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1 REV. WILLIAM HEARNE, PASTOR HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE LA SEMANA SANTA Due to the Chrism Mass in Charleston, there will be NO Daily Masses or Rosary on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. WEDNESDAY MIÉRCOLES Reconciliation Confesiones 5:00pm - 6:30pm HOLY THURSDAY JUEVES SANTOS 7:00pm Mass of the Lord s Supper GOOD FRIDAY VIERNES SANTO Day of Fasting and Abstinence 3:00pm Passion of the Lord 6:00pm Viacrucis BILINGUAL OUTSIDE 6:30pm Veneration of the Cross Veneración de la Cruz HOLY SATURDAY SABADO SANTO 8:00pm Easter Vigil Vigilia de Pascua EASTER SUNDAY DOMINGO DE PASCUA 8:00am Easter Mass 10:00am Easter Mass 12:30pm Easter Mass, BILINGUAL Misa de Pascua, BILINGÜE CHURCH HOURS HOLY WEEK 9am-5pm Monday-Wednesday CHURCH OFFICES CLOSED Thursday, March 29 - Monday, April 2 Offices re-open on Tuesday, April 3 For a Pastoral Emergency, please call: Pastoral Emergency Line MARCH 25, 2018 PALM SUNDAY

2 WEEKLY EVENTS MARCH 25 - APRIL 1 SUNDAY 9:00am 11:05am 11:15am 5:00pm MONDAY 10:00am TUESDAY 2:30pm 6:00pm WEDNESDAY 10:30am 5:30pm Opening the Word Choir Rehearsal Faith Formation Youth Ministry Stitchin Friends ST. FRANCIS Blessing Brigade Al-non, ST. FRANCIS Men s Group Youth Bible Study THURSDAY 6:00pm Al-non, ST. FRANCIS SATURDAY 10:00am Blessing of Easter Food THIS WEEK S TITHE OUR DAILY BREAD O u r D a i l y B r e a d i s a n interdenominational Christian ministry committed to addressing the needs of the poor and underserved with an allvolunteer staff. They provide daily, nourishing meals in a pleasant, friendly setting designed both to alleviate physical hunger, as well as provide an e n c o u r a g i n g a n d s u p p o r t i v e environment to enable hope. Our Daily Bread serves approximately 140 meals Monday thru Friday in Oconee County. To donate, volunteer or find out more information please visit their website: OurDailyBreadSC.org. PARISH CONTACT INFORMATION Mailing Address 170 Bountyland Road Seneca, SC Parish Phone Number Pastoral Emergency Line info@saintpaulseneca.org Website Bulletin Submissions Bulletin@SaintPaulSeneca.org DIOCESE OF CHARLESTON YOUTH CONFERENCE WELCOME! We are delighted that you are here to worship with us on this Palm Sunday. If you have never been to a Catholic church, welcome! If you are new to the area, welcome! If you have been away from the Catholic Church for awhile, welcome home! Our parish family is a caring, vibrant community bound by our love for Christ and for each other. Be at home among us, whether you are visiting for a short time or looking for a church family. We are thankful to have you here! LIVE THE LITURGY Today some of the most poignant themes of human life come into clear central focus: the feeling of being praised and honored, fear, anxiety, betrayal, despair, doubt, uncertainty, trust, hope, sadness, separation, suffering, death, determination, and courage. These are the emotions and realities that every human being wrestles with often. Jesus, the Son of God, encounters them all. As we journey through life, we have to confront the existential meaning of each of these things. How do they fit into the bigger picture? Jesus shows us most clearly that even those things we fear the most lose their power when we discover that we are being led to new life. Suffering is redemptive. Sin and death give way to grace and life and God's unconditional love conquers all. May we see in Jesus' Way of the Cross the path of truth we all must follow. VIVIR LA LITURGIA Hoy en día, algunos de los temas más conmovedores están en nuestro enfoque central: el sentir alabanza y honor, el miedo, la ansiedad, la traición, la desesperación, la duda, la confianza, la esperanza, la tristeza, la separación, el sufrimiento, la muerte, la determinación y la valentía. Estos son unos de los sentimientos y realidades con los que lucha el ser humano. Jesús, Hijo de Dios, los experimenta todos. En el camino de la vida, tenemos que considerar el significado de datos sentimientos. Cómo caben dentro de toda mi vida? Jesús nos demuestra claramente que hasta las cosas que nos dan miedo pierden su poder cuando descubrimos que estamos siendo guiados hacia una nueva vida. El sufrimiento es redentor. El pecado y la muerte permiten que la gracia y la vida del amor incondicional de Dios lo vence todo. Que veamos en el camino de la Cruz de Jesús el camino hacia la verdad que debemos seguir. SUNDAY S READINGS Processional Gospel: Those preceding him as well as those following kept crying out: Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" (Mk 11:9-10) First Reading: The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced. (Is 50:7A) Psalm: You, O Lord, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me. (Ps 22) Second Reading: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness." (Phil 2:6-7A) Gospel: "Truly this man was the Son of God." (Mk 16:39B) Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, [24]/Col 3:1-4/Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7or Lk 24:13-35 VERSO DEL EVANGELIO Los que iban delante de Jesús y los que lo seguían, iban gritando vivas: " Hosanna! Bendito el que viene en nombre del Señor! Bendito el reino que llega, el reino de nuestro padre David! Hosanna en el cielo!". - Mc 11, 9-10 Domingo: Mc 11, 1-10 o Jn 12, 12-16/Is 50, 4-7/Sal 22, [2]/Flp 2, 6-11/Mc 14, 1--15, 47 o 15, 1-39 Domingo siguiente: Hch 10, / Sal 118, [24]/Col 3, 1-4/Jn 20, 1-9

3 WOMEN S RETREAT: LIVE HUMBLY, SERVE GRACIOUSLY. ECUMENICAL LENTEN SERVICE AND LUNCHEON AT SAINT PAULS MASS INTENTIONS To request a Mass to be offered for a loved ones, living or deceased, please stop the Church Office. WHAT IS THE SACRED EASTER TRIDUUM? Our Lenten journey ends at dusk on Holy Thursday and we begin the Holy Easter Triduum of the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. On Holy Thursday, we leave the church in silence as the Eucharist is taken out of the Church. The altar is stripped bare. On Good Friday we return to the liturgy in silence and listen to the readings of the Passion. In procession, we each have the opportunity to venerate the cross and again we leave in silence. On Holy Saturday, we return for the Easter Vigil in darkness and silence. The darkness represents the world without the light of Christ. A fire is lit to dispel the darkness, and a candle lit from that fire leads us back into the church as the chant of the ancient Exultet offers our thanks and praise for the light of Christ among us. The tomb is empty. The Light of Christ shines in the darkness! QUÉ ES EL SAGRADO TRIDUO PASCUAL? Nuestro itinerario cuaresmal termina al anochecer del Jueves Santo y comenzamos el santo Triduo Pascual de la pasión, muerte y resurrección de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. El Jueves Santo, dejamos la iglesia en silencio, así como la Eucaristía es sacado de la Iglesia. El altar se puso al desnudo. En Viernes Santo, volvemos a la liturgia en silencio y escuchar las lecturas de la Pasión. En procesión, cada uno de nosotros tiene la oportunidad de venerar la cruz y nuevamente nos dejan en silencio. En el Sábado Santo, volvemos a la Vigilia Pascual en la oscuridad y el silencio. La oscuridad representa el mundo sin la luz de Cristo. Un fuego encendido para disipar la oscuridad, y una vela encendida desde que el fuego nos lleva de nuevo a la iglesia como el canto de la antigua Exultet ofrece nuestro agradecimiento y alabanza por la luz de Cristo entre nosotros. La tumba está vacía. La luz de Cristo brilla en la oscuridad! ANNOUNCEMENTS BLESSING OF EASTER FOOD - MARCH 31 MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Morning after morning He opens my ear that I may hear; As we celebrate Palm Sunday, let us keep our ears open to the love from our spouses and God by participating in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend. The next weekends are: Jul 20-22, 2018 in Fort Mill, SC and Aug 3-5, 2018 in Chapel Hill, NC. Early sign up is recommended. For DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY - APRIL 8TH The Divine Mercy Prayer Service will be held next more information visit: SCMarriageMatters.org Sunday, April 8th at 3:00pm. or call IN NEED OF A PRAYER? If you or someone you know is in need of a prayer, or if you would like to join our Prayer Warriors, send an with your information to our prayer address. To sponsor weekly altar flowers, please call or stop the the Church Office WEEKLY OFFERING SAINT PAUL YTD OFFERTORY RECEIVED $16,245 OTHER BUDGETED INC. $4,840 $725,235 $183,920 BUDGETED OPERATING EXP. ($23,742) ($902,196) BUDGETED STRAT PLAN EXP. ($842) $31,996 TRANS SVGS STRAT PLAN $842 $31,996 NET ($2,657) $6,959 SAINT FRANCIS YTD OFFERTORY RECEIVED $1,680 OTHER BUDGETED INC. $66 $2,508 BUDGETED OPER. EXP. ($1,826) ($69,388) NET ($152) $65,729 ($1,151) Electronic giving is available at: SaintPaulSeneca.org/donate-online STAFF DIRECTORY On Holy Saturday, March 31, the Blessing of Easter Foods will be held at 10:00am at Saint Pauls. Join us in the tradition of breaking the Lenten Fast with blessed food. PRAYERS@SAINTPAULSENECA.ORG ALTAR FLOWERS NEXT ECUMENICAL LENTEN SERVICE The last Ecumenical Lenten Service for this year will be held at 12:00 noon at Saint Mark UMC with Ryan Perry from Seneca Baptist preaching. Rev. William Hearne, Pastor wh@saintpaulseneca.org Deacon Jerry Schiffer GS@SaintPaulSeneca.org Deacon Randy Sexton RS@SaintPaulSeneca.org Justin Dery, Director of Youth Ministry JD@SaintPaulSeneca.org Kim Baker, Director of Faith Formation KB@SaintPaulSeneca.org Lynn Sexton, Director of Evangelization LS@SaintPaulSeneca.org Sandy Kahl, Ministry Coordinator SK@SaintPaulSeneca.org Jo Ann Fife, Office Manager JF@SaintPaulSeneca.org Judie Schneider, Accountant JS@SaintPaulSeneca.org

4 L I V I NG THE EUCHA RIST YEA R B PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD 6 On the Road to Sainthood The Paschal Vigil is the center and goal of our liturgy. We live for this night. ( La Vigilia Pascual es centro y meta de nuestra liturgia. Vivimos para esa Noche. ) With these words, Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago ( ) expressed his great passion for liturgy, for the Paschal Mystery, and for the Risen Christ. Carlos Manuel ( Chali to his friends) worked as a clerk in an office. He was chronically ill. He never finished his education. He died young. Yet he shared his faith. He founded several religious publications. He taught religion, counseled, and wrote. He touched so many lives so generously that in 2001 he was declared Blessed, the third step on the road to sainthood. He is the first Puerto Rican to be accorded this honor. Chali was part of the Liturgical Movement of the early twentieth century. He worked hard to bring the liturgy to the people, and the people to the liturgy. Even before the Second Vatican Council, the reform of the liturgy was underway. It began with Holy Week. In 1951 Pope Pius XII restored the Easter Vigil to its ancient splendor as a night service welcoming the Resurrection. Later (in 1955) he restored the rest of the Holy Week liturgies. Chali conveyed the meaning of these liturgies to ordinary parishioners, so they could come to know and love them. As Holy Week begins, it is good to remember how much we all owe to people like him. Throughout this Holy Week we will continue to meditate on the Passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Easter Triduum (which begins with the Mass of the Lord s Supper on Holy Thursday, and continues through Vespers on Easter Sunday evening) is the center of the whole church year. Of course, we remember the saving death and resurrection of Jesus all year long, whenever we celebrate the Eucharist. But our annual celebration of the Paschal Mystery Christ s Passover helps us to see just what he accomplished. Satan is defeated. Death has no more power over us. We have been given a new life. The high point of the Triduum is the Easter Vigil. This is the night when Christ rose from the dead. It is our Passover feast. This is when we baptize and confirm and bring new members to the table. This is when we sing the alleluia, silent all Lent. This is when the feast of Easter begins. The Masses of Easter Sunday overflow with the joy we first taste at the Vigil. HOLY WEEK BEGINS With Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, another Holy Week begins. The churches are arrayed in red, the color of martyrs. They fill to overflowing with people and palm branches. Today we remember the Lord s triumphant entry into Jerusalem and his journey to the Cross for our salvation. THREE DAYS OF WONDER Throughout Lent, through the Living the Eucharist program, we have been reflecting on Sunday Mass. During this Holy Week, a time of devout recollection, prayer, and liturgical celebration, we have the opportunity to delve into the mystery of the Eucharist with the whole Church.

5 L I V I NG THE EUCHA RIST YEA R B PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD 6 On Holy Thursday, we meditate on how Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper. We also experience gratitude for the priesthood, established at this meal. The washing of the feet, in memory of Jesus own act of humble service, gives us a chance to reflect on how we serve others. The emblem of eucharistic living is how we care for the lowest and the least. On Good Friday, the reading of the Passion and the veneration of the Cross invite us to see the depth of God s love for us, poured out in Jesus. He loved us even unto death. This is the love celebrated in the Eucharist. The salvation Christ won for us on the Cross is at the heart of the Mass. Finally, in the Easter Vigil, we recall the story of our salvation, from creation to resurrection. When the elect are baptized, confirmed, and brought to the Eucharist, we see in the Eucharist the crowning glory of Christian initiation. Eucharist is the sacrament of who we are in Christ. WHAT CHANGES? Our Catholic understanding of the Eucharist is centered on the change that comes upon the bread and wine as they become the Body and Blood of Christ. This change is real, awe-inspiring, and important. Yet, when we open ourselves to the power of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharist, the change or transformation that takes place there goes beyond what happens to the bread and wine. Something also happens to those who participate. We change. Participation in the Eucharist makes us into the Body and Blood of Christ, so that we may be poured out and given for the life of the world. The Church is called to share in the mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit. Like Carlos Manuel, we are called to share Christ s light with others. Like a ripple-effect, the gift of God s saving love flows from the Eucharist, through us, to those we encounter in the world. REFLECT The Passion of Christ was redemptive suffering. When we join our sufferings with his, they too can become part of the mystery of God s love. Ask yourself: Where do I experience suffering in my life? Can I offer my pain to God, joined to the faithful suffering of Jesus? ACT Attend all three of the Triduum liturgies this year, if you can. The Mass of the Lord s Supper, the Celebration of the Lord s Passion, and the Easter Vigil are actually one great liturgy spread out over three days. Treat yourself to the full experience. PRAY Lord Jesus, by dying on the Cross and rising to new life, you brought hope to the world. Help us hold fast to that hope. By your willingness to suffer for us, you showed us the meaning of love. Help us to love as you love. Through your gift of the Eucharist, you nourish our faith. Grant us the joy of sharing that faith with others. AUTHOR Rita Ferrone is an award-winning writer and speaker in the areas of liturgy, catechesis, and renewal in the Roman Catholic Church. The opening quotation from Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago is taken from an article by Sr. Dominga Maria Zapata, SH, in Misa, Mesa, y Musa: Liturgy in the U.S. Hispanic Church, compiled and edited by Kenneth G. Davis, O.F.M. Conv. (Franklin Park, IL: World Library Publications, 2008), p. 45. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Copyright 2011 by Paulist Evangelization Ministries. All rights reserved. Nihil Obstat: Rev. Christopher Begg, S.T.D., Ph.D., Censor Deputatus. Imprimatur: Most Rev. Barry C. Knestout, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, Archdiocese of Washington, February 7, The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free from doctrinal or moral error. There is no implication that those who have granted the nihil obstat and the imprimatur agree with the content, opinions or statements expressed therein. Published by Paulist Evangelization Ministries, 3031 Fourth Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017, 710

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