INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

VERITATEM FACIENTES IN CARITATE

OLD ST. PATRICK ROMAN CATHOLIC ORATORY

SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY

February 4, A.D. 2018 - February 11, A.D. 2018

MASS TIMES

Sunday: 8 a.m. & 10:15 a.m. Monday & Wednesday: 7 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 6 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m.

Very Rev. Msgr. R. Schmitz, Vicar General, and Delegate for the United States Rev. Canon Matthew Talarico, Provincial Superior Rev. Canon Altiere, Rector

www.Institute - C h r i s t - K i n g . o r g NEWS FROM THE VINEYARD: DEO GRATIAS! Dear Faithful,

It is my pleasure to be able to announce to you the important graces received by our Institute family last week. On Sunday, two young men received the cassock as oblates (brothers) of the Institute, Abbé Raymond Schmidt from Wisconsin and Abbé John Trost from Wyoming. On our patronal feast of , five young ladies received the veil as Sister Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus in Florence from the hands of the Rt. Rev. Michael Campbell, O.S.A., bishop of Lancaster (England), including Miss Megan Silvey from Old ’s, whose new name in religious life is Sister Margaret Mary of the Passion of the Sovereign Priest. Finally, last Wednesday, Rev. Canon Heppelle from Canada, was ordained to the sacred priesthood in the seminary chapel by His Eminence Cardinal Burke. I ask you to join with the superiors and members of the Institute as we give thanks to Almighty God for these singular graces, a true sign of hope!

Save the Date! NEW VOLUNTEERS FOR CHURCH CLEANING NEEDED LENTEN MORNING OF RECOLLECTION Thank you to the small and dedicated group of cleaners who keep Old Saint Patrick’s clean and tidy, as befits the house Theme: of God. In order to make sure that the “With Christ in the Desert” church is always in good condition and that the burden does not always fall exclusively Saturday March 10th on the same people, we are looking to expand our list of volunteers. Even if you 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. can only commit to coming once a month, this would be a tremendous help. Thank an important spiritual “check-up” you for your generosity and your zeal for halfway through Lent God’s house!

Save the date and invite your friends!

MASS SCHEDULE SCRIPTURAL READINGS

FOR THE WEEK FEBRUARY 4 TO FEBRUARY 11 Sunday: Matins—Genesis 5:31-6:15 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Mass—II Cor 11:19-12:1-29; Luke 8:4-15 SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY (Saint Andrew Corsini) Monday: Matins—Genesis 7:1-17

8:00 a.m. - Michael Lehr Mass—I Cor 1:26-31; Matthew 19:3-12 10:15 a.m. - Members & Benefactors of OSP Oratory Tuesday: Matins—Genesis 8:1-13 Mass—Ecclus 44:16-45:3-20; Luke 10:1-9 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Saint Agatha Wednesday: Matins—Genesis 8:15-9:6

7:00 a.m. - Mary Montgomery Mass—Ecclus 45:1-6; Matthew 19:27-29 Thursday: Matins—Genesis 9:12-29 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Mass—Ecclus 31:8-11; Luke 12:35-40 Friday: Matins—Genesis 10:1-11:8 6:00 p.m. - Sierra Stancliffe Mass—II Tim 4:1-8; Matthew 5:13-19

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Saturday: Matins—Genesis 11:10-30 Saint Romuald Mass—II Cor 10:17-11:2; Matt 25:1-13

7:00 a.m. - Ralph Franz

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Saint John of Matha Devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help are held on Tuesdays after Mass. NOTE: 7:00 a.m. - John Lehman, RIP

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 CONFESSION is available every day Saint 30 minutes before Holy Mass. 6:00 p.m. - Jo Ann Drake, RIP

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 COMPLINE FOR THE WEEK

Saint Scholastica The final antiphon is Ave Regina caelorum 8:00 a.m. - Members & families of the Confraternity of until Holy Week. The word “feria” denotes Christian Mothers of OSP Oratory the psalms said for that weekday (i.e., when there is no special feast requiring the SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Sunday psalms).

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY (Our Lady of Lourdes) Sunday: Psalms of Sunday

8:00 a.m. - Lucy Martinez, RIP Monday to Saturday: Psalms of the feria 10:15 a.m. - Members & Benefactors of OSP Oratory

1 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Sunday, February 4 Sunday, February 18 Sexagesima Sunday First Sunday of Lent 8:00 a.m. Low Mass & 10:15 a.m. High Mass 8:00 a.m. Low Mass & 10:15 a.m. High Mass

Tuesday, February 6 Tuesday, February 20 Children’s Catechism, 4:30 p.m. Holy Hour and confessions at 12 noon Children’s Catechism at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, February 8 Mass at 7:00 a.m. today. No Latin Class Thursday February 22 Holy Hour and confessions at 12 noon Saturday, February 10 Latin Class at 7:00 p.m. Altar Boy Outing to Steamboat Arabia. February 23 to February 26 Breakfast and ferverino after 8:00 a.m. Mass Canon Sequeira will be visiting while Canon Tour at Museum at 10:00 a.m. Altiere is in Saint Louis to give Lenten spiritual conference Sunday, February 11 Quinquagesima Sunday Friday, February 23 8:00 a.m. Low Mass & 10:15 a.m. High Mass 6:00 p.m. Low Mass with Passion sermon, followed by Stations of the Cross Tuesday, February 13 Children’s Catechism at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, February 25 Second Sunday of Lent Wednesday, February 14 8:00 a.m. Low Mass & 10:15 a.m. High Mass Ash Wednesday Blessing of religious articles after both Masses 7:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Blessing and distribution of ashes at both Masses. Obligatory fast and abstinence. Parking Notice Thursday, February 15 Holy Hour and confessions at 12 noon Please note that the parking lot is Latin Class at 7:00 p.m. not available for the 7:00 a.m. Mass on Mondays and Friday, February 16 6:00 p.m. Low Mass with Passion sermon, Wednesdays. followed by Stations of the Cross

2 NEW SINGERS WELCOME! THANK YOU! Sing to the Lord! The choir provides a perfect Thank you to the generous donors whose opportunity to express the praises of Almighty kind offerings have made it possible for us God. Our choir director, Mr. Sean Scozzare, is to gather the necessary funds for the looking for more singers who would like to join the choir. If you are interested, please contact repairs to the church gutters. I am very Mr. Scozzare at [email protected]. pleased to announced that your kindness has made it possible to raise the funds needed to undertake this necessary repair Wisdom from St. Francis de Sales: which is important for the long-term integrity of the church structure and damp- “All of us can attain to Christian virtue and proofing. We are now in a position to holiness, no matter in what condition of begin work. May God reward you for your life we live and no matter what our life zeal for His house! work may be.” —St. Francis de Sales

ORATORY INCOME BURNING LAST YEAR’S

January 28 - Septuagesima BLESSED PALMS $3,903.00

January 28 - Building Fund Please bring your palms from last year $8,130.00 to church no later than Utilities Quinquagesima Sunday so that they $20.00 can be burned. The ashes for Ash Wednesday are made from the burnt palms from the previous year. A CELL PHONES receptacle will be available in the

As a courtesy to others, please remember narthex. Please note that palms will to put your cell phones on “church not be accepted any later than mode” (off or low vibrate) when you come February 11th. into church. Thank you for your cooperation.

3 LITURGY CORNER: The Season of Septuagesima

HE GREATEST FEAST OF THE YEAR, the Resurrection of Our Lord, is preceded by a period T of preparation called Lent. But in order that the rigors of Lent not come upon us unexpectedly, the Church has wisely instituted a brief liturgical season (three Sundays) in order to prepare us for Lent itself: this is the period of Septuagesima. Unlike Christmas, therefore, which is preceded only by the preparatory season of Advent, Easter is preceded by a three-fold preparation: Septuagesima, Lent and Passiontide. Septuagesima, in the form we currently have it, goes back to St. Gregory the Great (+ 604), the who standardized the basic structure of our Roman liturgy. Although the precise origin of the name of the three Gesima Sundays is uncertain, it may be because counting backwards in round figures from Quadragesima (the Latin name for Lent, meaning forty days) gives the three preceding Sundays the names of Quinquagesima, Sexagesima and Septuagesima. The medieval scholar Amalarius of Metz (8th century), who likes to emphasize the symbolism of Septuagesima as a time of exile, points out that Septuagesima Sunday, only 63 days before Easter Day, really does come 70 days before Easter Saturday, the conclusion of the Easter Octave. The Mass for Easter Saturday begins with the words: “the Lord brought forth his people with joy.” The exile begun with Septuagesima is thus finally over.

Coming from the Latin word for “seventy,” therefore, Septuagesima calls to mind the 70 years the Jews spent in exile in Babylon and reminds us that, before our Risen Lord leads us into our heavenly homeland, we also are living in a land of exile. The Babylonian exile itself (when the Jews were deported to Babylon in 587 B.C. and the Temple destroyed) becomes a symbol of our human condition, exiled from God as a result of sin.

That is why the singing of the Alleluia, the chant sung eternally by the in heaven (cf. Apocalypse 19:1), is suspended during Septuagesima and Lent, for “how shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?” (Psalm 136:4). The Roman announces: “Septuagesima Sunday, on which the canticle of the Lord, Alleluia, ceases to be said.” At the end of the First Vespers of Septuagesima the Alleluia is solemnly sung twice; it will not be heard again until Holy Saturday. In the Middle Ages, some churches had the custom of “burying” the Alleluia after Vespers. During this whole season the Alleluia is therefore replaced, even on feast days, by a text called the Tract at Mass and by the verse “praise to Thee, King of eternal glory,” in the Divine Office.

4 Just as in Advent and Lent, the Gloria in excelsis is omitted at Masses of the season (Sundays and ferias) and purple vestments, a sign of penance, are worn. However, in Septuagesima the organ can still be played and flowers (but not relics) still decorate the altar; the deacon and subdeacon at Solemn Mass still wear their dalmatic and tunicle, vestments of joy, instead of the folded chasubles traditionally worn on penitential days. In the readings of the Divine Office, the three weeks of Septuagesima recall respectively the history of , and , the great of the Law of Nature, with whom God made his covenants to prepare the world for the formation of the Chosen People and ultimately for the coming of the promised Messiah, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

A long time ago, when the strict Lenten fast involved total abstinence from all meat, people would ease into the Lenten fast during Septuagesima by giving up these goods, before the full fast began on Ash Wednesday. Although the discipline is no longer as strict as in the days of our ancestors, this pre-Lent season still affords us a valuable opportunity to think ahead and make our Lenten resolutions, so that we are not caught off guard on Ash Wednesday.

Annual Catholic Appeal

The 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal has begun and when you give to the Appeal, you are Catholic Charities, parishes, and diocesan ministries helping those in need and those seeking a fuller life in the Body of Christ. Through you, lives are changed. Without you, fewer needs can be met. 100% of all funds collected by the 2018 Annual Catholic Appeal will go directly to support Catholic Charities, parish based ministry grants and ministries, programs and services throughout the Diocese. Your personal envelopes will already have arrived in the mail. Envelopes are also available on the back table. The goal set by the diocese for Old St. Patrick’s is $4,200.

Notice from the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is committed to combating sexual abuse in the Church. If you are a victim of sexual abuse, or if you observe or suspect sexual abuse:

1. Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at 1.800.392.3738 (if the victim is currently under the age of 18), and 2. Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911, and 3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement authorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, Jenifer Valenti, at 816.812.2500 or [email protected], if the abuse involves a priest, deacon, em- ployee or volunteer of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The Diocese has a sincere commitment to providing care and healing resources to victims of sexual abuse and their fami- lies. Please contact Victim Advocate Kathleen Chastain at 816-392-0011 or [email protected] for more information.

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Special Prayer Requests

Please pray for the repose of the souls of John Lehman (father of Lisa Shikles), Father Andrew Apostoli, Badri Taheri (mother of Massoud Taheri), Lucy Martinez (mother of Steve Martinez), Alice Umphress, Dr. James Pretz, Iris Arnold, August & Gertrude Dubbert, Kim Dasta, Maria Lupe Delgado (mother of John Delgado), Joseph Schutzman, Peter Scozzare, Alex Porter (grandson of Barbara Madrid), Josie Letscher, John Nevshemal, Lillian Farrell, Christina Groccia-Brady (sister of Stephen Brady), Jack McDaniel (husband of Sue), Hal Petznick (father of Heather Pickett), Max Minnick (uncle of Christo- pher Pickett), Alice S. Valencia (mother of Mark), Allen Troyer, Scott Larrick, Mark Cahill, Jewell G. Shikles, Elaine Jones (sister of Gwen Gooch), Jean Elizabeth Lehman, Stephen & Frances Brady, Lisa Michelle Dorsel (sister of Mark Valencia), Patricia Connelly, Carol Umphress, Michael Kellerman, Kay Marie Geiger, Gloria (aunt of Sandra Rooney), Gregory Valadez, (uncle of Sue McDaniel & Cynthia Hunter), John Joseph Neet, John Clayton, Rita Fitzgibbons, Dewey Madrid, Leo Valencia (great-uncle of Mark), James Eugene McManus, Paul Peterson, Cale Miller, Pat Petsch (sister of Barbara Farrell), Don Boos, John Pretz, Ray Yingling, Greg Lindersmith, Elroy Balke, Joyce Umphress, Walter Carter, Don Deister, Gerard Burns (son of Betty Burns), Daniel Ziglinski, Michael John Valencia, Mother An- gelica.

Please pray for the health of Lisa Blankenship, Chris Bernhard, Walt Marnett, Bob Hughes, Kathy Bran- son, Andrew Almendarez (brother of Sue McDaniel), Fr. Karols, Nikki Bain, Patti Canizaro, Nuala Watkins, Giovanna Wilson, Hillary Trossen, Linda Razook (sister of Joe Farris), Jerry Hunter (husband of Cynthia Hunter), Gloria Shotwell (sister of Sue McDaniel & Cindy Hunter), Fletcher Richardson (brother of Marietta Fitzgibbons), Colleen A. Fitzgibbons, Charles C. Richardson (father of Marietta Fitzgibbons) and Marietta Fitzgibbons. .

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