he Fourth of is called LAETARE SUNDAY, when T the Church takes a bit of breather from Lenten practice and opens with the Entrance Antiphon, “Rejoice, Jerusalem … Be joyful, all who were in mourning!” – taken from Isaiah chapter 66.

Laetare Sunday, takes its name from the Latin word which begins the entrance antiphon () for that day. Laetare means rejoice, and this Sunday is marked by a relaxation of the penitential character of the Lenten season.

We look with expectation to the great of for which we have been preparing ourselves as a Church during the Lenten season. By its anticipation of the joy of Easter, Laetare Sunday is meant to give us hope and encouragement as we slowly progress towards the Paschal Feast.

A priest may wear . The color rose is used as a sign of the joy which characterizes these two Sundays. The use of rose vestments probably stems from an ancient papal tradition of blessing golden roses which would be sent to Catholic heads of state in Europe on the Fourth Sunday of Lent.

In addition to attending Sunday Mass, a family might choose to mark Laetare Sunday by anticipating the Easter feast; a Sunday brunch with roses on the table would be appropriate. A family might also wish, during this beginning period of spring, to plant a rose bush on this day.

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PARISH OFFICE SUNDAY MASSES OF RECONCILIATION PARISH SCHOOL STAFF Rev. Fr. Joseph Augustine, Pastor Saturday (Vigil): 5:00pm AND PENANCE Maureen Kerr, Principal Email: [email protected] Sunday: 8:30am, 10:30am Saturdays: 4:00-4:45pm Email: [email protected] Cecilia Donahoe, Office Manager Wednesdays, 6:00-6:45pm Erin McGovern, Office Manager WEEKDAY MASSES Email: [email protected] By appointment: 304-242-6575 Email: [email protected] Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00am Cell: 304-231-4053 Amy Thalman, Development (followed by the Rosary) PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION Tess Morando, Coordinator Email: [email protected] JOINING THE PARISH Wednesday: 7:00pm E-mail: [email protected] PHONE NUMBERS New parishioners are welcome. (Adoration: 6-7:00pm; Confession, Contact the parish office to register. Rosary: 6:00pm; Benediction 6:45; PARISH MUSIC Parish Office: 304-242-6579 Parish School: 304-242-1383 Visit our website: olpwv.org to print Novena following Mass) Shaun Hancher, Music Director out our registration form. Friday: 8:00am (Summer) Email: [email protected] Fax: 304-243-5410 School Mass: 8:30am (see bulletin) Michelle Kline, Children’s Choir Rectory: 304-242-6575 Email: [email protected] God did not send his Son into The Fourth Sunday the world to condemn the

in Lent world, but that the world

might be saved through him. March 14, 2021 — John 3:17 Sacrament of Please Remember in Prayer Parents should contact Father Joseph to make Infirmed and Shut-ins of the Parish

arrangements for the celebration of this Cameron Nursing Home: Goldie Edgel

sacrament. A preparation session is required Continuous Care: Carla Ueltschy for first-time parents. Remember to check on the elderly. Anyone in need Sacrament of Reconciliation and Penance of pick-up service, etc. please call the parish office. Celebrated on Saturdays from 4:00-4:45pm; Wednesdays from 6:00-6:45pm. Also make an Last week’s collections Env Amount appointment by calling the rectory. Sacrament of Marriage Weekly envelopes 90 $ 6,446.00 Engaged couples should contact Father Joseph at least six months prior to the desired PayPal transfer online 2 57.65 wedding date. Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick Contributions 1 20.00 Individual reception of the sacrament can be Bldg Maintenance Reserve 5 245.00 arranged by contacting Father Joseph. Anyone who is anticipating surgery is Diocesan Collections 31 665.00 encouraged to request this sacrament prior to entering the hospital. TOTAL 129 $ 7,433.65

Becoming Catholic (RCIA) Attendance 207—Thank you to all. Any non-Catholic interested in becoming a Catholic Christian can contact the parish “for it is in giving, that we receive” office for information regarding The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. —St. Francis Assisi

Catholic School Thank you for your continual Parish Support Information regarding enrolling your child at

Our Lady of Peace Parish School, contact school Mail to Our Lady of Peace Parish office at 304-242-1383. 690 Mt. Olivet Road, Wheeling WV 26003

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MASS DATE TIME MASS INTENTIONS READINGS

Saturday, March 13 (Vigil) 5:00 PM † Scott Pack by Family 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23 Fourth Sunday in Lent Ps 137:1-6 Eph 2:4-10 Sunday, March 14 8:30 AM Parishioners of Our Lady of Peace 1 hour

Jn 3:14-21 Fourth Sunday † Wil & Betty Hendershot Saturday 10:30 AM night in Lent by Marlene Evans

Monday, March 15 ——- Is 65:17-21 Rosary at 8:00am Infant of Prague Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b Novena 7:00 pm Jn 4:43-54

Tuesday, March 16 8:00 AM † Cecelia Hooper by Cecilia Donahoe Ez 47:1-9, 12 Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 Jn 5:1-16

Wednesday, March 17 7:00 PM Rosary Altar Society by RAS Is 49:8-15 Ps 145:8-9, 13c-14, 17-18 Saint Patrick: authored Confessio; famous Lorica, a work praising ADORATION 6:00pm Christ, is probably his; patron of Nigeria; apostle and patron of Ireland Jn 5:17-30 Thursday, March 18 Ex 32:7-14 8:00 AM † Beatrice Marquart by Family

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: great pastor and teacher; ordained bishop of Ps 106:19-23 Jerusalem; devoted to liturgy and ; exiled three times by the Arians. Jn 5:31-47

Friday, March 19 8:30 AM Intention of School 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16

Solemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of 9:30 AM † Dino Deinhardt Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29 The Blessed Virgin Mary: Jesus’ earthly by Bill & Sally Sechrest Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22 father and husband to the Blessed Mother; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a model of fatherhood and protector of families; patron of workers, carpenters, 3:30 - 6:30 PM 7 PM and fathers. FISH FRY drive-thru only

Saturday, March 20 (Vigil) 5:00 PM † Pauline Dusch by Helen & Jim McClure Jer 31:231-34 Fifth Sunday in Lent Ps 51:3-4, 12-15 Heb 5:7-9 Sunday, March 21 8:30 AM † Dr. John Battaglino, Jr.

Jn 12:20-33 Fifth Sunday in Lent by Ray & Marilyn Thalman 10:30 AM Parishioners of Our Lady of Peace

COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY The people of God forgot the covenant and flouted God’s laws. They did not listen to the prophets among them, who spoke for God in warning them. Prophets are sent from God to remind us why we are here, but they are often, even in our own time, mocked, disregarded, and mistreated rather than thanked and listened to. The book of Chronicles tells the results of these sins: the destruction of the temple and all of Jerusalem, murder, mayhem, and finally exile to a foreign land. Why are these stories in the Bible? Just to inform us of what happened to our ancient forebears? What good would that be unless there were a message and a warning for us as well? Are we people who follow the teachings of God, who obey the words of Christ in the second covenant in his blood? Or do we continue to wreak works of darkness and vio- lence? We are reminded by these readings that we will be judged as a people, not just as individuals. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — The wrath and the mercy of the Lord are revealed in the exile and liberation of the Chosen People (2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23) or 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a. Psalm — Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you! () or Psalm 23. Second Reading — God, who is rich in mercy, brought us to life with Christ (Ephesians 2:4-10) or Ephesians 5:8-14. — The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life (John 3:14-21) or John 9:1-41 [1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]. The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy ENTRANCE HYMN

OFFERTORY HYMN

Fourth Sunday of Lent - March 14, 2021

In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, Reading I 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23 in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spo- ken by Jeremiah, A reading from the second the LORD inspired King Cyrus of Persia Book of Chronicles to issue this proclamation throughout his In those days, all the princes of Judah, the kingdom, priests, and the people both by word of mouth and in writing: added infidelity to infidelity, “Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: practicing all the abominations of the na- All the kingdoms of the earth tions the LORD, the God of heaven, has given to and polluting the LORD’s temple me, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. and he has also charged me to build him a house Early and often did the LORD, the God of in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. their fathers, Whoever, therefore, among you belongs to send his messengers to them, any part of his people, for he had compassion on his people and his let him go up, and may his God be with dwelling place. him!” But they mocked the messengers of God, despised his warnings, and scoffed at his The word of the Lord.

prophets, until the anger of the LORD against his peo- Responsorial Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 ple was so inflamed that there was no remedy. R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever for- Their enemies burnt the house of God, get you!

tore down the walls of Jerusalem, set all its palaces afire, By the streams of Babylon and destroyed all its precious objects. we sat and wept Those who escaped the sword were carried when we remembered Zion. captive to Babylon, On the aspens of that land we hung up our harps. where they became servants of the king of the Chaldeans and his sons R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever for- until the kingdom of the Persians came to get you!

power. For there our captors asked of us All this was to fulfill the word of the LORD the lyrics of our songs, spoken by Jeremiah: And our despoilers urged us to be joyous: “Until the land has retrieved its lost sab- “Sing for us the songs of Zion!”

baths, during all the time it lies waste it shall have R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever for- rest get you! while seventy years are fulfilled.”

How could we sing a song of the LORD Gospel Jn 3:14-21 in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten! A reading from the holy Gospel according

R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever for- to John get you! Jesus said to Nicodemus: May my tongue cleave to my palate “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the if I remember you not, desert, If I place not Jerusalem so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ahead of my joy. so that everyone who believes in him may R. Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever for- have eternal life.” get you! For God so loved the world that he gave his

only Son, Reading II Eph 2:4-10 so that everyone who believes in him might

not perish A reading from the Letter of but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world Saint Paul to the Ephesians to condemn the world, Brothers and sisters: but that the world might be saved through God, who is rich in mercy, him. because of the great love he had for us, Whoever believes in him will not be con- even when we were dead in our transgres- demned, sions, but whoever does not believe has already brought us to life with Christ — by grace been condemned, you have been saved —, because he has not believed in the name of raised us up with him, the only Son of God. and seated us with him in the heavens in And this is the verdict, Christ Jesus, that the light came into the world, that in the ages to come but people preferred darkness to light, He might show the immeasurable riches of because their works were evil. his grace For everyone who does wicked things hates in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. the light For by grace you have been saved through and does not come toward the light, faith, so that his works might not be exposed. and this is not from you; it is the gift of But whoever lives the truth comes to the God; light, it is not from works, so no one may boast. so that his works may be clearly seen as For we are his handiwork, created in Christ done in God. Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, The Gospel of the Lord. that we should live in them The word of the Lord. COMMUNION HYMN

RECESSIONAL HYMN

All music in this worship aid is reprinted with permission under: OneLicense.net #A-735391 held by the Our Lady of Peace, Wheeling West Virginia. All rights reserved. March 14, 2021 The Fourth Sunday in Lent - Year B Page 8 Our Lady of Peace Parish I PUBLISH BETWEEN

Infant of Prague Novena Aaron Schneid & Allie Hayes

Monday, March 15 at 7pm Homilist: Fr. Joseph Wiley If any known cause, or just impediment, why This week’s special intention: this couple should not be joined together in a Matrimony, ye are to declare it. (2nd pub) — for all the unborn children

1“The More You Honor Me, The More I will Bless You”

Greeters: Roy & Sylvia Huggines FISH FRY on Fridays in Lent, (except on Reader: Marilyn Thalman Music: Marilynn Schnupp ) from 3:30-6:30pm Servers: Members of the Knights of Columbus FISH FRY DRIVE-THRU ONLY — limited menu

FASTING. Eating 1 regular meal and 2 small Lenten Penance Service meals (age 18-59) Ash Wed., Good Friday JOIN US on Wednesday, March 24 at ABSTAINING. Refrain from meat 6:00pm. Father Joseph, with visiting Good Friday and Fridays in Lent (age 14+) clergy will be available for individual confessions. Bring the whole family. at 7:00 pm If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful on Fridays in Lent in the Church. and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us Retrace final journey of Jesus Christ from every wrongdoing. —-1 John 1:9 to Calvary. NOTE: Our last Stations of the Cross (before ) will be on Thursday, March 25 at 40 Cans of Lent Program 7:00pm

The Knights of Columbus will have a LIVING STATIONS Friday, March 26 at 7:00pm. bin in the back of the church during led by our Grade 7/8 students. Limited seats. the Lenten Season to promote the program. All donations will go to the

Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center 18th

Street. Thank you for your continual support. Jonathan Blackwell, Don Klug, Jerome Henry, Jr., Donald Oakland, Carolyn Ritchey, Michael Young, THE MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU! Jonette Bauer, Robert Gessler, David Park, We are always searching for voices Ray Thalman, III, Richard Canestraro, to join in worship with the choir! Michael Hewitt, Ginny Mancuso, Matt Schau, Have questions, see Shaun after the Ella Finley, Robert Francis, Denise Kinnick, weekend masses or contact him at Avery Lee, Rhett Schodzinski, Sean Fahey, Jr., 304-650-2758 or [email protected] Laurie Henry

“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” —-Luke 10:27

Knights of Columbus Council 12195  Grand Knight - Ray Thalman

Meeting. Next meeting will be Tuesday, April 6, at 6:00pm in the Battaglino Center.

Knights of Columbus Family of the Month awarded to family of Cecilia Donahoe, who has served as an inspiration to our parish, community and council. Join the Knights of Columbus! Go to www.kofc.org/joinus. Enter the Promo Code MCGIVNEY2020 for 12 months of FREE online membership until June 30 (online only).

Ladies Auxiliary of the K of C  President - Marilyn Thalman

MEETING. We meet March 22 at 6:00pm in the Battaglino Center. No February meeting. Vice President: Sylvia Huggins • Treasurer: Marlene McGovern • Secretary: Marlene Klamut March 14, 2021 The Fourth Sunday in Lent - Year B Page 9 Parish School of Religion

Mar 14 Class Mar 21 Class Mar 28 Virtus Apr 4 No Class

CONGRATULATIONS PSR student JACK OSER Student of the Month at Hilltop Elementary

Tess Morando, PSR Coordinator; 304-242-7820 MAR 15 Panther Premier Girls B-Ball 16 Library Reconciliation Grade 4 & 5 Senior Night Grade 8 Class with MOST MONEY collected (on average) receives PAWS Pass (dress down day), lunch, 17 HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! 18 ACRE Test Grades 5 & 8 AND a FUN activity with Father Joseph.

Stations 1:30 WEEK 1-3 19 School Masses 8:30 & 9:30am $ 437.42 Social Media Presentation Gr. 5-8 1st GRADE 2 Total amount Fish Fry Drive-thru 3:30-6:30pm raised so far 2nd PK 3/4 Girl Scouts Cookies Sale GREAT JOB ! 3rd GRADE 3 Maddie Potts will be selling cookies after all masses March 13/14. Thank Total collected at the end of Lent go to the you for supporting our Girl Scout! Catholic Neighborhood Center 18th Street to purchase items in the kitchen. Thank you!

Kindness Counts Award Kroger Community Rewards

Elliana Muldrew - Grade 4 Enroll is this great program and you will earn rewards for Our Lady of Aubree Reynolds - Grade 4 Peace School EVERY TIME you shop, using your Plus Card (or alternate ID# like telephone#)

Strive to look and be Be a part of this great program. Everyone wins. more like Christ  (purchases excludes gas, gift cards, alcohol, pharmacy). Thank you for your support.

Have rosaries (intact or broken) or religious medals? DONATE THEM! See flyer in back of church.

Cathedral of St. Joseph - Eucharistic Adoration during Lent • Lenten Vespers Each Friday during Lent, Cathedral will be having Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after the 12:05 p.m. Mass until 5:45 p.m. Stations of the Cross will follow at 6:00 p.m. Spend some time in prayer and adoring Our Lord truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. • Each Sunday evening during Lent, celebrate sung Solemn Vespers at 6:00 p.m. Vespers, also known as Evening Prayer, is part of the Liturgy of the Hours, the official prayer of the church. Enjoy some splendid music provided by the Cathedral Schola.

Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston - 2021 Men’s Priestly Discernment Retreat -St. John XXIII Pastoral Open to College age young men and older who are seriously considering the possible call to the Priestly

Discernment. Retreat Saturday, March 20 in Charleston WV

Our Lady of Lebanon Church - Saint Maron Dinner This event will be held Sunday, March 21 from 11:30am until 4:00pm (2216 Eoff Street, Wheeling). TAKE OUT ONLY. Prepaid Orders ONLY: $15 per dinner. Menu: Kibbee, Stuffed Grape Leaves, Hummus, Chicken & Rice, Salad, Pita Bread, Yogurt and Mamoul. See flyer in back of church

The International Society of St. Vincent de Paul - “It is better to give than to receive.” This Catholic lay organization leads women and men to join together to service those who are needy and suffering. If you would like to attend a meeting, call Mary Lou Kent 740-298-5351

Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston - Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) Open to older high school teens and young college students. Weekend retreat, reflections, group dialogue, prayer, etc. Like to attend or help out contact Daniel Maul [email protected] or call 304-233-0880, ext 376

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