Holy Family Church Nutley-Belleville March 22, 2015 SERVED BY: Pastor Rev. Joseph Ferraro Parochial Vicars Rev. John Gordon Rev. Mauro Primavera Transitional Deacon Rev. Mr. Antonio Sarento Director of Religious Education Sr. Diana Yodris, MPF Convent Superior Sr. Gloria Doria, MPF Good Shepherd Academy Sr. Jane Feltz, MPF, Principal Pastoral Associate Sr. Eileen Hubbert, SSJ Director of Music Ministry Ms. Susan Loricchio Ministers of Hospitality John Caruso, Captain Youth Ministry Team Mrs. Amy DiCristo & Mr. John O’Reilly Parish Secretary Ms. Lynn S. Falduto ([email protected]) Nursery School Supervisor Sr. Jycinth Valenciana, FSSE Development Committee Chairperson Mr. Paul Grillo Parish Trustees Mrs. Gina Tamburri Mr. Robert Collmier Stewardship Committee Chairperson Mr. Philip Hui MASSES Saturday evening: ANOINTING OF THE SICK: This is a 5:30 PM (English), 7:00 PM (Italian) Neo-Catechumenate Liturgy: 8:30 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon & 7:00 PM Filipino Mass: 2nd Sunday of month, 5:00 PM Daily: 7:00, 8:45 AM; Saturday 8:45 AM OFFICE HOURS: Daily: 8:30 AM - 12:00 Noon 1:00 - 4:00 PM 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Rectory is closed 12:00 - 1:00 PM and 4:00 - 6:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM The office is closed on Sunday. RECONCILIATION: Saturday, 1:00 PM BAPTISM: Baptisms are scheduled once a month on Sunday afternoons except during Lent. Expectant parents are asked to contact the rectory to schedule an appointment at least three months before the desired date of Baptism. Parents must attend a special catechetical session prior to the Baptism. MARRIAGE: Couples should contact the rectory one year in advance of the proposed wedding date in order to allow for the proper pre-marital preparation. At least one person must be a registered parishioner of Holy Family. Rectory: 973-667-0026/Fax: 973-661-1714 Convent: 973-667-2050 28 Brookline Avenue 60 Harrison Street www.holyfamilynutley.org sacrament not only for those who are at the point of death. As soon as anyone begins to be in danger of death from sickness or old age, we encourage you to call for a priest in the rectory. MINISTRY OF THE SICK: The Eucharist will be brought to the homebound. Please contact the Rectory with the names and addresses of parishioners who are ill or homebound. VOCATION: Women and men who feel called to the religious life, and men called to Holy Orders, should contact the Vocations Office at 973-497-4365. EMERGENCY CALLS: In case of an accident or sudden illness, call the rectory at any hour or reach us on the emergency phone, 973-715-3108. The priest on duty will return your call. SOCIAL SERVICE HOTLINE: The Catholic Community Services is an office that serves all people in need. Please call 1-800-CCS-7413. PARISH PAY: Have your weekly donation sent directly to the Church! Visit www.parishpay.com or call 1-866-PARISH1 Rel. Education Office: 973-667-6018 Nursery: 973-235-1170 Good Shepherd Academy: 973-667-2049 174 Franklin Avenue 24 Brookline Avenue; www.gsanutley.org Page Two MISSION STATEMENT Holy Family Catholic Church is a spiritually and socially active parish. Rooted in the Word of God and nourished by the Eucharist, we celebrate the life of our Lord Jesus Christ by proclaiming the Good News and providing spiritual growth, support and service with love. Founded by Italian immigrants a century ago, today our parish continues the tradition of extending a loving, caring and affirming welcome to all who join us as we Continue Our Journey of Faith. La Chiesa Cattolica Santa Famiglia e’ una parrocchia socialmente e spiritualmente attiva. Radicata nella Parola di Dio e nutrite dall’eucarestia, celebriamo la vita del nostro Signore Gesu’Cristo proclamando la buona novella e provvedendo crescita spirituale, supporto e servizio con amore. Fondata un secolo fa’ da immigranti italiani, oggi, la nostra parrocchia continua la tradizione di estendere un amorevole, caro e reconoscente benvenuto a tutti coloro che con noi continuano e condividono il nostro cammino di fede. Ang simbahang katoliko ng banal na pamilya ay isang masiglang parokya sa espirituwal at ugnayang panlipunan. Nakaugat sa salita ng diyos at pinalusog ng eukaristiya, ipanagdiriwant namin ang buhay ng ating panginoong hesukristo sa pagpapahayag ng mabuting balita at paguudulot ng paglago sa kabanalan, paggabay, at mapagmahal na paglilingkod. Itinatag ng mga dayuhang italiano may isang-daan taon na ang nakakalipas, ngayon ang aming parokya ay patuloy sa pag-ugit ng tradisyon ng mapag-aruga, mapagkalinga, at mapagkilang pagtanggap sa mga sumapi saamin habang patuloy sa paglalakbay sa panaampalataya. 5th Sunday in Lent B-2015 My brothers and sisters in the Lord! Jeramiah’s passage begins with the words, “See the days are coming…” The second reading of the letter to the Hebrews speaks of how Jesus is looking beyond His life on earth and, in the Gospel, Jesus says, “the hour has come.” When you think about it, we still live in that hour; it is still unfolding in our lives. Even though it is true that He has died and risen again already, to live in Christ is to live in His death as well as His rising to new life. Our lives are full of small deaths and small resurrections. When we confess our sins, we join with Jesus in His Eucharist, we make sacrifices and take risks for His sake, then something in us dies and something new is born again. We can live many years without allowing this death and resurrection to take place in our lives. We may not choose to change but sometimes it is outside circumstances which force a change on us. This can be the grace of God for us but only if we have faith and hope. Each year we are called upon to live, in a special way, both Christ’s death and His resurrection, to prepare us for that paschal moment that will happen in every life. The seed has to stop being a seed if it is going to be what a seed is meant to be. If we live our lives in a perpetual winter and all living memory had forgotten the spring, how shocked we would be when a new spring finally came. We would call it the death of winter, unable to imagine that this was not death but a newness of life. St. Paul tells us that we are to walk in the newness of life. Jesus walked in the greatest darkness possible, the rejection of salvation itself, yet He entered into that darkness and faced up to it with His human emotions, showing us that fear is to be overcome by hope and love. The art of travel is knowing what to pack but the experienced traveler also knows what to pack. We will gain more from Lent if we see it not just as a temporary giving up of things but, rather, training in letting go of everything that holds us up on the journey to the kingdom. Jesus teaches us to travel lightly. The more demanding the journey, the steeper the road, the more we have to unburden ourselves. During the Lenten Season, we can learn about how demanding the journey to eternal happiness can be. It may not be the material things of which we are called upon to let go, but we may need to let go of the attitudes, emotional binds, compulsions, automatic responses to situations; in short, the false sense of self that hides the true self which is being created in Christ. It is now, in these last two weeks of Lent, that we can consider the magnitude of the journey which Jesus has asked us to pursue. And yet it is not a journey we make on our own; if we look ahead, He is there, and we follow. Peace, Fr. Joe If you wish to receive a statement of your 2014 donations to Holy Family Church, kindly submit your name, address and daytime phone number, along with the number of your donation envelope. You may also email your request: [email protected] Please do not call the rectory to request this information. You may drop this form in the collection basket on any Sunday. Name: ________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ Town / Zip: ____________________________________________________ Daytime Phone: ___________________E-mail ____________________________ Envelope No. ___________________________________________________ Page Three Saturday, March 21 5:30 PM Stacy Fetyko...Robin LePre & Michael Tuite 7:00 PM Nicolantonio & Maria Cascarano...John Cascarano Sunday, March 22 8:00 AM Domenic & Yvonne Cullari...Son, Richard, and Yvonne & Rick Puzio 10:00 AM Esther Volpe...Jerry & Ann Volpe 12:00 PM Mario Pavone...Pavone Family 2:00 PM Mass in Honor of Maria SS. Addolorata - Francesco Vacca, Elaine Caputo, Cleonice Nini 7:00 PM People of the Parish Monday, March 23 7:00 AM Maria D’Alonzo...Son, Louis 8:45 AM Mario DiMaggio...Catherine & Vincent Parigi Tuesday, March 24 7:00 AM Joseph Russo...Annunziata Crocco 8:45 AM Annunziata Servidio...Assunta & Angelo Basile Wednesday, March 25 - The Annunciation of the Lord 7:00 AM Michael Hayek...Marietta LaCapra & Johnine Cimbaro 8:45 AM Philip Zawadzki...Wayne Rinaldi Reminder: Confession this evening, in Church, 7:00-8:00 Thursday, March 26 7:00 AM Lena Veneziano...Antoinette Lombardi 8:45 AM Grace Vicidomini...Lynch Family Friday, March 27 7:00 AM Julia Benedetto...Daughters 8:45 AM Thomas Genna...Theresa Genna & Family 6:45 PM English Stations of the Cross - Church 7:45 PM Italian Stations of the Cross - Church Saturday, March 28 8:45 AM Special Remembrance Mass John & Eleanor Arthur Karen Maher Purcell Dr. Franklin Dotoli & Dec. of Henry Raimondo Family Dec. Family Members Benjamin Vincent Valentini Joseph Landolfi Elmer & Hattie Walsh Yolanda Mattia Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Saturday, March 28 5:30 PM People of the Parish 7:00 PM Federico Cicchino...Elvira & Joseph Urciuoli Sunday, March 29 8:00 AM Salvatore Vangieri...Emily & Children 10:00 AM Santo, Salvatore & Angelina Gabriele...Pietro & Maria Gabriele 12:00 PM Carmen Scarpa...Jean Scarpa 7:00 PM Louis Rinaldi...Daughter, Marie STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE “I will be their God and they shall be my people.” - Jeremiah 31:33 What does it mean to be God’s people? It means we recognize that everything we have and everything we are belongs to God. We aren’t “owners” of anything; we are merely “stewards” of the gifts God has given us. It means we are willing to use our gifts and our lives to care for our neighbors and the world, just as God cares for us. For Sunday, March 15, 2015: The actual collection was $10,842.00; $1,597.00 of which came from Parish Pay. The 2nd Collection for Church property upkeep was $2,578.00. Mass Attendance was 1,489. God Bless You For Your Continued Generosity! For Sunday, March 16, 2014 The actual collection was $10,447.75; $1,646.75 of which came from Parish Pay. The 2nd Collection for School Subsidy was $1,829.00 Mass Attendance was 1,460 Memorials for the Week of March 22, 2015 The Sanctuary Lamp Angelo Cifelli...Tony & Laura Borino The Mother Cabrini Chapel Lamp Dr. Franklin Dotoli & Deceased Family Members ...Wife & Children Altar Bread Marguerite LaMotta...Malgeri Family The Sanctuary Lamp in the Church, Chapel, Convent and Rectory, Altar Candles, Altar Bread, & Altar Wine, as well as Altar Flowers are our weekly memorials. The donation for each Sanctuary Lamp and Altar Candles are $10. The donation for Altar Bread or Altar Wine is $15. The donation for Flowers on the Altar of the Blessed Virgin or Saint Joseph is $45. Please stop by the rectory to reserve any of the above. Please Pray for Those Who Are Sick... Raymond & Mary Bresko, Sr. Marie Ciamillo, MPF, Jennifer Caramucci DeJesus, Paul Fasone, Janet Ferrugia, Fr. Peter Funesti, Joseph Iorio, Toni LoGiudice, Josephine Loricchio, Kenneth Matthews, Philip Napoli, Laurie Palumbo, Kayla San Filippo - the entire sick list is posted on the bulletin board in the vestibule. Please Pray for Those Who Have Died… Veronica Protano, Theresa LaPlaca, James DiGabriele Page Four STEWARDSHIP OF TIME Saturday, March 21 8:30 PM Neo-Catechumenate #1 - MCC 8:30 PM Neo-Catechumenate #2/3 - SJC All Masses: 2nd Collection: School Shared Expenses; Palm Cross Sale, Rosary Bake sale in Church Vestibule Sunday, March 22 8:30 AM Religious Education - GSA 11:00 AM Confirmation Preparation for Adults - Sr. Eileen’s 2:00 PM Baptism Catechesis - MCC 2:00 PM Mass in Honor of Maria SS. Addolorata - Church 3:00 PM Fatima Prayer Group - MCC 6:00 PM Youth Group - SJC/Church Monday, March 23 6:30 PM Rosary Board Meeting - SJC 7:00 PM Novena - MCC 7:00 PM Choir Rehearsal - Church 7:15 PM Rosary Meeting - SJC Tuesday, March 24 12:30 PM Adult Education - SJC 7:30 PM Social Concerns - SJC 7:00 PM K of C - MCC/SA Wednesday, March 25 - The Annunciation of the Lord 7:00 PM Confessions - Church 7:30 PM Bereavement w/ Patricia Little - SA 8:30 PM Neo-Catechumenate #1 - MSA 8:30 PM Neo-Catechumenate #2 - SJC 8:30 PM Neo-Catechumenate #3 - SLR Thursday, March 26 10:00 AM Italian Class - SA 4:30 PM Children's Italian Class - SA 7:30 PM Bible Study - SJC Friday, March 27 6:00 AM Men's Prayer Group - SJC 2:00 PM GSA Stations of the Cross - MCC 6:45 PM Stations of the Cross - English - Church 7:45 PM Stations of the Cross - Italian - Church Saturday, March 28 12:00 PM Bunny Luncheon - GSA 1:00 PM Confessions - Church 5:30 PM Solemn Blessing of Palms - Church 8:30 PM Neo-Catechumenate #1 - MCC 8:30 PM Neo-Catechumenate #2/3 - SJC All Masses: 2nd Collection: Church Property Upkeep; Palm Cross Sale Palm Sunday, March 29 8:30 AM Religious Education Classes - GSA 10:00 AM Children's Liturgy of the Word - Church 11:00 AM Confirmation Preparation for Adults - Sr. Eileen’s March 50/50 Drawing after 12:00 Mass LR MCC MDL MSA PP PR SA SJC KEY Liturgy Room - Rectory Basement Mother Cabrini Chapel Msgr. DiLuca Conf. Room (Behind the Bell Tower) Maria SS. Addolorata Room - Parish Center Padre Pio Room - Parish Center Pantry Room - Rectory Basement St. Anthony Room - Parish Center St. Joseph Center READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10; Ps 40:7-11; Heb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16 (procession); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 — 15:47 [15:1-39] The Rosary Altar Society is having a Spring Bake Sale after all Masses this weekend. The proceeds of this sale will benefit Holy Family Church and the many charities in our community. The Society will meet this Monday at 7:15 PM in St. Joseph's Center. The Executive Committee will meet at 6:30 PM. During the meeting, the Nominating Committee will present candidates for office at an election to be held at the April 20 meeting. Oasis, a day of prayer and reflection for women, is scheduled for Saturday, April 18, 9:30-3:00 P.M., at Villa Walsh. To make a reservation for transportation on the bus that will leave Holy Family parking lot at 8:15 AM, please call Anne Bennett at 973-547-2608. EASTER BUNNY LUNCHEON Saturday, March 28, 12:00 P.M. Good Shepherd Academy Gym Have fun! Spring Crafts, Lunch (pizza, a juice box and a cupcake) Dancing & Story Time with Easter Bunny! Bring your camera, there will be lots of picture time. The cost is $10.00 for each child and $3.00 for each adult All are welcome–Seats are limited!! You can purchase tickets by visiting Holy Family Church on Facebook. MIRACULOUS MEDAL NOVENA The Miraculous Medal Novena is every Monday at 7:00 PM, in the Mother Cabrini Chapel. Novena consists of devotional prayers to the Miraculous Medal and St. Jude, and the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. On national holidays, Novena prayers are offered at 8:45 AM, just prior to the 9:00 AM Mass. Page Five GOOD SHEPHERD ACADEMY NEWS Good Shepherd Academy's Home School Association will be selling Palm Crosses this weekend and next Saturday and Sunday, March 28th and 29th before and after all masses. The price of the Palm Crosses is $9.00. Your support of GSA's children is valued and sincerely appreciated. God Bless you. New Family Registration is ongoing. Please visit our website, www.gsanutley.org, to learn more about our school. We will have another Open House on Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Our Musical Theatre Club's production of The Wizard of Oz will come to life on our stage, Friday & Saturday, April 17 & 18, 7:00 P.M., and Sunday, April 19, 3:00 P.M. Tickets are $10/adult and $5/child/student. Please call the school to order tickets, 973-661-2049 ext. 100. TEACHING THE GOOD NEWS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM (CCD) FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: 973-667-6018 Sunday: Grades K-5, 8:30 AM-9:45 AM Tuesday: Grades 1-6, 3:30-4:45 PM ~ Classes for Spring Garden, Lincoln and Yanticaw Schools Wednesday Evening: (all schools) Grades 7 & 8 7:00-8:30 PM Thursday: Grades 1-6; 3:30-4:45 PM ~ Classes for Belleville #5, Washington & Radcliff Schools It is registration time again for the Religious Education Program. (2015-2016 ) From March through April, you may register or re-register your child/children for CCD. It also includes Confirmation students as well. Please contact Sr. Diana to make an appointment at 973-6676018. FIRST FRIDAY ADORATION In 2012, we started a chain of prayers to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament from our home and place of work. (see poster by the main entrance in the Church). This year, 2015, the Knights of Columbus are organizing a First Friday Adoration in the Chapel, beginning on the First Friday at 7:00 PM to Saturday, 8:00 A.M. We do not want to limit the adoration to one of our Knights every hour, but would like to invite all the people of the parish to participate in this expression of love to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. You can spend one hour with Jesus in the Chapel or just a half hour, or ten, fifteen minutes. You can do it along or as husband and wife, or parents and children. The love and adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament will help both our family and our parish to achieve extraordinary spiritual growth. There will be at least one person for each hour of day and night, but what a beautiful demonstration of love would be if two or three, or even ten persons would come to keep company to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament every hour. After all, He is there day and night for our love. If you wish to participate, please call Val Frattaroli at 973-759-4811 or Sal Bongiovanni at 973-751-4366, to let them know the hour you wish to choose. HOURS: Friday, 7-8-9-10-11 PM / Saturday, 12-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 AM Bible Blitz! A collection of new and gently used Bibles is underway. Help us to spread the Word of The Lord to those who cannot afford a Bible. You may leave the bibles in the Church vestibule on the ledge below the TV screen or drop them off at the rectory. The Nutley Jaycees have announced this year’s recipients of the 44th Annual Distinguished Service Awards. Each year, five individuals who live or work in Nutley are honored for their outstanding contributions to the quality of life in Nutley. The Awards are presented for commitment and excellence in the areas of Business, Education, Civic Affairs, Public Health and Safety and to one Outstanding Individual between the ages of 21 and 40. Holy Family parishioners, Michelle Fleitell has been awarded Civic Affairs and Steve Picciano, Jr. has been awarded Outstanding Young Individual. The awards will be presented at the Nutley Jaycees Distinguished Service Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at the Valley Regency in Clifton. Reservations for the dinner are $45 per person; call Dr. Steven Clarke, 973235-1515, to purchase your ticket. Presently, there remains availability for advertisements (or congratulatory wishes) in the Program Book; email [email protected] for an ad form. The deadline for the ads is March 26, 2016. ANewUnderstandingofMourning Each individual experiences grief in their own way. The bereaved needs the witness and engagement of others. They need to find meaning in their loss and understand the impact of this significant death on their lives. Mourning is a lifelong process and often continues to be revisited at crucial periods and integrated over a lifetime. Certified Bereavement Facilitator Patricia Little, will host a bereavement group on Wednesday evenings in the St. Anthony Room of the Parish Center. Please call Patricia to register if you plan to attend: 973-985-5303 Stewardship Corner Used or New Communion Dresses and Suits The Office of Development and Stewardship is collecting new and/or gently used, Communion dresses/veils, suits and shoes, for inner city parishes and the Religious Sisters at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart who know of families in need. Items may be dropped off at the Archdiocesan Center, 171 Clifton Avenue, Newark, until Friday, March 27, between the hours of 8:45 AM and 4:00 PM, and will be distributed in April. Page Six LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES, 2015 STATIONS OF THE CROSS: In the Chapel on Fridays at 2:00 P.M., and in the Church at 6:45 P.M. (English); 7:45 P.M. (Italian) on March 27. On Good Friday, April 3, the Youth Group will present the Living Stations of the Cross at 7:00 P.M., in Church. RECONCILIATION: Saturdays at 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. (except Saturday, April 4, which is Holy Saturday); every Wednesday night during Lent from 7:00-8:00. All Confessions will be heard in Church. LENTEN DAILY MASSES: There are 2 daily Masses during Lent: Monday-Friday, 7:00 & 8:45 A.M. in the Chapel; Saturday, 8:45 A.M. in the Church. THE WORD AMONG US: To aid in our spiritual journey during Lent, The Word Among Us is available in the Church and the Chapel. It is an excellent publication which will serve as a Lenten guide. A suggested donation of $5 may be placed in the candle donation boxes or you may drop it off at the rectory. Thank you. FASTING & ALMSGIVING: Operation Rice Bowls, are available in the Church vestibule. Their usage helps to support Catholic Relief Services care for the poor in developing countries. Eat a simpler meal each week (fasting) and place your sacrifice (alms), the money you save in terms of eating a simpler meal in the box. Return your sacrifice on Palm Sunday, March 29. “Let us eat simply so that others may simply eat.” FORMATION • Suggested Lenten penances are distributed each Sunday of Lent as a way of reminding us to make our pledge to enter into these forty days of Lent, truly a time of Penance and conversion of the heart. • Fr. John Gordon’s Bible Study, every Thursday evening (except Holy Thursday), 7:30 P.M., in the St. Joseph Center. Passion (Palm) Sunday, March 29 Regular Sunday Mass Schedule: Saturday Vigil Masses: 5:30 (English) and 7:00 (Italian); Sunday: 8:00 & 10:00 A.M., 12:00 Noon, & 7:00 P.M. Palms will be blessed at all Masses. 12:00 Noon: Blessing of Palms and Procession from the Bell Tower. Monday of Holy Week, March 30: Masses: 7:00 (Chapel) & 8:45 AM (Church) Novena Prayers, due to the Chrism Mass, will be prayed at 8:30 AM 8:00 PM Chrism Mass - Blessing of the Oils of the Sick, Catechumens and Sacred Chrism (Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark.) Tuesday of Holy Week, March 31: Masses: 7:00 (Chapel) & 8:45 AM (Church) Wednesday of Holy Week, April 1: Masses: 7:00 (Chapel) & 8:45 AM (Church) 7:00-8:00 PM: Final opportunity for Confession before Easter. Holy Thursday, April 2: Morning Prayer at 9:00 AM, in the Mother Cabrini Chapel. 7:00 PM Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Washing of the Feet. (Read message below) Adoration until 11:15 PM, in the Church. Good Friday, April 3: Morning Prayer at 9:00 AM, in the Mother Cabrini Chapel 3:00 PM Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion & Death, Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion, Procession with the image of Maria SS. Addolorata. Collection for the Shrines of the Holy Land. 7:00 PM Youth Group presents, “Living Stations of the Cross” Holy Saturday, April 4: Morning Prayer/Blessing of Easter Baskets at 9:00 A.M. in the Mother Cabrini Chapel No Confessions Today N.B.: There are no 5:30 or 7:00 Masses tonight - 8:15 PM Easter Vigil, Lighting of New Fire 11:30 PM Neo-Catechumenal Liturgy - GSA Auditorium Easter Sunday, April 5 Masses: 8:00 & 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon; Renewal of Baptismal Promises at all Masses. There is no 7:00 PM Mass Today. WASHING OF THE FEET Jesus came “not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” The humility expressed by His act with towel and basin foreshadowed His ultimate act of humility and love on the cross. Peter was profoundly uncomfortable with the Lord washing his feet and protested, “You shall never wash my feet!” Then Jesus said something that must have shocked Peter: “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me” (John 13:8), prompting Peter, whose love for the Savior was genuine, to request a complete washing. When Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, He told them (and us), “I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15). As His followers, we are to emulate Him, serving one another in lowliness of heart and mind, seeking to build one another up in humility and love. We need 12 volunteers to have their feet washed at the Holy Thursday 7:00 PM Mass. We hope to have those who have never had their feet washed before come forth and volunteer for this. Please call Sr. Eileen at the rectory and she will make the arrangements. Thank you! 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