Church of Saint Edward the Confessor

PASTOR: Church of mSgR. pAUl p. eNke DEACON: Saint Edward the Confessor Rev. mR. JohN BARBoUR 785 Newark-GraNville road • GraNville, ohio 43023 PARISH OFFICE: 740-587-3254 • FAx 740-587-0149 www.saiNtedwards.orG [email protected] OFFICE MANAgER: CheRYl BoggeSS, CpA [email protected] OFFICE STAFF: mAggie BARNo [email protected] ANNe ARNolD [email protected] PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIgION: 740-587-4160 [email protected] ReBeCCA BUCkNAm, Director SARAh SWeeN [email protected] RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS/R.C.I.A. SARAh RUNDell, Director 614-726-2367 [email protected] YOUTH MINISTER: ZAChARY RATliFF, 740-587-3254 [email protected] PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR: ADRieNNe evANS, 740-587-3275 [email protected] MAINTENANCE: FloYD lAhmoN DiANe kiNNeY, keviN kiNNeY DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: pAUl RADkoWSki, 740-587-3254 [email protected] BAPTISMAL CLASS: (CONTACT PARISH OFFICE) pATRiCiA BelhoRN, 740-587-3254 MARRIAgE PREPARATION INvENTORY PROgRAM DCN. JohN AND CiNDY BARBoUR, 740-587-3254 RESPECT LIFE COMMITTEE: JohN koeNig, 740-587-0720 [email protected] PARISH COUNCIL: Dominican Sisters of Peace JohN mARTiN, 614-403-0567 [email protected] vISITS TO SHUT-INS: MASS SCHEDULE DiANe kiNNeY, 740-587-4121 SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE: ADORATION: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: SATURDAY: 5:00 p.m. MONDAY: 9:30 A.m.-12:00 NooN kim ChUpkA, 740-587-7067 SUNDAY: 8:15 A.m. FRIDAY: 9:30 A.m.-12:00 NooN [email protected] 10:45 A.m. KNIgHTS OF COLUMBUS: CONFESSIONS: HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE: RAY STANkUNAS, 330-284-2270 SATURDAY: 4:00-4:30 p.m. [email protected] TBA iN BUlleTiN PRAYER CHAIN WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE: BULLETIN DEADLINE: CiNDY keNDRiCk, 740-366-2871 moNDAY, TUeSDAY, WeDNeSDAY, FRiDAY moNDAY NooN [email protected] 9:00 A.m. [email protected] ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR CHURCH GRANVILLE, OHIO

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 21, 2021 – YEAR B INTRODUCTORY RITES ENTRANCE: prescribed antiphon – sung by cantor LITURGY OF THE WORD RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Ps. 51: Create a clean heart… (arr. O. Alstott) GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory! (arr. O. Alstott) LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST SANCTUS, SAVE US, AMEN, AGNUS DEI: chanted COMMUNION: TBD CONCLUDING RITE RECESSIONAL: Jesus, Remember Me MASSES THIS WEEK CANTORS 5:00 p.m.: Paul Radkowski FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 8:15 a.m.: Cole & Cian McDermott Sunday, March 21 10:45 a.m.: Michael Flanigan 8:15 a.m. Living & Deceased Members of St. Edward Parish 10:45 a.m. Irene Smith (RIP) by Mr. & Mrs. Jon Barrett NOTES FROM THE LOFT Monday, March 22 “Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless His name” 9:00 a.m. Michelina Smith (RIP) by John & Marilyn Jauch Psalm 96 Tuesday, March 23 – St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop 9:00 a.m. Mary Touneh (RIP) by Anna Las & Family Next week is Holy Week, when we will come together to celebrate Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Wednesday, March 24 the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday. As we do not have 9:00 a.m. Ginny Dougan (RIP, Anniversary) hymnals, printed worship aids will be available for by Gregg & Barb Hinterschied you to take as you enter the church for each of those Thursday, March 25 – celebrations. They will contain an outline of the liturgy, THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD music, other brief notes, and—as space allows—the Recorded Mass only – Jean Curatti (RIP) text of the readings for the day. by Jim & Peg Dozier We will offer streamed video Masses for Palm Sunday Friday, March 26 and for Easter Sunday. For the other celebrations of the 9:00 a.m. Intentions of the Paul Schnupp Family Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter by Mark & Paula Coleman Vigil), our website will provide links to the livestreams Saturday, March 27 from St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus. 5:00 p.m. Living & Deceased Members of ~ Paul Radkowski, Music Director St. Edward Parish [email protected], 740-587-3254 Sunday, March 28 – PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD 8:15 a.m. Charles Richard Smith (RIP) by Charles & JoAnn Hohman 10:45 a.m. Helen Reding (RIP, Birthday) by Scott & Mary Devenny Participate in weekend Mass from your home via Online “I rejoiced when they said unto me, Mass at the parish website www.saintedwards.org. let us go into the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122:1 Welcome New Members We warmly welcome new parishioners Madeline Tibone; We welcome all parishioners and visitors who have come Carl and Julie Mayer and daughter Carly; and Barant (Bear) to worship. and Amber Pastorek, son Blake and daughter Kalyn. We To our visitors, you may have come as a stranger to us, yet pray God’s blessings be upon all of you at your spiritual you are known to Our Lord, Jesus Christ. In His name we home here at St. Edward Church. pray you will find peace, hospitality, and friendship with us. FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 21, 2021

SURVEY ~ LAST CHANCE! THE SURVEY ENDS MARCH 22 The survey is online at https://www. catholicleaders.org/columbusdmi, on Flocknote, or by paper copy, available in the Gathering Space. If STATIONS OF THE CROSS are Tuesday evenings you select the paper copy, be sure to drop it in the box during Lent at 7:00 p.m. All will remain in pews. Attendees in the Gathering Space by Monday, March 22. will mark their seat with a yellow post-it, found at the All responses will be confidential, and the parish will only entrance. This will enable pews to be cleaned before receive information about the community as whole. For Wednesday morning Mass. A virtual Stations of the more information, contact Cheryl Boggess at 740-587- Cross will be online during the Lenten season, prepared 3254. by Paul Radkowski. 40 DAYS OF ADORATION – Bishop Brennan asks the entire Diocese of Columbus to celebrate Jesus Christ’s A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR Real Presence in the Eucharist this Lent and to spend time with Jesus in the Eucharist. Adoration at St. Edward A PEEK AT HOLY WEEK, EASTER is on Mondays and Fridays after Mass until noon. You’ll recall that a year ago all Holy Week/Easter Visit online at columbuscatholic.org/40days for the observances were cancelled. This year we will observe schedule of Adoration times for other host parishes. the days of Holy Week/Easter with some changes in St. Edward Fish Fry ~ March 19 and March 26 from observance of the pandemic. 4:30-7:00 p.m. Meals available till sold out. Here follow the highlights: PALM SUNDAY- No outdoor procession. Palms will be blessed in the Gathering Space and be available as SUPPORTING ST. EDWARD CHURCH parishioners depart the church. For that day and all week long, we will be sitting in every other pew. Our “Each one must do as he has purposed in his heart, previous practice (every two pews) took the strictest not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful possible measurement of social distancing (5 ft. 11 giver.” – 2 Corinthians 9:7 inches). We feel that distance is more than adequate ~ Thank you for your generous support for seating in the main body of the church. We are of St. Edward Church ~ already observing every other pew in the side sections OFFERTORY COLLECTION where there is 6 ft + distancing. We will also be adding Offertory for the week of March 14 was $7,405.45. extra chairs in the Gathering Space (also social Online Giving was $7,457.00 distanced). Paul will prepare worship aids/programs Catholic Relief Services Collection was $1,063.00 for you to pick up as you enter (to be taken home). Today we take up the Catholic Relief Services Collection. Your support for this collection gives HOLY THURSDAY – April 1 at 7:00 p.m. We will have aid to victims of persecution and natural disasters, touchless Washing of the Feet during the Mass. There provides legal services to poor immigrants, helps will be no general procession at the end of the Mass, vulnerable refugees and immigrant families and only the deacon and priest. The Blessed Sacrament advocates for the powerless. will be placed on the main altar for Adoration. The OFFERTORY BASKET Closing Prayer will be at 10:00 p.m. Please place your offertory envelope in the basket as you enter or exit the church. GOOD FRIDAY – April 2 at 12:30 p.m. Congregation If you donate online and no longer will remain in pews for Veneration of the Cross. need envelopes, please contact the parish office. EASTER VIGIL – April 3 at 8:00 p.m. Congregation Online Offertory and donating to SVdP is easy to do will take unlit candles as enter the church. The Easter online. Go to the St. Edward website www.saintedwards. Fire will be lit outside, and clergy will process up the org and click on the “Donate Online” button. aisle. Ushers will share the light with people in the Note: With any changes to your credit card, please pews. Candles will be blown out immediately following log in to update your online account for making online the Exultet. The Rite of Baptism and Confirmation (for contributions. As a safeguard, the program automatically RCIA) will take place at the front of the main aisle. suspends your contributions if changes have occurred to your card. For help, contact Cheryl Boggess at the EASTER SUNDAY – April 4. There will be three Parish Office. Masses on Easter: 7:30, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR CHURCH GRANVILLE, OHIO

This Week at St. Edward Sunday, March 21~ FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Mass – 8:15 a.m. Mass – 10:45 a.m. PSR Online – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK ~ EASTER Youth Group – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Parish Hall or on Palm Sunday, March 27 & 28: Zoom from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Masses on Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m. Monday, March 22 and 10:45 a.m. No outdoor procession. Mass – 9:00 a.m. Adoration after Mass until noon. Lenten Confessions: Tuesday, March 23 Monday, March 29 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Mass – 9:00 a.m. Holy Thursday, April 1: Stations of the Cross – 7:00 p.m. Mass at 7:00 p.m.; Adoration after Mass until 10:00 Wednesday, March 24 p.m., Night Prayer at 10:00 p.m. Mass – 9:00 a.m. Good Friday, April 2: “Jesus in the Sick & Lonely” – 7:00 p.m. by RSVP only. Solemn Liturgy at 12:30 p.m. Contact PSR director, Rebecca at reled@saintedwards. Holy Saturday, April 3: org to register. Easter Vigil Mass at 8:00 p.m. (No 5:00 p.m. Mass) Friday, March 26 Easter Sunday, April 4: Mass – 9:00 a.m. Adoration after Mass until noon Masses at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. PALM SUNDAY MASSES ~ no outdoor procession Saturday, March 27 at 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, March 28 at SPIRITUAL ADOPTION 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. Abortion, legalized in the United States in 1973, Saturday Confessions – 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. has become an American tax-supported Participate in Online Mass via the parish website enterprise. How can we respond when we see www.saintedwards.org the country that we love offending the God whom we love? You can register for Spiritual Adoption, a Catholic response to end abortion. Flower Donations Due by March 22 If you would like to make a donation for To spiritually adopt an unborn child who is in danger of being Easter Flowers, in memory of or in honor of aborted, pray a short prayer to Jesus, Mary, and Joseph a loved one, please use your Easter Flower every day for nine months. Spiritual adoption prayer cards Offering envelope and put it in the collection basket. A are available at the table in the gathering space. listing of memorials will be published in the Easter bulletin. To receive monthly spiritual adoption mailings, register The suggested donation is $20.00. Please have all flower at the table, contact St. Edward Spiritual Adoption at offerings in by March 22. [email protected] or leave a message at 740- 587-0720. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl program ends March 28. Please donate online or pick up your Rice Bowl on the tables in the Gathering Space and return it to the church by March 28. Checks are the “No one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of preferred way of donating. water and the Spirit.” John 3:5

LIVING I DO BAPTISM PREPARATION Congratulations on the upcoming birth of your child! To prepare for a Baptism, expectant parents attend the Do you have trouble forgiving your spouse? Baptismal Preparation Class and choose godparents If it is hard to get past an offense, at least for their child. Godparents are models of faith for their forgive the intention behind it. Most likely godchildren. A godparent must be a fully initiated Catholic there was more thoughtfulness than intention involved. who is actively living a life of faith and is at least 16 years Your understanding opens the door to healing the root old. For information about Baptismal Preparation and of the problem. Give the gift of forgiving as you would godparents, contact Cheryl Boggess in the Parish Office like to be forgiven by offering empathy for your spouse. at 740-587-3254. Fifth Sunday of Lent

Transform Us You transform even death, pain, Loving God, and suffering. through all the ages you create new life You transform endings into beginnings, and see that it is good. buried seeds to fruitful plants. Having given us all good gifts, Transform us, help us to follow where you gave more: you gave yourself, you lead, doing something completely new that we might live with you forever. from the moment of Mary’s yes. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sunday, March 21, 2021 The Grain of Wheat

Today’s readings: Jeremiah 31:31–34; Psalm 51:3– 4, 12–13, When a seed is planted, the seed coat breaks apart as 14–15; Hebrews 5:7–9; John 12:20–33. After triumphantly the plant within it begins to grow and develop. The seed entering Jerusalem, Jesus knows that his passion is immi- itself ceases to exist in a meaningful way. From the begin- nent. He also knows that no one around him expects what is ning, though, the prospect of new life, the germ, was within about to occur. Jesus uses the image of a seed to help his the seed. Jesus recognized that his life had to be laid down friends to understand. for the potentiality of eternal life to come to fulfillment. “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, Through Jesus, the germ of eternal life exists in us as it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces well. He tells us that discipleship entails imitating him. We much fruit.” Like the seed, Jesus will die. Like the seed, have to let the seed of our current life break apart for the Jesus will bear much fruit, eternal life given to each one of new plant to grow. us. His death, when he is “lifted up from the earth” on the Journal about the experience of letting go of your old cross, “will draw everyone” to him. life in order to nurture the new. This Week at Home Thursday, March 25 Annunciation of the Lord Monday, March 22 A young woman will bear a son and name him Emmanuel, meaning “God is with us.” The words of Isaiah carry us to Neither Do I Condemn You the house of Mary in Nazareth, where a young girl is The woman caught in adultery expected to die. Instead, she addressed as “favored one.” She is troubled, and the angel hears, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, [and] from now on do tells her not to be afraid. The young girl is not afraid. Her not sin any more.” What must she have felt in that moment, words will change history: “May it be done to me according to be forgiven? This same forgiveness is available to us every to your word.” From the moment of Mary’s yes, God began time we ask for it. God’s mercy is always there, sometimes to do something completely new in the world. Mary’s voca- we just need to celebrate it. Examine your conscience. No tion is unique, yet her response, her yes, is something we are one is perfect. Receive the sacrament of reconciliation and able to imitate. Pray the Rosary today, and ask for Mary’s you will feel the full force of God’s merciful love. Today’s intercession that you might be more like her to answer with a readings: Daniel 13:1–9, 15–17, 19–30, 33–62 or 13:41c–62; brave yes to God’s call. Today’s Readings: Isaiah 7:10–14, Psalm 23:1–3a, 3b–4, 5, 6; John 8:1–11 . 8:10; Psalm 40:7–8a, 8b–9, 10, 11; Hebrews 10:4–10; Luke Tuesday, March 23 1:26–38. God’s Voice Friday, March 26 As Holy Week nears, spend five to ten minutes in silence reflecting on God’s presence and action in your life. When A New Way Jesus finds himself in trouble with the authorities again and did you hear God’s voice today? When did you feel calm and again because the kingdom of God, which he came to inau- peaceful? When did you feel that you did not live up to what gurate, did not adhere to the expectations of the people. Jesus God was calling you to do? How can you adjust your life to stood with those who lacked power, authority, and status, and be more open to God’s will? Today’s readings: Numbers in the Beatitudes, he tells us that standing alongside them is 21:4–9; Psalm 102:2–3, 16–18, 19–21; John 8:21–30. standing with him. How can you embrace those on the mar- gins? Today’s readings: Jeremiah 20:10–13; Psalm 18:2–3a, Wednesday, March 24 3bc–4, 5–6, 7; John 10:31–42. Uncomfortable Truth God spoke to Abraham and Abraham believed. The trust Saturday, March 27 Abraham had in God, the keeper of promises, sets him apart. Jesus contrasts Abraham’s trust, his belief in the truth, with God Transforms Approaching Holy Week, the readings show the plot against the reaction Jesus faces as he teaches and preaches. Truth can Jesus growing stronger. The plot against Jesus was about self- be uncomfortable. Maybe you have been with a small child preservation, yet Caiaphas’ words unwittingly testify to what who, unburdened with lessons about politeness, describes a God was doing: “He prophesied that Jesus was going to die situation with embarrassing accuracy. Those situations pass for the nation, and not only the nation, but also to gather into in a moment. The truth to which Jesus testified had the power one the dispersed children of God.” Today’s Readings: Ezra to discomfort more deeply, but he tells us “the truth will set 37:21–28; Jeremiah 31:10, 11–12abcd, 13; John 11:45–56. you free.” What can that mean in your life? Today’s readings: Daniel 3:14–20, 91–92, 95; Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; John 8:31– 42.

© 2021 Liturgy Training Publications. 800-933-1800. Written by Kathryn Ball-Boruff. Illustrated by Kate Cosgrove. Scripture quotations are from the New American Bible, revised edition. Permission to publish granted by the Archdiocese of Chicago, on July 6, 2020.

“What page, what passage of the inspired books of the Old and New Testaments is not the truest of guides for human life?” ~Saint Benedict, from the Rule of Saint Benedict (73:3)

“Christian faith in the full sense of the word, is not just the acceptance of ‘truths about’ Christ. It is not just acquiescence in the story of Christ with its moral and spiritual implications. It is not merely the decision to put into practice, to some extent at least, the teachings of Christ. All these forms of acceptance are compatible with an acquiescence in what is ‘not Christ.’ It is quite possible to ‘believe in Christ,’ in the sense of mentally accepting the truth that He lived on earth, died, and rose from the dead, and yet still live ‘in the flesh,’ according to the standards of a greedy, violent, unjust and corrupt society, without noticing any real contradiction in one’s life. But the real meaning of faith is the rejection of everything that is not Christ in order that all life, all truth, all hope, all reality may be sought and found ‘in Christ.’” ~Excerpted from “Life and Holiness” by Fr. Thomas Merton, OCSO

Monday, March 22 ~ Fifth Week in the Season of Lent

Holy Gospel: John 8:1-11 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

Meditation: This incident conveys to us a great deal about Jesus’ attitude toward the sinner. The scribes and Pharisees wanted to entrap Jesus with the religious and civil authorities. That is why they brought a woman caught in adultery before Jesus. Jesus turned the challenge towards his accusers. In effect he said: Go ahead and stone her! But let the man who is without sin be the first to cast a stone. The Lord leaves the matter to their own consciences. When the adulterous woman is left alone with Jesus, he both expresses mercy and he strongly exhorts her to not sin again. The scribes wished to condemn, Jesus wished to forgive and to restore the sinner to health. His challenge involved a choice – either go back to your former way of sin and death or to reach out to the new way of life and happiness with him. Jesus gave her pardon and a new start on life. God’s grace enables us to confront our sin for what it is – unfaithfulness to God, and to turn back to God with a repentant heart and a thankful spirit for God’s mercy and forgiveness. Make a good confession and experience the joy of repentance and a clean heart.

Prayer: O God, by whose wondrous grace we are enriched with every blessing, grant us so to pass from former ways to newness of life, that we may be made ready for the glory of the heavenly Kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: In your heart of hearts, do you desire to be changed and transformed in Christlike holiness? God never withholds his grace from us. His steadfast love and mercy is new every day (ref. Lamentations 3:22-23). Through the gift and grace of the Holy Spirit we can be changed and made new in Christ. He can set us free from our unruly desires and passions. As St. Augustine prays: “God our Father, we find it difficult to come to you, because our knowledge of you is imperfect. In our ignorance we have imagined you to be our enemy; we have wrongly thought that you take pleasure in punishing our sins; and we have foolishly conceived you to be a tyrant over human life. But since Jesus came among us, he has shown that you are loving, that you are on our side against all that stunts life, and that our resentment against you was groundless. So we come to you, asking you to forgive our past ignorance, and wanting to know more and more of you and your forgiving love, through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Tuesday, March 23 ~ Fifth Week in the Season of Lent

Holy Gospel: John 8:21-30 Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.” So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.” They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.” Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.

Meditation: To “sin” literally means to “miss the mark” or “to be off target.” The essence of sin is that we, through our choice, separate ourselves from the love of God and from our true purpose in life – to know the source of all truth and beauty which is God himself and to be united with God in everlasting joy. When Adam and Eve first sinned, they hid themselves from God (Genesis 3:8-10). That is what sin does; it separates us from the One who is all loving, all-wise, and all-just. Jesus went on to explain that if people could not recognize him in his word, they would have the opportunity to recognize him when he is "lifted upon the cross of Calvary. Jesus pointed to the atoning sacrifice of his life on the cross as the true source of healing and victory over the sin of the world. The sacrifice of Christ's life on the cross for our sins is the ultimate proof of God's love for us. God so loved the world that he gave us his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). To fail to recognize Jesus and where he came from is to remain in spiritual darkness; to believe Jesus and his words is to walk in the joy and light of God's truth.

Prayer: Grant us, we pray, O Lord, perseverance in obeying your will, that in our days the people dedicated to your service may grow in both merit and number. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: The healing power of the cross of Christ is very real. When the people of Israel were afflicted with serpents in the wilderness because of their sin, God instructed Moses: “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live” (ref. Numbers 21:8). The bronze serpent points to the cross of Christ which defeats sin and death and obtains everlasting life for those who believe. The result of Jesus “being lifted up on the cross” and his rising and exaltation to the Father's right hand in heaven, is our “new birth in the Spirit” and adoption as sons and daughters of God. God not only redeems us, but he fills us with his own divine life and power that we might share in his glory. Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit that we may have power to be his witnesses and to spread and defend the gospel by word and action, and to never be ashamed of Christ's Cross. Are you ready to live your life as a witness the truth and joy of the Gospel to those around you?

Wednesday, March 24 ~ Fifth Week in the Season of Lent

Holy Gospel: John 8:31-42 Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?” Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free. I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father’s presence; then do what you have heard from the Father.” They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!” So they said to him, “We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God.” Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me.”

Meditation: The world presents us with a false notion of truth and freedom – “truth is relative so I choose my own criteria for what is true” and freedom means “I can do whatever I please – regardless of what God or others might think.” This confusion only gets compounded when civil laws make legal many things which are contrary to the laws of God, and the Gospel teachings of Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church – abortion, euthanasia, and same-sex marriage, to name a few. This is really a mask for slavery to one’s passions and desires – to do what “me, myself and I” will versus humbly submitting ourselves to live our lives according to the will of God. Jesus offers his disciples true freedom – freedom from slavery to pride and arrogance – disbelief and ignorance – selfishness and greed – hatred and revenge – fear and anxiety – despair and depression – and a host of many other hurtful desires and addictions which cripple our lives.

Prayer: Enlighten, O God of compassion, the hearts of your children, sanctified by penance, and in your kindness grant those you stir to a sense of devotion a gracious hearing when they cry out to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: The good news is that Jesus Christ has truly set us free from sin and its destructive force in our lives. How is this possible? Through the gift and power of the Holy Spirit we can choose to renounce sin, we choose to live up to the challenges put forth to us by Christ in the Gospel, and in doing so we can yield to God's grace which enables us to walk each day and each moment in Christ’s way of love and holiness. A “disciple” is a “follower” and a “listener.” If we want to be a true follower of Christ and live as his disciples, then we must listen to the words of Jesus, with a humble and teachable spirit, and put Jesus’ words into action in our daily lives. As we listen with faith and obey with trust, Christ himself gives us grace – the enabling power of his Holy Spirit – to live, think, and act in the truth of his word. Come to believe in the transforming power of the Holy Spirit – it can change each of our lives and set us free to walk in Christ's way of love and holiness.

Thursday, March 25 ~ Fifth Week in the Season of Lent Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

Holy Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you." But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end." But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?" And the angel said to her in reply, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God." Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.

Meditation: In this particular passage of sacred scripture we see the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy and the unfolding of God's plan of redemption in the events leading up to the Incarnation, the birth of the Messiah. The new era of salvation begins with the conception of Jesus in the womb of Mary. This child to be born is conceived by the gracious action of the Holy Spirit upon Mary, who finds favor with God. As Eve was the mother of all humanity doomed to sin, now Mary becomes the mother of the new Adam who will father a new humanity by his grace (ref. Romans 5:12-21). This child to be conceived in her womb is the fulfillment of all God’s promises. He will be “great” and “Son of the Most High” and “King” (ref. Luke 1:32- 33), and his name shall be called “Jesus”, which means “the Lord saves”. “He will save his people from their sins” (ref. Matthew 1:21). The promise of an everlasting kingdom to the house of David (ref. Isaiah 9:6-7) is fulfilled in the King to be born in Mary’s womb.

Prayer: O God, who willed that your Word should take on the reality of human flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, grant, we pray, that we, who confess our Redeemer to be God and man, may merit to become partakers even in his divine nature. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: How does Mary respond to the word of God delivered by the angel Gabriel? Mary knows she is hearing something beyond human capability. It will surely take a miracle which surpasses all that God has done previously. Her question, “how shall this be, since I have no husband” is not prompted by doubt or skepticism, but by wonderment! She is a true hearer of the Word and she immediately responds with faith, trust, and without hesitation. Mary's prompt response of "yes" to the divine message is a model of faith for all believers. Mary believed God's promises even when they seemed impossible. She was full of grace because she trusted that what God said was true and would be fulfilled. She was willing and eager to do God's will, even if it seemed difficult or costly. Mary is the “mother of God” because God becomes incarnate when he takes on flesh in her womb. When we pray the Nicene Creed we state our confession of faith in this great mystery: “For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit, he became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.” God gives us grace and he expects us to respond with the same willingness, obedience, and heartfelt trust as Mary did.

Friday, March 26 ~ Fifth Week in the Season of Lent

Holy Gospel: John 10:31-42 The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?" The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God." Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, You are gods"'? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father." Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true." And many there began to believe in him.

Meditation: Why were the religious leaders so upset with Jesus that they wanted to kill him? They charged him with blasphemy because he claimed to be the Son of God. Jesus made two claims in his response: He was consecrated by the Father to a special task and he was sent into the world to carry out his Father's mission. Jesus challenged his opponents to accept his works if they could not accept his words. One can argue with words, but deeds are beyond argument. Jesus is the perfect teacher in that he does not base his claims on what he says but on what he does. The word of God is life and power to those who believe.

Prayer: Pardon the offenses of your peoples, we pray, O Lord, and in your goodness set us free from the bonds of the sins we have committed in our weakness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemplation: Have you consecrated your life to God? Do you strive to grow in holiness and grace? The scriptural understanding of consecration is “to make holy for God” – to be given over as a free-will offering and sacrifice for God. Jesus made himself a sin-offering for us, to ransom us from condemnation and slavery to sin. He spoke of his Father consecrating him for this mission of salvation. Jesus shows us the way to walk the path of truth and holiness. Are you a doer of God's word, or a hearer only, failing to put into action that which is taught to us in the sacred scriptures so that we may live in the light of Christ? God wants others to see the light of Christ in us in the way we joyfully live in witness to the Gospel.

As we approach Holy Week: The holiest week of the year in the Christian world is upon us – let’s make sure that we live and experience the “holy” in Holy Week; it’s not just another week of the year. Let us live this week illuminated with the light of Christ, so that his light shines through each of us. Let us set aside this one week of the year for added prayer, scripture reading and meditation, daily Mass, the Stations of the Cross. Let us remember most of all to thank Christ for his gift of the Eucharist, for his suffering the Passion and death on the cross with the weight and pain of the cross being our own sinfulness, and for the celebration of Easter to come. There is so much that each of us can gain by immersing ourselves in all that Holy Week has to offer. Don’t miss out on this most holy week of the year for you and your family members and friends to walk alongside Christ.

Scripture passages (NAB translation) courtesy of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; prayers are from The Roman Missal, Catholic Book Publishing, 2011; some meditations and contemplations inspired by Biblical Meditations for Lent by Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP; information about saints, solemnities, feasts and memorials courtesy of Catholic Culture. frlumpe:2021

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Please spiritually adopt an unborn baby. Every day over 2,000 babies are killed by abortion in the United States. They have so little protection only the hand of God can end this massacre. Prayer is the best way to help them - the most effective. Say this prayer every day for nine months to save a baby's life! "Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion." Prayer of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." Jeremiah I:5 Please pray! This baby is counting on you. Remember to pray daily for your spiritual adopted baby and for the baby's parents. During your earthly life this spiritually adopted child of yours is known only to God, but in the world to come, you may meet the child whose life was spared by your prayers. We pray that you spend eternal happiness together with your spiritually adopted child. To spiritually adopt your unborn child, register at the table in the gathering space on the weekend of March 21, 2021 or complete the form below and place it in the basket in the gathering space or email [email protected] . You will receive monthly updates on your baby’s progress and access to additional information. Spiritual Adoption Registration Form Name ______Baby’s name ______Address ______City, State, Zip ______Email address ______Phone #______FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 21, 2021

Know Your Saints YOUTH GROUP “Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather Saint Turibius ~ Born in Spain and educated for show yourself as an example of those who believe.” the law, he was a brilliant scholar and was made 1 Timothy 4:12 professor of law at the University of Salamanca. He eventually became chief judge of the Inquisition at Granada. When the archdiocese of Lima, Peru required a new leader, Turibius was chosen. He was the one person with the strength of character and holiness of spirit to heal the scandals that had infected that area. He cited all the canons that forbade giving We’re not settling for just knowing “about” Jesus. We laymen ecclesiastical dignities, but he was overruled. want to know Him personally! Turibius was ordained priest and bishop and sent to · WHAT- Youth Group Bible Study (wear a mask and Peru, where he found colonialism at its worst. The bring a friend!) · How do you even start to read the Bible? Mark’s Spanish conquerors were guilty of every sort of Gospel is one of the easiest to read and feel close oppression of the native population. Abuses among to God, so join us in-person or on Zoom! the clergy were flagrant, and he devoted his energies · WHEN- Sunday, March 14 and suffering to this area first. He began the long · TIME- 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. or ZOOM at 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. visitation of the immense archdiocese, studying the · WHERE- Parish Hall or ZOOM! Zoom link at www. language, staying two or three days in each place, saintedwards.org/youth-ministry often with neither bed nor food. Turibius confessed · Lenten Program on March 24 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. every morning to his chaplain, and celebrated Mass “Jesus in the Sick & Lonely” – by RSVP only. Contact with intense fervor. Among those to whom he gave the Zachary at [email protected] to register. The Sacrament of Confirmation was the future Saint Rose program will be in the Parish Hall. Limited seating ~ by of Lima. After 1590, he had the help of another great RSVP only. Also Live Virtually. The parish is invited. missionary, Francis Solanus, also a saint. Though ~ Zachary Ratliff, Youth Minister very poor, his people were sensitive, dreading to [email protected] accept public charity from others. Turibius solved the problem by helping them anonymously. We want YOU to be a part of From Franciscan media

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“Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.” Proverbs 22:6 “Give me a person of prayer, and such a one will be capable of accomplishing anything.” ~ St. Vincent de Paul Is there someone in your life who is in need of prayer? Members of the St. Edward PRAYER CHAIN are ready to pray for you, a family member or a friend. Contact Cindy Kendrick at 740-366-2871 or email [email protected] to be covered in prayer. Would you like to pray for others? Please PSR ONLINE, Sunday, March 21 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. contact Cindy for information. NO PSR March 28 ~ Spring Break Lenten Program March 24 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. “Jesus in the Sick & Lonely” – by RSVP only. Contact REMINDERS DURING COVID Rebecca at [email protected] to register. The For the safety of our staff during Covid, please program will be in the Parish Hall. Limited seating. DO NOT ENTER the office. Also, do not cross Also, Live Virtually. The parish is invited. the roped off areas that are Emergency Exits Rebeca Bucknam, PSR Director only. ENTRY and EXIT from the church are [email protected] only through the main front doors. Masks must be worn when entering the church. Thank you. ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR CHURCH GRANVILLE, OHIO

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St. Edward Church has two $1,500.00 scholarships FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT available for 2021 for any St. Edward Parishioner JER 31:31-34; PS 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15; in good standing, who is actively pursuing a post- HEB 5:7-9; JN 12:20-33 secondary program. We suggest you apply to both As we are nearing the end of our Lenten journey, our and wish you best of luck. Contact the Parish Office readings today remind us of the goodness that our with any questions. Scholarship applications are God has to offer us. available on the parish website www.saintedwards. In today's Gospel, Jesus announces that the “hour has org or at the parish office. Any attachments to the come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” All that He applications (such as letters of recommendation) came to do on this earth was soon to be fulfilled. When should be e-mailed to [email protected]. we reflect on what Jesus says in this passage, He FATHER LOWERY SCHOLARSHIP ~ To apply, go tells us a great deal about how we should be living as to the “Fr. Thomas J. Lowery Scholarship” link on disciples of Christ. He clearly states, “unless a grain the home page of our parish website. Completed of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just applications must be submitted to the parish office on a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” or before May 10, 2021. We are called to detach from our own desires and BERNICE AND JOE CIRICOSTA SCHOLARSHIP ~ entrust our lives to all that God has in store for us. To apply, go to the “The Bernice & Joseph Ciricosta Without self-denial, we might miss occasions God Tuition Assistance Application” link on the home page has given us to produce good fruit. We have been of our parish website. Completed applications must be practicing this throughout our Lenten season through submitted to the Parish Office on or before May 10, fasting. One way to continue this effort after Lent is by 2021. taking advantage of the countless opportunities God presents to us to sacrifice our desires for something much greater — whether waking earlier to spend time ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE in prayer, fasting from a favorite comfort on a weekly Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to basis or taking the time to check in on a friend or family one of the least of these, you did it to me.” member instead of turning on the TV, just to name a Matthew 25:40 few. It is important that we continue to make room for Especially in these trying times, our neighbors in need God and the good things He wants to produce in us can use your support. Help those who are less fortunate all year long. by supporting the St. Vincent de Paul Conference. 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