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February 7, 2016 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 7, 2016 Adoration of the Mass Intentions Blessed Sacrament Saturday, February 6, 2016, 4:30 pm on Friday, April 1, 2016 John Shkreli, †Holy Souls in Purgatory, †Tony Lombardi, †Al Ludeman, †Barbara Ballard, †Stanley Kups, †Stanley Sycko, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm †Mary Learnihan Bertolini in Church Starting Monday, Sunday, February 7, 2016, 8:00 am th February 8 , daily People of St. Lawrence, John Shkreli, Mike Hoste, Readings for the Week of †Helen Ugorowski, †Nora Dilorenzo Mass will be held at St. Therese of February 7, 2016 Sunday, February 7, 2016, 10:00 am Lisieux at 8:30 am. †Frank Palazzolo, Eric Kuelske, †Marvin Voss, †Domenica & Tulio Copioli, Sunday †Clara & Pete Copioli, †Peppa & Antonio Selva Fr. Roman or Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. Steve will be Is 6:1-2a, 3-8; Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, Sunday, February 7, 2016, 12:00 pm concelebrating the 7- 8;1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11; The Homeless and Unemployed Lk 5:1-11 daily Masses and Monday, February 8, 2016, 8:00 am John Shkreli, Bert and Elaine Lozen will take the Monday intentions from Saint Jerome Emiliani; Tuesday, February 9, 2016, 8:00 am St. Lawrence with Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin †Patricia “Mike” Downey/Bittner 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; them to Mk 6:53-56 Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 9:30 am St. Therese. †Mary Pasieczny Tuesday 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3, 4, 5, Thursday, February 11, 2016, 8:00 am and 10, 11; John Shkreli, David Mateja, †Edward & Adella Duda, Beginning Mk 7:1-13 †Juanita Selewski, †Andy & Mary Cole Wednesday, Wednesday th Ash Wednesday Friday, February 12, 2016, 8:00 am February 10 , the Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, †Kathy Ray, †Michael Bartz 9:30 am school 14,and 17; 2 Cor 5:20—6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Saturday, February 13, 2016, 4:30 pm Masses will be John Shkreli, Altar Society Living & Deceased, †Leona DeBaker, closed to the Thursday †Stanley Kups, †Patrick Learnihan, †William Bohlen, public. For safety Our Lady of Lourdes †John Bozicebich, †Grazia Marra, †Mary Michael Waitkus, Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6; †Mary Lou Keller reasons, only Lk 9:22-25 St. Lawrence Sunday, February 14, 2016, 8:00 am Friday †Josephine “Jo” Davis, †Stanley & Grace Pollum, Mike Hoste, students will be Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; †Marie Jozefiak, †Joseph Ciaramitaro, †Frances DeFrancesco, attending school Mt 9:14-15 †Robert & Mary DeCook, †Omer & Laura DeCook, Masses. Saturday Sunday, February 14, 2016, 10:00 am Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; People of St. Lawrence, †John Adamo, †John Stajniger, Lk 5:27-32 Natalie Evans & Family, †Anna Crocenzi, †Mary Ann Harper, †Sylvester Konwinski, †Valentina Figurski & all deceased children, Ash Wednesday Sunday †Lawrence Verlinde, †Richard Kolpasky, †Mary Ann Harper, Masses, Services First Sunday of Lent †Michael Bartz, †Rita M. Rzepka and Ash Distribution Dt 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 Sunday, February 14, 2016, 12:00 pm will be at the †Gerry Nikoloucsyk Knights of Columbus Parish Mission Statement hall, next to St. Lawrence Catholic Community believes we St. Lawrence. are called by our Baptism to gather as a wor- shipping and prayerful people. As responsible disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to be Stewardship Sacrificial Giving faithful stewards of our time, talents and treasures. We value and foster Catholic educa- Sunday, January 31, 2016 ........... $23,385.50 tion and evangelization. With open hearts and hands, we reach out to all brothers and sisters, Emergency Relief ............................ $76.00 as together we strive to offer hope, act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with our God. Vocations ................................... $1,231.00 ST. L AWRENCE CATHOLIC PARISH P AGE 3 UTICA , M ICHIGAN from Fr. Roman Praise Be Our Lord Jesus Christ! ASH WEDNESDAY Living LENT All Masses and Services will take place at the Saint Lawrence with Knights of Columbus Hall. MERCY 6:30 am Service 8:00 am Mass 12:00 Noon Service Distribution of Ashes “The season of Lent during this Jubilee Year should also be lived more every hour on the hour - intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God’s mer- from 1:00 6:00 pm. cy. How many pages of Sacred Scripture are appropriate for meditation 7:00 pm Mass during the weeks of Lent to help us rediscover the merciful face of the Father!” [MISERICORDIAE VULTUS, N. 17 Pope Francis] Stations of the Cross at th Wednesday, February 10 , Ash Wednesday, begins LENT 2016. Hard to 7:00 pm every Friday in believe. As we immerse ourselves in this Jubilee Year of Mercy, an- Lent and daily Mass at nounced by Pope Francis, we will journey through LENT at St. Lawrence 8:30 am at St. Therese of under the guidance of the theme “Living Lent with Mercy” . The five Lisieux (located on weeks of Lent will focus on: Schoenherr near 21 Mile Road). A Time for PRAYER A Time for CONVERSION Thus it is written, “The first A Time for TRUST man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam be- A Time for FORGIVENESS came a life -giving spirit. But A Time for RECONCILIATION it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and During the third, fourth and fifth weeks of Lent the Readings for the Sun- then the spiritual. The first day Masses will be taken from Liturgical Year “A”, which are consistent man was from the earth, a with the RCIA Scrutinies. man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the I will often speak of and reference materials from Pope Francis during man of dust, so are those Lent, who leads us through this Jubilee Year of Mercy. who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are “You shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you those who are of heaven. these forty years in the wilderness, that He might humble you, testing Just as we have borne the you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His com- image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of mandments or not.” [Deuteronomy 8:2] the man of heaven. Fr. Roman [1 Corin. 15:45 -49] 5TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME PAGE 4 FEBRUARY 7, 2016 Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love, the sincerity of his mercy with which he visited us from on high. Where elieve….. have your love, your mercy, your compassion shone out more luminously that in your wounds, sweet, gentle with Fr. Steve Lord of mercy? More mercy than this no one has than B that he lay down his life for those who are doomed to As you all know Pope Francis has declared this year the death. Year of Mercy. What he continues to say time and time again is that the "name of God is Mercy". Our father who My merit comes from his mercy; for I do not lack merit loves to forgive. That is all He desires to do, is forgive so long as he does not lack pity. And if the Lord’s mer- and expose His merciful heart. The way the father wish- cies are many, then I am rich in merits. For even if I am es to forgive us is for us to come back to confession. No aware of many sins, what does it matter? Where sin matter how long it has been since we went to confession abounded grace has overflowed. And if the Lord’s mer- and no matter the gravity of our sin--the Father awaits cies are from all ages for ever, I too will sing of the us with His merciful heart waiting to forgive. As Lent mercies of the Lord for ever. Will I not sing of my own approaches quickly it always calls to mind our repent- righteousness? No, Lord, I shall be mindful only of your ance from sin. At the end of this article you will see the justice. Yet that too is my own; for God has made you times for our vicariate confession schedule. Please, in my righteousness. the name of Our Father--who is Mercy--come back to confession and allow Jesus' Precious Blood to wash away God bless you, our guilt, shame, and chains to sin. Here now is a beau- Fr. Steve Mateja tiful 16th century reading on Mercy, sin and what Jesus has done for us by St. Bernard. Where can the weak find a place of firm security and peace, except in the wounds of the Savior? Indeed, the We Need Your Help! more secure is my place there the more he can do to help me. The world rages, the flesh is heavy, and the The group of parishioners who devil lays his snares, but I do not fall, for my feet are serve at St. Leo’s Soup Kitchen planted on firm rock. I may have sinned gravely. My con- in Detroit are looking for various science would be distressed, but it would not be in tur- items needed to fill 100 Easter moil, for I would recall the wounds of the Lord: he was Baskets to donate to St.