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Vol. 19 No.5 – April 2017

**************************************************************************************** Homily for the Requiem Mass for JOHN PATRICK MOLONEY Saturday, March 18th, 2017 Job 19:1, 23-27; I Corinthians 15: 20-26, 35-38, 42-44, 51-58; John 11:17-27

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

It always hurts when someone we love dies; there is always an empty space and a sense of loss. It does not matter if the person was old or young, had been unwell for some time, or if the end was quite abrupt & unexpected. Yes, it’s a greater shock when it’s someone young & the death came suddenly; but even when we think we’re ready, it always means the closing of a door in this life, and often there’s so much more we wanted to say, if not to do as well; there rarely seems to have been enough time.

Sometimes we feel like God has let us down—we weren’t ready!—it can be really hard to let go. Still, , the Good News of God in Jesus Christ, assures us that this is not the end; death does not have the final word—not simply that there’s something yet to come—some further undefined existence; something spiritual after this earthly sojourn—but rather that there’s SOMEONE.

Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life he who believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.” He promises us life with Him and in Him, if we would believe in Him; but “believe” here is not so much giving intellectual assent to principles about Him—although it does matter that we know and believe what is true—rather it’s more about trusting—entrusting our lives to—Him, sometimes adding the words of that desperate father, who came to Jesus so long ago, “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.” Mark 9:24. It is our confidence that, as Jesus has been raised up from the dead—not just resuscitated, as was Lazarus, who would subsequently one day die again, but resurrected into immortal life—what’s mortal is subject to death; immortal means He’ll never die again—as He has been raised, so we trust that we will be raised with Him to share in His eternal Life: i.e. life like His, with Him into eternity.

Jesus once told a parable of a Sower, who scattered seeds over the ground; and how they grew depended upon the quality of the soil into which each fell. As He explained it, the Seed was good, for it was God’s Word, the Word of His Kingdom; human hearts and lives, and their readiness, or lack thereof, to receive that Word determined the fruitfulness of what followed. However, when St. Paul speaks about our resurrection life in Christ (I Cor. 15), he turns this around.. It’s as though our lives are the seeds, whose end in this world is to die in order for the plant to grow up, (and of course, we begin Lent with the words, “Remember that thou art dust, & to dust shalt thou return”). These seeds must die and fall to the ground; what matters is the soil into which we fall; and with Jesus, we are drawn into the Good Soil of God’s love & His promises in Christ

Of course, we might say, “But, if the seeds are our lives, then the seeds might not be good—at least not as Jesus is—but rather sinful, unworthy of producing Life like His!”; but every human life has been made in the Divine image; sin is the husk which encases it, stifling growth. If we cling to that covering—counting on having made ourselves worthy, having earned our spot—it becomes a shell; the roots can’t break through; and that’s to choose death without growing up into plant life and fruit, i.e. Hell. However, if we let go into the good continued, p.2,…

Soil, the Perfect Love of God—let go ourselves and let  Him break away the shell to expose the kernel— our roots will go down into grace and we’ll grow up into Life eternal.

Does it not matter then what we’ve done? How we’ve lived? How good we’ve been? On one hand, yes it does, for it determines how hard the “nut is to crack”—so

Catholics talk about Purgatory—but, on the other hand,  Based in , Texas, this Ordinariate has more than NONE of us is good enough in and of him or herself; we 40 Roman Catholic and communities across the and Canada. all need the grace offered, as we follow Jesus, confessing and repenting of all that separates us from Him, letting all  The Ordinariate was created to provide a path for things go into the Father’s hands— groups of Anglicans to become fully Roman Catholic, which, frankly, is far easier to do when our lives are while retaining elements of their worship and constantly disposed toward that end, for then the spiritual heritage in their union with the . The Ordinariate is a key ecumenical venture Kingdom Life has already taken hold & become manifest exemplifying the ’s vision for to some degree in and through us. Christian unity, in which diverse expressions of one faith

are joined together in the Church. John Moloney was profoundly aware of his own failings and unworthiness before God, deeply concerned about not  The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was having done enough, well enough. He never finished established in response to repeated and persistent grieving over brokenness in his family, and concern lest inquiries from Anglicans who over time, have come to identify the Catholic Church as their home. Those they fail to know, not just his love, but that of their joining the Ordinariate have discerned they are truly heavenly Father; yet I know that I wasn’t alone in being Catholic in what they believe and desire full encouraged greatly by him: his devotion and faithfulness; membership in the Catholic Church. his perseverance in prayer and determin-ation to just  There are three Personal in the world: Our keeping going whatever the odds. I was always amazed at Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom; the Chair his mobility and willingness to be out and about in all of Peter in the United States and Canada; and Our sorts of weather (“If the angels wake me up…”). I remember Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia. him remarking in the early days of our acquaintance, “I Parishes and communities in the Ordinariates are have been marking my 39th birthday for 50 years!” It took a fully Roman Catholic, but retain elements of Anglican few minutes of assessment before I allowed that well, it traditions in their , hospitality and ministries. might be true; maybe he was that old!  In the Second Vatican Council’s on He had learned to offer his own pain and struggles as a (Unitatis redintegatio), the Catholic Church specified sacrifice with that of Christ on Calvary, praying earnestly what it would look like to bring all together for family, whom he loved so deeply, especially those into communion. The Council said Christian groups would bring their own distinctive traditions to the estranged from him. I will miss his enthusiastic responses Catholic Church; they would not be suppressed or in the Liturgy, and his humour, stories and snatches of absorbed. The Vatican’s remarkable ecumenical gesture song (albeit sometimes groan-worthy); likewise his in establishing the Ordinariates affirms the Catholic willingness to attend to and assist others in whatever Church’s view that the patrimony of differing Christian small way he could. He had become a welcome part of our spiritualities and is a treasure meant to be community here at the Annunciation and, for me, a friend shared within the Catholic . and brother in Christ. Martha said, “Lord, if you had been Called to be gracious instruments of Christian unity, here, my brother would not have died.” Well, frankly, I am members of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. confident that He was there when John Moloney died, Peter are led by a who is appointed by the calling Him home—not just angels this time calling him . Bishop Steven J. Lopes is the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. from bed, but Jesus inviting the seed to cast off the husk and be buried in the Good Soil, confident of growing up  Like other in the United States and Canada, the into the full, fruitful life—eternal Life—with and in bishop serves under the direct authority of the Pope to Christ. build up the Catholic Church through mutual mission and ministry. Well done, thou good & faithful servant.  The bishop is a full member of the United States “O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?” The Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to Conference of Catholic Bishops. God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

In Christ Jesus,

Fr. Doug

PRAYERS FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH viii) April 15th HOLY SATURDAY Paul University 7:45- Life in Restricted Nations 8:15AM Confessions/8:30 Mattins/9:00AM MASS 8:00 EASTER VIGIL ix) EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 16th 9:20 Mattins/10:00 AM Sung Mass

x) Saturday, April 22nd “Lilies of the Field” IMAGO DEI: monthly Film Evening at St. George’s Catholic Church 415 Piccadilly Ave. 7:30 – 10:00PM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aL0ml00S9Q rd xi) SUNDAY, APRIL 23 Divine Mercy Sunday 9:20 Mattins/10:00 AM Sung Mass xii) TUESDAY, 25th Feast of

ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST Though Emiratis are conservative, the U.A.E. is one of the most liberal countries in the Persian Gulf. Other cultures and beliefs are 5:30PM /6PM Sung Mass th generally tolerated, especially in Dubai, the capital. Islam is the xiii) Saturday, APRIL29 St. Catherine of Siena state religion, and all of the country's citizens are considered 7:45-8:15AM Confessions/8:30 Mattins Muslim. Non-Muslim men are not allowed to marry Muslim 9:00AM HEALING MASS women. In 2013, a Norwegian woman was sentenced to 16 th months in prison for having unlawful sex, making false xiv) SUNDAY, APRIL 30 Third Sunday of Easter statements and illegal consumption of alcohol after reporting she 9:20 Mattins/10:00 AM Sung Mass was raped by another foreigner. Calls for political change in 2011  brought the establishment of a parliament with full legislative PRAYER FOCUS for APRIL 2017 powers. YOUNG PEOPLE: That young people may respond generously to their vocations and seriously consider offering themselves to God United Arab Emirates allows only foreign Christians to worship in the priesthood or . freely. Though there is no law against evangelism, the  government has been known to arrest, imprison and deport those who try to spread their faith. Several Christian medical agencies are allowed to operate, but evangelistic work must remain underground. Today, there is a small but growing body of Emirati believers.

Pray that new opportunities will yield a spiritual hunger for the truth and not just the trappings of a wealthy lifestyle. Pray that the Emirati body of believers will enjoy steady growth as they remain faithful to Christ.

(From the Voice of the Martyrs web site)  SOME SERVICES AND OTHER NOTES FOR APRIL 2017 i) SUNDAY, APRIL 2nd LENT V: “Passion Sunday” 9:20 AM Mattins/10:00 Sung Mass 4:00 PM Solemn Evensong & Bendiction

th ii) SUNDAY, APRIL 9 , PALM SUNDAY MICHAEL’S MUSINGS 9:20 AM Mattins/10:00 Sung Mass It is always a delight to see the end of Winter. The snow iii) April 10th, Monday in : is melting, I can smell grass beginning to thaw, we have a 7:30AM Mattins/8:00AM Mass th baby getting bigger each day, and life is wonderful— and iv) April 11 , Tuesday in Holy Week: busy, and hectic, of course—but wonderful. But in the 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM Mass; midst of life, we are in death. The reason we are able to Diocesan Chrism Mass 7:30PM Notre Dame Basilica appreciate the physical life that we have, or that we see th v) April 12 , Wednesday in Holy Week emerging around us, is because we also see decay and 5:30PM Evensong/6:00 Mass/8:00 Tenebrae loss. We are comforted and overjoyed by the emergence th vi) April 13 of life from death, but we nevertheless have always to 6PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper/ remember that this is all passing away. Life, even in the Stripping of the /Prayer Vigil until 12Midnight glory days of spring, when all is seemingly teeming with th vii) April 14 , GOOD FRIDAY vitality, is finite, and unless there is a way of reaching out 1:00PM SOLEMN LITURGY to what is beyond —to what is timeless—we have

nothing stable on which to lay hold. BECOMING ONE March 21, 2017 (www.ordinariate.net I remember the feelings that I had some years ago when I HOUSTON — The first in the visited Jerusalem. Early in the morning, several of us U.S. is coming into the Ordinariate. attended a 6:00 mass at the Holy Sepulchre—in the tomb Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church and its school, itself. After the mass, we were able to go in, and actually the Atonement Academy, have been transferred to the kneel down and touch the grave. I remember placing my Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, effective head and my hands down on the stone, and the feeling March 21. At the direction of the , all parishes of struck me that I was at the very spot where someone the Pastoral Provision are to be incorporated into the came back to life after being killed. It was tangible, and I Ordinariate: a special for Roman Catholics who felt a sense that since this had happened, there was really were nurtured in the Anglican tradition or whose faith has no reason to be afraid of anything ever again. If even been renewed by the liturgy and evangelizing mission of the death has been defeated, then what could frighten or Ordinariate. threaten us. Founded in 1983 in San Antonio, Our Lady of the It's interesting that, in that moment, I wasn't thinking Atonement was a parish of a “Pastoral Provision” primarily of Jesus as God. He is, of course; but established by Pope John Paul II to allow for former sometimes we run the risk of dismissing Jesus as not Anglicans to form Catholic parishes within existing U.S. . With the establishment of the North American quite being really one of us because he is God. Since He's Ordinariate in 2012 and the ordination of its first bishop in God, this was so easy for Him; how could it be relevant 2016, the Holy See now expects all Pastoral Provision for us? This is why when I touched Jesus' tomb, I was parishes in the U.S. to be integrated into the Personal thinking primarily of "this is where a human being rose Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. from the dead." This is something that cannot help but The Ordinariate expresses its deepest gratitude to the be relevant for us. Archdiocese of San Antonio for welcoming and caring for Michael Trolly Our Lady of the Atonement since its inception, and for the  Archdiocese’s ongoing commitment to the Church’s care for the unity of Christians. Through continued collaboration in the coming months, the Archdiocese and the Ordinariate will remain dedicated to supporting the natural evolution of this Pastoral Provision parish into the Ordinariate.

Our Lady of the Atonement and its school join more than 40 Ordinariate parishes and parochial communities in North America. Ordinariate parishes celebrate Mass according to a special form of the , using Vatican-approved texts which for centuries nourished the faith in Anglican

contexts and prompted members’ desire to join the Catholic

 Church.

HOLY WEEK 2017 SUNDAY, APRIL 9th (PALM SUNDAY) 9:20AM Mattins/10:00AM Sung Mass

MONDAY, 10th (in Holy Week) 7:30 Mattins/8am Mass

TUESDAY, 11th (in Holy Week) 8:30 Mattins/9am Mass [Diocesan Chrism Mass 7:30PM Notre Dame Cathedral]

WEDNESDAY, 12 th (in Holy Week) 5:30PM Evensong/6:00 Mass/8:00 Tenebrae

13th MAUNDY/HOLY THURSDAY 5:30PM Evensong /6:00PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper/ Stripping of the Altar/Prayer Vigil in Chapel of Repose

14 th GOOD FRIDAY 1:00PM SOLEMN LITURGY of GOOD FRIDAY

15th HOLY SATURDAY 8:30AM Mattins & Ante-Communion 7:30PM Evensong /8:00PM EASTER VIGIL 

On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary received, GOD the WORD was conceived within her,

“Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.” and the WORD was made flesh and dwelt among us. In Her whole life had been preparation for this moment, her response is the pattern which will mark her Son’s life: though she didn’t know it. Still, when the angel spoke, attending to, receiving and giving Himself wholly to His we might imagine that her heart leapt within her. Yes Father’s Word: His perfect will. Likewise, here is the there was fear also, but not the fear occasioned by sin— pattern for all who would follow Him, and hence after that experienced by the first Man and Woman, who hid her, in her footsteps. from God in the Garden after the Fall—but a holy awe of For this, she was prepared from the beginning; and by the the heavenly Presence, before which she bowed; and as same grace of her Son’s atoning Sacrifice, applied the Divine plan was opened before her, she embraced it, preveniently to her at her Immaculate Conception, may not knowing all that it meant, but giving herself wholly in our own bodies be transformed into temples, meet for His trust. dwelling. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Her “Yes” was not to a proposition made, as though God fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for would not fulfil His will without it; for Gabriel didn’t ask us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Fr. Doug Hayman – March 25th, 2017 what she’d like, but informed her of what God was undertaking to do. It was much more the “Yes” of Jesus to His , having no contrary way to turn from, but throwing herself, as He’d thrown Himself, heart and mind, soul and strength, and body into the current of Divine grace and the Father’s will. She heard and received, and the Word was conceived in her heart and flesh: She bowed her to the angel’s word declaring what the Father willed, and suddenly the promised Lord that pure and hallowed temple filled. (Hymn #823 Book of Common Praise 1938)

Think of the words from Hebrews 10: 5-7“Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired, but a body hast thou prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God,’ as it is written of me in the roll of the book.” We read the words about the “body prepared” in the context of the Messiah and think of the physical body of Jesus; but in today’s context we may think also of Mary: her body which is to be His dwelling in utero—that “hallowed MOTHERING SUNDAY 2017 * “Mother of the Year”: temple”—but is also the very source from which His flesh CAROLYN HAYMAN cuts the Simnel Cake is drawn. Recall the exclamation of the first Adam when presented with the first Woman: “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh;…” Genesis 2:23

The Messianic verses cited in Hebrews are from Psalm 40, but the wording is from the Septuagint—the Greek translation of the OT— a body hast thou prepared; whereas the Hebrew reads “mine ears hast thou opened:” or, more literally, “ears thou hast dug for me”. At first these might appeaar to be at odds with each other, but in Scripture there’s a strong connection between hearing and obeying—i.e. bodily action follows: as I have spoken of before, the Hebrew verb Shema “to hear” may also be translated as “to obey” and it often is—and further, what’s a more natural avenue into the body for the eternal Word than through the ear? “If You open an ear, Lord, Your Word will form my body, even out of the dust.”

Mary heard the angel’s word—disclosing all that had proceeded from the mouth of the LORD—and as she

Calendar of Services for APRIL 2017 Saturday, APRIL 1st (St. Mary on Saturday ) 7:45-8:15AM of Reconciliation [PURPLE] 8:30 Mattins/9:00AM Mass

SUNDAY, APRIL 2ndLENT V: PASSION SUNDAY 9:20 Mattins [PURPLE] 10:00AM Sung Mass 4:00 PM Solemn Evensong & Bendiction Monday, 3rd (Monday in Passion Week) [PURPLE] 7:30AM Mattins/8:00Mass Tuesday, 4th (in Passion Week: commemoration of St. Isidore, Bishop & Doctor) [PURPLE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00Mass Wednesday,5th (in Passion Week: commemoration St. Vincent Ferrer, Priest) [PURPLE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM MASS THURSDAY 6th (Thursday in Passion Week) 5:30 PM Evensong [PURPLE] 6:00 PM Mass Friday, 7th (St. Mary in Passiontide) [PURPLE] 7:30 AM Mattins/8AM Mass/7PM STATIONS of the CROSS Saturday, 8th (Saturday in Passion Week) 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [PURPLE] 8:30 Mattins/9:00AM MASS

SUNDAY, APRIL 9th (PALM SUNDAY) 9:20AM Mattins [RED] *HOLY WEEK BEGINS* 10:00AM Sung Mass th MONDAY, 10 (IN HOLY WEEK) [PURPLE] 7:30 AM Mattins/8:00AM Low Mass th TUES. 11 (HOLY WEEK) [PURPLE] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass [Diocesan Chrism Mass 7:30PM Notre Dame Cathedral] th WEDNESDAY, 12 (IN HOLY WEEK) 5:30PM Evensong/6:00PM Mass [PURPLE] 8:00PM Tenebrae th THURSDAY, 13 : MAUNDY/HOLY THURSDAY 5:30PM Evensong [WHITE] 6:00PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper/Stripping of the Altar/Prayer Vigil in Chapel of Repose th GOOD FRIDAY, 14 [BLACK] 1:00PM SOLEMN LITURGY of GOOD FRIDAY th HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 15 8:30AM Mattins & Ante-Communion [PURPLE/WHITE] 7:30PM Evensong 8:00PM EASTER VIGIL

SUNDAY, APRIL 16th EASTER 9:20AM Mattins [WHITE] Solemnity of the RESURRECTION 10:00AM Sung Mass Monday, 17th (In the Octave of EASTER Solemnity) [WHITE] 7:30AM Mattins/8:00Mass Tuesday, 18th (In the Octave of EASTER Solemnity) [WHITE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00 MASS Wednesday, 19th (In the Octave of EASTER Solemnity) [WHITE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM MASS Thursday 20th (In the Octave of EASTER Solemnity) 5:30PM Evensong [WHITE] 6:00PM Mass Friday, 21st (In the Octave of EASTER Solemnity) [WHITE] 7:30AM Mattins/8:00AM Mass Saturday, 22nd (In the Octave of EASTER Solemnity) 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [) [WHITE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM MASS

SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd Second Sunday of EASTER 9:20AM Mattins [WHITE] DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY 10:00 AM Sung Mass Monday, 24th (St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest & Martyr) [RED] 7:30AM Mattins/8:00AM Mass TUESDAY, 25th ST. MARK the EVANGELIST 5:30PM Evensong [RED] 6:00PM Sung Mass Wednesday, 26th (Our Lady of Good Counsel) [WHITE/Blue] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM Mass THURSDAY 27th (Eastertide Feria) 5:30PM Evensong [WHITE] 6:00PM Mass Friday, 28th (St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest) [WHITE] 7:30AM Mattins/8:00AM Mass Saturday, 29th (St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Doctor) 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [WHITE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM HEALING MASS

SUNDAY, APRIL 30th THIRD SUNDAY of EASTER 9:20AM Mattins [WHITE] 10:00AM Sung Mass

MAY 2017 Monday, MAY 1st (St. Joseph the Worker) [WHITE] 7:30AM Mattins/8:00AM Mass Tuesday, 2nd (St. Athanasius, Bishop & Doctor) [WHITE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM Mass WEDNESDAY, 3rd ST. PHILIP & ST. JAMES, APOSTLES 5:30PM Evensong [RED] 6:00PM Sung Mass THURSDAY 30th (The English Martyrs) 5:30PM Evensong [RED] 6:00PM Mass Friday, 5th (Eastertide Feria) [WHITE] 7:30AM Mattins/8:00AM Mass Saturday, 6th (St. John the Apostle in Eastertide) [WHITE] 7:45-8:15AM Sacrament of Reconciliation [WHITE] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00AM MASS

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