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Readings for the Week Monday 251:Dn 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62 Ps 23:1-6 Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday St. Turibius of Mogrovejo 252: Nm 21:4-9 Ps102:2-3,16-21 Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday 253: Dn 3:14-20,91-92,95 Ps Dn 3:52-56 Jn 8:31-42 Thursday The Annunciation of the Lord 545: Is 7:10-14;8:10 Ps 40:7-11 Heb10:4-10 Lk1:26-38 Friday 255:Jer 20:10-13 Ps: 18:2-7 Jn 10:31-42 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONFIRMATION CLASS THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED IN THIS GREAT SACRAMENT!

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Passiontide and Veiling Statues: Jennifer Gregory Miller Tradition of the Hunger Cloth Covering crosses, statues and images or “veiling” with unadorned violet opaque cloths begins on the Saturday before the 5th Sunday of Lent. It is an older custom of the Church that remains an option even to this day. The exact era it began no one is sure, but the origins seem to come from an medieval tradition of the “hunger cloth” which was a huge violet cloth hung in front of the altar to keep the congregation from viewing the altar. Originally Lent was a time that public sinners were “banished” from the church and had to do a public display of penance. Over time the understanding that everyone is a sinner prevailed and sinners were no long- er restricted from the liturgy in church, but the hunger cloth gave all attend- ing a “fast of the eyes.” The cloths over time changed to smaller sizes and with more decorations.

The actual covering of images came later, perhaps continuing that theme of “fasting of the eyes.” According to Adolf Adam’s The Liturgical Year, At the end of the thirteenth century William Durandus of Mende (Southern France) explains this custom by the fact that Christ veiled his divinity during his passion. Durandus saw this explanation as implied in this Sunday’s gospel (from pre-Vatican II), the concluding sentence of which read: “But hid himself and left the temple” (John 8:59). Prior to Vatican II the editors of the Schott Missal saw the veiling of crosses and so on as intended “to remind us of the Redeemer’s humiliation and thus to imprint the image of the crucified Christ more deeply on our hearts.”

In other cultures, the covering of images is seen more like shrouding, as in a death shroud. I have a dear friend from Iran who is very unsettled by the covering of the statues. But I have thought much about her reaction, and it actually gave more weight to the tradition to me, because we are focusing on the death of our sinful selves and putting on a new life. We are putting on Christ at Easter, and the coverings help us remember that focus.

What Is Passiontide? In the 1962 calendar (and before), Lent had a division, so that the last two weeks was considered “Passiontide”—time more focused on the passion and death of Christ. The Fifth Sunday of Lent was called “Passion Sunday.” This was when the images were covered. Even in the revised liturgy, these last two weeks, especially Holy Week do continue to dwell more closely on the sufferings of Christ, but the name of Passiontide was removed. Again, from Adolf Adam:

On the other hand, we may not overlook the fact that the entire season of Lent speaks of the Lord’s passage through suffering and death to resurrection. The decision to eliminate the name “Passiontide” is explained in the commentary on the General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar as based on the desire “to preserve the internal unity of Lent. The Sunday now known as the First Sunday of the Passion will henceforth be the Fifth Sunday of Lent, as in the Ambrosian Rite” (The Liturgical Year, 105-106). The older calendar’s Passion Sunday is now combined with Palm Sunday in the current calendar, so the official title is “Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord.”

Whether one attends the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, the covering of sacred images can be practiced in both. The rubrics in The Third Edition of the Roman Missal states, In the Dioceses of the United States, the practice of covering crosses and images throughout the church from this Sunday may be observed. Crosses remain covered until the end of the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday, but images remain covered until the beginning of the Easter Vigil (Fifth Sunday of Lent, p. 256).

According to Monsignor Peter J. Elliott: The custom of veiling crosses and images in these last two weeks of Lent has much to commend it in terms of religious psychology, because it helps us to concentrate on the great essentials of Christ’s work of Redemption. The episcopal conference decides whether this should be obligatory within its territory, but any pastor may choose to restore or maintain this wise practice in his own parish (Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year). And even though the term “Passion Sunday” is no longer used, another remaining vestige of Passiontide is that the First Preface of the Passion is used during the Fifth Week of Lent, no longer the Lenten prefaces. How To Veil The cloths are to be plain fabric, preferably light material, with no decoration. Before the vigil Mass or Evening Prayer I of the Fifth Sunday of Lent all statues and images except the Stations of the Cross and stained-glass windows are veiled. Older liturgical books reference papal permission in 1878 to keep St. Joseph uncovered in March since it is his feast month. After the Good Friday ceremonies all crosses are unveiled. In the Ordinary Form, the coverings are removed without any liturgical ceremony before the Easter Vigil begins. Sometimes in the Extraordinary Form the images are not uncovered until the Gloria is sung at the Easter Vigil.

The Triduum is so near. Last Sunday we celebrated with great joy that we had reached the halfway mark, and this Sunday we have a visual that reminds us that we are only two weeks away from Easter. The covering of sacred images is a beautiful custom that can perhaps lead us to greater contemplation as we walk with Jesus through His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Our eyes are not drawn away to other objects and we can turn our focus to the altar and inward to contemplate Christ. (Catholicculture.org) MARCH 21, 2021 The Drama of Mt. Sinai Is Reenacted in the Annunciation: STEPHEN BEALE One detail from the account of the Annunciation reveals the deep drama that took place in the conception of Jesus. This is contained in the angel Gabriel’s promise to Mary in Luke 1:35, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the pow- er of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

The promise is astonishing in its description of how Mary will encounter God. Little is said about how this happens — ultimately the virginal conception of Je- sus remains a mystery. But we are granted one glimpse of the impending union of heaven and earth in the statement that the ‘power of the Most High will overshadow’ Mary.

In the Greek, the word is episkiazō, which, in the New Testament refers to a ‘vaporous cloud that casts a shadow’ according to Strong’s Concordance. What cloud might this be? In Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives, Pope Bene- dict XVI explains, In terms of the language used, it belongs to the theology of the Temple and of God’s presence in the sanctuary. The sacred cloud — the shekinah — is the visible sign of God’s presence. It conceals the fact that God is dwelling in the house, yet at the same time points to it (Jesus of Naza- reth, 29).

But the first descent of the divine cloud comes earlier. Exodus 19:16-19 records the event,

On the morning of the third day there were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud blast of the shofar, so that all the people in the camp trembled. But Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stationed themselves at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had come down upon it in fire. The smoke rose from it as though from a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled violently.

The blast of the shofar grew louder and louder, while Moses was speaking and God was answering him with thunder.

The story continues in Exodus 24, So Moses set out with Joshua, his assistant, and went up to the mountain of God. He told the el- ders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. Anyone with a complaint should approach them.” Moses went up the mountain. Then the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the LORD settled upon Mount Sinai. The cloud covered it for six days, and on the seventh day he called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. To the Israelites the glory of the LORD was seen as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain. But Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up on the mountain. He was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights (vv. 13-18).

So what was the cloud that overshadowed Mary? It was nothing less than the same cloud of fire and thunder that consumed the top of Mt. Sinai. What was received by an entire mountain in the Old Testament was, in the New Testament, absorbed into the person of Mary.

In the Old Testament, Moses has to ascend the mountain to meet God. In the Annunciation, the cloud of fire descends to Mary — such was the power of her faith, the fullness of her grace, and her humble acceptance of what God has planned for her. As Psalm 24:3-5 says: Who may go up the mountain of the LORD? Who can stand in his holy place? “The clean of hand and pure of heart, who has not given his soul to useless things, what is vain. He will receive blessings from the LORD, and justice from his saving God.”

On Mt. Sinai, God inscribed the Ten Commandments on stone tablets. In Mary, God inscribed the fulfillment of the law—Jesus. As Jeremiah 31:33 declares, But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days. I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

The law was written so deeply on the heart of Mary that it itself became flesh. She perceived the heart of the law as the Sacred Heart of Jesus resting within her. Through Mary, the law assumed life as a human being and spoke to us as the Word of God Incarnate. In Mary there is thus an extraordinary fulfillment of Moses’ own yearning to see the face of God: Mary not only sees the face of God, she forms it in her own womb. God had to hide Moses as He passed by (see Exodus 33). Now, it is God Himself who is hidden within the person of Mary.

Seeing the Annunciation as another Sinai has implications for our daily walks of faith. Do you want to encounter the divine fire? Mary will show you how. Do you find yourself lost in the darkness? Mary will guide you through the cloud. Looking for the way up the moun- tain to heaven? Mary will show you the way. Want to see the face of God? Ask Mary to show Him to you. To go up Mt. Sinai would indeed have been terrifying. Yet, in Mary, the ascent becomes one of sweetness, hope, and comfort. May we always journey in her as we seek out the fire of divine love. (Catholicexchange.com) MARCH 21, 2021

THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

On this amazing 11 day pilgrimage to Fatima you will visit sites associated with not only Mary, our blessed mother, but the visionaries Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, St. Anthony of Padua, Saint John of the Cross, and the apostle James, son of Zebedee. This pilgrimage will include a river cruise through the Douro River Valley, the heart of Portugal’s Wine country, and will ultimately reach the magical medieval city of , Spain.

There will even be an optional 2-day add-on trip to Compostela, Spain to pay homage to the relics of the apostle James, known in Spanish as Santiago. Participants who wish will even be able to walk the final 10 miles of the famous Camino! October 2021 will be the perfect time for such an adventure – the summer heat will have subsided but the brilliant blue skies of sun-drenched Portugal will brighten an adventure full of spiritual growth, Catholic heritage, and cultural richness. Known on Catholic radio and TV as “Dr. Italy,” Dr. D’Ambrosio is a NY Times best-selling author and a renowned commentator on Catholic issues appearing on Fox News’ “Geraldo Rivera At Large” and Bill O’Reilly’s radio show. A doctoral student of theologian Avery Cardinal Dulles, Marcellino is an expert on the history of the Church in Spain and Portugal and has a special familiarity with the shrines we will be visiting on this very special tour and the associated saints. Dr. Italy, who is fluent in Spanish, will be our principal guide, providing expert commentary on saints, sites, wines and shrines of Spain and Portugal.

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