Volume 91, Number 10 March 7, 2021: Third Sunday of Lent

Per the directives of Governor Edwards and Michael Duca, we ask that everyone wear face masks at all times.

The Sunday Mass obligation continues to be indefinitely dispensed for all Catholics.

Mass Schedule Saturday 4 p.m. Sunday 9 & 11 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday 8 a.m. Thursday and Friday 9 a.m.

In modified Phase II, we are able to accommodate 50% capacity, [while still maintaining social distancing requirements] per Mass on a first come, first serve basis.

Fr. Walsh’s weekly homily can be found on our website. Sign up for emails on our website and receive his weekly homily. 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT

2250 Main Street • Baton Rouge, 70802 OFFICE HOURS: Monday–Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 12 noon (Closed Daily for Lunch 12:00 – 12:30 p.m.) Telephone: 225.387.6671 • Fax: 225.387.6674 • Email: [email protected] • Website: www.sacredheartbr.org

MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. • Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m./50% capacity while maintaining social distancing requirements. Tuesday & Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. • Thursday & Friday: 9:00 a.m. (1st Friday of every month, Mass is at 12 noon.) Church is open for prayer Tuesday - Friday; 12 noon - 4 p.m. (Call Parish Office for More Information)

Please call or e-mail your prayer requests to Clare Coulon at 387-6671 or [email protected] Entrance Antiphon: Cf Ps 25 (24):15-16 Second Reading: 1 Cor 1:22-25

My eyes are always on the Lord, A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the for he rescues my feet from the snare. Corinthians Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and poor. Brothers and sisters: Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, First Reading: Ex 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, A reading from the Book of Exodus but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. In those days, God delivered all these commandments: For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, “I, the LORD am your God, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. You shall not have other gods besides me. The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

“You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain. Gospel Acclamation: Jn 3:16 For the LORD will not leave unpunished the one who takes his name in vain. R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!

“Remember to keep holy the sabbath day. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, Honor your father and your mother, so that everyone who belives in him might have eternal life. R. that you may have a long life in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you. Gospel: Jn 2:13-25 You shall not kill.

You shall not commit adultery. The Lord be with you. R. And with your spirit You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. A reading from the holy Gospel according to John You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. R. Glory to you, O Lord.

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass, Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, nor anything else that belongs to him.” sheep, and doves, as well as the money changers seated there.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God He made a whip out of cords and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the Responsorial Psalm: Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 money changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life. “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a

The law of the LORD is perfect, marketplace.” refreshing the soul; His disciples recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will The decree of the LORD is trustworthy, consume me. giving wisdom to the simple. R. At this the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” The precepts of the LORD are right, Jesus answered and said to them, rejoicing the heart; “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” the command of the LORD is clear, The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for enlightening the eye. R. forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. The fear of the LORD is pure, Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples enduring forever; remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the the ordinances of the LORD are true, Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. all of them just. R. While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, They are more precious than gold, many began to believe in his name than a heap of purest gold; when they saw the signs he was doing. sweeter also than syrup But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them or honey from the comb. R. all, and did not need anyone to testify about human nature.

He himself understood it well.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Page 2 March 7, 2021 Thank You to Everyone Who Helped Make Safe Haven Sunday a Success!

Special thanks to everyone who helped make Safe Haven Sunday possible! Thank you to our parish community for your openness to the topic of pornography awareness and internet safety.

Safe Haven Sunday provided us with the opportunity to give focused time and resources to address the harmfulness of pornography and other online threats to marriage and family life.

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CATHOLICSISTERSWEEKMarch8-14,2021

Nationally, we are celebrating Catholic Sisters Week during the week of March 8 - 14, 2021. This is an opportunity for our parishioners to remember in prayer the women who have devoted their lives to Christ and served our community. In the Diocese of Baton Rouge we are blessed to have 13 religious congregations serving our community. They include the following: Sisters of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (Paincourtville) Incarnatio Consecrato Missio (Baton Rouge) Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Baton Rouge) Missionaries of Charity (Baton Rouge) Congregation of St. Joseph (Baton Rouge, New Roads) Marianites of Holy Cross (Hammond) Daughters of Mary Mother of the Church (Clinton, Vacherie & Zachary) Dominican Sisters of Peace (Ponchatoula) Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Baton Rouge) Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (Baton Rouge) Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (Baton Rouge) Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (Baton Rouge) Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy (Zachary) On Monday, March 8, 2021, Bishop Duca will dedicate his 8 a.m. Mass from St. Joseph Chapel at the Tracy Center to these women. The Mass will be streamed on Catholic Life TV Baton Rouge. Please join us in prayer Monday morning.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an association of leaders of congregations of Catholic women religious in the United States, are dedicating Catholic Sisters Week to feeding the hungry in our communities. They are adopting the theme “Challenge to End Hunger”. Please consider making a donation in the name of the sisters to either St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room or The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.

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 Page 4 March 7, 2021 Sunday: 3rd Sunday of Lent excellent example of true Christian living for their daughter. After watching her stepmother suffer with terminal cancer, Katharine Monday: St. John of God, Religious: St John died in 1550 in learned that no amount of money could shelter her from pain or Granada, Spain. He ran away from home at an early age and suffering. From this moment, her life took a turn. She became lived as a shepherd, soldier and entrepreneur before his imbued with a passionate love for God and neighbor. In 1884, conversion at the age of forty-two. He laid the foundation for while her family was visiting the Western states, Katharine saw the Order of Hospitallers , today numbering about 1,117 first-hand the troubling and poor situation of the Native religious. He is the patron saint of hospitals, of the sick, of Americans. She desperately wanted to help them. When her nurses and booksellers. father died, she and her sisters received a large bequest; they immediately donated a large sum to assist the St. Francis Mission Tuesday: St. Frances of Rome, of South Dakota's Rosebud Reservation. After meeting Pope Religious: Frances was the child of Leo XIII, Katharine decided to dedicate her life and fortune to wealthy parents and from a very early age the service of others. On February 12, 1891, Katharine made her was attracted to religious life. Her parents first vows as a religious and dedicated herself to working for insisted that she marry and at the age of Native Americans and African-Americans in the Western United 13 she did as they commanded. Her States. She ultimately established a religious congregation called husband was a nobleman, and Frances the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament to serve their needs. In was offered a comfortable life. She pursuit of this mission her order opened many schools including struggled to accept that her marriage was Xavier University in New Orleans, the first Catholic University in God’s will, but was helped in this by a the United States for African-Americans. By the time of her devoted husband who loved her dearly death, she had more than 500 Sisters teaching in 63 schools and accepted her desire for a life dedicated to the poor and to a throughout the country, and she established 50 missions for more austere life than his circumstances permitted. He Native Americans in 16 different states. Mother Katharine died supported her when his parents did not. Frances became a on March 3, 1955 at the age of 96. She is remembered for her devoted and loving wife but still longed for a life of prayer and love of the Eucharist and her desire for the unity of all peoples. service. During her marriage she joined with her sister-in-law Katharine is the patron saint of racial justice and philanthropists. (who became her spiritual companion) and began to serve the poor of the city of Rome. During her life war came to Rome Thursday: St. Casimir: Casimir, born to be followed by plague. Two of Frances’ children were victims of the a king, lived a highly disciplined, even severe disease. In response, Frances used all her money and sold her life, sleeping on the ground, spending a great possessions to buy whatever the sick might possibly need. When part of the night in prayer and dedicating all her resources had been exhausted, she went door to door himself to lifelong celibacy. After he failed begging. Later the saint opened a section of her house as a to achieve his father’s ambitions of conquest, hospital. When the plague abated, Frances founded a society of Casimir resolved never again to become women bound by no vows, the Oblates of Mary. They simply involved in war. He returned to prayer and offered themselves to God and to the service of the poor. Once study, maintaining his decision to remain the society was established, Frances continued to live at home celibate even under pressure to marry the with her husband. She did this for seven years until her husband emperor’s daughter. Casimir reigned briefly as king of Poland. passed away, and then came to live the remainder of her life with He died of lung disease at 25 while visiting Lithuania, of which he the Oblates—serving the poorest of the poor. was also Grand Duke. He was buried in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Wednesday: St. Katherine Drexel: St. Katharine Drexel is the Friday: Lenten Weekday second American-born saint to be canonized by the . She was born in Philadelphia on November 26, 1858, the Saturday: Lenten Weekday second child of a prominent and wealthy banker. The Drexel family were devout in the practice of their faith, setting an Sunday: 4th Sunday of Lent

BAPTISM SUNDAY NURSERY: CONFESSIONS Seminar required. Please visit the website or call the Closed until further notice. Tuesday & Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. Parish Office for information. Thursday & Friday 8:30 a.m DIVINE MERCY NOVENA Saturday 2:30—3:30 p.m. and by appointment. CARE OF THE SICK Follows 8:00 a.m. Mass on Tuesday Visits made regularly to hospitalized and homebound. MARRIAGE Contact the Parish Office for Anointing of the Sick or NOVENA TO THE SACRED Couples should contact the Parish Office at least six (6) to receive Holy Communion. HEART OF JESUS months prior to the desired date and must complete the EVERY 1ST FRIDAY OCTOBER - JUNE Marriage Preparation Program. FUNERAL PLANNING CONFESSIONS: 11 a.m. MASS: 12 noon Please call the Parish Office prior to scheduling NOVENA: 12:30 p.m. with the funeral home.

Page 5 March 7, 2021 Sunday, March 7 Tuesday, March 9 Thursday, March 11 Saturday, March 13 Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12- Dn 3:25, 34-43/Ps 25:4-5ab, 6 Jer 7:23-28/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Hos 6:1-6/Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20- 17/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn and 7bc, 8-9 [6a]/Mt 18:21-35 [8]/Lk 11:14-23 21ab [cf. Hos 6:6]/Lk 18:9-14 6:68c]/1 Cor 1:22-25/Jn 2:13-25 or Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Sunday, March 14 [8]/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23/Ps 137:1- 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 Wednesday, March 10 Friday, March 12 2, 3, 4-5, 6 [6ab]/Eph 2:4-10/Jn Dt 4:1, 5-9/Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, Hos 14:2-10/Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 3:14-21 or 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10- Monday, March 8 19-20]/Mt 5:17-19 10-11ab, 14 and 17 [cf. 11 and 13a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4m 5, 6 [1]/ 2 Kgs 5:1-15ab/Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 9a]/Mk 12:28-34 Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6- 4 [cf 42:3]/Lk 4:24-30 9, 13-17, 34-38

MON No Daily Mass Date Mass Intention(s) 8 Tuesday 8 a.m. Michael O. Bourgeois TUE Daily Mass/Divine Mercy Novena, 8 a.m., Church 9 Church Open For Prayer 12 noon - 4 p.m. 3-09-21 Kevin Keyser Men’s Club Meeting, 6 p.m., Parish Hall Gary Keyser Julie Pye Brown WED Daily Mass, 8 a.m., Church 10 Church Open For Prayer 12 noon - 6 p.m. Wednesday 8 a.m. Gary Keyser 3-10-21 THU Daily Mass, 9 a.m., Church Thursday 9 a.m. Ralph W. Hill Family 11 Church Open For Prayer 12 noon - 4 p.m. 3-11-21 FRI Daily Mass, 9 a.m., Church Friday 9 a.m. Louis Prejean 12 Church Open For Prayer 12 noon - 4 p.m. 3-12-21 Stations of the Cross, 2 p.m., Church Saturday 4 p.m. Bradley Smith; A Special Intention; Michael 3-13-21 O. Bourgeois; Sidney “Brother” Boudreaux; Clarisse & Percy LeBlanc; Hilda, Clarence & Jewel LeBlanc; Gary & Kevin Keyser Sunday 9 a.m. Parishioners of Sacred Heart SAT SVdP Visitation Meeting, 8:30 a.m., AC-Fr. Dugas Rm. 3-14-21 13 Confessions, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. 11 a.m. Evelyn K. Stampley; Bradley Smith & David Vigil Mass, 4 p.m., Church Smith; Michael DiVincenti, III.; Frank Culotta; Fred Heroman; John Graves SUN 4th Sunday of Lent 14 Masses, 9 & 11 a.m. PSR 1st Eucharist Class, 10 a.m., AC-Fr. Smith Rm.

Minister Assignments March 6-7, 2021: 3rd Sunday of Lent Mass Readers Saturday, 4:00 PM Mark LeBlanc (1) Clare Coulon (2) Sunday, 9:00 AM Paxton Hester (1) Risa Mueller (2) Sunday, 11:00 AM John McKay (1) Julie Perrault (2)

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