JAYON JOSEPH SCHNEIDER

1 JAYON JOSEPH SCHNEIDER son of Nicholas SCHNEIDER and Stephanie White MASS Monday through Friday 6:25 am (Upper Church) 8:30 am (Upper Church) Saturday 8:30 am (Upper Church) - weekday Mass 4:30 pm (Upper Church and HFC) - vigil sunday 7:30 am (Upper Church) 9:00 am (Upper Church) 10:30 am (Upper Church and HFC) 12:00 pm (Upper Church) MONDAY EVENINGS OF PRAYER (including Adora on, Vespers, Confession, Benedic on) Monday evenings from 5:30 7:30 pm CONFESSION Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 8:15 am (Upper Church) Monday only 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm (Upper Church) Saturday 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Upper Church) FUNERALS Monday through Saturday Morning WEDDINGS Friday and Saturday BAPTISMS sunday MON, 3/27: Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13b; Jn 4:43-54 TUE, 3/28: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-16 WED, 3/29: Is 49:8-15.

2 Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; Jn 5:17-30 THU, 3/30: Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-23; Jn 5:31-47 FRI, 3/31: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-21, 23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 SAT, 4/1: Jer 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-12; Jn 7:40-53 SUN, 4/2: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 Page 2 FOURTH sunday OF LENT MARCH 27, 2022 Whoever is in Christ is a new crea on: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 WEEKLY OFFERING (March 13th March 19th) Envelopes $12, Loose $5, Electronic Giving $10, Total Weekly Offering $28, ADDITIONAL COLLECTIONS (through March 19th) Ash Wednesday/Lenten Almsgiving $9, Central/Eastern Europe Second Collec on $3, ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DATA 2022 Annual Catholic Appeal (through February 19, 2022)(goal: $123, ) $37, paid (30%) $42, pledged (34%) Fiscal YTD Total (July 1, 2021 through March 19, 2022) $1,269, Fiscal YTD vs.

3 Budget (July 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022) +$126, Readings for the Week Stewardship Liturgical Schedule Baptisms + Dear Parishioners, I have always found interes ng the no on that there will be no sacraments in Heaven. It makes logical sense (in Heaven we ll have Jesus directly and won t need any media on), but it s ll seems strange. Our lives as Catholics seem to be so ordered to the sacraments, that we won t have them in eternity is a startling reality. We cherish the sacraments. We all know what it felt like to not be able to go to Mass or Confession during the shut-down, to postpone weddings, bap sms, first communions, etc.

4 Some priests could give the anoin ng of the sick, but, during the shut-down, many other family members could not be present to witness that final sacrament. So, the proposal that when we reach the pearly gates we dump the sacraments, like that bag of old clothes we toss in the Saint Vincent de Paul box over by Saint Juliana, is a head-scratcher. We see a precursor to this reality in our first reading. On that same day a er the Passover, on which they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased. No longer was there manna for the Israelites, who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan (Joshua 5:12).

5 The manna was temporary. The sacraments are temporary too. And, yet, the sacraments do not en rely vanish when we make it to Heaven. The bag of donated clothes is not a precise analogy. The sacraments remain a part of us, and, in a way, are s ll with us in Heaven. (This is how animals will be in Heaven, by the way.) The sacraments, you see, mold our souls. Our souls, of course, are what exist in Heaven. This is who we will be in Heaven, our souls with all the graces and influences we received from this earth, including the sacraments. This is an important reality to grasp and live by. Heaven is not a total restart or rupture from our existence on earth.

6 Sure, we won t have our bodies, but who you are your thinking, desiring, rela ng, preferring will perdure in Heaven, though purified and in total union with God. The sacraments on this earth make us fit for Heaven, like a sculptor slowly chiseling away at a block of marble. Sure, we might get to Heaven without frequent par cipa on of the sacraments, but don t you want eternity to be enjoyable? It d be like watching a sport you have no clue about, or going to a concert for music you don t like. The Israelites no longer needed the manna in Israel, but the effects of the manna (relying on God, trus ng in him, reaching out to him) remained with them.

7 What they received from the manna was far more than the actual bread. The sacraments make us people who long for God and are weekly, daily, even hourly reaching out to God. Heaven will then be the unceasing fulfillment of our heart s desire. Try to keep your soul open the next me you re at Mass or in the confessional, and let the Divine Ar st mold you even further into the beau ful person you are called to be, now and for eternity. We con nue with our Monday Evening of Prayer during Lent. Deacon Andy will be giving the reflec on at 7pm this Monday, March 28th. A reminder that next week, April 4-6, we will have extended me for confessions throughout the area.

8 The parish book club will meet this Monday, March 28th to discuss A cus by Ron Hansen. Please join us over in the Morello Life Center, even if you didn t have a chance to read (or finish!) the book. There is a connec on to the parable of the prodigal son from this sunday s Gospel. I look forward to doing another teaching Mass Saturday morning with the second grade students and families who will be making their First Communion in a couple months. A er the teaching Mass, the students will head over to the gym to bake bread. A lot of work goes into the day s ac vi es, so thank you Mrs. Parkhill and her team for their efforts to help our families appreciate the Eucharist.

9 Your servant in Christ, Letter from a Pastor to his People Page 3 Reflections from our Seminarians and Community REMEMBERING MARY ON LAETARE sunday We call this fourth sunday of Lent Laetare sunday . Laetare in La n means Rejoice! As we mark the midpoint of our Lenten journey we rejoice in an cipa on of Jesus s Resurrec on. Our readings this week emphasize the reconcilia on and communion offered in Christ, the spiritual fruit of our penance and conversion. Midway through Lent, we glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel. This sunday is also associated with roses. The priests and deacons wear rose vestments at Mass.

10 Since the early centuries of the Church, popes have awarded a Golden Rose on this day to exemplary Chris an witnesses. The rose, in Chris an tradi on, reminds us of our Blessed Mother think, for example, of the Rosary and the roses associated with Marian appari ons, especially those given to Juan Diego by Our Lady of Guadalupe. One of Mary s tles is Mys cal Rose. According to St. John Henry Newman, she is "the most beau ful flower that ever was seen in the spiritual world who is now hidden (mys cal) because of her Assump on, body and soul, into heaven. Last week we celebrated the Annuncia on, the decisive moment that made the saving mysteries of Christ possible.