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Quote of the Month “For God So Loved the World That He Gave His Only Son Vol. 39, No. 11 March 2015 Quote of the Month “This is my Beloved Son. The Saint Philip Listen to Him.” Mark 9:7 Be-News-Zi “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” (John 3: 16-17) Calendar of Events Nick’s Notes March 2015 By Nick Dragone, Director of Music & Liturgy 3/6-7: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION “We can do no great things, begins the First Friday of every month in the only small things with great love.” Chapel, after the 8:30AM Mass and concludes with Benediction at 7:45AM Saturday morning. This paraphrase is attributed to Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of the post-modern age’s most beloved saints. She 3/6: HOLY HOUR FOR VOCATIONS was a woman of great faith, of great humility, of great stub- bornness, and of great love. This woman, who simply Holy Hour will be held in the Chapel from 4-5PM loved God and loved other people (enough to care for during First Friday Adoration. Join us as we pray those totally cast out by society) achieved great things and for an increase of vocations to the Priesthood, founded a new religious community. She was awarded a Diaconate, and Religious Life. Nobel Peace Prize, but perhaps her greatest achieve- ments were her fidelity to God in times of abandonment 3/6: PRAISE & WORSHIP ADORATION –7PM and personal darkness, and the extreme, sometimes reck- less love with which she ministered. 3/8: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS (Set clocks ahead one hour!) My time volunteering at the Gift of Peace hospice facility, staffed by the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa’s 3/8 – 3/11: PARISH MISSION Sisters), was a challenging and frustratingly formative ex- (See more details in this issue.) perience. This hospice was specifically for homeless or very low-income men and women who were chronically, seriously ill or dying. On my first day, I was given the task 3/17: HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! of feeding one of the residents. I was elated that I was able to “dive right in”. Well, feed him I did; then he threw 3/19: SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH, up all over me. It was a “baptism of fire” for me. HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Mass at 8:30AM (English) and 7:30PM (Spanish) A few weeks later, one of the Sisters told me that she had something very special to show me; she was going to 3/20: FIRST DAY OF SPRING teach me how to clean the bathrooms. The bathrooms in this hospice were communal, and thus, needed daily at- 3/24: LENTEN PENANCE SERVICE – 7PM tention. At the time, I did not at all understand why this task was at all special. One day when I was there, I heard See the list below for other Penance Services one of the residents screaming at one of the Sisters at the in the area. top of his lungs. He was calling her names and saying things that made me blush and embarrassed, so I couldn’t 3/28-29: PALM SUNDAY even imagine how the Sister felt. After she calmly walked (Regular Sunday Mass Schedule) away, she simply told me, “Brother, we take them where they are.” What beautifully simple advice. STATIONS OF THE CROSS (take place each week during Lent) These women, day in and day out, were puked on, cussed at, made to clean bodily fluids off the floor and the beds, Mondays – 7:30PM (Spanish) and yet, they maintained such calmness and a profound Wednesdays – 8:00AM (English) reverence for the person to whom they were ministering. Fridays – 7:00PM (English) The crux of ministry for them is that they are ministering Christ, who Himself thirsted on the cross. Lenten Penance Services As we continue our Lenten journey, how do we quench the Lord’s thirst? We are asked to pray, to fast, and to give March 5 Sacred Heart, Griffin (7PM) alms. Perhaps it is more affective to do more “small things March 11 St. Matthew, Tyrone (7PM) with great love”: praying for the awareness of God’s con- March 12 Holy Trinity, Peachtree City (6:30PM) stant presence in our lives; attuning our hearts to the heart March 18 St. Peter of the Rock, Rock (7PM) of God; fasting from life’s little annoyances; fasting from March 19 Our Lady of Vietnam (7PM) our own prejudices, hidden agendas, and acts of violence; March 23 St. John the Evangelist, Hapeville (7PM) and finally, giving our time, whether it is cleaning up vomit, March 24 Our Lady of Mercy, Fayetteville plarning mats for the homeless, or just giving someone our (9:30–11:15AM) compassion and attention. These small things, done with March 24 St. Philip Benizi, Jonesboro (7PM) great love, are what bring us from darkness to light – from March 25 St. John Vianney, Lithia Springs (7PM) the kenosis and dying of Lent, to the joy and life of Easter morning. Lenten Sacrifice PRAYER FOR LENT and the Awareness of God By Rev. Nicholas Cirilloame (Excerpt) God of infinite love, I know that you are Deep within its celebrations and structures, Lent is designed the source of all that is good for one purpose alone: to lead us to recognize the presence of and graced in my life. God in that which is right before our eyes. Everything that we Each day, you shower me with limitless gifts. do during Lent is to make us aware of the Lord, and less fo- cused on ourselves. In its perfection, Lent is a season for re- I thank you for the many gifts flection upon and delight in the goodness of our God. you have placed in my life; If you give something up, as most people do, your sacri- the gift of your Son, Jesus; the gift of faith; fice should help you recognize the blessings that we take the gift of family and friends. for granted most of the time. This is especially true of Help me to recognize and be grateful for those things we enjoy on a daily basis. When we willingly these gifts every moment of the day. deprive ourselves of them, we are reminded that the blessings that we are so accustomed to enjoying do not In my every thought, word and action, come from our own hands, but from the Lord whose gen- erosity is the source of all kindness. guide me to the loving light of your Kingdom. During this Season of Lent, If you fast during Lent, let your self-denial help you recog- help me to move from the life of sin nize your need for God, and the daily bread that He, in His to which I so often cling. goodness, provides. Remember that the hunger you feel should lead you to thankfulness, not bitterness. Help me to move away from those things If you dedicate yourself to a regimen of prayer for Lent or that keep me from loving you a commitment to daily Mass, try to understand that as you with all my heart. turn to God more frequently and regularly to offer Him Soften my hardened heart praise, your vision of the world changes. You begin to to the cries of those who are in most need – recognize how His presence works in your life and how His strength is your consolation in trial. You may also be- the poor, the sick, the lonely, gin to see His presence and His hand in places that you and the forgotten. never imagined. Help me to love others, If you are involved in acts of charity and works of mercy, especially those who are difficult to love, try to recognize the face of Christ in those whom you as a way to glorify and worship you. serve, and love Him in them as you would love Him in per- son. Charity covers a multitude of sins, and it is still the Help me to always be aware of the many ways most effective way to start to understand the Lord who is you allow me to share in your life love. so intimately. Finally, if you come back to the Church through sacramen- With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, tal reconciliation, here above all, recognize the powerful help me to humbly serve you and your people yet tender mercy that is perhaps God’s richest blessing to His people, and the sweetest balm for the soul. All will be as we walk this journey of faith together, forgiven to those who look for His compassion; all will be striving always to do your will. forgotten for those who return and recognize His love. I ask all these things in Jesus’ name. Lent isn’t about senseless sacrifices; it’s about meaningful Amen. ones. It’s not a season for offering endless prayers; it’s a time for offering honest ones. It’s a season to come back to the Lord who calls us to return to Him, and to avail ourselves of that great bounty which God has spread before us. Whether it be through fasting, prayer, almsgiving, penance, self-denial or whatever – give up what you will, but try to see the Lord in the sacrifices you make. However you get from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday is up to you.
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