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Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church Twinsburg, Ohio February 21, 2021 Mass Schedule & Intentions For The Week Dear Parishioners, Having a difficult time All Masses will be livestreamed on the coming up with a personal Lenten parish’s Facebook page. Sacrifice? Here are some creative suggestions: Monday, February 22—Weekday Mass 8:30am Deacon Bob Esposito • Daily Rosary Tuesday, February 23—Weekday Mass • Go to Mass one day during the week. 8:30am Martha Kamer • Give up or limit social media. Wednesday, February 24 —Weekday Mass • Read instead of watching television. 8:30am The Souls of All Parishioners • Thursday, February 25 —Weekday Mass Join one of the parish studies. 8:30am Carmen Michael Vitale • Help at Thea Bowman Center. Friday, February 26—Weekday Mass • Write to a homebound person. • Spend an hour in prayer every day. 8:30am Millie Ovnik Saturday, February 27—Second Sunday of Lent (Vigil) • Do not hit the snooze button. 4:00pm Robert Princic • Give up coffee (a penance for all of us). Sunday, February 28—Second Sunday of Lent • Only listen to Christian Music. 9:00am In Thanksgiving For Bill & Colleen Vrabel • Give up web surfing. 11:00am June Pfeifer & Paul Lindquist • Support Catholic Relief Service or Catholic Charities with contributions and prayers. • Pray for the Souls in Purgatory. Does 8:30am Daily Mass not work with • Read a Bible or Saint story to your children as your schedule? Our Lady of Guadalupe their bedtime story. • Call a family member and LISTEN more than Parish in Macedonia has Mass during the speak. week at Noon on Tuesdays on Thursdays. • If you are watching Mass online, dress up for Mass and prepare a nice worship space. Scripture Readings February 22—February 28 • Ask people for special intentions and then pray Monday Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle for them. 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6, R. v.1; Mt 16:13-19 • Learn about a Saint each week. Tuesday Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr • Consciously stop and pray at work. Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19, R. v.18b; Mt 6:7-15 • Do a daily examination of conscience and go to Wednesday Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Confession. Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19, R. v.19b; Lk 11:29-32 • Thursday Thursday of the First Week of Lent Memorize a new prayer. Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8, R. v.3a; • Write a new prayer. Mt 7:7-12 • Read a chapter of the Bible each day (in any Friday Friday of the First Week of Lent order). Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-2. 3-4. 5-7a. 7bc-8. R. v.3; Mt 5:20-26 • Make an amend for a past mistake. Saturday Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church • Give up alcohol, sugar, or something Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8, R. v.1b; Mt 5:43-48 superfluous. Sunday Second Sunday of Lent Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; • Pray the Stations of the Cross on Fridays. Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19, R. 116:9; Rom 8:31b-34; Mk 9:2-10 These were just some of my ideas. Maybe you have a better idea. Whatever it is, do not complain or make a big deal out of it. Offer it up as a private gift to the Lord, reminding Jesus that “you seek my return to you, but do not grow there is nothing more important than Him. Give weary. You run after me in my obstinacy, but do your will power some exercise. We all could use a not give up. You rush after me in my sloth and are little more self-mastery. not stopped. In the face of my darkness, you are light. In the face of my mortality, you are life.” In Christ, -St. Gregory of Narek (Feast Day 2/27) Father Michael J. Stalla First Sunday of Lent Offertory (includes EFT): February 13 & 14 $ 7,698.00 The Loaves and Fishes Prayer Teams will Capital Campaign: not be praying with people after Mass at Capital Campaign Pledges: $ 1,502,310.00 this time. If you would like to pray over Capital Campaign Money Received: $ 1,170,135.00 the phone with someone please call Capital Projects: Michele Poletti at (330)524-3931 Mortgage Balance $ 469,061.37 Ss. Cosmas and Damian Church Twinsburg, Ohio February 21, 2021 Franciscan Sisters, TOR Lenten Retreat The Franciscan Sisters, TOR are excited to invite you to our annual Lenten Retreat, held virtually on Saturday, March 27th. Our theme is Into Your Hands, Father, focusing on trust and abandonment to our Heavenly Father, seen in the life of Jesus and our own lives! The retreat will offer talks, testimonies, music, meditations, and optional small groups led by a sister. Parish Mission Our sisters will also share short video reflections during Lent, leading up to the retreat, on our Our Parish Mission will be taking place on Facebook page and YouTube channel, and offer the evenings of March 11, 12, & 13, at weekly small groups. If you’d like to participate Our presenter will be Jim Hogan. in our weekly small groups, register on our 7:00pm. website by Sunday, February 14. The theme for the three nights is “God is More information about the Lenten Retreat can be Love”. With the specific topics for each found on our webpage under Events. Registration night being as follows: for both the small groups and the retreat itself will also be found at that link. There is no fee to March 11 — “God is Real” register, but registration is required by Wednesday, March 24th for the retreat itself. March 12 — “The Trinity: God is Love” If you are a part of a parish group, Bible study March 13 — “Jesus: God’s Love Incarnate” group, or prayer group, and would like your group to participate, see our Events page or contact All three nights will be livestreamed through Sr. Anna Rose at (740) 544-5542 x135. Individuals our Facebook page as well. We hope you’ll and groups of family and friends are also welcome! join us for all three nights! New Parish Photo Directory! You are now able to schedule your time to get your family’s picture taken online! Go to our website sscosmas-damian.org for the instructions on how to do that. Please, be advised that the online scheduling is only available during the week between Monday and Friday. It is not available on the weekend to accommodate for in person registrations that take place at that time. You can sign up in person at church after Mass on the weekends. If you have any questions you can contact Rachel at (330)425-8141 or [email protected]. First Sunday of Lent Eucharistic Adoration/Time with Jesus! “Let us, therefore, forsake the vanity of the Our Faith Formation children and families will get to crowd and their false teachings and turn back to spend some very special time with Jesus during the word delivered to us from the beginning.” special “Holy Hours” in the Church. During this time, -St. Polycarp (Feast Day 2/23) they will encounter Jesus himself in the Blessed Sacrament, discover what to do at Holy Hour, and learn to pray in Jesus’ presence. Please pray for our Caron Soltis Paul Studer children and families as many will be experiencing Linda Braun Fran Carroll this beautiful gift for the very first time! John Pfeifer Sr. Jennifer Hunt Jonathan Sedor Taylor Prebel You, too, can enjoy some special time with Jesus in Maxine Barr Pearl Rubino the open church on Tuesday evenings, 8:30-9:30pm Bill Rabatin Rochelle Menezes Ralph Sickle Michael Menta as we have Benediction with Jesus. This hour of Mark Magda Victoria Pang prayer with Jesus is open to everyone. It is a great Laura Ercolino Jim Halliday opportunity to spend more time in prayer especially Barbara Lukas Frank Drago during the Lenten season. Come for a few minutes or Sally Raymont Don Swallow the whole hour! Jane Smejkal Theodore Gerycz John Virgili We Pray to the Lord... The SS Cosmas & Damian Emergency Assistance Ministry is so thankful for the generosity of our parish family. With your generous monetary and grocery donations we have been able to help many families in need. The Giving Tree gifts were a beautiful and benevolent example of how we care for others. Our families who received gifts for their children were touched that we helped make a Christmas for their children, one that they were not be able to provide this year. When we lift the face of a person in need we see Christ. Your generous hearts have done this a hundredfold. God Bless you! Adoration is open 24/7 to those scheduled except from 9am to 8pm on Saturdays ADORATION OPENINGS We are in need of a few more people to fill Adoration hours. Can you make the sacrifice and sign up for one of these hours CRS Lenten Rice Bowl Project weekly or twice a month? No long-term commitment is necessary. It’s that time for prayer, fasting and almsgiving! Sign up to try an hour for just 30 days! Catholic Relief Services is the “official Mondays 3am humanitarian agency of the Catholic Church.” CRS Tuesdays 1am serves people all over the world, who suffer the Wednesdays 3am, 6pm (alt weeks), 11pm effects of poverty, war and natural disasters.