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April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019
April 14, 2019
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St. Lucy Catholic Church
St. Lucy Catholic Church
St. Lucy Catholic Church
2 - The Week Ahead • 6 - “Unplugged” #5 • 10 - Words on the Word
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Tuesday, April 16
UNPLUGGED #5
Holy Thursday, April 18
No 8 a.m. Mass
8 a.m. Morning Prayer
7 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper
(followed by Adoration)
11 p.m. Night Prayer
Good Friday, April 19
No 8 a.m. Mass
8 a.m. Morning Prayer
12 p.m. Stations of the Cross
1:15 p.m. Office of Readings
and Midday Prayer
2:15 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy
3 p.m. Liturgy of the Passion of the
Lord
Holy Saturday, April 20
11 a.m. Prayer Service and Blessing
of Easter Foods
8:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass
Easter Sunday, April 21
9 a.m. Mass
11 a.m. Mass
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Hats off to Jesus’ message
Imagine a baseball-cap seller in the first century. Further
imagine the catchy phrases on the brim of his wares: “The
last will be first.” “Let me wash your feet.” “Love your
enemies.” “Bless those who hurt you.” “Be like the
children.” “Feed my sheep.” “Take up your cross.” “The
humble will be exalted.” “Blessed are the meek.” Who’s
going to buy this misguided fellow’s hats? The rest of us
want to boast, not bow. This guy doesn’t get it. He needs to
get into another line of work. Would you wear a hat that
says: “I come to serve”?
TODAY'S READINGS:
Procession: Luke 19:28 - 40;
Mass: Isaiah 50:4 - 7; Philippians 2:6 - 11;
Luke 22:14 - 23:56
“I am among you as the one who serves.”
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Holy Saturday
No Penance
11am Prayer Service/Blessing of
Easter Food
8:30pm Easter Vigil Mass - Church
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The Parish Offices will be closed at 4:30 p.m. on
Holy Thursday, April 18 and all day on Good
Friday, April 19, Holy Saturday, and on Easter
Sunday.
In keeping with the celebration of Easter, the Parish
Offices will also be closed all day on Easter
Monday, April 22. No morning Mass is scheduled
for that day as well. No self-help groups will meet
during these most sacred days.
Check the schedules at the other parishes in the
vicariate regarding their weekday Mass schedule,
particularly just after Easter. There will be no
religious formation classes on Easter Sunday.
8am Mass
1pm Friends of Vision - 2
1pm Penance at St. Margaret
7pm Penance at St. Joan of Arc
7pm NAR ANON - 2/NA - HFH
Unplugged Day of Prayer
8am Mass
5pm TOPS - 2
8am Mass
1:30pm Bible Study - Café
7pm Shores Youth AA - HFH
7pm ACA - 2
Holy Thursday
No 8am Mass
8am Morning Prayer
7pm Mass of The Lord’s Supper/
Adoration
11pm Night Prayer
Good Friday
No 8am Mass
Parish Office Closed
8am Morning Prayer
12pm Stations of the Cross
1:15pm Office of Readings/Midday
Prayer
2:15pm Chaplet of Divine Mercy
3pm Liturgy of the Passion of The
Lord
Easter Sunday
9am Mass of the Resurrection of
the Lord - Church
11am Mass of the Resurrection of
the Lord - Church
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OUR PARISH LIFE
Scriptures Intentions
Jim DeRoo
Susan Graham
Theresa Yaklin
Theresa Mielke
Norman Ahee
Joann Greene
Carol Brown
Sherri Samasa
Betty Jane Scott
Walter Krawczyk
Edward Mangold
Hoyt Stewart
Irene Johnson
David Curcuru
Monday, April 15, 2019 Monday of Holy Week
Is 42:1-7
Jn 12:1-11
8 am
Mass
For vocations to the Priesthood, the
Diaconate, Religious Life and to Lay Ecclesial
Ministry
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 Tuesday of Holy Week
Is 49:1-6
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
8 am
Mass
For Priests, Deacons and Bishops of the
Archdiocese of Detroit
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Wednesday of Holy Week
Is 50:4-9a
Mt 26:14-25
8 am
Mass
For the Elect who will be received into
the Church at the Easter Vigil
Thursday, April 18, 2019 Holy Thursday
Ex 12:1-8, 11-14
1 Cor 11:23-26
Jn 13:1-15
No 8 am
Mass
Friday, April 19, 2019 Friday of the Passion of the Lord
(Good Friday)
Is 52:13-53:12
Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Jn 18:1-19:42
No 8 am
Mass
Gn 1:1-2:2 or 1:1,
26-31a
Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a,
10-13, 15-18
Ex 14:15-15:1
Is 54:5-14
Is 55:1-11
Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4
Ez 36:16-17a,
18-28
Rom 6:3-11
Lk 24:1-12
Saturday, April 20, 2019 Holy Saturday
(No Penance)
Please pray for those facing the challenges of illness this month:
Easter Sunday of the
Resurrection of the Lord
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Eucharistic Liturgies:
Saturday 8:30 p.m.
Sunday 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Scriptures:
Acts 10:34a, 37- 43
We ate and drank with him
Psalm 118:1 - 2, 16 - 17, 22 - 23
The day the Lord has made
Colossians 3:1 - 4
Seek what is above
1 Corinthians 5:6b - 8
Clear out old yeast
John 20:1 - 9
He is risen
Mass Intentions for the Weekend:
The People of St. Lucy’s
Extended Care
Charlotte Bist
Dallas Disbro
Anne Dobbins
Jane Farrelly
Jackie Hayes
Bernard Loren
Tom Luetz
Jane Perzyk
Helen Zimmer
Florence Alexander
Rollin/Claire Allen
Mary/Julie Barnes
Amira (Belli) Beach
Jim Bennett
Katerina Benny
Diane Biafora
Donna Biegas
Sarah Bisesi
Art Blomeke
Avery Colombo
Robert Constantino
Gabriel Crowe
Darlene Czop
Karen Daley
Clement D’Angela
Victor/Isa DiRita
Florence Fournier
Irene Gaca
Paul Jakel
Jerry Jordan
Leon Karpinski
Celeste Lanier
Paige Lanier
Josephine Lopetrone
Dan Lusch
Louise Muhaw
Fred Muller
Joanne Neirynck
Larry Powers
Frances Price
Terry Robertson
Robert Shaulis
Gail Sheahan
Brian Shensky
Sue Sheridan
Ken Stetter
Claire Thomas
Mary Ann Tindall
John Urbanek
Joanne Watko
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ranches of palm, olive, or sometimes even budding
willow are ancient symbols of victory and hope, as
well as of new life. The procession celebrating Jesus'
entry into Jerusalem overflowed with praise and
excitement, as onlookers waved these triumphant
branches and proclaimed their blessings. Yet, in a few
days, they will cry “Crucify him!” The crowd's change of
heart illustrates the problem of holding God to our
expectations. The crowd expected a liberating leader,
the Messiah, to free them from Roman oppression.
Jesus instead takes up his Cross and invites us to do the
same. Through his Death and Resurrection he is indeed
a liberator, but from death and sin. The crowd's
disappointment turns into anger and a death order. As
we enter Holy Week, Palm
Sunday teaches us to let God be
God and to trust in God's
wisdom not only to meet but
shatter and exceed our
expectations.
As disciples of Jesus, today
we imitate his first followers by
accompanying him into
Jerusalem. Jesus completes his
journey to Jerusalem, where he
is greeted with great joy as the
long-awaited Messiah. A colt
never ridden, willing acquiescence to Jesus' directives,
cloaks spread out on the road, praise and acclamation
boldly proclaimed -- all these details affirm his followers'
acknowledgment of Jesus as God's Messiah and prophet.
How many will be ready to suffer with him as the
authorities challenge his person and teachings? This
perennial question confronts his followers in every age.
As we enter the church, the readings focus on the
reason for Jesus' suffering and death.
The First Reading depicts a servant whom God
called to strengthen the weary. Like many prophets, he
encounters rejection, insult and violence. Confident that
God will ultimately vindicate him, the servant sets his
face “like flint” in endurance. Although this song comes
from the time of the Babylonian Exile, it gave the early
Church a way of speaking about Christ's suffering. The
Servant Songs are not direct predictions about Jesus but
a means for his followers to understand his suffering and
death.
Psalm 22 is the lament of a person who endures
great suffering. Some people ridicule him, convinced
that his troubles are caused by great sin. His enemies
gloat, his friends desert him, and his family members
divide his belongings as if he were already dead. Even
so, the psalmist still expresses confidence that he will
eventually be vindicated. He weaves such expressions
into his cries of despair until at last he manages a vow:
If God will save me, I will sing a song of praise to God
in the midst of all the people. Jesus will quote the
psalm's opening line from the Cross, and the early
Church will rely heavily on this psalm for understanding
Jesus' death. The psalm's vivid imagery and profound
insights into the suffering of the innocent make it a
natural choice for explaining how the Messiah could
have met such an ignoble end.
The early creedal hymn, which St. Paul quotes,
provides Christians with a
framework for understanding
the life, death and exaltation of
Jesus Christ. Like Isaiah's
prophet, Jesus, in the Second
Reading is seen as God's
servant -- one who did not
regard being made in God's
image as something about
which to boast. Rather, Jesus
chose the path of self-emptying
as the way to remain faithful to
his calling. “He humbled
himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even
death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted
him.” The early Christians who sang this hymn knew
that the agony and disgrace of Jesus' Crucifixion were to
be understood only in light of his vindication by God
through the Resurrection. For St. Paul this creed is all
one needs to know about Jesus' life. Paul, however is
not only concerned that the Philippians intellectually
know this passionate way, but he also wants them, and
us, to know it in our hearts. We are to be imitators of
the passionate Christ just as Paul is.
From Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples to his
final breath on the Cross, the picture of Jesus in Luke's
Gospel is of one who is a servant faithful to God in the
face of evil. The power of darkness, which left Jesus
after the temptations “until an opportune time” (recall
the Gospel of the First Sunday of Lent), now returns to
attack Jesus. Yet throughout the story we encounter
Jesus' deep compassion as he experiences Judas' betrayal,
his arrest by armed soldiers, Peter's denial, his followers'
abandonment, his opponents' mockery, and the crowd's
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vilification. When one of the slaves in the arresting party has his ear cut off,
Jesus heals him. When he is shuttled back and forth from the Sanhedrin to
Herod to Pilate, his faithful obedience to the demands of the moment does
not waiver. When one of the criminals being crucified with him asks to be
remembered, Jesus offers him the blessing of paradise. for the needs of the
local. Never does he betray his understanding of himself, as “one who
serves,” whose life is being “given” and “poured out” for his disciples. The
cry of the soldier at the Cross, “Certainly this man was innocent,” completes
the picture of Jesus' innocence in the midst of evil. While his murder was a
political act that satisfied military and religious leaders whose authority he
challenged, Jesus' revolutionary work for God's reign had just begun.
Sacrament of Penance
The early days of Holy Week also provide the last formal opportunities
to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance before Easter. Encouraged by the
scrutinies celebrated with the Elect as they prepare for baptism, two final
opportunities are available to celebrate the sacrament on Monday of Holy
Week. St. Margaret of Scotland will host a Penance Service on Monday
afternoon at 1 p.m., and St. Joan of Arc will host a similar service on
Monday evening at 7 p.m. A reminder that there are no formal times to
celebrate the sacrament scheduled here at St. Lucy on Holy Saturday or April
27 within the Octave of Easter.
Unplugged #5
On the past two Sundays of Lent we have had an
opportunity to spend time with the Lord with a Holy
Hour, and prayer aided by the music of the Taize
community. As Lent draws to a close, all of us have an
opportunity to make another Holy Hour of Prayer
together. You won’t even have to leave your house.
On page 6 in today’s Lucylight are some directions on
how to participate in our fifth St. Lucy “Unplugged”
Holy Hour of Prayer on Tuesday evening, April 16. Please take the time to
use this special prayer hour wherever you are — at home, ideally, or maybe at
work, or in your car traveling or commuting — to simply “unplug” and pray.
Some suggestions on how to best frame this time are given on page 6.
Imagine the entire parish praying together for one hour!
Since it is our fifth unplugged experience, the suggestions this year follow
Pope Francis' suggestions of the more popular “five finger” prayer method.
Pray for the needs of family and friends, for teachers and healers, for
leaders, for the sick and poor, and ultimately for yourself. Another option is
to use the hour to pray as we do in the universal prayer each weekend: for
the universal church, for those in public authority, for the sick and our
beloved dead. As the calendar year continues, it is my hope to schedule
various other opportunities to pray in a variety of ways. Please let me know
your thoughts and possible ways to make this happen. Let me know how
this unplugged hour was, and what benefit and special graces you gained
from the experience.
Our Lenten Scriptures (Continued from page 4)
(Continued on page 7)
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Chrism Mass
On Holy Thursday no Mass is
celebrated before the Mass of the
Lord's supper except for the
diocesan celebration of the
Chrism Mass.
At the Chrism Mass, the holy
oils that will be used throughout
the coming year are blessed by
the bishop:
Oil of Catechumens, used to anoint those preparing for
baptism (infants, children, and adults);
Oil of the Sick, used to anoint those who are suffering
from mental and physical illnesses and handicaps;
and Sacred Chrism, used to anoint during Confirmation
and Ordination, and to bless and consecrate every new
altar.
This one Mass touches the sacramental and worship
life of every parish in the diocese, and draws
representatives from every area, and every parish
throughout the entire Church of Detroit. In some ways
it is the last preparation for Easter. The Chrism Mass is
Holy Thursday morning, April 18 at Blessed
Sacrament Cathedral. There is no daily Mass
scheduled at St. Lucy, or any parish in the Archdiocese.
We will pray Morning Prayer, the other official daily
prayer of the Church at 8 a.m., our regular time to gather
as a community
Those interested in attending the Chrism Mass may
wish to gather here first to pray prior to heading to the
Cathedral. A small group from St. Lucy has often
carpooled from here and has been attending the Chrism
Mass for a number of years. Others are certainly
welcome to join their number.
Feasts and Saints This Week
Preface II of the passion of
the Lord is assigned for the
early days of the week. The
Paschal Triduum, the Three
Days, are the primary days
of celebration throughout
the entire liturgical year. As
such, there are no observances of the saints on Holy
Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, or Easter
Sunday. The days of the Easter Octave are also
considered a Solemnity, and extension of Easter itself.
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April 18: Holy Thursday
This evening Lent ends and the
Church enters the Sacred
Paschal Triduum, gathering to
pray, building toward the
prolonged vigiling of Saturday
night. This evening’s
celebration, the Mass of the
Lord’s Supper, is the threshold
liturgy of the Triduum. It
commemorates the institution of Eucharist and the
priesthood, as well as Jesus’ command to love and
service. It is the only parish Mass today.
In the First Reading, God commands Moses and
Aaron to institute the feast that would be known as
Passover. At the time, the community of Israel was
suffering in bondage in Egypt. This passage comes in
the midst of the description of the ten plagues which
convinced Pharaoh to free the people of Israel from
their captivity. Passover came to mean the meal and the
date fixed on the Jewish calendar. For the first
observance, a family slaughtered a lamb or a goat, eating
the meat, but sprinkling the blood on the two door
posts of each home. The blood became a sign for the
angel responsible for the tenth plague to “Passover” the
homes and spare the lives of the firstborn. Ever since
this event, the Jewish community has celebrated
Passover each year.
Psalm 116 offers several verses of a song of
thanksgiving as our Responsorial Psalm. The overall
purpose of this Psalm is to give thanks to God, but the
Lectionary designates these verses because they
especially fit the themes of Holy Thursday. The
psalmist gives thanks by taking up “the cup of
salvation.” The Psalm proclaims, “Precious in the eyes
of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones.” These
verses foreshadow the Eucharistic cup that Jesus shared
at the Last Supper, as well as his own Death looming on
Good Friday. The refrain is lifted from the same epistle
that give us the Second Reading; it is not a verse from
the Psalm. As Christians experiencing anew the last
days of Jesus, rooted in the meal traditions of our
ancestors, we sing, “our blessing cup is a communion
with the Blood of Christ.” Normally, the Responsorial
Psalm echoes a theme from the First Reading or the
Gospel. This is a rare instance when it pertains to the
Second Reading, which is yet to be proclaimed.
Saint Paul tells how Jesus instituted the Eucharist.
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With minor variations, this account also appears in the
Gospel accounts by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Scholars
tell us, however, that Paul wrote these epistles before the
evangelists wrote their Gospel narratives. Therefore,
this is the oldest account of what happened at the Last
Supper, the version that lies closest to the years of Jesus’
life. At this point in his letter, Paul is probably
responding to some specific questions from the
Corinthians. Apparently, they had asked about the
proper way to celebrate the Eucharist. Paul hands on to
them what others had told him. Paul says that the
supper took place on the night before Jesus was
betrayed, that Jesus took bread, gave thanks, said, “This
is my body that is for you,” and commanded his
followers to “do this in remembrance of me.” Jesus
repeated this command upon
taking up the cup, which he
called “the new covenant in
my blood.” Paul says we
proclaim the death of the
Lord until he comes
whenever we “eat this bread
and drink this cup.” These
words address the heart of
Catholic faith. We believe
that the Eucharist is the Body
and Blood of Christ, that Jesus told us this, and that he
commanded us to eat and drink in remembrance of him.
This passage is the key that unlocks the meaning of Holy
Thursday.
Jesus gives his followers a model of discipleship
when he washes their feet. In John’s account of the
Gospel, at the Last Supper, when the reader expects to
find the institution of the Eucharist that appears in
Matthew, Mark and Luke (the synoptic accounts of the
Gospel), and even in Paul’s First Letter to the
Corinthians, it is not there. Instead, John gives a
mystical interpretation of the Eucharist in the washing
of the feet. Just as Paul’s letter unlocks the meaning of
Holy Thursday, John’s narrative unlocks its implications.
As Jesus stoops to wash feet, Simon Peter resists until
Jesus warns him, “unless I wash you, you will have no
inheritance with me.” His statement probably alludes to
Baptism, which became an initiation rite for all the
followers of Jesus. Importantly, Jesus advises the
disciples, “If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have
washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.
Whenever we engage in selfless, humble service to our
neighbors, we follow the model Jesus gave.
Holy Thursday (Continued from page 7)
April 19: Good Friday
On this day, the parish community gathers to prayerfully
recall the Death of Jesus “in the hope of their
resurrection.” Because his Resurrection is inseparable
from his Death, the Lord’s passion is truly celebrated.
We remember last night’s words from St. Paul, “We
should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in
whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through
whom we are saved and delivered.”
The environment of the church expresses the
somber mood of the day: the altar completely bare,
without cross, candles, or cloths. It is interesting to note
that the liturgy is to begin at three o’clock or later; a
time before then is not envisioned. How we are to
adjust and adapt our “American” customs and schedules
for this day still needs to be
considered and adapted
accordingly. The liturgy
consists of three parts: The
Liturgy of the Word; the
Adoration of the Cross; and
Holy Communion.
It is preferable that
that everyone be able to
experience the liturgy of the
Church. While other
devotional celebrations such as Stations of the Cross can
be scheduled on this day, as much as possible people are
encouraged to pray the official liturgies of the Church.
It is also of interest to note the specific rubric that this
liturgy “by its very nature” may not be celebrated in the
absence of a priest.
The Lectionary subtitles the First Reading the fourth
oracle of the Servant of the Lord, but it is often called
the fourth song of the Suffering Servant. Near the end
of the book of the prophet Isaiah, we meet a figure
called God’s Servant, who represents God but suffers
greatly for the sins of others. The figure may have been
a historical person at the time of Isaiah or a
representation of the people of Israel. Christians read
these four passages with a very specific insight: they
prophesy Jesus, the servant of the Father, who suffered
for our salvation. The passage opens with a startling
description of this servant. He was “spurned and
avoided by people, a man of suffering, accustomed to
infirmity.” In the most moving verses, read with a lump
in our throats, we realize that the servants suffering
should have been us: “Yet it was our infirmities that he
(Continued on page 9)
We believe that the Eucharist is the Body and
Blood of Christ, that Jesus told us this, and that
he commanded us to eat and drink in
remembrance of him. This passage is the key
that unlocks the meaning of Holy Thursday.
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bore, our suffering that he endured… We had all gone
astray like sheep… but the Lord laid upon him the guilt
of us all.” On Good Friday, these verses come to
fulfillment in the crucified Jesus.
Psalm 31 appeals to God for rescue. The psalmist is
desperate, “an object of reproach, a laughingstock to my
neighbors, and a dread to my friends.” But the Psalm
does not dwell in despair. It trusts that God will redeem
the one in distress. This singer is now convinced of
salvation that the Psalm concludes with an exhortation
to the hearer: “Take courage and be stouthearted, all
you who hope in the Lord.” The refrain for the Psalm
comes from the Gospel according to Luke. It is spoken
by Jesus on the cross. Jesus who must have know its
words by heart, quotes
Psalm 31, when he makes his
appeal for rescue: “Father,
into your hands I commend
my spirit.”
The sufferings of Jesus
enabled him to empathize
with our weakness, making
him a powerful mediator of
mercy and grace. The Letter
to the Hebrews explains the
role of Jesus as the greatest of all high priests. This
passage describes the events of Jesus’ Passion: “In the
days when Christ was in the flesh, he offered prayers and
supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who
was able to save him from death.” These words
resemble the Gospel accounts of Jesus suffering his
agony in the garden of Gethsemane. But the passage
does not linger on Jesus’ suffering. “He was heard.”
The Father, who could save Jesus from death, did,
through his Death and Resurrection.
This passage in the Gospel according to John is one
of the most sublime testimonies to the glory of God.
The narrative moves through several scenes, but it
constantly teaches the meaning of Jesus’ life, Death and
Resurrection. We hear it each year on Good Friday.
Early on, John presents “Jesus knowing everything
that was gong to happen to him.” Jesus is no innocent
bystander. He is the omniscient God in control of the
events that follow. Three times in the opening
confrontation he says, “I AM,” boldly claiming the name
that God revealed to Moses in the burning bush. His
enemies end up proclaiming the truth about Jesus in
spite of themselves. Caiaphas had told the Jews that, “it
Good Friday (Continued from page 8)
was better that one man should die rather than the
people,” fulfilling Isaiah’s fourth oracle. Pilate, unable to
get a straight answer from Jesus about his identity, asks,
“What is truth?” But it is Pilate who has an inscription
made for the cross that calls Jesus, in three languages,
the King of the Jews. The soldiers plait a crown from
thorns and wrap Jesus’ aching body in purple cloth,
intending to mock, but instead acknowledging his
kingship.
While the enemies of Jesus unintentionally speak the
truth, his friend Peter intentionally denies Jesus three
times. From the cross, Jesus takes matters into his own
hands, entrusting his mother and the disciple whom he
loved to each other. From these faithful disciples the
Church will be born. Before he died, Jesus says, “It is
finished.” That doesn’t
mean, “It’s over.” It means,
“It is accomplished,” or “It is
perfected.” He has
completed the task he was
given. He hands himself
over to God. John has Jesus
dying on the cross on
preparation day, the day
before Passover, so that we
will see in the slaughtering of
the Passover lambs a contemporaneous symbol of the
One who died for us.
April 20: Holy Saturday
Christ was in the tomb; he lay in darkness in the
womb of the whole world. Holy Saturday
commemorates that day and has a character all its own.
It is a quiet day of meditation, reflection, and
anticipation, especially for the Elect preparing for
Baptism. Although there is much to do, don’t let it just
be a day to decorate home or church. Pray; vigil in front
of the crucifix.
There is no Mass during the day, and Holy
Communion may be given before the Vigil only as
Viaticum. Ministers to the sick should make every effort
to visit the sick during Good Friday and Holy Saturday,
sharing with them some of the readings and bringing the
prayers of the community. During the day today we
continue the Paschal Fast. The Elect fast in preparation
for Baptism, and the faithful join them in solidarity of
spirit. The recommendation dates back to about the
year 100 AD, where it appeared in the Didache.
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The climax of the Sacred Paschal Triduum, the
Easter Vigil, begins after darkness has fallen, officially
forty-five minutes after dark. The Easter Vigil launches
us into Easter Time, and it should not be confused with
Holy Saturday itself.
Paschal Fast
Most of us are aware that the days of fast and
abstinence during Lent center around Ash Wednesday
and Good Friday, and the Fridays of Lent. Lent fades
away quietly as the Mass of the Lord’s Supper begins the
Triduum. Good Friday, as part of the Paschal Triduum
— the three day celebration at the heart of our calendar,
liturgical tradition, and Christian faith — is not
specifically part of Lent, but is a day of fast and
abstinence as well.
The Easter fast is sacred on the first two days of the Triduum,
in which, according to ancient tradition, the Church fasts "because
the Spouse has been taken away." Good Friday is a day of fasting
and abstinence; it is also recommended that Holy Saturday be so
observed, so that the Church, with uplifted and welcoming heart, be
ready to celebrate the joys of the Sunday of the Resurrection.
(Paschale Solemnitatis #39)
The church looks upon the days of the Triduum as
the primary time for us to truly enter into the mystery
that is being commemorated. We do this through our
prayer and reflection. We do this through devotions that
are observed either individually or communally. All are
urged to participate fully in the Church’s liturgies of
these days.
How will you further observe these days at home? A
quiet, simple approach may be best. Perhaps no radios,
CDs, ipods, television, videos, gameboys, or other
distractions on these two days — simply allow the quiet
and silence to surround you. Eat simply, and even fast,
from at least one usual meal so that our hunger
for the waters of new life, and communion at Easter are
intensified beyond our regular Lenten observances.
Paradise. Cost. Betrayal. Loyalty.
Feet. Truth. Light. How have these words challenged
you as our Lenten journey comes to an end?
Our prayer intensifies, our fasting takes on a new
meaning in anticipation of Easter, and our Lenten
almsgiving allows us to empty ourselves as Jesus did.
Have a HOLY week — see you on Holy Thursday,
Good Friday and Easter (Vigil and Sunday) in church.
Holy Saturday (Continued from page 9)
Crucify Him!
It’s not uncommon to hear the term
“crucifixion” used metaphorically to describe a person
taking a figurative beating.
In the news recently, for example, we heard of a
group of priests in Poland who burned books they
deemed to be dealing with witchcraft. Among the
books were several from a children’s series that
chronicles the elementary school years of a group of
young witches and wizards. There was, as one might
expect, worldwide criticism of the Polish priests that –
whether you agree or disagree with their position –
could be likened to a figurative crucifixion.
Closer to home, when the Detroit Red Wings
announced they were renewing the contract of their
embattled coach for another two years, thousands of
people flooded the team’s social media accounts with
harsh denunciation of the move, again subjecting the
key players in the story – coach, team management,
ownership – to a figurative crucifixion.
To be clear, neither of those examples – and
nothing we might possibly conceive of, frankly – are
anything remotely close in their horror, or in their
profound impact, to the actual crucifixion, which we
commemorate today, and on which we’ll reflect this
week.
But it’s worth keeping in mind that Jesus offered
his suffering and death precisely in atonement for the
sins of each and every one of us. And one of those
sins is the harsh, noncharitable, downright mean
treatment of our brothers and sisters. We may disagree
with things they do or say, some of it more important
than others, but we should see in them the face of
Christ, and perhaps be gentler in our approach.
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit,”
we hear in today’s passion account from St. Luke,
“and when he had said this he breathed his last.”
Such a profound sacrifice. May we never take it
for granted when interacting with our brothers and
sisters.
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Parish Staff
Rev. James E. Commyn .............................................................................. Pastor
Rev. Mr. John Thompson……………………………………..….Deacon
Rev. Donald Worthy………………………………….Weekend Associate
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Music/Worship: Rob Buzaitis .................................................... 586-447-4223
Pastoral Care/Parish Nurse/Sacristan: Carol Schoener ........ 586-447-4234
Financial Services: Charles Korotko ......................................... 586-447-4231
Parish Administrative Services: Diane Kassner ..................... 586-447-4222
Senior Deacon/Retired: Rev. Mr. Robert Herta
Office Support Staff: Christina Deveroux/Sandy Wallace
Maintenance/Custodian: Jeremy Miller/Luke Hyde
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Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sunday Closed
Monday–Friday we are closed from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. for lunch.
Masses
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Saturdays: 4:30 p.m. Sundays 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Holydays: As Announced
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Chair: Rosemarie DiRita
Vice-Chair: Barb Dobson
Secretary: Barb Janutol
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Arrangements can be made by contacting the Parish Office. Baptisms are
not celebrated during Lent or Advent.
Sick Calls and Communion Calls
Please notify the parish office when there is a serious illness in your family.
The priests and pastoral assistants visit the sick in their homes, hospitals or
convalescent homes regularly, and parishioners will offer their prayers for
them.
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