The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

Saint Cecilia PARISH

Easter Vigil 4 April 2021

A Celebration of Saints at the Easter Vigil Michael O'Neill McGrath, OSFS

3 April 2021 HOLY SATURDAY

On Holy Saturday the Church waits at the Lord's tomb in prayer and fasting, meditating on his Passion and Death and on his Descent into Hell, and awaiting his Resurrection. The Church abstains from the Sacrifice of the Mass, with the sacred table left bare, until after the solemn Vigil, that is, the anticipation by night of the Resurrection, when the time comes for paschal joys, the abundance of which overflows to occupy fifty days.

~ The Roman Missal THE EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT

THE BLESSING, PREPARATION AND LIGHTING OF THE PASCHAL CANDLE As the paschal candle is placed in its stand, we invite you to light a candle in your place of worship and consider placing candles in your windows, if safe, to bear witness to the light of Christ in the world.

THE EASTER PROCLAMATION (EXSULTET)

Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King’s triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to gloom and darkness. Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice, arrayed with the lighting of his glory, let this holy building shake with joy, filled with the mighty voices of the peoples.

V/: Lift up your hearts. R/: We lift them up to the Lord. V/: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. R/: It is right and just.

It is truly right and just, with ardent love of mind and heart, and with devoted service of our voice, to acclaim our God invisible, the almighty Father, and Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Son, his Only Begotten. Who for our sake paid Adam’s debt to the eternal Father, and pouring out his own dear Blood wiped clean the record of our ancient sinfulness. These then are the feasts of Passover, in which is slain the Lamb, the one true Lamb, whose Blood anoints the doorposts of believers.

This is the night, when once you led our forebears, Israel’s children, from slavery in Egypt and made them pass dry-shod through the Red Sea. This is the night that with a pillar of fire banished the darkness of sin. This is the night that even now, throughout the world, sets Christian believers apart from worldly vices and from the gloom of sin, lending them to grace, and joining them to his holy ones. This is the night when Christ broke the prison-bars of death, and rose victorious from the underworld. Our birth would have been no gain, had we not been redeemed.

O wonder of your humble care for us! O love, O charity beyond all telling, to ransom a slave you gave away your Son! O truly necessary sin of Adam, destroyed completely by the Death of Christ! O happy fault that earned so great, so glorious a Redeemer! O truly blessed night, worthy alone to know the time and hour when Christ rose from the underworld!

This is the night of which it is written: The night shall be as bright as day, dazzling is the night for me, and full of gladness. The sanctifying power of this night dispels all wickedness, washes faults away, restores innocence to the fallen, and joy to mourners, drives out hatred, fosters concord, and brings down the mighty. On this, your night of grace, O holy Father, accept this candle, a solemn offering, the work of bees and of your servants’ hands, an evening sacrifice of praise, this gift from your most holy Church.

But now we know the praises of this pillar, which glowing fire ignites for God’s honour, a fire into many flames divided, yet never dimmed by sharing of its light, for it is fed by melting wax, drawn out by mother bees to build a torch so precious. O truly blessed night, when things of heaven are wed to those of earth, and divine to the human. Therefore, O Lord, we pray you that this candle, hallowed to the honour of your name, may persevere undimmed, to overcome the darkness of this night. Receive it as a pleasing fragrance, and let it mingle with the lights of heaven.

May this flame be found still burning by the Morning Star: the one Morning Star who never sets, Christ your Son, who coming back from death’s domain has shed his peaceful light on humanity and lives and reigns for ever and ever. R. Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING | Genesis 1:1, 26-31a

RESPONSORIAL PSALM | Psalm 104: Lord, Send Out Your Spirit Steven Janco

1. Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, you are great indeed! You are clothed with majesty and glory, robed in light as with a cloak.

2. How manifold are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you have wrought them all. The earth is full of your creatures; O bless the Lord, O my soul! Alleluia!

3. If you take away their breath they perish and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.

PRAYER

SECOND READING | Exodus 14:15–15:1

RESPONSORIAL PSALM | Exodus 15: Song of the Sea Marty Haugen

1. Let us sing to the Lord for he has gloriously triumphed; horse and rider he has hurled into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

2. The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. The chariot of Pharaoh and his army he has cast into the sea. The pick of his army are drowned in the sea.

3. The deeps hide them, they sank, they sank like a stone. Your right hand, Lord, glorious in its power, has shattered the enemy.

PRAYER

THIRD READING | Isaiah 55:1-11

RESPONSORIAL PSALM | Isaiah 12: You Will Draw Water Joyfully Marty Haugen

1. See, God is my salvation! I will trust and will not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has been my salvation. With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation.

2. Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name; make known among the peoples his deeds; proclaim that his name is exalted.

3. Sing to the Lord for he has wrought wonders; let this be known through all the earth. Shout aloud and sing praise, you who dwell in Sion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

PRAYER

FOURTH READING | Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28

RESPONSORIAL PSALM | Psalm 42: My Soul is Thirsting Grayson Warren Brown

PRAYER

After the last reading from the Hebrew Scriptures with its Responsorial Psalm and its prayer, the altar candles are lit, the bells are rung, and the Gloria in excelsis Deo is sung as the time of vigil ends and the First Mass of Easter begins. GLORIA | Mass of Renewal Curtis Stephan

COLLECT

EPISTLE | Romans 6:3–11

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION | Alleluia! Let Us Rejoice David Haas

GOSPEL | Matthew 28: 1-10

HOMILY

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION AND RITE OF RECEPTION INTO FULL COMMUNION

BAPTISMAL LITURGY

PRESENTATION OF THE CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM

The candidates for baptism are called forward and their godparents present them:

Christopher Robert Henquinet Matthew Schrimper Lumeng Jenny Yu

INVITATION TO PRAYER LITANY OF THE SAINTS John Becker

BLESSING OF BAPTISMAL WATER

RENUNCIATION OF SIN & PROFESSION OF FAITH

BAPTISM

THE RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL VOWS

PRESENTATION OF A LIGHTED CANDLE CELEBRATION OF RECEPTION

CALLING OF THE CANDIDATES FOR RECEPTION

James Ignatius Bor-Zale Liam Gabriel George Fortin Kristina Kauppila Kylie Alyssa-Sue Krejmas Erik Vos

INVITATION

PROFESSION BY THE CANDIDATES

ACT OF RECEPTION

CELEBRATION OF CONFIRMATION

CALLING OF THE CANDIDATES FOR CONFIRMATION

James Ignatius Bor-Zale Liam Gabriel George Fortin Christopher Robert Henquinet Kristina Kauppila Kylie Alyssa-Sue Krejmas Matthew Schrimper Erik Vos Lumeng Jenny Yu

INVITATION

LAYING ON OF HANDS | Veni, Sancte Spiritus Les Presses de Taizé

ANOINTING WITH CHRISM

THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER Thank you for your generous support of the parish!

Today’s collection will benefit Clergy Trust which provides programs and support to care for the health and well-being of all active and senior diocesan priests in good standing. By supporting this collection, you are helping to ensure that our active priests receive the care they need to continue their important work and our senior priests have support and access to quality care. This collection is a critical source of funding for the Trust and your generosity is greatly appreciated. On behalf of Father John and the priests of the Archdiocese who benefit from the support of Clergy Trust, thank you so much for your continued support and generosity. To donate online visit (or copy and paste): https://clergytrust.org/easter/ or https://www.osvhub.com/ stceciliaboston/funds/clergy-health-trust-easter-collection.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS | You Make All Things New

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER  The Lord be with you. All: And with your spirit.  Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord.  Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. All: It is right and just. HOLY, HOLY | Mass of Christ the Savior Dan Schutte

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION | Mass of Christ the Savior Dan Schutte

GREAT AMEN | Mass of Christ the Savior Dan Schutte

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen. LAMB OF GOD | Mass of Christ the Savior Dan Schutte

COMMUNION | I Am the Bread of Life Suzanne Toolan, RSM SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

It is a long-held Catholic belief that when circumstances prevent one from receiving Holy Communion, it is possible to make an “Act of Spiritual Communion.” During this time when we are not able to celebrate the Eucharist together in person, Pope Francis invites Catholics to say this prayer as a source of grace. We can be assured that when we express our desire to receive Jesus in the Eucharist, God will be with us spiritually in a special way. Here is an Act of Spiritual Communion that we encourage you to pray as you participate in our live-streamed liturgies:

ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION Loving Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

DISMISSAL

RECESSIONAL EASTER HYMN

POSTLUDE | Trumpet Voluntary in D major John Stanley Dr. Xuan He, organist and Charlie Jones, trumpet (1712-1786)

Rev. John J. Unni, presider Robert Duff, director of music Xuan He, parish organist Eunghee Cho, cello Adam Gautille, trumpet Maureen Brabec, soprano, Caroline Nielson, mezzo-soprano, Ryan Lustgarten, tenor and Nathan Halbur, baritone

All music in this worship aid is printed with permission under Onelicense.net #A700-137.

For information on becoming involved or supporting the music program at Saint Cecilia, please contact Dr. Robert Duff at 617-536-4548 or email: [email protected]. Easter Greetings from Father JOhn

Dear Friends,

What a year it has been since last Easter: A year of pandemic. A year of upheaval. A year of pivoting. On so many levels in our country and in our lives, it has not been smooth or easy for most of us. As I write, almost 550,000 Americans have died from the virus. Next month, it will be a year since my own mom passed. It is still a little surreal as I look back and think, “what just happened?” A year, she’s gone, no Easter together this year, no Mother’s Day, no birthday, no weekly visits, no daily FaceTimes or watching Chronicle together…she would be on her TV, me on mine, while talking through the whole show on our iPads! It was a different way of “watching TV together” in these COVID times when we couldn’t see each other in person or be allowed into her home or room. Those window visits with Mom’s little hand to the window on one side and mine on the other from the outside…it’s how we stayed connected. This first year…those first years…the memories of our loved ones are ever present but the void is palpable and, at times, it feels almost purposeless without them being here.

Being in the “faith business,” I know that we are all just moving through this time we have on earth. We know that we are only here for a while. In that time, we have a purpose for living and we have been given an example of how to live. On Holy Thursday, Jesus shows the disciples how to be. “If I the master and teacher have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” He tells us to serve and take care of one another. He breaks bread with his closest friends and tells them to keep the tradition going and, when doing it, do it in memory of him…that he would be present, in a very real way when they did. We’ve been doing it for over two thousand years at each Mass and Eucharist.

On Good Friday, we remember the Passion (the suffering) of Jesus as we venerate the cross and join our sufferings to his. It’s a reminder of an unfathomable love, a love beyond all telling, that he had for us; it’s a reminder that we don’t have to suffer alone in this life; Jesus, able “to sympathize with our weaknesses…who has similarly been tested in every way…” is not unfamiliar with our suffering.

On Saturday night, the Great Easter Vigil that continues into Easter Sunday, we celebrate the reality that Jesus rose from the dead and conquers death. In other words, our life is not over after the last breath but we’re onto the next stage of the eternal journey. It’s the journey from darkness into light as we light a new Easter candle every year and mark it with the Alpha and the Omega: Jesus, the light of this world. All these rituals, all these symbols, all these actions this past holy week are meant to remind us that, even though we’re just passing through, EACH of us has purpose.

So, as I said at the beginning of the pandemic a year ago, “Let’s not let this year go by without looking inside, soul searching and re-calibrating.” What now is our purpose? What has this purpose evolved to be in this Spring 2021 as we slowly and carefully open up to a new normal? What has changed in our faith regarding our belief system? How has the loss of loved ones invited us (made us) begin to question and/or grow in faith, trust and belief? How has it helped us to clarify or change our purpose? What do we think of eternity? How does this belief shape our time on earth and how we do what we do? How does the example of Jesus shape how you and I live and give and forgive?

Through the losses in life, we can actually grow and deepen and become more purposeful. Even though it seems counterintuitive, it’s what can happen if our faith is real and active and dynamic. Ask God for this deepened faith, especially if you’re hurting and sad or stuck and struggling with loss. This is THE time to dive in, not dry up or walk away from the relationship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. It is the faith Jesus had in his suffering.

On behalf of the wonderful parish staff here at Saint Cecilia, may God bless you and your beautiful families. I am so grateful for you, your friendship, support and generosity throughout this past year. Remember, out of the dying comes the rising, and out of this past year and its many losses will come much new life and new beginnings. It’s the seasonal message of nature. It’s the eternal message of Jesus. It’s what believing in the Resurrection is all about. Happy Easter! SAINT CECILIA PARISH OUR COMMUNITY NEWS

Presiders OF THE LITURGY Prayers & Saturday, April 3 | 7:30 Rev. John Unni Occasions

Sunday, April 4 | 10:00 & 11:30 Our Sick Rev. John Unni Please pray for all our sick and for those who are in need of our prayer, especially Mary Pickering, Mary Sue Cappoza, Caeden Boyce, Delia Alvarez, Charlie Naughton, Peter Tracy, MaryAnn Weber, Justin Raffaelli, Bob Haas, Bob Roppolo, John Payne, Christopher Gobron, Joy Gilbert, Cheryl Sa- bin, Mary Walters, Mary Ann Olszewski, Constance LaSala, Frances Romeo, Ronald LaBrecque, and Rachel Caminiti.

TODAY'S READINGS Welcome to Saint Cecilia Parish Acts 10:34a, 37-43 We are pleased to welcome the following new members of our parish who have recently registered: Nancy Cohn Colossians 3:1-4 of Swampscott, Sabrena Tufts of Jamaica Plain, Gianni John 20:1-9 Vitiello of Brighton, Theresa Steele of Farmington, Con- necticut, Amanda Woodgate of Boston, Rosemary Powers NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS of Dorchester, and Christina Glen of Osterville. If you have not previously registered you can do so online at www.st- Acts 5:12-16 ceciliaboston.org Revelations 1:9-11A, 12-13, 17-19 The Easter Collection John 20:19-31 Today’s collection will benefit Clergy Trust which provides programs and support to care for the health and well-being Our Newest Members of all active and senior diocesan priests in good standing. At this weekend's Great Vigil of Easter, we celebrate the By supporting this collection, you are helping to ensure that initiation of three new Christians in the Easter waters. our active priests receive the care they need to continue Christopher Robert Henquinet, Matthew Schrimper, and their important work and our senior priests have support Lumeng Jenny Yu will profess their faith in Christ and be and access to quality care. This collection is a critical source baptized, confirmed, and welcomed to the Eucharistic- ta of funding for the Trust and your generosity is greatly ap- ble. James Ignatius Bor-Zale, Liam Gabriel George Fortin, preciated. On behalf of Father John and the priests of the Kristina Kauppila, Kylie Alyssa-Sue Krejmas, and Erik Vos Archdiocese who benefit from the support of Clergy Trust, (all previously baptized in other Christian traditions) will be thank you so much for your continued support and gener- received into the full communion of the Catholic Church osity. To donate online visit: https://clergytrust.org/easter/ and be confirmed and welcomed to the table of the Lord. or https://www.osvhub.com/stceciliaboston/funds/clergy- health-trust-easter-collection. Keep these men and women in your prayer as they begin the period known as "mystagogia." Mystagogia is an ancient Greek word meaning, "education in the mysteries." Christian believers in the first century used the word mystagogia to describe the period of continuing spiritual instruc- tion following the celebration of the initiation rites.

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Easter Flowers Michelina Abele Patricia Connors Doreen and Conn Fraser Rogelio Abele Richard Corcoran The Frayling Family The Abruzzi Family Patrick Corrigan Rosemary and Louis Fredrich Hernán Aguilar Madeline Cotton Henry & Eileen Gabel Heather Allen Francis Cotton Robert Gaffny Dr. Louis Alosco Susanne Coyne Robert Galvin Jeanne Aubin Thomas Coyne Gisela Garcia de Barreto David Aubin Anne Coyne Rudy Garza Micheline Aubin Robert Crawford Yolanda Genovese Catherine Aylward Maria Cullen Eileen Gerz John Baker John Cunnane Richard Gilbert Marion Barbera John Cunnane, Jr. Adrian and Helene Gleason Louis Barbera Daniel & Jeanne Curley Mr. & Mrs. Charles Goodman Sr. Romania Barclay Daniel T. Curley Patrick David Graf Jose Barreto Cyril D'Souza Sara Hartman Graf Crisalida Barreto Irene & Hector D'Souza Walter Grant The Bartley Family Deceased Members of the Damiani- Frank Greco Joanne Bean O'Dette Families Members of the Griffith Family Christina Benet Hank Dane Patricia Griffith Bill Bennett Jean Dapra Msgr. Michael F. Groden Antonio Betancur The DeMers Family Meaghan Grotz Eleanore Bienkowski Jack Demmer Richard Guerette Julius Bienkowski Margaret Demmer Maria Olivieri Hakansson Paul Bienkowski Katie and Hank Dempsey Marnie Hancock-Donovan Jack & Janet Blanchette Jack and Janet Dever Edward W. Hanley, Jr. Jacinto Bento Botelho Mary and Joseph Devlin Edward W. Hanley, III Maria Belmira Botelho Marie Diegnan Mary Hanley Jacinto Sousa Botelho Frank DiPippo Patricia Hanley Chuck and Betty Botosh Patricia Donnellan Papa Jack Harrington Treshawn Boyd Sandy Dow Katherine Hayes Jack Brent Dr. Gerry Doyle Charles & Nancy Heaslip Mary Bresnahan Joan Drexelius Jillian Heaslip Joseph Bresnahan Joe Drexelius Katherine Honeycutt Eddie Brown John Drexelius Helen Hootsmans-McMahon Marion Buckley Dan Driscoll Carol Howland The Bufalini Family Arthur F. Dunnett Richard Howland Robert Burnham R. Margaret Dunnett Cynthia Jones Hawkins Jennifer Cabral Alex Durand Charles Judge Daniel, Barbara, & Daniel J. Callahan Richard Englert Rosemary Judge Glenn Calmus Luis Espinal Robena Keatley Maria Cristina Campo de Paez John and Irene Faldetta Bill Kelley Thomas Caulfield Sr Lamont Feigles Sr. Ann Kelley Helge Christiansen Patricia Ferris Catherine Kinchla John Clavin Elio Fine Robert Kinchla The Coleman Family Emma Fischer Lara Kinne Charlene Colgan Albert Francesconi Robert Koller Delia and Michael Conlon Lena Francesconi Cecilia Kurta Fr. Chuck Connolly, SJ The Franchi & Mancini Families Joseph Kurta 19 SAINT CECILIA PARISH

Thelma Lahme John Morse The Santoro Family Barbara Langdon F.X. and Margaret Morse The Seastrom Family Nick Lange Nancy Mullarkey Elizabeth Shatswell Monique Laroche John and Kathleen Mullen John Shatswell Stephan Laroche Maizie Mullen Peter Shatswell Josephine & Barney LaSala Grace Mulligan Susan Shaughnessy John Launie Dan Mullin Ann Sheehan Michael J. Lawless Daniel Mullin Paul and Mary Siebert Sally S. Lawless Edwin Murphy Anthony C. Simboli Vincent M. Lawless Elizabeth Murphy Mary and Francis Skinner Yves Legault Robert Murphy Betty Specke Jaime Jacinto Lima Robert Joseph Murphy Gena Squarcia Manuel Lima Henry Mysiuk Francesca Stanizzi Claire and Joseph Lippolt Josephine Mysiuk Dorothy Starzyk Thomas Lovett Ivan Nazario William Starzyk Jr. Dorothy Mac Gillivary Maureen Nolan Michael Stockman Loretta Macdonald Patrick Noone Richard Stockman Patricia Macdonald Henry and Elinor Novicki Claire Sullivan Barbara and John MacDonald Irene O’Keefe Melville Daniel E. Sullivan Angela MacIntyre-Wheatley Michele Olesky Deacon Paul Sullivan Irene MacIntyre-Wheatley C. Anthony Olivieri Joan Sullivan Peter & Bertha MacIntyre-Wheatley Angel Oller Mary Kay Sullivan Joseph and Mary Maciora Edward Pacana Terri Sullivan Mary Maciora-Jacobs Margaret Pacana Virginia V. Sullivan Kenny MacNeil Cristobal Paez Violet Sweet Fred Maglero Placido Paez Dr. Chaglar Tahsin Ilda Maguire Elena Paez L. María Tanchez Paul Maguire Anne Palmer Samuel Torres Peter Maguire Carmela and Anthony Pandolfo Raymond Towle Gerry and Bridie Maloney Bob Patterson Kathryn & Clifford Towle Andrew McCarrick Tom Paynter Anne Margaret Trimble Robert McCarrick Ronnie Pereira Frank and Estelle Unni Helen & Patrick McEvoy Phil Picard Sal Uy John McLaughlin Maria do Carmo Pimental Rico Valencia, Jr. Theresa McLaughlin Matt Provenzano Paul Valzania Billy McManus Shirley Provenzano Andrew J. Veneto Sr. Joseph McManus Fr. Robert Quinn Louis and Margaret Venditti Carlos Medrano Richard Rassi Mr. & Mrs. James Verde William Melville Ruth Reiss Elisa Vickers James and Rose Miele Lauren Rice Bernice and Joseph Vrablic Kathleen Modeste Sheldon Rich Barbara Walsh Members of the Moffatt Family Denise Robitel Joseph Warfield Jeff Monroe Giuseppina and Carmelo Roccuzzoi Nimette Yousif Barbara, Jessica, and Andrea Mooney Betty Ann Testa and Jack Roche Albert Zadow Paul Morris Grace Romasanta Edilia Zambrano Francis X. Morrissey John & Christine Romeo Frances G. Morrissey Elizabeth Russo

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Follow-Up Discus- sions On the Archdi- Adult Faith ocesan Social Justice Formation Virtual Events Convocation Boston College SCHOOL OF The Social and Racial Justice Ministry would like to provide THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY the Saint Cecilia community with a debrief of the Archdioc- esan Social Justice Convocation that was held virtually last WEBINARS November. This three-part series of discussions will follow this year's theme: "Racial Justice — What Can We Do?". The Spiritual Exercises: A Reflection on Human Suffer- ing from the Underside of History You may have already watched this beautifully presented Presenter: Peter W. Gyves, SJ, MD, Founder and Director convocation, with Mass celebrated by Cardinal Seán and of A Faith That Does Justice, Inc. presentations by keynote speakers, Fr. Oscar Pratt and Dr. Thursday, April 8 | 6:00-7:00 p.m. | Zoom Presentation Jeannine Hill Fletcher. If not, you might want to watch the Free of charge convocation in its entirety ahead of time, but this is not -nec essary for participation. You can find the Mass at: https:// The Sacred and the Secret: Lessons from Movements www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pc_8nnaBSk&feature=yo Like MeToo and ChurchToo utu.be and the webinar at: https://register.gotowebinar. Thursday, April 15 | 6:00-7:00 p.m. | Zoom Presenta- com/recording/5938397841251005964. tion | Free of charge We hope you will join us for all or any of the discussions in For further details or to register for these events, please check this series. the STM Online: Continuing Education website: https://www. • Sunday, April 11 | 2:00 | Cardinal Sean's Homily bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/stm/continuing-education/ • Sunday, April 18 | 2:00 | Fr. Oscar Pratt's Keynote campus-events.html • Sunday, April 25 | 2:00 | Dr. Jeannine Hill Fletcher's Keynote and Q&A ONLINE COURSES Please Register at http://bit.ly/SJdebrief Call to Conscience April 14 – May 4 | 3-Week Online Course | Registration HELP WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE Required| $30.00

One of the major fundraisers for our friends Eucharist: The Heart of Catholic Life at the shelter is their Mother's Day card sale. April 14 – May 4 | 3-Week Online Course | Registration Women's Lunch Place is a day shelter com- Required| $30.00 munity for women experiencing poverty and https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/stm/sites/ homelessness. Six days a week, trained staff crossroads/course-schedule.html and volunteers work as a team to provide hundreds of women healing, hope and dignity. Some guests use the shelter's services on a daily basis, while there are SAINT SUSANNA PARISH — DEDHAM others who we see less frequently. Mother's Day cards will be sold after weekend liturgies. For each $25 donation to Exploring Non-Canonical Texts and Other Christianities WLP, you will receive a card designed by one of the shelter's (A Two Week Presentation) guests as a thank you. Proceeds from the Mother’s Day card Presenter: Dr. Daniel Ullucci, Visiting Associate Profes- campaign support a wide array of services to the most vul- sor, Stonehill College nerable women in our community, including healthy meals • Week one: Monday, April 12 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. | and individualized services that empower women to make Zoom Presentation positive changes in their lives. In addition to our cards, you can sponsor a breakfast for $300 or a day of fresh fruit for • Week two: Monday, April 19 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. | $150 in honor or memory of a meaningful person in your Zoom Presentation life. For more information, please contact Mark.Lippolt@ For further details on these presentations, please check the gmail.com or you can order a card directly by clicking on website: https://www.saintsusanna.org/Attachments/aff_up- "Mother's Day Card Campaign 2021" on this site: https:// coming_programs_standard.pdf womenslunchplace.org/donate-mothers-day

This joyful Eastertide, please join us for Evening Prayer and Morning Prayer!

Monday - Friday, April 5 - 9 @ 6:30 p.m. Vespers during the Easter Octave

Saturday, April 10 @ 9:00 a.m. Lauds during the Easter Octave

Sunday, April 11 @ 6:00 p.m. Second Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday

Thursday, April 22 @ 6:30 p.m. Dedication Anniversary of Saint Cecilia Church (1894)

Thursday, April 29 @ 6:30 p.m. Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena

Monday, May 3 @ 6:30 p.m. Feast of Saints Philip and James

Thursday, May 13 @ 6:30 p.m. Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

Saturday, May 22 @ 9:00 a.m. Memorial of Saint Rita of Cascia

Sunday, May 23 @ 6:00 p.m. Solemnity of Pentecost

Join us live on the Saint Cecilia Facebook page or via Zoom. Liturgies last approximately half an hour. Email [email protected] for details. SAINT CECILIA PARISH

DOES RESURRECTION MATTER?

YES, IT DOES!

By THE RIGHT REV. MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE

This is the 2017 Easter sermon by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar God revealed in Jesus. Budde, diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. So what I’d like to do is walk through the story of that first I greet you in the name of God who shows no partiality, but Easter morning and lay alongside it what it can feel like for us loves all humankind with an everlasting love. And in the name to move from death to life. My hope is that doing so can help of Jesus, who came as God among us, showing us a way of love answer in the affirmative two very important questions: Is the and forgiveness; who was tortured and then executed without story of Jesus’ resurrection true? And if so, does it matter? once wavering from that way; and whom God raised from the And not only for us, but for the good of humankind. dead. From the earliest days of the Christian witness, this was and remains the most important thing to know about Jesus and The first thing to say about the Easter experience is that we to pass on: that he died on a cross; that God raised him from are not talking about resuscitation, about coming back from the dead; and that through his death and resurrection, we can the brink and carrying on as before. Resurrection is something experience a love so deep, so broad, and so high–a love that else entirely, and the context for it isn’t a near miss, when forgives, heals and sets us free. we’re spared the worst that can happen. The prerequisite for resurrection is, in fact, the worst that can happen: devastating And if, by chance, you’re not sure if what Christians celebrate loss and death. on Easter is true, or if it is true, if it matters; or if something’s happened in your life or in our world that’s caused you to Christians around the world have just spent the last week doubt what you once believed; or if you’re not even in the reminding ourselves of each painstaking detail of Jesus’ violent zone but just trying to make it through the day and somehow death. We remembered how the Roman authorities and Jewish you wound up here, trust me, you’re in good company. religious leaders colluded to rid themselves of this nuisance of a man; that his most ardent disciple denied three times that he For no matter how well we all clean up, or in my case, how even knew him; that another disciple betrayed him. Everyone fine the vestments I’m given to wear, even the most seasoned close to him deserted him in the end, except for a few women Christians have times when the faith we thought we had who watched him die close up. All were devastated, and for wavers, when events conspire to shake our resolve and cause some their grief was compounded by guilt for what they had us to wonder if what we’ve staked our lives on is, in fact, true. done or failed to do for their friend. That should be of some comfort to you, given that we’re talking about the greatest mystery of the Christian faith, and Likewise for us, the starting point is deep grief in the face that so much of what we see and experience in this world is at of tremendous loss. Fill in the blank of what that loss has odds with what we profess here. I wouldn’t trust anyone who been for you; I could certainly tell you of mine. If we laid our doesn’t wrestle with these things. And sometimes we’re all at losses alongside each other, what our experiences would have as much of a loss as Mary and the other disciples were on that in common is their finality. A dream, a relationship, a beloved first Easter morning. Take note of that: their first experience dies. Sometimes we know ourselves to be responsible for we’ve of resurrection is not presented in ways that convey spiritual lost; other times we suffer at the hands of another, or worse, confidence. On the contrary, it’s a scene of mass confusion. we’re caught in cruel indifference of collective evil, either as its victims or perpetrators, and there’s seemingly no way out What brings me back, and I daresay others, and keeps us going, and no going back. And so we grieve, going through all that and in the end allows us to affirm our belief in the resurrection grief requires. You know: it’s exhausting, and it takes a long of Jesus as it’s told in Scripture, and that it matters, are our time to work though. We can get stuck in grief, of course, but own experiences of resurrection–the ways we ourselves have equally dangerous is trying to rush through it, as if death were died and been given life on the other side of death through a something we could bounce back from. There’s no bouncing power not our own. It didn’t just happen to Jesus; it happens back; we are forever changed. to us. And as we’re able to interpret our experiences of moving through to life through the lens of Christian witness about The text tells us that on the first day after the sabbath, Mary Jesus’ and his resurrection, it feels real to us and for us in ways rose and went to Jesus’ tomb, most likely to care for his body, that give us confidence to place our trust in Him. And when for that was a burial ritual reserved for the women of that time. that confidence is shaken, we keep on the path, trusting that We recognize what’s happening here: she’s going through the what matters isn’t the strength of our faith but the power of motions. Grief puts us on autopilot, as we do what must be

23 SAINT CECILIA PARISH done. Mary, by name. It’s an experience of profound acceptance and unconditional love. We’re incredibly vulnerable, and yet But in resurrection something begins to shift, ever so slowly, we feel loved, and buoyed by a strength not our own. This is and it catches our attention. The first thing Mary notices when especially powerful when we feel personally responsible for she arrived at Jesus’ tomb was that the stone covering the the suffering we’ve endured or caused or others; when the entrance to it had been removed. That may sound like a small burden of guilt is as strong as whatever it is that we’ve lost. detail, but it’s a big deal. It was a big deal for her, because it was sizeable stone. It’s a big deal for us, because that stone The classic resurrection story of forgiveness comes a bit represents all that keeps us tethered to our loss. And when further in the text. It’s just as mysterious and confusing as the it’s gone, and we feel a lightness that we weren’t expecting. story of Mary and Jesus the gardener. This story is of Jesus A weight has been lifted; a way seems to be opening through the short-order cook. According to this account, after Jesus’ what we thought was solid rock. death some of disciples from Galilee decide to return and resume their former lives as fishermen, and honestly, it’s as Now you’d think we’d feel exhilarated by this, and maybe we if the empty tomb experience never happened. One morning are, but we’re also completely disoriented. Rarely do we feel they’re out on the water and they see someone beckoning ready for this when it happens. We may not even want our them to shore. It all feels eerily familiar to them. They have burdens to be removed as yet, if at all. the sense that it’s Jesus, but no one dares say anything. One jumps and swims ashore while others bring in the boat. Jesus I’m reminded here of a little story told in the novel Captain is there building a fire, cooking breakfast. “Come and eat,” he Corelli’s Mandolin about an old man who had been half-deaf says. And they do, not quite sure what to make of it all. After since childhood, the “stone” in his life being a small pea that breakfast Jesus takes Simon Peter aside, the one, remember, had lodged itself into his ear when he was a boy. When the who denied him three times. He doesn’t berate Peter, tell him village doctor realized what had impaired the man’s hearing all how disappointed he is in him. He doesn’t say, “I told you so.” these years and managed to extract the wax-and-dirt encrusted He simply asks: “Do you love me?” Three times he asks, and pea, the man was at first elated, then completely disoriented, by the third time Peter is reduced to a puddle of tears because and finally fatigued by the noise all around him, most notably, he knows exactly what Jesus is doing. Jesus is healing him of his wife’s voice that he had never fully heard before. Soon he that most shameful memory, replacing it with an affirmation returned to the village doctor, pleading that he put the pea of love. Resurrection is like that: your sin is taken away; the back. slate is clean. And what’s more, from rising from that very painful experience, you’re given a job: There’s part of us that would prefer to our stone back, whatever it is, because grief has its comforts. It’s quiet; little is expected “Feed my sheep,” Jesus tells Peter. “Share with others what from us. With the stone gone, we’re not sure what to do. Mary you have received.” doesn’t know. She runs and gets Peter and John. They don’t know, so they run around too, and actually look into the empty So, question number one: is the story true? Absolutely. I say tomb; one “believes” as a result, whatever that means, and then that to you not merely because it says so in a book called the both inexplicably exit the scene. They go home. Bible, but because it’s written on my heart. It’s happened to me, more than once; I’m confident that it’s happened to you. Our heroine stands on the side of this confusion and weeps. Maybe in relatively small ways, but real, nonetheless, if we There she sees Jesus, not recognizing him until he calls her by dare to claim it as true. I’ve also seen it in other people whose name. And then she does what any of us would have done, suffering by rights should have broken them completely but what we all want to do: she tries to hold onto him as tight as didn’t. If you pay attention to the people you admire going she can. But he says to her, and this is the biggest step of all: through this, and to your own life you begin to see the pattern, you have to let me go. the form of it, the process of moving from death to life. Now this is not a journey any of us relishes; we’d all avoid it if we There is no better way to describe what resurrection requires could. We’re talking about death first. But when death comes, of us: letting go. I mean really letting go. If your fist is resurrection follows, which is really good news. And if you’ve clenched in anger, you have to let it go. If you’re hanging onto gone through it a few times while you’re still walking the earth, something or someone as if your life depended on it, you have it makes the final resurrection that awaits us at the end less to let go now because your new life depends on it. Picture frightening. For we know the pattern, and the One who is yourself on the edge of a cliff, leaning backwards away from calling us home. the rock while every instinct in your body tells you to hang on. Or sky-diving the moment before jumping out of a plane. And does the resurrection matter? Yes, it does. It matters for In twelve-step spirituality this moment is known as “admitting us. And I’m not talking about believing certain things about powerlessness,” a letting go experience if there ever was one. Jesus so you that can get into heaven. You don’t have to worry But as hard as it is, there’s a relief that comes with it. Finally, about that. I’m talking about the quality of your life right now. whatever is going to happen next is out of our hands. And does it matter to the world around us that we are Then comes the most amazing thing: as we’re suspended in resurrection people? Yes, it does and here’s why. People of the mid-air, we feel the presence of God with us, sometimes in resurrection are among the most joyful, passionate, generous, the form of Jesus himself. And he’s calling us, as Jesus called forgiving, life-affirming human beings on the planet. Think

24 SAINT CECILIA PARISH of them. Think of the people you’ve known or have admired Wouldn’t you like to live like that? The good news is that we from afar. Think of those who respond to hatred with can. forgiveness; who never seem to lose hope; who believe that all people matter to God. Think of the people who are more So here’s the image to take home with you. Not long ago I than willing to make a nuisance of themselves, as Jesus did, was venting about my struggles with all that we’re considering in oppressive societies, and like him, to challenge those who here with the person I speak with for spiritual counsel. And he misuse their power; of the ones who are willing to walk into the reminded me of something that I’ll share with you. He spoke most hopeless situations and say, “You know, we can change of St. Teresa of Avila, a nun who lived in 15th century, who this.” They know that with God all things are possible. Think was instructed by her religious superiors to write a book about of the people who willingly go back into valley of death so that prayer based on her mystical experiences. She didn’t want to do someone else might know life. it, but she was obedient and she set about the task. We can take our place among these, through the power of The first image she received from God was that of a diamond Jesus’ resurrection living in us. We can do it. WE are who we inside her, a symbol of God’s overwhelming love for her. are, still in need of healing and forgiveness ourselves. We’re And my spiritual counselor said to me, “You know what not yet all we were created to be. You’ve got your wounds and makes a diamond shine so brilliantly, don’t you? The flaws anxieties and I’ve got mine, and Lord knows we still live in a and imperfections in the stone that reflect the brilliance of the Good Friday world. But what is stopping us from being people light.” That’s how it is with us. All those things that you think of the resurrection, allowing the grace and mercy, forgiveness are the worst parts of you? Those may be what God will use to and justice of God to flow through us? What is stopping us? bring light and healing and hope to another. The stone is gone; there’s nothing we have to hang onto, God loves us. What else do we need? Does resurrection matter? Yes, it does. And if you want to be a person of the resurrection, what you need to remember is this: So I’m going to give you an example of a person of the You can let go. God loves you with an everlasting love. And resurrection who took my breath away then wrap up with you your imperfections may be the best part of you. a final image to take home. ~Mariann Edgar Budde is the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese A few nights ago, I heard an interview with Anba Angaelos, the of Washington. She was consecrated as the ninth Bishop of Washington General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of the United in the Washington National Cathedral on November 12, 2011. Bishop Kingdom. You know what happened in two Coptic churches Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and in Egypt just last Sunday–terrible bombings in the middle of 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland Palm Sunday services. And the bishop is being interviewed counties. The first woman elected to this position, she also serves as the about it all. chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and The journalist asking questions wants to direct the bishop to Cathedral schools. speak politically and he will have none of it. He only wants to talk about the people suffering such tremendous loss. And he She earned a B.A. in history at the University of Rochester, graduating expressed his gratitude for the global outpouring of prayers magna cum laude. She earned both a Masters in Divinity (1989) and and support for his people. Doctor of Ministry (2008) from Virginia Theological Seminary. Her sermons have been published in several books and journals and she is the But he was also clear about what is at stake, that the goal of author of two books, Receiving Jesus: The Way of Love (2019) and the Islamic State, or ISIS, was not merely to terrorize but to Gathering Up the Fragments: Preaching as Spiritual Practice eradicate Christianity in Egypt. And at the end of the interview (2007). the journalist asked, “Is there anything else you’d like to say, bishop?” Bishop Angaelos said, “Yes, there is. I urge the world to pay attention to the resilience, courage, and forgiving spirit of the Coptic community in Egypt.” HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS MINISTRY: DRIVERS NEEDED “Do you forgive people who committed this crime?” the interviewer asked. Without hesitation the bishop replied, Each weekend parishioners have the opportunity to pick up “Absolutely, I feel no need to forgive the act, which was vicious and evil. But we are all human beings living under the donated meat, dairy products, and produce from four local brokenness of sin, with the possibility of repentance. I am supermarkets and deliver it to either Catholic Charities' Hai- happy to continue forgiving, loving and hoping, because I am tian Multi-Service Center in Dorchester or the Huntington convinced that that is the only way to break the sinister spiral Y’s food pantry . 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