EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD April 4, 2021 WELCOME TO

MASS INTENTIONS WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 3 / Sunday, April 4 Sunday, April 4 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord 9:00 am (indoors, English) Carol DeNardo † (Sue & Mark Medely) No Faith Formation 12:00 pm (outdoors, English) Sacred Heart Parish Family 5:00 pm (outdoors, Spanish) Sacred Heart Parish Family Monday, April 5 OFFICE CLOSED Monday, April 5 10:00 am Tuesday, April 6 Office hours: 10am-2pm Wednesday, April 7 9:30am-2:30pm, FH-Stephen Ministry Training 10:00 am Mary Stambaugh † (Dee Booher) Friday, April 9 Wednesday, April 7 10:00 am Office hours: 10am-2pm

Saturday, April 10 Thursday, April 8 4:00 pm (indoors) Rosina Cantu † (Terry & John Hricinak) Office hours: 10am-2pm 7:00 pm (indoors, Misa) Vicente Manzo † (Delia Leon) Friday, April 9 Sunday, April 11 OFFICE CLOSED 9:00 am (indoors, English) Carol DeNardo † (Sue & Mark Medely) Saturday, April 10 / Sunday, April 11 Sunday of the Divine Mercy 2:00 pm (outdoors) Sacred Heart Parish Family No Faith Formation– Easter break

OFFERTORY March 28 $ 9,957.00 TIMES Online Giving (3/22-3/28) $ 930.00 Daily Mass — M, W, F 10:00 am DSA Balance $ 44,350.36 Weekend Indoor Mass by reservation only Outdoor 2pm Mass open to the public PASTORAL CARE OFFICE STAFF El MINISTERIO PASTORAL DE ATENDER Fr. Shawn O’Neal Pastor A Ministry to the Sick, to the Dying, and their Families [email protected] El Ministerio de los Enfermos, Moribundos, y sus Familias Jenni Pogue Office Manager Funeral Pre-planning/La planificación de Funerales [email protected] Father Shawn O’Neal– Emergency # 828.577.2491 (To be used only in the event of illness, hospitalization, or death) Tricia Poche D.R.E. [email protected] Patrick Crosby 884.9308 Pat Hurtak 290.2279 Guadalupe Lambert Administrative Assistant Hannah DeToma 877.5430 Lorraine Riewerts 595.0898 [email protected] Pam Lash 404.909.5349 Barb Norris 877.4248 Jose Adame Maintenance 828-883-9572 HOMEBOUND MINISTRY COORDINATORS Barbara Smith & Judy Barron 884.2106

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FOCUSING ON THE A MESSAGE FROM FATHER SHAWN In John’s gospel, Mary Magdalene reports the empty tomb ! Christ is Risen! Alleluia! to Peter and the other disciple. The two of them run to I thank everyone who proclaims these words with greater the tomb. “Then the other disciple also went in, the one joy than ever. I hope that as we celebrate the Resurrec- who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and be- tion and the conquering of sin and death, we joyfully offer lieved. For the did not yet understand the Scripture that praise to God who loved us so much that he shared in our he had to rise from the dead.” The juxtaposition here cap- humanity so we can eternally share in his divinity. tures the initial confusion of the empty tomb. The other Praise be to God for everyone who reads this mes- disciple, also known as the Beloved Disciple, “saw and be- sage. May you continue to be blessed and protected. May lieved,” while Peter and Mary “did not yet understand the God’s light fill your hearts anew. Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.” Praise be to God for the gift of this parish. May all who call this parish home and may all who will visit this holy The Beloved Disciple alone initially recognizes the spiritu- place throughout the next year be refreshed and restored al meaning of the empty tomb, but his understanding will by the living springs of the Good News of Jesus. May we soon be the foundation of the whole church, spurred by be gratefully renewed each time we are able to receive the later encounters with the risen Lord. The resurrection of Lord in Word and in Sacrament. Jesus became the central message of the new community Praise be to God who calls us constantly to return to Him of disciples. and to return His heart when our hearts have grown cold The early Christians knew that “[t]hey put him to death and our souls need renewal. by hanging on him on a tree’ and they knew where Jesus’s Praise be to God for all individuals, couples, and families dead body was laid. When Mary Magdalene and the other who cry out to the Lord in order to be lifted. May we, disciples encountered the empty tomb, it became the first through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, feed them well. piece of evidence that “[t]his man God raised on the third Praise be to God for all who give of themselves in any day and granted that he be visible, not to all people, but manner that they can. May they rejoice in receiving the to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance.” Later, Lord’s blessings and may these blessings readily be shared these witnesses would eat and drink “with him after he with great love. rose from the dead.” Only one last task remained: to bear Praise be to God for calling each of us by name and never witness that the empty tomb, the end of Jesus’s story, was ceasing to call us. just the beginning. (Living Liturgy 2021) Praise be to God for never forsaking anyone who forsakes Him. HISTORY OF THE SAINT MICHAEL PRAYER Praise be to God for calling us all to be profoundly united Why do we say the St. Michael prayer after Mass? in His Body by truly offering Himself to us. Pope Leo XIII was celebrating Mass with his Cardinals in May each of you, may all of your families, and may our 1884 when he collapsed after appearing to be in a trance. community be filled with the light that has conquered the When he awoke, he told them of his prophetic vision of a darkness. Alleluia! conversation between God and the devil in which the dev- il requested 75-100 years to destroy the Church. God granted his request giving him his choice of one century in which to do his work and the devil chose the 20th cen- tury. Pope Leo XIII wrote the prayer to St. Michael to protect the Church and stated it should be recited after low Masses. Pope Pius IX added the and the Hail Holy Queen, and added the invocation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the so-called Leonine Pray- ers, to the end of Mass prayers. This practice continued until 1964 when the Leonine Prayers were suppressed at the since “no priest, may add, re- move, or change anything in the liturgy on his own au- thority”(1964 instruction Inter Oecumenici, 48). Many Bishops have approved of reinstituting this practice since the recitation of the prayers are after Mass and it does not constitute a change in the Liturgy.