Sexagesima February 4, 2018

At 8th and N Streets NW Washington DC

Seton House 1317 8th Street NW Washington DC 20001 202-999-9934 StLukesOrdinariate.com

Fr. John Vidal Pastor Ash Wednesday is Observed on February 14th This Year. Mass with distribution of ashes will be at 8:30 am. Welcome to St. Luke’s at . We are delighted to have you with us. Sunday Morning Rosary We are a parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Peter, which was established on January 1, 2012 Helene Vidal will be leading a recitation of the rosary every Sunday by Benedict XVI in response to repeated requests by morning before Mass, starting at 8:10 am. Meet her at the front of the Anglicans seeking to become Catholic. Ordinariate parishes church on the Epistle side. [ N.B.—A plenary indulgence (under the are fully Catholic while retaining elements of their Anglican usual conditions) is granted for the public recitation of five decades of heritage and traditions, including liturgical traditions. the Rosary. So make a plan to join Helene in this wonderful devotion.]

MASSES: Sunday—Friday, 8:30 am Corporal Work of Mercy: Socks and Gloves for the Homeless CONFESSIONS: Sundays & Wednesdays, We are continuing this month to collect socks and gloves for the 7:45-8:15am homeless. Thickness is the key consideration for both socks and the gloves. Men’s sizes are preferred. If you buy cotton socks, remember that sometimes two pairs are worn at the same time when it is cold. Schedule for Immaculate Conception Church White is the preferred color for socks. We will collect the socks and gloves at the coffee hour after Mass. Fr. Charles Gallagher, Pastor

Masses: Weekdays 12:15pm Stations of the Cross Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 11am & 6pm On every Friday in Lent, we will be holding Stations of the Cross at Confessions: Saturday 5pm, 6:30 pm, followed by a Soup Supper. Mark your calendars for the first Sunday 10:30am & 5:30pm service on February 16th and make plans now to attend. And to help with the soup suppers, contact La-Verne Williams at [email protected].

Keep in touch with St. Luke’s! The Personal Ordinariate of Friend us on Facebook at facebook.com/StLukesOrdinariate the Chair of Follow us on Twitter at @StLukesDC That we all may be one Or join our mailing list for the Friends of St. Luke’s by emailing [email protected], or filling out a form at StLukesOrdinariate.com This Week  Monday, February 5th Hymnal #562 Processional Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus Agatha, and Tuesday, February 6th cantor Introit Exsurge, quare obdormis [Cf. Psalm 44: 23-26, 1] Paul Miki and Companions, Arise, O Lord, wherefore sleepest thou? Awake, and cast us Thursday, February 8th not away for ever: wherefore hidest thou thy countenance, Emiliani, Priest and forgettest our adversity and misery? Our belly cleaveth Josephine Bakhita, Virgin unto the ground; arise and save us, O Lord, our helper and SATURDAY, February 10th our deliverer. Ps. O God, we have heard with our ears: our Scholastica, Virgin fathers have told us. Glory be... Arise, O Lord...

Missal p. 1 Introductory Rites Collect for Purity & Summary of the Law Know Your Faith Hymnal #710 Kyrie Second Communion Service [Healey Willan] Saint Agatha of (231 AD – 251 AD) was born at or , Sicily, and she was Missal p.2 Collect martyred in approximately 251. She is one of O Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing seven women, who, along with the Blessed that we do: mercifully grant that by thy power, we may be Virgin Mary, are commemorated by name in defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ thy Son our the . Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Having dedicated her virginity to God, fifteen- Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. year-old Agatha rejected the amorous sit First Reading 7: 1-4, 6-7 advances of the low-born Roman prefect Job spoke, saying, “Has not man a hard service upon earth, and Quintianus, who then persecuted her for her are not his days like the days of a hireling? Like a slave who longs Christian faith. He sent Agatha to Aphrodisia, for the shadow, and like a hireling who looks for his wages, so I the keeper of a brothel. The madam finding her am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are intractable, Quintianus had her put in prison. apportioned to me. When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ Amongst the tortures she underwent was the But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn. My cutting off of her breasts with pincers. Saint days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and come to their end Agatha was then sentenced to be burnt at the without hope. Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will stake, but an saved her from that never again see good.” fate; instead, she was sent to prison where she died in prison. She is the of breast all Appointed Psalm Psalm 147: 1-6 Laudate Dominum. cancer patients, martyrs, wet nurses, bell- PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises | unto our | founders, bakers, fire, , and God; * yea, a joyful and pleasant | thing it | is · to be | thankful. eruptions of . 2 The Lord doth build | up Je- | rusalem, * and gather to- | gether the | outcasts of | Israel. 3 He healeth those that are | broken in | heart, * and giveth | medicine to | heal their | sickness. 4 He telleth the | number · of the | stars, * and | calleth them | all by · their | names. 5 Great is our Lord, and | great is · his | power; * yea, | and his | wisdom is | infinite. 6 The Lord setteth | up the | meek, * and bringeth the un- | godly | down · to the | ground. Second Reading 1 Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23 Brethren: If I preach the Gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission. What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge, not making full use of my right in the gospel. For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. cantor Tract Commovisti [Psalm 60: 2, 4b, 5] Building Fund Mite Boxes stand Thou hast moved the land, O Lord: and divided it. Help us BUILD OUR FUTURE by V. Heal the sores thereof: for it shaketh. participating in the Mite Box Collection, V. That they may triumph because of the truth: that thy beloved our project to collect spare change for the may be delivered. Building Fund. Don’t have a mite box? You can get one Gospel Mark 1: 29-39 from the ushers after mass and start At that time: Leaving the synagogue, Jesus entered the house of collecting. Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in- Bring your offering up at the end of law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her. And communion on the second Sunday of each he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever month. And you can always just bring up left her; and she served them. That evening, at sundown, they whatever spare change you have in your brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And pocket on the day. No contribution is too the whole city was gathered together about the door. And he small to matter. healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. And in the morning, a great while before DC Metro Catholic News day, he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed. Catholic Beer Club And Simon and those who were with him followed him, and they Are you Catholic? Do you like beer? The found him and said to him, “Every one is searching for you.” And he Catholic Beer Club may be the place for you! said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach The Club meets monthly at local breweries to there also; for that is why I came out.” And he went throughout all drink local beers and chat. Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. February's Gathering— sit Homily Sunday, February 18, 3pm to 5pm Right Proper Production House & Tasting Blue insert The Nicene Creed Anglican Folk Mass [Shaw] Room - 920 Girard Street NE, Washington, DC 20017 Missal p.25 The Prayers of the Faithful Brookland/CUA Metro Stop (Red Line)

Missal p.5 The Penitential Rite See “Tomb of Christ” in Lent cantor Offertory Chant Perfice gressus meos [Psalm 17: 5, 6b, 7] This Lent, journey virtually to the Church of the sit O hold thou up my goings in the paths, that my footsteps slip not; Holy Sepulchre, the place of the crucifixion and incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words: show thy burial of Christ. “The Tomb of Christ” at the National Geographic Museum (near St. marvellous loving-kindness, O Lord; thou that art the Saviour of Matthew’s Cathedral, Washington, DC) is an them that put their trust in thee. immersive, 3-D exhibit based on the historic Hymnal #776 Offertory Hymn O For a Thousand Tongues 2016 restoration of Jesus’ tomb. See the cave walls of Jesus' tomb, hidden for centuries, and Missal p.7 The Offertory test technology used in the restoration. Get Missal p.12 The Eucharistic Prayer [Roman Canon] details and group discount information at nationalgeographic.org/dc/exhibitions/tomb- Hymnal #797 Sanctus Second Communion Service [Healey Willan] of-christ. Missal p.19 The Lord’s Prayer 40 Days for Life Hymnal #712 Agnus Dei Second Communion Service [Healey Willan] On Ash Wednesday [February 14], the pro-life group 40 Days for Life will begin its spring

Missal p.20 The Prayer of Humble Access campaign by praying and standing vigil at the cantor Communion Introibo [Psalm 43: 4] abortion mills across the nation. There will be a I will go unto the altar of God: even unto the God of my joy and kickoff rally for a local campaign in the gladness. Washington DC area at Maranatha Fellowship Church at 3828 University Blvd., College Park, choir Communion Motet Tu Es Petrus [Hassler] MD 20740, at 10 am, on Saturday, February 10th in preparation for the upcoming Missal p.22 Post Communion Prayers campaign. Anyone desiring to participate in sit Announcements and Blessings the campaign should contact Gary Schenk at St. Luke's Parish [[email protected]] or Missal p.23 Concluding Rites kneel Tom Trunk at St. Hugh's Parish in Greenbelt, Missal p.35 The Last Gospel stand MD [[email protected] ]. Hymnal #564 Recessional How Firm a Foundation OnLine Giving Serving Next Sunday February 11th St. Luke’s now provides Online Giving, a safe Ushers Ada Okafor, La-Verne Williams and convenient way to support St. Luke’s. Lector Jane Lawrence Getting started is easy—just visit our website

and follow the simple instructions. Coffee Hour Host Cameron Rathbun, Tabitha Walker

StLukesOrdinariate.com/online-giving/ Altar Servers Mark Arbeen, Lewis, Onakoya, Paul Questions or concerns? Contact Susan White Henderson, Mike Henderson, Patrick Redmon, Patrick at [email protected] for Rothwell, Steve Lawrence, Sam Onakoya information or assistance.

Prayers for the Sick Those who have asked for our prayers: Ann Ellison, Willi Ellison, Morgan Jackson, Thomas Love, Lynn Love, Dallas Love, JoAnn Lewis, Doris Johnson, J.D. Ruff; and all who are sick and all caregivers who minister to the sick. Please call or email the office to add a name to the prayer list. Before calling, please be sure you have spoken to the person [or a member of his family] about adding the name—we do not want to inadvertently disregard someone’s desire for privacy. Names of those who are sick or injured will be kept on the list for 3 weeks unless you specifically request a shorter period of time or call to ask that the name be removed. Names added this week will appear in boldface type.

Request a Mass Intention You are invited to make an offering in honor of a Paul Miki and Companions: The Martyrs of Nagasaki deceased or living loved one, a person’s birthday, On August 15, 1549, St. arrived in Kagoshima, Japan, from with hopes anniversary, or any another special occasion. of bringing Catholicism to Japan. He visited Shimazu Takahisa, the daimyo of Kagoshima, These Mass intentions will be offered by Fr. Vidal asking for permission to build the first Catholic mission in Japan. The daimyo agreed in at our 8:30 am masses. Forms for Mass intentions hopes of creating a trade relationship with Europe. [as well as mass cards to share your intention] are The government at first supported the Catholic mission and the missionaries. However, available on the information table at coffee hour; over time, the shogunate increasingly saw Catholicism as a threat, and started persecuting requests also may be emailed to Catholics. Christianity was banned and those Japanese who refused to abandon their faith were killed. On February 5, 1597, twenty-six Catholics – four Spaniards, one Mexican, and [email protected]. The usual one Indian, all of whom were Franciscan missionaries, three Japanese Jesuits, and Mass stipend is $10. An offered mass will give seventeen Japanese laymen including three young boys, were executed by crucifixion in both spiritual support for your loved ones and Nagasaki. These individuals were raised on crosses and then pierced through with spears. material support to our fledgling parish. The Mass this morning (and every Sunday morning) is offered for the People of the Parish. Parish Ministries

God does not work in those who refuse to Administrative Manager Susan White [email protected] place all their confidence and hope in Him Evangelization Charlotte Hays [email protected] alone. But he does impart the fullness of His Liturgy Programs Randy King [email protected] love upon those who possess a deep faith and Stewardship David Lewis [email protected] hope; for them he does great things. Christian Formation James Guinivan [email protected] —St. Jerome Emiliani Mission & Outreach Patrick Rothwell [email protected] Music Programs Patrick Delaney [email protected] Hospitality Bulletin Deadline La-Verne Williams [email protected] All bulletin announcements and inserts must be Altar Guild Karen King [email protected] submitted no later than the Monday before the publication date. Submissions should be made by email Lectors & Ushers Ada Okafor [email protected] to [email protected]. Altar Servers David Lewis [email protected]