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BASILICA OF SAINT MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Mother Church of Catholicism in Hampton Roads and Designated Holy Door Site 232 Chapel Street Saturday Vigil Contact Information Mass5:00 pmSchedule Norfolk, Virginia 23504 Sundays Mailing Address 9:00 am and 12:00 Noon 1000 Holt Street Tuesday-Friday Norfolk, Virginia 23504 12:10 pm Office: 757.622.4487 Holy Days Fax: 757.625.7969 12:00 pm & 7:00 pm Email: [email protected] Website ReligiousSundays Education www.basilicaofsaintmary.org September through May 10:45 am SacramentSaturdays of Reconciliation 4:15 pm or by appointment Rev.Rector Fr. Jim Curran [email protected] Contact priestMarriage 6 months prior 757-876-0554 to proposed wedding date. Ministry to Sick Pleaseand contact Homebound Church Office to arrange for communion, anointing DeaconClergy of the sick or when someone is ill, in Rev. Mr. Calvin Bailey the hospital, or in need in any way. Parents who present children to Pastoral Associate Baptism Parish Staff be baptized are expected to be Mrs. Oretha B. Pretlow registered members of the parish Office Administrator for 6 months. Parents must attend a Ms. Nicole Drummond baptismal preparation session prior to Director of Christian Formation baptism 3rd Saturday of the month. Mrs. Barbara Wright Please contact the Church Office. Christian Formation Coordinator Mr. Frank Scott The Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is the Director of Liturgical Music Mission Statement Interested in the only African-American Basilica in the United States and the Mr. Sammie L. Logan, Jr. The RCIACatholic process Faith?is for you. Sustainable Ministry cornerstone of Catholicism in Tidewater. Our mission is to Please contact the Church Office. Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people, regardless Ms. Ercelle Drayton of race, language or culture. Nourished by the Eucharist, Resource Minister we seek to accomplish this by drawing on our rich African- Themeets on Ministrythe last Saturday of Consolation of each Ms. Angela Harris American heritage of Spirit-filled worship, Christ-centered month in St. Joseph’s Chapel at 3:00 Church Sexton pm. If this is your time of grief and service, and fellowship that recalls our common Father. pain because of the loss of a loved Mr. Luther Adams, Jr. This is our call. This is our mission. one, this ministry encourages you to Bookkeeper join us at a meeting where you will Ms. Phyllis Gary meet others who have suffered a loss. FOUNDED IN 1791 • ERECTED IN 1858 • BECAME A MINOR BASILICA IN 1991 Third Sunday of Easter April 18, 2021 A HUNGER THAT IS SATISFIED Reflection on Luke 24:35-48 “Have you anything here to eat?” While the disciples were in utter astonishment upon seeing the Risen Jesus, He inquires about getting something to eat. Ordinary. Mundane. Every day. I think of teenagers coming home from school, checking out the fridge to see if there is anything to eat. They are always hungry. Throughout Scripture, hunger refers not only to the physical reality – our human need for nourishment, but also is used as a metaphor for our deeper human needs – for WEEKLY SCRIPTURE connection, understanding, acceptance, forgiveness, love. In Jesus, the Risen One, we are given the true satisfaction for all our hungers. He is the Bread of Life, sustaining us Sunday, April 18 through His real presence in the Eucharist; He feeds us physically and spiritually with Third Sunday of Easter Bread-that-is Body and Wine-that-is-Blood. Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 If all the Resurrection appearances of Jesus can be summed up in one phrase, it might 1 Jn 2:1-5a be, “Love is stronger than death, and Love is all the food you’ll ever need.” When we Lk 24:35-48 celebrated the institution of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday with John’s account of the Last Supper, we experienced the intrinsic connection between Eucharist and service, Monday, April 19 between being fed with the Bread of Life and washing feet. For always, not only are Easter Weekday each of our deepest hungers fed in Communion, but also we each are sent forth to Acts 6:8-15 become Bread to feed the hungry world. Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 ~ Fr. Jay Jn 6:22-29 SAINT FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN Tuesday, April 20 Feast Day: April 24 Easter Weekday Acts 7:51—8:1a If a poor man needed some clothing, Fidelis would often give the man the clothes right Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab off his back. Complete generosity to others characterized this saint’s life. Jn 6:30-35 Born in 1577, Mark Rey became a lawyer who constantly upheld the causes of the poor and oppressed people. Nicknamed “the poor man’s lawyer,” Rey soon grew disgusted Wednesday, April 21 with the corruption and injustice he saw among his colleagues. He left his law career to St. Anslem, Bishop and Doctor become a priest, joining his brother George as a member of the Capuchin Order. Fidelis Acts 8:1b-8 was his religious name. His wealth was divided between needy seminarians and the Ps 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a poor. Jn 6:35-40 As a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi, Fidelis continued his devotion to the weak and Thursday, April 22 needy. During a severe epidemic in a city where he was guardian of a friary, Fidelis Easter Weekday cared for and cured many sick soldiers. Acts 8:26-40 He was appointed head of a group of Capuchins sent to preach against the Calvinists Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20 and Zwinglians in Switzerland. Almost certain violence threatened. Those who Jn 6:44-51 observed the mission felt that success was more attributable to the prayer of Fidelis Friday, April 23 during the night than to his sermons and St. George, Martyr; instructions. St. Adalbert, Bishop Acts 9:1-20 He was accused of opposing the peasants’ Ps 117:1bc, 2 national aspirations for independence from Jn 6:52-59 Austria. While he was preaching at Seewis, to which he had gone against the advice of Saturday, April 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest escaped unharmed. A Protestant offered to and Martyr shelterhis friends, Fidelis, a gun but hewas declined, fired at saying him, buthis lifehe Acts 9:31-42 was in God’s hands. On the road back, he was Ps 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 set upon by a group of armed men and killed. Jn 6:60-69 Fidelis was canonized in 1746. Fifteen years Access Daily Readings from later he was recognized as a martyr. the New American Bible, Revised Edition Read the full article: “Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen” (NABRE) online at https://bible.usccb.org Franciscan Media, Franciscan Friars, https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/ saint-fidelis-of-sigmaringen (Accessed 9 April 2021). CAMERON & COMPANY, Inc. Changes in Work Status, Family, Friendships, Health, Aging, etc., can produce STRESS... 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