INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

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1 INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST VERITATEM FACIENTES IN CARITATE OLD ST. PATRICK ROMAN CATHOLIC ORATORY FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT February 26, March 4, 2012 MASS TIMES Sunday: 8 AM and 10:15 AM Monday - Friday: 6 PM Saturday: 8 AM Monsignor R. Michael Schmitz, Provincial Superior Canon William Avis, Rector Mailing Address: P.O. Box , Kansas City, MO Street Address: 806 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO Diocesan Victims Advocate Leslie Guillot (816) Ombudsman Jenifer Valenti (816) w w w. I n s t i t u t e - C h r i s t - K i n g. o r g

2 REQUIRED LENTEN FASTING Ash Wednesday (February 22nd) and Good Friday (April 6th) are days of Fast and Abstinence and all the Fridays of Lent are days of Abstinence. Abstinence is from meat by Catholics 14 years and older. Fasting is by all Catholics 18 years of age but not yet 59. Those bound by the rule of fasting may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted as necessary to maintain strength according to one s needs, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. LENTEN DEVOTIONS Stations of the Cross followed by veneration of the relic of the True Cross will be held on the Fridays of Lent at 12 p.m. (all Fridays) and at 6:45 p.m. (all Fridays, except March 2nd and April 6th). Holy Hour of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Confessions will be held on all Wednesdays of Lent at 12 p.m. FIRST FRIDAYS Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins, have mercy on us! When our Lord appeared to Saint Margaret-Mary Alacoque, He said, I promise thee in the excess of the mercy of My Heart, that its all-powerful Love will grant to all those who shall receive Communion on the First Friday of Nine consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under My displeasure, nor without receiving the Sacraments; My Heart shall be their assured refuge at that last hour. Since then, the first Friday of the month has been dedicated towards devotion to the most Sacred Heart of our Lord and reparation for sin. Each first Friday at the Oratory there is a holy hour of Adoration in order to make reparation for the sin of abortion and other crimes against human life. The holy hour will follow the 6 p.m. Mass. Also donations of baby supplies such as pre -natal vitamins, newborn size onesies, and warm outerwear will be collected in the vestibule and given to a local pro-life group. FIRST SATURDAYS First Saturday devotions will be held on the first Saturday of every month. After holy Mass, there will be the rosary, Fatima prayers, novena devotions and Benediction of the most Blessed Sacrament. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!

3 MASS SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 4 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (1st Class) 8:00 AM - Members & Benefactors of Old Saint Patrick Oratory 10:15 AM - Howard Mockry MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 LENTEN FERIA (3rd Class) 6:00 PM - End of abortion, contraception, euthanasia & other crimes against human life TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 LENTEN FERIA (3rd Class) Commemoration of Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows 6:00 PM - The Sisters M.I.C.M. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 EMBER WEDNESDAY (2nd Class) 6:00 PM - Kathy Hohl THURSDAY, MARCH 1 VOTIVE MASS OF JESUS CHRIST ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST Commemoration of the Feria 6:00 PM - Private Intention FRIDAY, MARCH 2 EMBER FRIDAY (2ndClass) Day of Abstinence 6:00 PM - Michaella Gordon Mass followed by Holy Hour of Adoration SATURDAY, MARCH 3 EMBER SATURDAY (2nd Class) 8:00 AM - Members & Families of the Confraternity of Christian Mothers of Old Saint Patrick Oratory Mass followed by First Saturday Devotions SUNDAY, MARCH 4 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (1st Class) 8:00 AM - Kieu Trung Dao, R.I.P. 10:15 AM - Members & Benefactors of Old Saint Patrick Oratory 1 Scriptural Reading for the 1st Week of Lent Sun: Matins 2 Corinthians 6:1-16; 7:4-9 Mass 2 Corinthians 6:1-10; Matthew 4:1-11 Mon: Matins Matthew 25:31-46 Mass Ezechias 34:11-16; Matthew 25:31-46 Tues: Matins Matthew 21:10-17 Mass Isaias 55:6-11; Matthew 21:10-17 Wed: Matins Matthew 12:38-50 Mass Exodus 24:12-18; 3 Kings* 19:3-8; Matthew 12:38-50 Thurs: Matins Matthew 15:21-28 Mass Ezechias 18:1-9; Matthew 15:21-28 Fri: Matins John 5:1-15 Mass Ezechias 18:20-28; John 5:1-15 Sat: Matins Matthew 17:1-9 Mass Deuteronomy 26:12-19; Deuteronomy 11:22-25; 2 Machabees 1:23-27; Ecclesiasticus 36:1-10; Daniel 3:47-56; 1 Thessalonians 5:14-23; Matthew 17:1-9 Sun: Matins Genesis 27:1-29 Mass 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7; Matthew 17:1-9 * also known as 1 Kings also known as Sirach COMPLINE FOR THIS WEEK So as to assist members and aspiring members of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the recitation of Compline (the night prayer of the Church), indications for which changeable parts are to be said on a given day will be noted in the bulletin. The final Antiphon of Our Lady is Ave Regina Cælorum with its own versicle and prayer. The word feria denotes what is said for that weekday. Sunday Psalms of Sunday Monday-Saturday Psalms of the Feria Sunday Psalms of Sunday CONFESSION is available 30 minutes before Holy Mass. Devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help are held on Tuesdays after Mass.

4 ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday, February 26 th 1st Sunday of Lent: Low Mass at 8 a.m. High Mass at 10:15 a.m. Blessing of Sacramentals after both Masses. Monday, February 27 th Adult catechism class at 7 p.m. in church office. Tuesday, February 28 th Children s catechism at 4:30 p.m. in church office. Wednesday, February 29 th Holy Hour of Adoration at 12 p.m. Friday, March 2 nd Stations of the Cross at 12 p.m. Holy Hour of Adoration following the 6 p.m. Mass. Saturday, March 3 rd First Saturday Devotions following the 8 a.m. Mass. Sunday, March 4 th 2nd Sunday of Lent: Low Mass at 8 a.m. High Mass at 10:15 a.m. Monday, March 5 th Adult catechism at 7 p.m. in the church office. Tuesday, March 6 th Children s catechism at 4:30 p.m. in the church office. Wednesday, March 7 th Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Patron of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. All the faithful who assist at Mass at the Oratory this day may gain a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions. Holy Hour of Adoration at 12 p.m. Low Mass with Organ at 6 p.m. CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2 Friday, March 9 th Stations of the Cross at 12 p.m. and following the 6 p.m. Mass. Sunday, March 11 th 3rd Sunday of Lent: Low Mass at 8 a.m. High Mass at 10:15 a.m. Daylight saving time begins. Monday, March 12 th Adult catechism class at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 th Children s catechism class at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 th Holy Hour of Adoration at 12 p.m. Friday, March 16 th Stations of the Cross at 12 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Saturday, March 17 th Feast of Saint Patrick: High Mass at 9:30 a.m. followed by Procession in honor of Saint Patrick. Sunday, March 18 th 4th Sunday of Lent Laetare : Low Mass at 8 a.m. High Mass at 10:15 a.m. Saint Joseph s Table. Monday, March 19 th Feast of Saint Joseph: Low Mass with Organ at 6 p.m. Adult catechism class at 7 p.m. in the church office. Tuesday, March 20 th Children s catechism class at 4:30 p.m. in the church office. Wednesday, March 21 st Feast of Saint Benedict, Patron of the Institute. Holy Hour of Adoration at 12 p.m. Low Mass with Organ at 6 p.m.

5 ORATORY INCOME February 19th - Sunday in Quinquagesima $ Feb Feb Capital Campaign Receipts $ Utilities $90.00 OUR TIME IN HISTORY: Update Last week's Capital Campaign income was $225. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! We need to raise $918,841 to pay off the principal on our present restoration loan,. A minimum of $10, is needed each month for our loan payment. Repairs were recently made to the roof after a major water leak was discovered. An old chimney was found to be the culprit and it was removed and sealed. We hope to begin repairing the wall in the spring. If you would like to help out by making or renewing a pledge, please contact Canon Avis at (816) or at oldstpatrick@institute-christking.org. Saint Patrick, pray for us! END OF LIFE ISSUES "Before Death is Imminent, What Should We Do?" is a four part series being presented at the Coronation Catholic Church, Bennington Avenue, Grandview, MO on the first 4 Sundays of Lent (Feb. 26, March 4, 11, and 18) at 2 P.M. in the parish hall. These talks contain very important information including avoiding euthanasia, faulty living wills, organ donation without your consent, uncertain brain death declarations, poor health care, and more. The talks are free. Please invite your relatives and friends. CATECHISM CLASSES Children s catechism classes are held on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. Adult catechism classes are held on Mondays at 7 p.m. Both classes meet in the church office. CANTATE DOMINO Sing to the Lord! The choir provides a perfect opportunity to express the praises of Almighty God. The choir directress, Miss Becky Pawlowski, is looking for more singers who would like to join the choir. Practices are generally held in the choir loft on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. If you are interested, please contact Miss Pawlowski at (816)

6 THE LITURGICAL YEAR - THE HISTORY OF LENT By Dom Prosper Gueranger Continued from last week Lent, then, is a time consecrated, in an especial manner, to penance; and this penance is mainly practiced by Fasting. Fasting is an abstinence, which man voluntarily imposes upon himself, as an expiation for sin, and which, during Lent, is practiced in obedience to the general law of the Church. According to the actual discipline* of the Western Church, the Fast of Lent is not more rigorous than that prescribed for the Vigils of certain Feasts, and for the Ember Days; but it is kept up for Forty successive Days, with the single interruption of the intervening Sundays. We deem it unnecessary to show the importance and advantages of Fasting. The Sacred Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament, are filled with the praises of this holy practice. The traditions of every nation of the world testify the universal veneration, in which it has ever been held; for there is not a people, nor a religion, how much soever it may have lost the purity of primitive traditions, which is not impressed with this conviction, - that man may appease his God by subjecting his body to penance. St. Basil, St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, and St. Gregory the Great, make the remark, that the commandment put upon our First Parents, in the earthly paradise, was one of Abstinence; and that it was by their not exercising this virtue, that they brought every kind of evil upon themselves and us their children. The life of privation, which the king of creation had thenceforward to lead on the earth, - (for the earth was to yield him nothing of its own natural growth, save thorns and thistles,) - was the clearest possible exemplification of the law of penance, imposed by the anger of God on rebellious man. During the two thousand and more years, which preceded the Deluge, men had no other food than the fruits of the earth, and these were only got by the toil of hard labor. But when God, as we have already observed, mercifully shortened man s life, (that so he might have less time and power for sin), - he permitted him to eat the flesh of animals, as an additional nourishment in that state of deteriorated strength. It was then, also, that Noah, guided by a divine inspiration, extracted the juice of the grape, which thus formed a second stay for human debility. Fasting, then, is the abstaining from such nourishments as these, which were permitted for the support of bodily strength. And firstly, it consisted in abstinence from flesh-meat, because it is a food that was given to man by God, out of condescension to his weakness, and not as one absolutely essential for the maintenance of life. Its privation, greater or less according to the regulations of the Church, is essential to the very notion of Fasting. Thus, whilst in many countries, the use of eggs, milk-meats, and even dripping and lard, is tolerated, - the abstaining from flesh-meat is everywhere maintained, as being essential to Fasting. For many centuries, eggs and milk-meats were not allowed, because they come under the class of animal food: even to this day, they are forbidden in the Eastern Churches, and are only allowed in the Latin Church by virtue of an annual dispensation. The precept of abstaining from flesh-meat is so essential to Lent, that even on Sundays, when the Fasting is interrupted, Abstinence is an obligation, binding even on those who are dispensed from the fasts of the week, unless there be a special dispensation granted for eating meat on the Sundays. To be continued * The author writes this in the 19th century, the current regulations on fasting different from what here is stated. 4

7 VOTIVE PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD Collect--Almighty and everlasting God, Who hast dominion over the living and the dead and art merciful to all whom Thou foreknowest will be Thine by faith and good works, we humbly beseech Thee, that all for whom we have resolved to offer up our prayers, whether the present world still keeps them in the flesh or the next world has already received them set free from the body, may, by the intercession of all Thy saints, obtain through Thy mercy and clemency the pardon of all their sins. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Secret--O God, Who alone knowest the number of the elect who shall attain to heavenly bliss, grant, we beseech Thee, that, by the intercession of all Thy saints, the names of all who have been recommended to our prayers, and all the faithful may be written in the book of blessed predestination. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Postcommunion--We beseech Thee, almighty and merciful God, that the sacraments which we have received may purify us; and by the intercession of all Thy saints, grant that this Thy sacrament may not be a reason for condemnation, but a saving plea for forgiveness: may it wash away our sins, be the strength of the weak, a protection against all the perils of the world: and may it avail for the forgiveness of all the sins of the faithful, whether living or dead. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. SPIRITUAL COUNSELS OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES Deepen day by day the resolution to serve God devotedly, to attend to His will and be entirely His. Reserve nothing for yourself or for the world. Embrace with sincerity the holy designs to God, whatever they are. Never deceive yourself that you have realized purity of heart unless you are entirely, freely and joyfully subject to God's holy will in all things, even the most repugnant. Therefore, do not consider so much what you do but the One Who commands you to do them. He will further His own glory and our perfections, even in those things that seem to us lowly and imperfect. (Letters 282) 5

8 Special Prayer Requests Please pray for the repose of the souls of Don Boos, John Pretz, Ray Yingling, Gregory Lindersmith, Elroy Balke, Walter Carter, Don Deister, Gerard Burns (son of Betty Burns), Daniel Ziglinski, Michael John Valencia (brother of Mark Valencia) and Doris Swarm (mother of James Swarm). Please pray for the health of Gloria, aunt of Sandra Rooney, Kathy Hohl, Kathy Bono, Alice Umphress, Patricia Sidener (sister of Nancy Larrick), Bob Gorman, Walt Marnett, Fr. Kriski, Kim Dasta, Pat Petsch (sister of Barbara Farrell), John Robert Lehman, Don Franz, John Clayton, Ben Wearing and John Reyna. Please pray for Timothy Dubbert, Thomas Dubbert, Nancy Gorman and Alan Troyer. To contact Canon Avis: P.O. Box Kansas City, MO WANT TO REGISTER? Please call or Canon Avis.