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First Sunday in Lent February 18, 2018

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Seton House 1317 8th Street NW Washington DC 20001 202-999-9934 StLukesOrdinariate.com Diaconal Ordination: February 22nd at 7 pm The ordination Mass for Mark Arbeen—celebrated by our , His Excellency Steven Lopes—will take place on our ordinariate's feast of Fr. John Vidal title, The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter [February 22nd] here at Pastor Church. So join us Thursday evening for this happy event! Welcome to St. Luke’s at Immaculate Conception. We are delighted to have you with us. Every Friday in Lent is a day of abstinence [from meat]. This is We are a parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of obligatory. Peter, which was established on January 1, 2012 by Benedict XVI in response to repeated requests by Anglicans seeking to become Catholic. Ordinariate parishes The Bishop’s Appeal are fully Catholic while retaining elements of their Anglican Can you help us meet our goal? heritage and traditions, including liturgical traditions. The key ingredient to the success of the Bishop’s Appeal is

participation. To reach the Ordinariate goal of $253,125, we need MASSES: Sunday—Friday, 8:30 am every household to participate. As we continue in the season of Lent, CONFESSIONS: Sundays & Wednesdays, please consider a sacrificial commitment to the Bishop’s Appeal and 7:45-8:15am to our work together in the service of our Lord. Help Bishop Lopes and your Ordinariate family meet the challenges we face in reaching out to all those who seek the fullness of faith. Visit ordinariate.net/ Schedule for Immaculate Conception Church -appeal or return the pledge card and envelope provided to you last week to make your gift. (Gifts should be made payable to the Fr. Charles Gallagher, Pastor Ordinariate and mailed directly to the Ordinariate.) Thank you. Masses: Weekdays 12:15pm

Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 11am & 6pm Stations of the Cross Confessions: Saturday 5pm, On every Friday in Lent, we will be holding Stations of the Cross at Sunday 10:30am & 5:30pm 6:30 pm, followed by a Soup Supper. 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 Cream insert Asperges me

Wednesday, February 21st Purple insert Processional Lent Prose Ember Wednesday in Lent Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the cantor Introit Invocabit me [Psalm 91: 15, 16, 1]

Church He shall call upon me, and I will hearken unto him; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour: with length of days will I satisfy him. Ps. Whoso Thursday, February 22nd dwelleth under the defense of the Most High: shall abide under the HAIR OF AINT ETER THE POSTLE C S P A , shadow of the Almighty. Glory be... He shall call... Solemnity and Feast of Title

Friday, February 23rd Missal p. 1 Introductory Rites Collect for Purity & Summary of the Law Ember Friday in Lent choir Kyrie Missa brevis [Rossini] , Bishop and Martyr Missal p.2 Collect SATURDAY, February 24th O Lord who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: give use Ember Saturday in Lent grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness, Know Your Faith to thy honour and glory; who livest and reignest with the Father, in the Lenten Ember Days unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Four times a year, approximately three months sit First Reading Genesis 9: 8-15 apart, near the beginning of each season of the God said to and to his sons with him, “Behold, I establish my solar cycle (winter, spring, summer and autumn), covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living the Church sets aside three days [ember days] of creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the fasting and prayer to ask for blessings upon earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. I establish my covenant mankind, and to pray in gratitude for various with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a harvests, particularly of goods used by the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And Church in her Liturgy, such as olives, grapes, and God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and wheat. The four quarterly periods during which you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I the ember days fall are called the embertides. This set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between is also a time set apart to pray for priests, me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is particularly those who are being ordained. seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never The tradition of ordinations during the Lenten again become a flood to destroy all flesh.” ember days dates to at least the fifth century, under . At that time, Ember all Appointed Psalm Psalm 25: 3-8 Ad te, Domine, levavi Wednesday was used for the scrutinies of Show me thy | ways, O | Lord, * and | teach_ | me thy | paths. candidates for Holy Orders in the Basilica of Lead me forth in thy | truth, and | learn me: * for thou art the God of ; on Ember Friday the my salvation; in thee hath been my | hope_ | all the • day | long. second scrutiny of the ordinands would take Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy | tender | mercies, * and thy loving place at Stational Mass at the Basilica of Santi -kindnesses, which have | been_ | ever of | old. Apostoli, invoking the “protection of the whole O remember not the sins and offences of my | youth; * but according Apostolic College for those who continue their to thy mercy think thou upon me, O | Lord_, | for thy | goodness. great mission upon earth.” The station on the Gracious and righteous | is the | Lord; * therefore, will he teach | Ember Saturday, at the Vatican Basilica, as the sinners | in the | way. place for the rites of ordination, conveyed “the Them that are meek shall he | guide in | judgment; * and such as are eminently Roman idea that every transmission of gentle, | them • shall he | learn his | way. ecclesiastical power, through the conferring of one of the sacred orders, was derived from the Second Reading 1 Peter 3: 18-22 supreme power of Peter.” Thus we can say that Beloved: Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the the principal character of the Ember Days is Lent unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the is the preparation of those designated to receive flesh but made alive in the spirit; in which he went and preached to the holy orders. spirits in prison, who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that Thus the ordination ceremony is placed in the is, eight persons, were saved through water. Baptism, which corresponds context of the Church year, rather than reducing to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an the celebration of the sacrament of holy orders to appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of a merely convenient calendar appointment. This, Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with rather than the natural season or even the , authorities, and powers subject to him. liturgical season, is the primary characteristic of cantor Tract Qui habitat [Psalm 91: 1-7, 11-16] the Ember Days of Lent. stand Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High: shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. V. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my stronghold: my

God, in him will I trust. V. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my stronghold: my God, in Building Fund Mite Boxes him will I trust. Help us BUILD OUR FUTURE by V. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and from the participating in the Mite Box Collection, noisome pestilence. our project to collect spare change for the V. He shall defend thee under his wings: and thou shalt be safe under his Building Fund. feathers. Don’t have a mite box? You can get one V. His faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler: thou shalt not be from the ushers after mass and start afraid for any terror by night. collecting. V. Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; for the pestilence that walketh in Bring your offering up at the end of darkness: nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. communion on the second Sunday of each V. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it month. And you can always just bring up shall not come nigh thee. whatever spare change you have in your V. For he shall give his Angels charge over thee: to keep thee in all thy ways. pocket on the day. No contribution is too V. They shall bear thee in their hands: that thou hurt not thy foot against a small to matter. stone. V. Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. V. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set DC Metro Catholic News him up, because he hath known my Name. Catholic Beer Club V. He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: yea, I am with him in trouble. Are you Catholic? Do you like beer? The V. I will deliver him, and bring him to honour: with long life will I satisfy him, Catholic Beer Club may be the place for you! and show him my salvation. The Club meets monthly at local breweries to drink local beers and chat. Gospel Mark 1: 12-15 At that time: The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness. And he was in February's Gathering— the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; Today, February 18, 3pm to 5pm and the angels ministered to him. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came Right Proper Production House & Tasting into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, Room - 920 Girard Street NE, Washington, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the Gospel.” DC 20017 sit Homily Brookland/CUA Metro Stop (Red Line)

Blue insert The Nicene Creed Anglican Folk Mass [Shaw] See “Tomb of Christ” in Lent Missal p.25 The Prayers of the Faithful This Lent, journey virtually to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place of the The Penitential Rite Missal p.5 crucifixion and burial of Christ. “The Tomb cantor Offertory Chant Scapulis suis [Psalm 91: 4, 5] of Christ” at the National Geographic sit He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his Museum (near St. Matthew’s , feathers: his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Washington, DC) is an immersive, 3-D Hymnal #55 Offertory Hymn Forty Days and Forty Nights exhibit based on the historic 2016 restoration of Jesus’ tomb. See the cave walls of Jesus' Missal p.7 The Offertory tomb, hidden for centuries, and test Missal p.12 The Eucharistic Prayer [Roman Canon] technology used in the restoration. Get details and group discount information at

choir Sanctus Missa brevis [Rossini] nationalgeographic.org/dc/exhibitions/ Missal p.19 The Lord’s Prayer tomb-of-christ. choir Agnus Dei Missa brevis [Rossini] Lenten Tour at the Franciscan Monastery Visit the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Missal p.20 The Prayer of Humble Access Land for a specialized tour presented at 1 pm cantor Communion Scapulis suis [Psalm 91: 4, 5] on the Fridays of Lent. The tour uses the The Lord shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his replicas of the monastery church as well as feathers: his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. the words from Sacred Scripture and St. choir Communion Motet Alma Redemptoris Mater [Palestrina] to reflect on Our Lord’s Passion and Death. The monastery is located

Missal p.22 Post Communion Prayers at 1400 Quincy Street NE, Washington DC sit Announcements and Blessings 20017. For more information, visit myfranciscan.org. Missal p.23 Concluding Rites kneel Missal p.35 The Last Gospel stand Hymnal #396 Recessional The Church’s One Foundation OnLine Giving Serving Next Sunday February 25th St. Luke’s now provides Online Giving, a safe Ushers Tianlu Redmon, James Guinivan and convenient way to support St. Luke’s. Lector La-Verne Williams Getting started is easy—just visit our website

and follow the simple instructions. Coffee Hour Host The Lamarra Family

StLukesOrdinariate.com/online-giving/ Altar Servers Patrick Delaney, Randy King, Matt Whitehead, Patrick Questions or concerns? Contact Susan White Rothwell, Patrick Redmon, Mark Lasslett, Gary Schenk at [email protected] for 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. Polycarp (AD 69 – 155) was a 2nd-century Christian bishop of Smyrna. According Request a Mass Intention to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr for refusing to burn incense to the You are invited to make an offering in honor of a Roman Emperor. Polycarp is recorded as saying on the day of his death, “Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong. How then can I deceased or living loved one, a person’s birthday, blaspheme my King and Savior? You threaten me with a fire that burns for a season, anniversary, or any another special occasion. and after a little while is quenched; but you are ignorant of the fire of everlasting These Mass intentions will be offered by Fr. Vidal punishment that is prepared for the wicked.” Polycarp was bound and burned at the at our 8:30 am masses. Forms for Mass intentions stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him. On his farewell, he said “I bless [as well as mass cards to share your intention] are you, Father, for judging me worthy of this hour, so that in the company of the martyrs available on the information table at coffee hour; I may share the cup of Christ.” requests also may be emailed to It is recorded by , who heard him speak in his youth, and by , that [email protected]. The usual he had been a of . Saint wrote that Polycarp was a Mass stipend is $10. An offered mass will give disciple of John and that John had ordained him bishop of Smyrna. With Clement of both spiritual support for your loved ones and and Ignatius of , Polycarp is regarded as one of three chief Apostolic material support to our fledgling parish. Fathers. His name Polycarp means ‘many gifts’ in Greek. The Mass this morning (and every Sunday morning) is offered for the People of the Parish. Parish Ministries Nobody can fight Administrative Manager Susan White [email protected] properly and boldly Evangelization Charlotte Hays [email protected] for the Faith Liturgy Programs Randy King [email protected] if he clings to a fear Stewardship Lewis [email protected] of being stripped of Christian Formation James Guinivan [email protected] earthly possessions. Mission & Outreach Patrick Rothwell [email protected] —St. Peter Damian 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]