ASSUMPTION GROTTO NEWS ASSUMPTION GROTTO CHURCH MARCH 8, 2015 Assumption Grotto Parish - 1832 - Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine - 1881 - A Pastor’s Descant H ow was the Lord doing right about now, I wonder, in His original “Lent” of forty days in the desert? Raving hunger and thirst, and yet not half done. The Divine Office priests say daily reminds me that our Lord had, before His time, Moses and Elijah as the first observers of the long fast. The persistence and stamina needed to hold out for such a long time without food and drink is beyond the powers of imagining. Some medical people have reckoned that forty days is the extreme limit of time human nature can endure fasting–meaning by this the total fast. In any case, I believe that divine assistance must have been present to sustain our Lord’s humanity and these men for such a prolonged time of penance. On a much more modest scale I would think that divine assistance also comes to aid us in our far less stringent Lenten practices, if only we hold to them in due seriousness. This is not, in my opinion, presumption but a confident assertion of the goodness of God who inspires and perfects all our good works. Often we err on the ‘other’ side, lacking trust in divine benevolence and divine power to help us. Y ou may want to take a peek at the offerings in our Gift Shop, one of the well-kept secrets of our parish. This was started many years ago by Monsignor Sawher and a And to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.” His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” Jn 2:16-17 Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD committee he assembled to make religious goods available to our parishioners while at the same time to bring added notice to our parish. It has been a successful venture in its purposes, being of great service to our people and to others outside the parish who shop there. Now there is also a developing website that you can preview at assumptiongrotto.org. This is a handsome page that has been developed for online shopping. (This site is not to be confused with the ordinary parish website assumptiongrotto.com which remains a source of other parish information.) I came to have a close look at the gift shop page because of the Easter choral and orchestral Mass which has a link on it intended to help our choir members learn their music at home, a supplement to their regular in-house practices. I thank Fr. John for making the audio files available to the choir in this unusual, up-to-date manner. The internet indeed has wonderful potential for many good uses. Little did I ever think it would be of service to our choir’s “long distance learning.” You may want to take a look at the gift shop site or, even better, come in the store itself and look over its many fine holdings. I n my daily prayers I ask the Lord for many things, among which is the safeguarding of my parishioners, for their spiritual and material needs, for their protection against evil. I have the ‘professional’ duty to do this as your pastor, I suppose, but I take it on out of a genuine concern for the great burdens that are placed on your shoulders. If nothing else, each of you has to fight for the faith, must witness to the truth before hostile relatives and associates, and struggle against temptations to commit sin. Your Confirmation graces are often called upon to make you strong defenders of Christ. In our day where reigns so much confusion and where compromise (“being tolerant”) is the sole standard of right conduct, many persistent Christians suffer trials. I don’t foresee that this situation will ASSUMPTION GROTTO NEWS ASSUMPTION GROTTO NEWS COPY DEADLINE MONDAY, 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2015 7:30 a.m. - Charles & Pat Van Overbeke (D) 7:00 p.m. - Nolan Family (L&D) Tuesday, March 10, 2015 7:30 a.m. - Denise Jacek (D) 7:00 p.m. - Genevieve Cichowski (D) Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:30 a.m. - Mary Ackerman (L) 7:00 p.m. - Joseph Hebert (D) Thursday, March 12, 2015 7:30 a.m. - Rudy & Mary Grado (L) 7:00 p.m. - George Claypole (L) Friday, March 13, 2015 7:30 a.m. - Joanna Bartold (D) 7:00 p.m. - Frances E. Cherry (D) Saturday, March 14, 2015 7:30 a.m. - Patrons of the Shrine in Honor Of the Blessed Virgin Mary 4:00 p.m. - People of the Parish Sunday, March 15, 2015 6:30, 9:30 a.m. and Noon - People of the Parish Graves DETROIT, MI Saturday, March 14, 2015 4:00 p.m. D. Bastuba, , R & J. Praet, J. & J. Williams Sunday, March 15, 2015 6:30 a.m. R. Jacek, C. Kolomjec, M Pomeroy 9:30 a.m. K. Garavaglia, D. Schuster, K., D. Dux, J. & E. Lang, J. Prevo, G. Heffernan, R.& A. Santine, A., J. & S Coates, J. & J Simpson, H. Wisniewski, B. & J. Newby, R. Grado 12:00 p.m. B. & S. Sharp, J., P. I. & M. Doyle, C. & M. Chambers, G & J. Venditti, A. & M. Arrigoni, A. & J. Kopke, F. & W. Remske, J. Gallagher, P. Cooper, C. G. & J. Rochon, D & L Steinhaus, M. & M. Staschke Gethsemane Eucharistic Adoration Chapel The Chapel, located in the Convent, is open 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Monday-Friday, and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We need more people to be adorers. If you can commit to one hour, or be a sub when someone is absent, please call the Rectory. For information on graves or our cremation burial site, call the Rectory, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ASSUMPTION (GROTTO) PARISH DIRECTORY 13770 Gratiot Avenue Detroit, MI 48205 Pastor, Rev. Eduard Perrone Associate Pastor, Rev. John Bustamante Deacon James Wilder RECTORY BUSINESS HOURS Monday-Friday ............................. 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday-Sunday........................... 9:00am-2:00pm Evening hours ............................... by appointment Rectory 313-372-0762, FAX 372-2064 Website: www.assumptiongrotto.com e-mail: [email protected] Assumption Grotto Gift Shop 313-332-4432 Email:[email protected] Parish Council President Anna Graziosi ..................................586-775-3228 Organist, Ray Long ........................313-372-0762 Email: [email protected] SUNDAY MASSES: Saturdays at 4:00; Sundays at 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine), & Noon HOLY DAY MASSES: 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine), Noon & evening at 7:00 p.m. WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. (Tridentine), . & 7:00 p.m. , Saturday. 7:30 a.m (Tridentine) CONFESSIONS: Saturday 2:30-3:30 ., Sunday 9:00 & 11:30 a.m. BAPTISMS: Every Saturday after the 4:00 p.m. Mass or Sunday after the Noon Mass. Arrange at the Rectory Office. BLESSING FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS: After the Noon Mass on the first Sunday of the month. REGISTRATION: Come to Rectory 9-5 p.m., Mon-Fri. If not possible, call for a registration form to be sent out to you. Weekly Holy Hours Join us for refreshments in the vestibule of the gym after Mass on Sunday Readings for the Week of March 8, 2015 Sunday: Ex 17:3-7/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b/Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28/Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10/Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6/Lk 18:9-14 Next Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/ Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 ©Liturgical Publications Inc Wednesday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass, “for all our Priests Thursday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass, in commemoration of the Passio Domini Friday: after 7:00 p.m. Mass - for the souls in Purgatory Saturday: after the 4:00 p.m. Mass - for all our Military First Sunday of the Month: K of C Holy Hour after the Noon Mass, Benediction, prayers, Holy Rosary for vocations The Stations of the Cross will be held at 7:00 p.m. followed by Mass every Friday during Lent. THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Pastor’s Descant (Continued) lighten up in the near future. You may all have to bear greater witness to your faith. I pray for your perseverance both in professing the truth and in remaining, and growing, in grace. It’s becoming harder to be a true Catholic Christian and I want you to have the needed graces to remain faithful. Fr. Perrone The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Fish Fry and Lenten Reflection on Fridays from 4-6:30 pm in the gym. Cost for the event is $9.00. Speakers will be announced. -----------------*************-----------The 26th Annual Right to Life LIFESPAN "Baby Shower DropOff" TODAY after all Masses. A drop -box for baby gifts will be located inside the school. Continuing Grotto's tradition of caring for mothers and their babies, born and yet to be born, the baby shower will benefit The Margaret Andrews Imago Dei Women's Support Center. New or used (but usable) unwrapped baby items are needed, especially newborn infant clothing up to size 1, Onesies, diaper bags, blankets, baby bath-care, carriers, etc. Especially needed at this time are spring/summer outfits and sleepwear for newborns up to size 6 months, bottles, socks and booties, disposable diapers and baby wipes. Monetary donations are also gratefully accepted. Make checks payable to "Imago Dei" and write "Grotto Baby Shower" on the memo line of your check. Mail directly to: Imago Dei Crisis Pregnancy Center, 30521 Schoenherr Rd, Warren, MI 48088 -----------------*************-----------St. Joseph Dinner - The annual traditional Italian dinner will be held in the gym on Sunday, March 22nd, following the Noon Mass. The Romano family and friends will again host this event in honor of St. Joseph. Seating is on a first -come, first-served basis (no reservations). Although there is no set price for this meal, your generous donation will provide continuing support for Assumption Grotto. Volunteers are needed to help. To volunteer or donate, please call 249-693-3417. ----------------*************------------- MARCH 8, 2015 -Save the Date: Sunday April 26, 2015 Plans for the Dualing Pianos Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction are underway. The highlight of the event features the musical talents of our own Fr. Perrone and Mr. Gerrie Ball who will lead us in singalong fun with songs requested by you, our parishioners and patrons. Please help make this afternoon a success. First, purchase tickets early and provide your song requests for our pianists. There will be no tickets available at the door. Ticket order forms can be obtained from the Grotto web site, or from flyers on the tables near the side entrances to the church. Second, consider donating items for the silent auction or soliciting donations from business persons willing to offer items or services. All donations are tax deductible. Thirdly, volunteer to help set up, decorate, clean-up, or serve in some other capacity. If you would like to help or have questions, please call Becky Bueche at 586-781-4635 or Lisa Reilly at 586-2606403. In JMJ ----------------*************--------------We are in need of Lectors for the 4:00 p.m. Mass and the Noon Mass. We would like to see some of the younger men of the parish volunteer. Normally we would have 4 men for these masses so that it would only be a once a month commitment. Call the rectory to volunteer. ----------------*************--------------Easter Mass Cards are available at the rectory for the Easter Triduum Masses, Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12th, April 19th, and April 26th. ----------------*************--------------Envelopes for Altar Flowers for Easter are available on the side tables of the church. Your donation will help defray the cost of the beautiful flowers of the Easter Season. ----------------*************--------------Congratulations! Joshua Williams, Class of 2016, at De La Salle Collegiate School, has made the Honor Roll for the First Semester. Third Sunday of Lent "While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, many began to believe in his name when they saw the signs he was doing." How we would love to see those signs! How easy it would be for us to believe if we too could witness Jesus healing the sick, feeding the multitudes, calming the storm. It's tempting to imagine that faith was a simple thing back in those days. We might be inclined to think that we don't have the same benefits as those first believers, and so faith is harder in our day and age. But is it, really? In truth, we have an advantage that none of those people had: two thousand years of Church history! Two millennia of faithful, prayerful Christians believing in Jesus and spreading the Gospel; the collective witness of the saints--many of whom have also worked "signs" in Jesus' name; the effects of the Church on culture and the world through its schools, its hospitals, its spiritual movements, and religious institutions; the unbroken line of apostolic succession that traces back to the time of Christ. Just the fact alone that the Church is still alive and well in spite of all of its sinful members ought to be miracle enough for us. But even with all of this testimony, it's important to remember that seeing signs and believing in Jesus are not the same thing. Even those who witnessed Jesus' miracles had to take the next step by choosing to accept him as their Lord. Ultimately, all of these convincing details are not the point. The point is to encounter Jesus on a personal level. The signs may open the door to bring us closer to him, but it's up to us to walk through that door. May we walk so as to come "to believe the Scripture." © Liturgical Publications Inc Assumption Grotto Gift Shop 313-332-4432 [email protected] Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:30-10:30am Sunday: after the 9:30 & Noon Mass The Gift Shop has many fine items to choose from if you are in need of a gift or are looking for something special for yourself. A good selection of books is also available . Come in and browse. Hours: MonFri. 8:30-10:30 a.m., Sunday: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Call 313-332-4432
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