Matthew 13 Catholic Collaborative Palm Sunday March 25, 2018

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3 The entire life of Christ from the Annunciation to the Resurrection redeems us. Christ's death and resurrection are the climaxes of God's redemptive work in Christ. "Christ's whole life is a mystery of redemption. Redemption comes to us above all through the blood of his cross, but this mystery is at work throughout Christ's entire life: in his Incarnation through which by becoming poor he enriches us with his poverty; in his hidden life which by his submission atones for our disobedience; - in his word which purifies its hearers; in his healings and exorcisms by which "he took our infirmities and bore our diseases;" and in his Resurrection by which he justifies us" (Catechism of the Catholic Church517). The Paschal Mystery refers to the passion, crucifixion, death, burial, descent into hell, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus (Catechism of the Catholic Church 512). Our Baptism grafts us into the Paschal Mystery: "The Christian must enter into this mystery of humble selfabasement and repentance, go down into the water with Jesus in order to rise with him, be reborn of water and the Spirit so as to become the Father's beloved son in the Son and 'walk in newness of life': Let us be buried with Christ by Baptism to rise with him; let us go down with him to be raised with him; and let us rise with him to be glorified with him" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 537). The Octave of Easter is the first eight days of the Easter season, from Easter Sunday to the First Sunday of Easter. In the early Church, it was celebrated by daily mass attendance and abstinence from work, so that the faithful could hear the sermons of the local bishop. The 40th day after Easter is called the Ascension, the celebration of Christ's return to the Father. The 50th day after Easter is called Pentecost, which celebrates when the same Holy Spirit who descended upon Christ at this baptism, descends upon the apostles. The Easter Duty is the responsibility of the faithful to receive the Eucharist at least once a year, during the Easter season, with the Sacrament of Reconciliation. 3

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9 Easter Sunday! Blessed Sacrament Church Sanctuary Lamp lit for: Lillian Rickard 9

10 STAFF Rev. George Chip Hines Pastor Rev. Joseph O Keefe, SJ Parochial Vicar frjoe@matt13catholic.org Rev. Jean Pierre Aubin Temp. Parochial Vicar frjeanpierre@matt13catholic.org Rev. Joseph McDermott Retired Priest in Residence frmcdermott@blessedsacrament.org Rev. Garrett Barry Weekend Associate James Spillman School Principal jspillman@blessedsacrament.org Martin Murphy Dir. of Finance mmurphy@matt13catholic.org & Operations Lee Smolinsky Business Manager lsmolinsky@matt13catholic.org Karen Brady Dir. of Faith Formation kbrady@matt13catholic.org Debbie Lafleur Faith Formation Coordinator dlafleur@stmarywalpole.com Annette Gagnier Faith Formation Coordinator agagnier@matt13catholic.org Kerianne Brady Assistant Dir. of Faith Formation keribrady@matt13catholic.org Deacon Alan Doty Deacon deaconalan@matt13catholic.org BLESSED SACRAMENT STAFF Deacon Reynold Spadoni Deacon reyspadoni@gmail.com Oksana Berezkina Dir. of Liturgy & Music musicmin@blessedsacrament.org Susan Glancy Dir. of Youth Music Mike Lamperti Facilities Manager mlamperti@blessedsacrament.org Janet Neubecker Office Manager jneubecker@blessedsacrament.org ST. MARY STAFF Kerry Pitman Office Manager kpitman@stmarywalpole.com Pat Chitvanni Office Administrator pchitvanni@stmarywalpole.com Tom Whearty Facilities Manager twhearty@stmarywalpole.com Kevin DiLorenzo Dir. of Liturgical Music kdilorenzo@stmarywalpole.com 10 How to find the readings to follow along at Mass at Blessed Sacrament All of the Lectionary Readings and Psalms for Sunday Mass can be found in the green pew books at Blessed Sacrament. We are now in Lent. The readings for Lent begin on page 884 and we are in Year B. Look for the readings marked for the Sunday of the Year (noted on the top of every bulletin page) and Year B.

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