersed with Gregorian and Ambrosian chants, all forming a sacred meditation on loneliness and rejection. Admission is free, though there is a suggested donations of $10-25, which will be donated to Sudbury Project Hope. For more information, octatonicdecadence@gmail.com or call MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Thurs. May 12 at 7 pm, parish community observance of the 50 th anniversary of my ordination. Quilting with Lorrie: If you would like to expand your knowledge of quilting or even if you are a beginner, you are invited to a meeting on Wednesday, March 20th at 7 p.m.. This meeting will determine interest and you will find out what is planned and what you will need. The quilts being taught will appeal to both the novice and more advanced quilter. The 6 week session of lessons will be held on Wednesday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. starting on April 6th. Please call Lorrie Gates at or her at sewglad@hotmail.com for more information.

3 March 20, 2016 Aromas That Kill!! A number of parishioners ask if fellow parishioners could please refrain from strong perfume and after shave colognes. Some are allergic to strong odors which could cause breathing problems. This is a phenomenon increasingly present in our society. So, please consider those who are afflicted, especially with the greater numbers of people who will be attending our liturgies during Holy Week. The C.W.L. Sisterhood Project is a regional project to support our sisters in the League and their families from our of town who come to Sudbury for planned or unexpected medical treatment at the Regional hospital. This is often an overwhelming experience for out of town people. We are being asked to be available for 1 month three times a year to provide emotional and spiritual help to our sisters and their families when requested. We require volunteers for this project who would be willing to be part of a prayer chain for their intentions or available to provide support if needed. If you are willing to help out please contact Diane Pagan at or the parish office. Daily Prayer for Priests: Sun. March. 20: Our Parish Priest Mon. March. 21: Fr. Krystztof Niewinski Tues. March 22: Fr. Allan McMillan Wed. March 23: Fr. Rene Perron Thurs. March 24: Fr. Constantin Kazadi Mbuyi Fri. March 25: Fr. Teofild Ugaban Sat. March 26: Fr. Basil Agre The Knights of Columbus Council 1387 invite everyone to Father James Sharpe's 90 th Birthday on Sunday March 20th after the 9:30am Mass at Christ the King. This will be a Pancake Breakfast. $7.00 per person and free for children under 6. Breakfast/ brunch by the Knights of Columbus Council to be served at Ste Anne des Pins parish hall, (downtown), March 20 th, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. We will be serving eggs, pancakes, home fries, beans, ham, toasts, sausages, fruit cocktail, tea, coffee and juice. Price: adult $7, children $3 and families $17. Welcome to all. Please use the Beech Street parking lot 22 nd Annual Fish Fry by the Knights of Columbus Council 11255, at Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci Church, 38 Edward St., Coniston on Sat. April 9 from 4:30 pm 6:30 pm. Menu: Fish, meatballs, baked beans, mashed potatoes, fries, buns, tea, coffee, juice and dessert. Cost: $15/adults, children 8 years and under/free. Tickets available in advance: Edmond: , Raymond: or the church: Elgin Street Mission Spring Fundraiser Dinner, on Wed. April 27 th at Glad Tidings Church. For tickets and more information contact Elgin Street Mission at or administrator@themission.ca March 21 st - 27 th ( indicates intention [ ] indicates DONOR ) Tues. 10 am Wed. 10 am Flora Frattini [Amelia & Killian de Blacam] Antonio Deotto [Marisa & Giovanni Masotti] Thurs. 7 pm (Holy Thursday) Bill Doherty [Sean & Brenda Cavallin] Sat. 7 pm (First Mass of Easter) Bill & Denise Lock [Michelle Bedard & family] Linda Cavallin [Sean & Brenda Cavallin] Carole Gauthier [Mike & Claudette Madigan & families] Rosina & Nicola Mastroianni [Concetta Rocca] Kenneth & Joan Burns & Alfonso Longo [Sean & Brenda Cavallin] Sun. 8 am Claire Saarinen [Gayle McLelland] Irene Clizia [Giancarlo Clizia] Mrs. Roy [Geli Beauchamp] deceased friends [Geli Beauchamp] Sun.10 am Marcella & Antonio Yellina [Lorenzo & Dario Yellina] Natalina & Antonio Raso [Ambrosina Rocca] Philipo, Pasqualino & Giuseppe Rocca [Ambrosina Rocca] Rosario Folino [Ambrosina Rocca] Extra Parking!!! For Easter extra parking at MacLeod Public School. Only a 2 minute walk to the Church.

4 There s a lot of talk in church now about the Three Days, or in Latin, the Triduum.. These are our most holy days. They make up our most important single celebration of the year: Easter. But exactly which three days make up the Paschal Triduum? At first this sounds like a stupid question, like, What color was Napoleon s white horse? or Who s buried in Grant s tomb? Actually, it s a trick question. Most would say that the Three Days are Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. And that s wrong! (How could Easter Sunday not be one of the Three Days?!?) The three days of our sacred Paschal Triduum are counted using the Jewish way of keeping time: from sunset to sunset. So the first day of the Triduum is from sunset on Holy Thursday until sunset on Good Friday. The second day is from sunset on Good Friday until sunset on Holy Saturday. The third day is from sunset Holy Saturday (the great Easter Vigil) to sunset Easter Sunday (Paschal Vespers). Does this make any difference? Or is it only good Catholic trivia? Here s the difference that it makes. We tend to think of the Three Days as commemorating separate, distinct events: On Holy Thursday we remember the Last Supper, on Good Friday we recall the passion, and on Holy Saturday we celebrate the resurrection. But in our liturgy, the church thinks about the Last Supper not as the last thing that happened on Holy Thursday but as the first thing to happen on Good Friday. What new insights into the eucharist do you have when you think of it as the first acts of Christ s passion? What new understanding of Sabbath the day of rest do you have when you reflect on the fact that Jesus slept in death from sunset Friday and all through the Jewish Sabbath, Saturday? And how might we spend our Saturday nights if we understood them to truly be the beginning of Sunday not just during the Triduum, but year round? What does it mean when the deacon or cantor sings at the Vigil that because of the resurrection, this night is brighter than any day? These Three Days are in a single moment. We walk (or crawl) into this moment on Thursday night and walk (or dance) out on Easter day. In between, there s a flood of stories and songs, rites and rest, fasting and feasting. The Three Days are time out of time, the center of our year and of our life. [Copyright 1998 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications]

5 What will each Liturgy look like during the Three Days? DAY ONE This Mass is one of quiet joy and thanksgiving for Jesus gift of the Eucharist and the Priesthood. The liturgy includes: The presentation of three holy oils recently blessed by the Bishop and Priests of the Diocese Readings recalling the Jewish Passover and the Last Supper The washing of feet ritual in remembrance of Jesus command to care for and serve each other A collection of food for the Inner City Home A solemn procession at the end of Mass in which the consecrated bread is reserved overnight (in a special chapel in the upper hall) for distribution of Communion at the 3 pm Good Friday liturgy. People are needed for half hour of adoration and prayer in the chapel 8:30 pm to 12 midnight. The church will be closed at 12 am. The stripping of the sanctuary concludes this liturgy. About the Washing of the Feet Jesus washed his disciples feet at the Last Supper and commanded them to do the same an expression of humble service in His community. Foot washing calls for kneeling down in front of each other as Jesus has done for us. Anyone (young, old, male, female) is welcomed to take part in this expression of service. There will be four areas where this will take place. One person s foot (or both if you wish) will be washed. Then, that person (after putting their stockings and shoes back on) will wash the next person s foot (feet). This day draws forth from everyone reverent silence and deep reflection upon his death for us and with us. Today is a day of fast and abstinence to better enter into the spirit of this day. This is a day of triumph over death a Good day truly!

6 The main focus of the community this day can be experienced in one or all of the following liturgies services (each one is different) 11 am - Morning Prayer about 40 minutes of hymns, prayers, reflection on the Psalms, Scripture, brief homily, intercessions This liturgy ends around the time that custom has considered to be the time Jesus was nailed to the cross (Communion will not be given). 3 pm - Solemn Celebration of the Lord s Passion (Suffering and Death) This liturgy begins at the time custom says Jesus died. It will last about 1 ½ hours. The liturgy consists of: Three Bible readings including St. John s account of Jesus suffering and death (with various readers), Solemn General Intercessions, Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion. By ancient custom the Church does not celebrate the Sacraments on this day. The Eucharist is not celebrated. Communion will be given from bread consecrated at the Holy Thursday liturgy. 7 pm - The Way of the Cross (about ½ hour) Children are welcome to come to any of the above services. There will be no service specifically directed to children. DAY TWO This is a day of quiet preparation for the joy of celebrating in a solemn way what we celebrate every Sunday Jesus is risen!!! Our fasting continues. 9:30 am - Morning Prayer A ½ hour of praying the Psalms, hearing the Word, interceding for the world a quiet expression of waiting at the tomb. Those preparing for The Easter Vigil Sacraments of Baptism Confirmation Eucharist will be present and go to a place for some quiet time of preparation.

7 DAY THREE begins at sunset on March 26 7 pm - The Vigil of Easter (4:30 pm Mass cancelled) The First Mass of Easter begins in darkness after sunset. A ritual of fire (outside, weather permitting) with the lighting of the new 2016 Easter Candle and everyone sharing in the new light. He is risen he takes away the darkness! There follows a procession into the Church for a solemn sung Easter Proclamation ( Exultet ) Three Old Testament Scripture readings invite us to rejoice in the gift of creation, the gift of freedom and the gift of new life This leads into the Song of Angels (Gloria) and two Christian Scripture readings The next part of the liturgy focuses on the Baptism Confirmation Eucharist of 6 children and Confirmation of three adults (already baptized). Also, the Assembly makes a solemn renewal of their baptism. The Vigil liturgy then concludes with the Eucharistic Prayer and distribution of Communion. A reception for all follows in the Church hall. Easter Sunday: March 27 An extra Mass has been added this year to accommodate the large numbers: 8 am & 10 am. FOREVER CHANGED Attending a baptism, Edward Hahnenberg wondered if it wouldn t be a lot less complicated to skip the dunking. Surely there must be an easier way. And then it dawned on me: Baptism is not the easy way! It symbolizes a radical, life-transforming commitment to Christ. Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? Luke 24:5 The National Catholic Mission 2016, Merciful Like the Father, with Fr. Tom Rosica CSB and will be broadcast during Holy Week on the following dates/times: Salt + Light TV: Part 1: Tuesday March 22 and Part 2: Wednesday March 23 rd at 8 PM and Midnight ET and; Vision TV: Part 1: Monday March 21 and Part 2 on Tuesday March 22 at 6 PM and 10 PM ET. To support the Mission or to get more information please call the National Catholic Broadcasting Council s toll-free number:

8 Leslie s Catering T: F: Notre-Dame Sudbury, ON P3C 5L5 classiccatering@sympatico.ca (e.g., Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Wedding gift opening) Please call for more info We offer simple but dignified arrangements to families who choose basic cremation or burial at an affordable price 417 Notre Dame Avenue, Sudbury jim@rangerssudbury.com Ask for Dave, Pete or Chuck Regent St. Suite avedaneversaynever.ca Brigitte Michel Dealer Owner A & J Home Hardware 469 Bouchard St. Sudbury, ON P3E 2K8 Ryan Nesci Store # Martindale Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 4J7 Business Hours: Monday to Friday: 11am 10pm Saturday: 4pm 10pm Sunday: 4pm-8pm Eat in or take out Groups Welcome Phone: (705) FAX: (705) by calling them first! 1652 Regent St. Sudbury ON P3E 3Z6 Sudbury 279 Regent St Armstrong St Kingsway Blvd Chelmsford 3248 Radisson Ave Stephen P. McLelland, CPA, CA, Partner