Third Sunday of Lent March 4, 2018
Mass Intentions for the Week Saturday, March 3rd: 5:00 PM: For the Soul of St. Kathleen Drexel Sunday, March 4th: 8:00 AM: Marriage & Family Life 10:00 AM: Month s Mind ~ Rose Pingitore Monday, March 5th: 9:00AM: Souls in Purgatory Tuesday, March 6th: 9:00 AM: For the Souls of the Goodwin Family Wednesday, March 7th: 9:00 AM: For the Soul of Elizabeth Horgan Thursday, March 8th: 9:00 AM: Special Intention Friday, March 9th: 9:00 AM: Sanctity of Life Saturday, March 10th: 9:00 AM: Special Intention ~ Ted Turnquist (living) 5:00 PM: For the Soul of Jessica Tyler Sunday, March 11th: 8:00 AM: Pro Populo 10:00 AM: For the Souls of Members of the Military St. Veronica Chapel Saturday, March 3rd: 4:00 PM: 3rd Anniversary ~ Esther Capuano Sunday, March 4th: 9:00 AM: Birthday Remembrance ~ Angela Hanrahan Chatwin 11:00 AM: Pro Populo Saturday, March 10th: 4:00 PM: Anniversary ~ Saverio Catalano Sunday, March 11th: 9:00 AM: For the Soul of John T. Sugrue 11:00 AM: For the Soul of Kevin Murray Pray the Rosary The rosary is prayed each weekday after the 9:00AM Mass at St Thomas More and for the special intention of peace in the world and on Saturday mornings at 8:30AM. before Mass. Free Rosary Repair Bring your broken rosary beads to the parish office, in an envelope with your name & telephone number. We will call you when they have been repaired.
Third Sunday of Lent Today is the third Sunday of our Lenten preparation. Today's readings begin with a listing of the simple, straightforward rules in Exodus. However, in First Corinthians, we see that our faith is anything but simple rules. Our faith is in the spirit of a crucified Christ, a God whose foolishness is wiser than our wisdom, whose weakness is stronger than our strength. John's Gospel does nothing to help reconcile these seemingly irreconcilable expressions of faith. Jesus sees people conducting business outside the temple and reacts violently. Jesus' anger at the disrespect shown by following the letter but not the spirit of the Law is palpable. Jesus is the Spirit of the Law. It is Jesus, the Crucified, to whom we look for our faith. Worldwide Marriage Encounter Not as man sees does God see, because man sees the appearance but the LORD looks into the heart." Let our eyes be opened to the love of God in our marriages by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next Weekends are Apr 21-22, 2018 in Brewster, MA and May 19-20, 2018 in Warner, NH. For more information, call Stephen & Michelle O'Leary at 800-710-9963 or visit them at https://wwmema.org/. Lenten Retreat God n Our Story, a Spirituality for Everyday Living mini-retreat led by Peggy Patenaude of Taking Time Out will be held on Wednesday, March 14 at Sacred Hearts Retreat Center in Wareham, MA from 10:00am 12:30pm. (Coffee at 9:30) Cost is $25. Pre-registration required. Contact Peggy at 508-548-9149 or timeoutretreats@comcast.net. For more information, visit www.timeoutretreats.com. Live by the Rules Life might be easier if there were just a list of rules that we could follow. There is such a list in Exodus. Rules offer the false sense of security that if we follow them then we will have done enough. Our Christian faith, however, is rooted not in rules, but in Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection defy all the rules. Jesus knew that strength is born of weakness and wisdom born of foolishness. Jesus' life embodies that paradox. What Jesus knew when he went up to Jerusalem and entered the temple area was that his Father's house had been made a marketplace, a place of commerce, transactions, and exchange of goods for money. What the temple represents, who Jesus is, is a relationship, an ongoing relationship of one soul to another, of our souls to God. Third Sunday of Lent ~ March 4, 2018 I, the LORD, am your God... You shall not have other gods besides me. -- Exodus 20:2a, 3
Religious Education Schedule ~ March 2018 Sun. Morning: March 4th, 18th & 25th Please note: No class on March 11th Grades 1-4: 10:05-10:55AM ~ St. Veronica Mon. PM:, March 5th, 19th & 26th Please note: No class on March 12th Grades 1-4: 4:10-5:00PM ~ St. Thomas More Grades 5 & 6: March 7th, 14th, 21st &28 Wednesdays ~ 4:15 ~ 5:15PM ~ St. Veronica Grades 7 & 8: March 7th, 14th, 21st &28 Wednesdays ~ 5:45 ~ 6:45PM ~ St. Veronica Conf. I: March 4th ~ Class Thursday, March 15th ~ Bishop McVinney Bus leaves from St. Veronica at 5:30PM Saturday, March 24th ~ Confessions at St. Veronica from 9:30AM ~ 2:00PM March 25th ~ Class March 30th ~ Good Friday Stations in the Streets at 12Noon ~ St. Thomas More Conf. II: March 4th ~ Class Thursday, March 15th ~ Bishop McVinney Bus leaves from St. Veronica at 5:30PM Saturday, March 24th ~ Confessions at St. Veronica from 9:30AM ~ 2:00PM March 25th ~ Class March 30th ~ Good Friday Stations in the Streets at 12Noon ~ St. Thomas More RCIA The next class is this Tuesday, March 6th at 7:30PM at St. Thomas More parish hall. Open House Bishop Hendricken will have an open house on Sunday, March 4th from 12Noon to 3PM. The entrance exam will be held on Saturday, April 7th at 8:30AM. For more information. or to pre-register, please call 739-3450 ext. 163 or go www.hendricken.com. St. Anselm: God who made all things made himself of Mary and thus he refashioned everything he had made. Lenten Penance Service Monday, March 5 ~ 7-9 p.m. Rejoice In Hope Youth Center 804 Dyer Ave, Cranston Please join us for a special Lenten Evening featuring a video witness by Father Nick Smith on the Prodigal Son, the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and - as always - Adoration, Benediction, and praise and worship music with Spirit Alive.
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