April 28, 2019 Good News!! Divine Mercy Sunday
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Divine Mercy Sunday Aaron-Jed Cornelius the Centurian Atayi Christina Rose of Lima Mora Steven Stephen the Martyr Avalos Jr. Sydney Therese of Lisieux Morford Angelo Sebastian Badami Damian Sebastian Negron Kenneth Cainnech Bean Emma Dymphna Newton Gabriel Gabriel Birge Kennedy Eligins Parks Benjamin Sebastian Carpenter Erin Catherine Phillips Nora Frances Xavier Cabrini Corrigan Lucas Paul Phillips Danielle Catherine of Bologna Cutsor Ethan John the Baptist Pleshek-Humpal Gabriella Gemma Galgani Daly Sofia Kateri Tekakwitha Qumsieh Claire Sarah Dlouhy Adriana Rose de Lima Rangel Margaret Faustina Ernst Zoey Rose of Lima Rauterkus Paul Lawrence Ernst Anika Therese of Lisieux Richards Sean Michael Fenoglio Mizael Michael Rojas Sarah Mary Fenton Cedric Peter Senouvo Joseph John Nepomucene Freitag Celia Anthony of Padua Senouvo Jack Augustine of Hippo Gillogly Sara Maria Goretti Steinbruck Elizabeth Francis de Sales Glenn Katherine Marie Amandine Stratman Lucia Gianna Beretta Molla Hall Grant Sebastian Wagner Bria Margaret Mary Hamilton Lydia Patricia of Naples Wagner Gracie Laura Vicuna Jensen Ashley Mary Magdalene Walsh Payton Rose of Viterbo Kincaid Ashley Francis of Assisi Waskowiak Carson Sebastian LaChapelle Kellen Teresa of Avila Wilkins Nile Benedict Langenfeld Megan Philip Neri Wilkins Samuel Peter Lee Makenna Cecilia Witthuhn Bethany Hildegard Madden Wyatt Augustine of Hippo Yetter Anne Dymphna Maxwell Tyler Oscar Romero Moffitt Kyle John Paul II Moffitt “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” -John 20:29 EUCHARIST: RECTORY: Daily Mass St. James 9025 Larimore Avenue Monday at 8:15 a.m. Omaha, NE 68134 Catholic Church Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. T-F 6:30 a.m. & 8:15 a.m. and and Saturday at 8:30 a.m. 402-572-0499 office St. James/Seton Catholic School 402-573- 9345 fax Saturday Vigil Mass EMAIL 5:00 p.m. [email protected] Sunday Masses ONLINE 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. www.stjamescatholicchurch.org and 5:00 p.m. ST. JAMES/SETON SCHOOL: CONFESSION: 4720 N. 90th Street Saturday 3 to 4:30 p.m. 402-572-0339 or by appointment Bill Koley Jr. sjsomaha.org Divine Mercy Celebration TODAY, April 28th 3-4 p.m. Divine Mercy Sunday is TODAY and is a marvelous gift for all of us! Join us for the celebration of complete forgiveness of sins and punishment! Former Associate Pastor, Fr. Toby Letak, will be presenting ―The Experience of Mercy.‖ We will reflect on the experience of mercy through the revelations of Divine Mercy to St. Mary Faustina Kowalska and passages from the Gospels. We will also reflect on our great need for mercy due to our sins and on the overwhelming love and tender compassion with which Jesus offers us the opportunity to come back to Him. Our celebration of mercy will also include Adoration, Confession, the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction. I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, OF ALL THINGS VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE. I BELIEVE IN ONE LORD JESUS CHRIST, The April 28, 2019 2 News! Good This Week’s Activities . Fr. Tom’sThoughts Sunday, April 28 Mass, 7:30 a.m. Social Committee Donut Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mass, 9:30 a.m. Dear St. James Parishioners, Mass, 11:30 a.m. Engaged Encounter Board Meeting, 2:00 p.m. Today we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, a new devotion of our faith Divine Mercy, 3:00 p.m. based on the revelations of Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Mass, 5:00 p.m. nun in the 1930s. You may have wondered why we had a Polish pope (St. John Paul II). Well, he had a huge devotion to Divine Mercy and he declared this feast to be *Monday, April 29 observed on the Sunday after Easter starting in 2001. In this crazy world of ours, we need Divine Daily Mass, 8:15 a.m. Mercy! Tai Chi, 9:30 a.m. Bible Study (Young), 1:00 p.m. There is so much to say about this feast, it would take a book. Simply put, Jesus told St. Faustina that this Feast of Mercy would be a very special day when "all the divine floodgates through Little Flowers, 3:00 p.m. which graces flow are opened." (Diary 699) Our Lord made a great promise that "The soul that Discovering Christ Retreat, 7:00 p.m. will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on this day shall obtain the complete Celebrate Recovery, 7:00 p.m. forgiveness of sins and punishment."(Diary 699) He went on to say "I want to grant a complete Legion of Mary, 7:30 p. m. pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of *Tuesday, April 30 My Mercy." (Diary 1109) Daily Mass, 6:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. I want to encourage everyone to take advantage of these incredible promises. The usual conditions St. Vincent de Paul Society, 2:00 p.m. for a Plenary Indulgence are: those who honor this feast (in some way), who go to confession Confirmation Practice, 7:00 p.m. (sometime within 20 days before or after this date, receive Holy Communion on this date, pray for the Holy Father‘s intentions, and have no attachment to sin will receive it. This last condition (no *Wednesday, May 1 attachment to sin) almost seems to be removed on this special Feast of Mercy – His Mercy is that Daily Mass, 6:30 a.m., 8:15 a.m. ―unfathomable.‖ I want everyone to benefit fully from these promises, and I encourage you to invite Quilting Group, 9:00 a.m. your family and friends who, perhaps, have become lax in the practice of their faith, to come and Troop 43014, 3:15 p.m. hear this Good News and urge them to return to the practice of their faith! PRE Mass, May Crowning, & Awards, 6:15 p.m. Knights of Columbus General Meeting, 7:30 p.m. The Image of The Divine Mercy, which Our Lord requested to be solemnly blessed and venerated on this day, will be on display in our church. Pope John Paul II said that the image portrays the *Thursday, May 2, Risen Jesus Christ bringing Mercy to the whole world. Our Lord said "I want the image to be Daily Mass, 6:30 a.m., 8:15 a.m. solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so Alanon, 5:30 p.m. that every soul may know about it. I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will Confirmation, 7:00 p.m. not perish." (Diary 341, 48) Please take the time to visit with this Image of The Divine Mercy and Blue Army, 7:00 p.m. venerate Jesus. Confirmation Reception, 8:30 p.m. To honor this incredible feast, we will have a special Holy Hour of adoration this afternoon as you *Friday, May 3 can see on Page 2. We will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, have benediction and listen to a Daily Mass, 6:30 p.m., 8:15 a.m. speaker. Fr. Toby Letak will be the speaker and he will tell us much more about this wonderful Tai Chi, 9:30 a.m. devotion. During this celebration we will also have at least 4 priests hearing Confessions. Women‘s Prayer & Study Group, 10:00 a.m. Praise God for Divine Mercy! Please come and celebrate the hope for our world! May God bless all of you and grant you His Mercy! *Saturday, May 4 Saturday Morning Mass, 8:30 a.m. Sincerely in Christ, Lawn Crew #1, 7:30 a.m. Consoling the Heart of Jesus, 9:15 a.m. Mass, 5:00 p.m. Fr. Tom Weisbecker Sunday, May 5 Mass, 7:30 a.m. Mass, 9:30 a.m. Donuts & Reception for Deacon Kennedy, 10:30 a.m. Mass, 11:30 a.m. CEC Workshop, 1:30 p.m. Mass, 5:00 p.m. THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, BORN OF THE FATHER BEFORE ALL AGES. GOD FROM GOD, LIGHT FROM LIGHT, TRUE GOD FROM TRUE GOD, BEGOTTEN, NOT April 28, 2019 3 The Good News! Receive the Sacraments Anointing of the Sick is a healing sacrament for young and old, when seriously, chronically, Lord Hear our Prayer or terminally ill and prior to surgery. Please call the parish office, 402-572-0499. Seminarian Baptisms are celebrated on the second and last Nicholas Phillips Sunday of the month. Our Baptism evening Lord, please bless him that his formation will Sunday, April 28 of preparation occurs on the 3rd Tuesday of each fully prepare him to love and serve You. 7:30 am Liz Goodroad month at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Center. Please call 9:30 am Gary Wandrey the Parish Office to register, 402-572-0499. Special Intentions 11:30 am Jake Jackson 5:00 pm St. James Parishioners Holy Orders: If you‘re discerning a call to the To request prayers for your special intentions, priesthood or the diaconate, please call Fr. Tom please contact Kristi Mancuso, 402-850-5517, Monday, April 29 Weisbecker, 402-572-0499. If you are interested in 9am—8pm or email: [email protected]. 8:15 am Patricia Thierolf religious or consecrated life, please call the Arch- diocese Vocation Office at 402-558-3100. You may also request prayers for your special Tuesday, April 30 Matrimony: Please contact one of the parish intentions from the Catholic Daughters Our Lady 6:30 am Bill Ellis priests six-months ahead of the proposed date.