St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish 820 Susquehanna Road, Rydal, PA 19046

215-884-3252 / (NEW) sthilaryrydal@gmail.com / www.sthilarypoitiers.org

APRIL 12, 2020

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish † April 12, 2020 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Sunday, April 12, 2020 ALL MASSES SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord William Neusidl Emil A. Maikner Lidia Yatcilla Anna Plawa

Monday within the Octave of Easter

Monday, April 13, 2020 0:00am Charles Sheridan, Jr. 8:30-5:00pm No Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 0:00am Mary Moola

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 0:00am Teresa & William Hagan & Betty Kelly

Thursday, April 16, 2020 0:00 am Victor Schembri

Friday, April 10, 2020 0:00 am Christopher M. Stever April 19, 2020 Second Sunday of Easter Sunday 0:00pm Flood & Eckardt Families 0:00am William Neusidl 0:00am Constance McGettigan 0:00noon Rose Doyle

Mass Intentions are being offered by Father Murray, Msgr. Fair-banks and Father Dixie.

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Stewardship Report TOTAL WEEKLY SUNDAY COLLECTION Reporting of Sunday Offering will be on hold until further notice.

Pastor’s Corner

“The night shall be as bright as day” Exsultet In an address to young people, St. John Paul II said” “do not let hope die, stake your life on it. We are not the sum of our weakness and failures; we are the sum of the Fathers love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son” Yes on this Easter day we are called to heed those prophetic words. Our hope is in a Person, who came back from the dead. Our hope is renewed each morning no matter how dark the night has been. The light of Jesus Christ, risen from the dark night of death burnt away the guilt, the weaknesses, and fail-ures of the Apostles. Because of the Fathers love for them, they were able to rise from the tomb of their failures. They were able now to become the image of his Son and change the world. These past few weeks have been long night for us. A nightmare that we can’t seem to awake from. Yet scripture reminds us in St. Paul's words: “awake oh sleeper rise from the dead and Christ will give you light” Jesus risen is calling us all out of our tombs. The tombs of fear, despair, sin and regrets. With Christ ever before us the future is always full of hope and promise. The Fathers love now at work in us will en-able us to become the image of His son. May we all rise when this darkness is over to become better persons, kinder, compassionate, ever more grateful for the gift of life. As the beautiful Easter Exsultet proclaims: “the sanctifying power of the night dispels wickedness, washes away faults, restores innocence to the fallen and joy to mourners fosters concord and brings down the mighty’ Christ is risen let us rejoice and be glad. Gods grace and peace. Happy Easter Father Murray

Attention All Ladies: The 2020 Ladies Night Out has been cancelled to the current COVID-19 lock down in place. We will look forward to having a great event in 2021.

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Alleluia, Alleluia, Christ has risen from the dead!

Oh God, as we renew our Baptismal vows, help us to be made worthy of Eternal Life, that we may always seek to do Your will in our hearts and minds, that we may show others Your saving grace and Your love. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Our prayers and meditations during this season, which lasts seven weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost, can also remind us of the many ways in which what we commonly refer to as the Paschal Mystery is not some whimsical story, as some might have you believe these days. (The Paschal Mystery refers to Jesus’ Passion, Resurrection, Ascension into heaven, and sending of the Holy Spir-it.) Christ wasn’t just some philosopher or prophet but was indeed the Son of God, the Second per-son of the Trinity! After His Resurrection Jesus wasn’t a ghost either! One of the apostles, St. Thom-as, inadvertently helped provide proof of that when at Jesus’s behest, he touched His wounds from His crucifixion, after having previously expressed his doubts about our Lord’s rising from the dead. Luke’s gospel (24:42) includes another incident mentioned earlier when Christ ate some food in front of His joyfully amazed disciples. After His Resurrection, Christ had a glorified body, one that could move and appear or disappear instantaneously, much as the two disciples discovered when they met Him on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13). When we renew our baptismal vows at mass on Easter Sunday, we strengthen our faith and our determination to “walk in newness of life” with our Lord, as St. Paul put it so well (Rom 6:4). With Christ’s help we can free ourselves from the shackles of our sins and share Eternal Life with Him when we pass away. Just as He conquered death, then so can each of us, if we persevere in prayer and in sincerely trying to do His will! Easter prayers also help us reflect on the fact that these efforts towards holiness will indeed be re-warded in heaven. It is an important tenet of our faith that our bodies will join our souls either in heaven or in hell at the Last Judgment, reaffirming the eternal destination established at our death. Our bodies in heaven will be immortal, pain-free, and able to move at the speed of thought, much like Christ’s in the gospel accounts of events between His Resurrection and His Ascension! (Imagine never having to worry about aches and pains again? Or about some craving that will only make you miserable afterwards!) In our Easter prayers let us keep “our eyes on the prize” as we contemplate St. Paul’s words that our bodies shall rise in power and in incorruptibility to join our souls if we have attained Eternal Life with God.

St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish Prayer Line

To request Parish Prayer Line prayers for a loved one, friend who is ill, or a service man or woman, please call Evelyn at 215 947- 4951, Pat at 215 485-5512, the Rectory at 215-884-3252 or if you would like your name removed from our list. Please pray for the following: Michael Dooley Angela Gavin Tina Hardimon Jack Avak William Hartner Lionel Melly Wright Michael Brown Mary Jane Hummel Cole Plachter Bob Bray Pat Cass Mary Joe Reaby Nicholas Liddy Michele Kelly Arlene Rims-Lloyd Bob Kilcoyne Tina Savarino Kevin Rosenbaum Elizabeth Dieckman Sarah Koehler Capt..Schaffer David Gengler Paris Luckowski Jacalyn Strigle Helen Weinstrup Judy Sklar Dan Webb Mary Jane Namola Bernadette Redican Rhodena Thompson

Sophia Southerling Gina Devaney Bruce Thompson II Mary Deely Bob Steele Linda Urie Fr. Lawrence Gleason Evelyn Strigle Marie Wise TJ McDonald Linda Smithson Donna Alamar George Tomesko

Saint Peter Julian Eymar “Allow me to share with you a great treasure I have discovered: I hope you will reap good fruit from it… God loves us personally with a great benevolent love, with an infinite and eternal love. This benevo-lent love consists in willing purely and exclusively what is good and what is best for the person who is so loved.” .

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ST. HILARY OF POITIERS PARISH—INTRODUCES A NEW WAY TO COMMUNICATE

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For Catholics a valid sacramental marriage is before a Priest and two witnesses in what is called the Form of Marriage. If you have been married by a Justice of the Peace or in a Civil Marriage and wish to have your marriage blessed by the Church and be able to return to the sacraments,

most especially, the Sacrament of the Eucharist, please call the rectory at 215-884-3252

Registration is now open for the Spring sports season! CYO offers the following to our student athletes: Basketball: $85.00 5th-8th grade

Softball: $75.00 4th-8th grade Track: $25.00 K-3rd grade Track: $45.00 4th-8th High School Co-Ed Volleyball Please visit: http;//sthilaryofpoitiers.website.sportssignup.com/ to register today! We are in need of a 5th&6th grade baseball coach. ASAP if you would like to volunteer.

POPE FRANCIS’S PRAYER TO MARY DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC O Mary, your always shine on our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the cross took part in Jesus’ pain, keeping your faith firm. You, Salvation of our country and people of the world, know what we need, and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee, we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial. Help us. Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross, to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.

Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

STATEMENT OF ARCHBISHOP NELSON J. PEREZ REGARDING THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Over the last several weeks, the potential spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has dramatically impacted our lives and our communities. As the number of cases grow exponentially each day, government and health officials are diligently working to contain the virus.

During this pandemic, we are reminded that life is truly precious and that we all are one family under God. As Christians, we should respond to this pandemic with great faith and prudence. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have developed guidelines to help slow the spread the coronavirus. We should incorporate their strategies into our daily lives in an effort to protect ourselves as well as oth-ers, especially those most vulnerable, including the elderly and individuals with compromised immune systems. God is always by our side, he never abandons us. I invite you to join me in prayerful solidarity during this uncertain time. I remind you to keep your eyses fixed on the outstretched arms of Christ the crucified and Christ the merciful and to encounter others with charity and understanding. Let us pray for the sick, suffering, and their caregivers as well as government and health officials. With God’s grace and blessing, we will navigate the difficult waters of this challenge as a united human family, for after all is said and done, we are people of Hope! Nelson J. Perez Archbishop of Philadelphia

DO YOU KNOW YOUR TRIBUNAL?

The Tribunal is available to help people who have ex-perienced divorce and who may wish to remarry in the Catholic Church. When a divorce occurs, the Catholic Church always seeks to balance two realities. On one hand the durable bond of marriage. This is God’s law. On the other hand, the Church is concerned about the spiritual welfare of the people involved. Even though a Catholic wedding was celebrated, perhaps there was some deficiency in the consent of the parties involved regarding intentions, un-derstanding or ability? The annulment procedure ad-dresses these circumstances. If you are divorced and want to marry in the Church or remarried outside the Catholic Church, please tele-phone the Tribunal Office at 222 North l7th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 587-3750

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PREPARING FOR YOUR WEDDING

You can visit www.phillycatholiclife.org to schedule your Pre-Cana classes. You would select PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE. Scroll down and select FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PREP AND REGISTER. At the bot-tom of the page select REGISTER NOW. We recom-mend that you register and attend the seminar at least six months before your wedding date to reserve a seat. You can also contact the Family Life Office at 610-873-

2016. if you have any questions regarding registration.

Burial & Cremation Pope Francis, through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has issued instructions regarding the burial of the deceased especially those who choose cremation. This instruction should help to maintain and recognize the hu-man body as a living temple of Gods presence. Proper respect for the deceased and their re-mains must always be upheld. Copies on the guidelines are available at the rec-tory

Memorial Bricks If you would like to remember

a loved on in our St. Hilary’s Gar-

den of Remembrance, memorial

bricks are available for a $100.00

donation. Please call the rectory at 215

884-3252

St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish

All Families interested in having

your child baptized need to call

The rectory to make arrangements.

All families must attend a Pre-

Jordan class prior to the Baptism.

(if you have already attended a

pre-Jordan class for another

child, you do not need to attend.

To make arrangements call the

Rectory # 215 884-3252

Wedding Anniversary Mass Are you celebrating a special anniversary this year? The annual Archdiocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at the Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul at the 5:15pm Vigil Mass with Archbishop Nelson J. Perez presiding. This Mass is to pray for, and with, all married couples who are newlyweds 1-5 years, who have been married 25 years or more, or 50 years or more. Friends and family are welcome and encouraged to attend. To register visit: www.phillycatholiclife.org. Or call: 215 587-0500

Mothers of Children with Disabilities Retreat: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at Malvern Retreat House, Da-vid and Mercedes Rizzo, will lead a retreat for moth-ers and grandmothers who are raising children with disabilities and also those who have adult children with disabilities. The Rizzo’s are parents of a daugh-ter with autism and the author of the book: Praying for Your Specail Needs child. There will be time to pray, reflect, and chat with other mothers. To Regis-ter go to: www.opdarchphilly.org. for more infor-mation please contact Malvern Retreat House at 610-644-0440 or the Office for Persons with Disabilities at 215 587-3530.