Blessed Sacrament Parish – March 21, 2021

We, Blessed Sacrament Parish, Are a Christ-Centered Community, Committed to Worship the Father, Committed to Respond to the Spirit’s Gifts, Committed to Loving Service to All God’s People

Nosotros, la Parroquia del Santísimo Sacramento, Somos una Comunidad Centrada en Cristo, Comprometidos a Adorar al Padre, Comprometidos a Responder a los Dones del Espíritu Santo, Comprometidos en el Servicio Amoroso a Todo el Pueblo de Dios

Please keep these things in mind: The obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation is still suspended by our Bishop. You can view all Masses listed below on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BSCWV/ Worship aids for each Mass will be sent to all by separate emails. After each weekend and holy day Mass you may drive up to our south entrance to receive Holy Communion in your car

Mass Schedule

Day Date Time Intention Saturday 3/20 4:00pm + Scott Yoho by Ro DeBias Sunday 3/21 10:00am + Eleanor Henson by John & Arlene Hanna Monday Tuesday Wednesday We will not have Mass on Wednesday. Thursday 3/25 Noon John Whitmyer by Ro DeBias Friday 3/26 Noon The Kawsek Family by Eleanor Kawsek Saturday 3/27 4:00pm + Fr. Leon Alexander by the John S. Stacy Family

Sunday 3/28 10:00am + Jimmy Campbell by John & Claire Johnson

We Remember in Our Prayers Barbara Baldy, Elizabeth Coleman, Matthew Crabtree, Rhonda Crede, Karol Dunford, Joe Eisel, Marietta Fenton, Andrew Fields, Rose Finch, Patty Geissinger, Joe Gregg, Kathleen Groom, John Hanna, Ann Henderson, John & Claire Johnson, John Lordan, Bob Lucas, Louann Lynch-Kelley, Sheila Kerns, Alec Mansfield, Buz and Barbara McCormick, Evelyn Miller, Keith Morgan, Mary Ann Shear, Michelle Smith, Nicholas Taylor, Sandy Wheeler, and Lily Woolwine.

May They Rest in Peace

+ Sister Mary Pellicane, RC The West Virginia Institute for Spirituality is hosting a prayer service Thursday, March 25 at 7:00pm on Zoom to celebrate the life of Sr. Mary Pellicane. Click HERE to register. Questions, please email Sister Carole at [email protected]

+ Colleen O'Neill Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

This Week at Blessed Sacrament Parish

Anyone can participate in our Masses and Adoration by just going to www.facebook.com/BSCWV/. All are most welcome to join all of our ZOOM gatherings but they must have received a personal email with connection information – so let us know if YOU want "in".

Day Date Time Event Location Sat 3/20 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM 4:00pm Mass Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/ After Mass Holy Communion in cars South Parking Lot

Sun 3/21 10:00am Mass Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/ After Mass Holy Communion in cars South Parking Lot 4:00pm Holy Hour for Vocations Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/

Mon 3/22 7:00pm Living for a Just Society ZOOM

Tue 3/23 5:00pm Middle School Youth Group ZOOM 7:00pm Purls ZOOM 8:15pm New RCIA Inquirers Group ZOOM

Wed 3/24 10:00am Bible Study – The Gospel of Mark ZOOM We will not have Mass on Wednesday. 1:00pm Bible Study – Isaiah ZOOM 4:00pm Bible Study for Grades 1 - 5 ZOOM 7:00pm Bible Study – Sunday Readings ZOOM

Thu 3/25 Noon Mass Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/ 5:00pm High School Youth Group ZOOM 7:00pm RCIA ZOOM

Fri 3/26 11:15am Rosary – Sorrowful Mysteries Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/ Noon Mass Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/ 5:30pm Stations of the Cross Facebook.com/BSCWV/

Sat 3/27 9:00am Men's Bible Study Group ZOOM 4:00pm Mass Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/ After Mass Holy Communion in cars South Parking Lot

Sun 3/28 10:00am Mass Parish Hall & Facebook.com/BSCWV/ After Mass Holy Communion in cars South Parking Lot 3:00pm Communal Penance Service Sanctuary & Facebook.com/BSCWV/

GriefShare Program Coming to Blessed Sacrament Parish! It hurts to lose someone. Find help with GriefShare. The parish is committed to helping those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Our parishioners, Ro DeBias, Missy Mowrer, Pam Council and Jeanne Haas will facilitate the GriefShare program with any interested parishioner. GriefShare is designed to walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. If you are interested or would like more information, contact Jeanne Haas in the church office. The program will begin when we have interested persons. You can learn more about GriefShare at https://www.griefshare.org. You may wish to receive daily emails from GriefShare that provide encouragement during this difficult time. Go to https://www.griefshare.org/dailyemails at no cost. Ro DeBias, who highly recommends the emails, has found the messages very helpful. Sacrament of Penance In-person individual Confessions are available any time by appointment. At the church or in your home. Contact Fr. John at 304-377-3560 or [email protected] to schedule an appointment.

We will have a Communal Penance Service Sunday, March 28 at 3:00pm We will have 4 priests to hear individual confessions. Rev. John Hue Tran S.V.D. Rev. Thien Duc Nguyen S.V.D. Rev. William Petro Rev. John Finnell Sadly, Father Leon will not be there to hear "only murder and grand theft auto". It will also be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/BSCWV/. Following the service, Fr. John will be in the south parking area to hear "in-car" confessions.

We will also publish a schedule for "in-car" confessions on March 28, 29, 30 Just drive up at your appointment time, stay in your car and go to confession through your open window.

One Act of Contrition Lord Jesus Christ, you are the Lamb of God; You take away the sins of the world. Through the grace of the Holy Spirit restore me to friendship with your Father, Cleanse me from every stain of sin in the blood you shed for me And raise me to new life.

Reservations for Easter Masses Our Easter Masses will be on Saturday, April 3, Vigil at 8:30PM and Sunday, April 4, at 10:00AM This year, if you plan to come in person to one of these Masses, we ask that you make a reservation to be sure we have adequate and safely distanced seating. We will designate specific chairs in our Parish Hall for each household.

Let us know by email – [email protected] – how many people in your household will be attending. You can also call our office – 304-744-5523.

Seating is limited. Please do not reserve chairs for people not in your household or for people who may or may not come. Thoughtful consideration in making your reservations will help us have seating for everyone who would like to attend in-person.

We will live-stream each Mass. This link will take you to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BSCWV/

Holy Communion in Cars will be available Easter Sunday morning after Mass in south parking lot.

Holy Week Schedule

Palm Sunday, March 27th 4:00pm Mass [w/distribution and blessing of palms] Both In-seat and livestreamed.

March 28th 10:00am Mass [w/distribution and blessing of palms] Both In-seat and livestreamed. 3:00pm Communal Penance Service Both In-seat and livestreamed. [Confessions “in-car” immediately following]

Holy Monday, March 29th 11:00am – 1:00pm Confessions "in car" by appointment 4:00pm – Chrism Mass at Sacred Heart [Reservations Required] 6:00pm – 7:00pm Confessions "in car" by appointment

Holy Tuesday, March 30th 11:00am – 1:00pm Confessions "in car" by appointment 6:00pm – 7:00pm Confessions "in car" by appointment

Holy Thursday, April 1st 6:00pm Mass [foot-washing will omitted] Both In-seat and livestreamed. 7--11pm Adoration of the Eucharist via Facebook Livestream Only

Good Friday, April 2nd Noon Stations of Cross via Facebook Livestream Only 6:00pm The Lord’s Passion and Group Veneration of the Cross Both In-seat and livestreamed.

Holy Saturday, April 3rd 8:30pm Easter Vigil Mass [only 90 minutes this year] [Reservations Required] Both In-seat and livestreamed.

Easter Sunday, April 4th 10:00am Mass [Reservations Required] Both In-seat and livestreamed.

Please note: All services will be Livestreamed at www.facebook.com/BSCWV/.

Vocations Committee

Holy Hour for Vocations This Sunday at 4:00pm in person or via www.facebook.com/BSCWV/.

31 Club This week MAR 21 John Finnell 22 Susan Churchill & Don Churchill Ro DeBias 23 Ron Teufel Tim Frye Mary Alice Gentry 24 Mike McCready Mary Ellen Providenti Mary Gargarella 25 Tina McCready Jane Ann Grishaber 26 Davis Family 27 Karen Lewia & David Lewia If you would like to join the 31 Club, please choose a day and contact our parish office.

Serran Prayer for Vocations O God, Who wills not the death of a sinner, but rather that he be converted and live, grant we beseech you, through the intercession of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, Saint Joseph, her spouse, Saint Junipero Serra, and all the saints, an increase of laborers for Your church, fellow laborers with Christ to spend and consume themselves for souls, through the same Jesus Christ Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever, and ever. Amen.

Our Inspirational Vocation "Story" for this week – an ANSWER TO OUR PRAYERS!

Hello!

This is Dcn. Phillip Szabo and I am emailing to say thank you to all of the good people of Blessed Sacrament Parish who have prayed and walked with me during my time in seminary.

Through the visits that Fr. Finnell and others have made to the seminary, and the many letters that parishoners have sent to us, I have been greatly encouraged by your parish community!

As you may already know, my ordination to the priesthood is set for Saturday, May 29th at 11:00 AM. It will be at St. James Parish in Charles Town, WV.

All are welcome and I wanted to make sure that you all were given a heads up in case there is anyone who would like to attend.

Thank you again for all of your prayers and support over the years. I look forward to visiting again someday soon!

May God bless you all! Dcn. Phillip Szabo BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH Announces Our New Creation Care Team Please join us on the LAST Monday of every month at 7:00pm on ZOOM

We’ll reflect on our place in Creation, and take real action to make a difference in our parish, our homes, and our world.

Please contact Donna Becher at [email protected] or

Blessed Sacrament at 304-744-5523 for more information.

Come join us on ZOOM on March 29th at 7:00pm with the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86396290221?pwd=RzN1WjV5SjByUUYwd3pKRVBlS1JNQT09

Meeting ID: 863 9629 0221 Passcode: 482538 Dial by your location: +1 253 215 8782

Our Partners in Community Service Kroger Pick-Up Schedule for Manna Meal March 24 …………………Tony O’Leary March 31 ………………….Steve Rist April 7 ………………………Rory Isaac April 14 …………………….John Ellision April 21 …………………….Greg Ayers April 28 ……………………..John Ellison

Year of Saint Joseph

From the Apostolic Letter "PATRIS CORDE" by Pope Francis http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html

6. A working father

An aspect of Saint Joseph that has been emphasized from the time of the first social Encyclical, Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, is his relation to work. Saint Joseph was a carpenter who earned an honest living to provide for his family. From him, Jesus learned the value, the dignity and the joy of what it means to eat bread that is the fruit of one’s own labour.

In our own day, when employment has once more become a burning social issue, and unemployment at times reaches record levels even in nations that for decades have enjoyed a certain degree of prosperity, there is a renewed need to appreciate the importance of dignified work, of which Saint Joseph is an exemplary patron.

Work is a means of participating in the work of salvation, an opportunity to hasten the coming of the Kingdom, to develop our talents and abilities, and to put them at the service of society and fraternal communion. It becomes an opportunity for the fulfilment not only of oneself, but also of that primary cell of society which is the family. A family without work is particularly vulnerable to difficulties, tensions, estrangement and even break-up. How can we speak of human dignity without working to ensure that everyone is able to earn a decent living?

Working persons, whatever their job may be, are cooperating with God himself, and in some way become creators of the world around us. The crisis of our time, which is economic, social, cultural and spiritual, can serve as a summons for all of us to rediscover the value, the importance and necessity of work for bringing about a new “normal” from which no one is excluded. Saint Joseph’s work reminds us that God himself, in becoming man, did not disdain work. The loss of employment that affects so many of our brothers and sisters, and has increased as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, should serve as a summons to review our priorities. Let us implore Saint Joseph the Worker to help us find ways to express our firm conviction that no young person, no person at all, no family should be without work!

Litany of Saint Joseph

During the Year of Saint Joseph, the Litany of Saint Joseph has been included among other prayers to St. Joseph enriched with a plenary indulgence, which may be earned once a day subject to the usual conditions: sacramental confession, reception of Holy Communion, prayer for the intentions of the Pope, and a total detachment to all sin, including venial sin. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

God our Father in heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. Holy Mary, pray for us. Saint Joseph, pray for us. Noble son of the House of David, pray for us. Light of patriarchs, pray for us. Husband of the Mother of God, pray for us. Guardian of the Virgin, pray for us. Foster father of the Son of God, pray for us. Faithful guardian of Christ, pray for us. Head of the Holy Family, pray for us. Joseph, chaste and just, pray for us. Joseph, prudent and brave, pray for us. Joseph, obedient and loyal, pray for us. Pattern of patience, pray for us. Lover of poverty, pray for us. Model of workers, pray for us. Example to parents, pray for us. Guardian of virgins, pray for us. Pillar of family life, pray for us. Comfort of the troubled, pray for us. Hope of the sick, pray for us. Patron of the dying, pray for us. Terror of evil spirits, pray for us. Protector of the Church, pray for us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

God made him master of his household, And put him in charge of all that he owned.

Let us pray. O God, who in your inexpressible providence were pleased to choose Saint Joseph as spouse of the most holy Mother of your Son, grant, we pray, that we, who revere him as our protector on earth, may be worthy of his heavenly intercession. Through Christ our Lord.

i knew a joseph by Reagan Whitmyer The mystery of silence envelopes Joseph in the Gospels. God came to Joseph during the stillness and solitude of sleep. Joseph, a daydreamer of an ordinary life with his fiancé, Mary, received far different dreams from God. God led the resolved, but merciful sleeper into the light; He transformed Joseph into the protector, provider, refuge and mentor. Yet, few words describe Joseph. The Gospel of Matthew describes him as righteous, chaste and obedient. His dreams are illuminated, but Joseph’s words are not recorded. Joseph is not discussed in the Gospel of Mark. In the Gospel of Luke, Joseph, the fiancé of Mary, takes her to Bethlehem to be registered in accordance with Roman law, travels to Jerusalem with Mary to present Jesus in the temple and later searches for Jesus during the festival of Passover. But Joseph does not speak. In the Gospel of John, Joseph is not mentioned at all. In contrast, Zechariah, the righteous priest in the Gospel of Luke who questions the angel, Gabriel, is struck dumb. Zechariah’s imposed silence accomplishes the will of God. Zechariah cannot share what has been foretold until it comes to pass. Zechariah is forced to become a contemplative listener. When we approach the vacuum of silence that surrounds Joseph, do we abhor it? Are we quick to allow our imaginations to fill in the gaps? Or are we loath to be presumptive? St. Ignatius encourages us to use guided imagination, since imagination is a gift from God. But is St. Ignatius correct? On Thursday, March 19, 2020, I learned of the death of William “Tony” Lee. Tony suffered a crippling hip injury at the age of thirteen which necessitated surgery and hospitalization. He believed that morphine drips, administered for pain management, reconfigured his brain chemistry and left him vulnerable. Alcohol use led eventually to cocaine. The bite of cocaine became an obsession, a physical and psychological addiction that encompassed all aspects of his thoughts, desires and actions. In 2008, Tony saw his children, standing a distance from him and he knew he had to become the father his children needed as deserved. On the day of his death, he had been clean and sober for twelve years. Sobriety led to saving others. As a peer mentor, he taught classes, led group sessions and worked with young people who were early into their own recovery. These young men and women were loved unconditionally by Tony. He understood their depths of despair, cravings and fears. He encouraged them when they relapsed and taught them how to live life on life’s terms through love and example. Tony’s legs were so twisted that if you did not know his history you would have thought he had been born with a deformity. Sitting was difficult and rising from a seated position was painful. His gait was slow and labored. But he never complained. Instead, he taught young men and women how to manage pain safely, embrace each day, celebrate each new insight and make amends. I first met Tony when he joined our Drug Court Team. We met weekly in Judge Bailey’s jury lounge to staff cases, seated around a conference table. Tony liked to sit in a corner instead so he could stretch out his legs. He stretched out with his wisdom, too, in a gentle way. He challenged me, if he thought I was wrong or short-sighted. We bonded over politics, sports and spiritual matters. I grew to trust and love him; I deferred to his opinion of our young charges, confident in his assessments. In late 2019, Tony was hospitalized due to heart disease. Our Team was so happy when he returned to work and he appeared to feel better. Prior to March 19, 2020, he had experienced periods of dizziness and seemed increasingly fragile. In my ignorance, I though the doctors only needed to adjust his medications. I was terribly wrong. Instead, Tony passed away sometime between Monday, March 16, 2020 and Wednesday, March 18, 2020, alone in his home. His daughters had last checked on him on Sunday. The center where Tony worked with our Drug Court participants was shuttered, one week into Governor Justice’s State of Emergency due to Covid-19 which was ravaging West Virginia and our nation. Another program facility where Tony worked attempted to contact him on Wednesday. When program staff could not reach him, Tony’s daughters were contacted. A Team member and dear friend told me about Tony’s passing on Thursday, March 19, 2020. As I sat in my prayer space on that Thursday morning, I tried to recite the Rosary through grief and tears. I opened my copy of Living Faith, the Daily Catholic Devotions. At the top of the page I read, “When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.” Matthew 1:24. And I realized that Tony had awakened from his own dreams of despair and been led by God into the light. I saw Joseph in Tony on St. Joseph’s Feast Day because there are many kinds of awakenings. I began to appreciate Joseph in ways I did not realize I would need. But God knew. Tony was a father figure to so many and I continue to miss him daily. My own father passed away nearly two months ago. Father Leon just left us. Appreciation and need for a relationship with Joseph made me a better listener. Faith gave me confidence to reach out to Joseph to ask for intercession and in gratitude during my father’s final days. As I think about Joseph and Tony, I am led to pray the Litany of Humility: O Jesus! Meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, deliver me Jesus! From the desire of being love, deliver me Jesus! From the desire of being extolled, deliver me Jesus! From the desire of being honored, deliver me Jesus! From the desire of being praised, deliver me Jesus! From the desire of being preferred to others, deliver me Jesus! From the desire of being consulted, deliver me Jesus! From the desire of being approved, deliver me Jesus! From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me Jesus! From the fear of being despised, deliver me Jesus! From the fear of suffering rebuke, deliver me Jesus! From the fear of being calumniated, deliver me Jesus! From the fear of being forgotten, deliver me Jesus! From the fear of being ridiculed, deliver me Jesus! From the fear of being suspected, deliver me Jesus! That others may be more loved than I, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it! That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it! That others may increase and I decrease, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it! That others may be chosen and I may be set aside, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it! That others may be praised and I unnoticed, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it! That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus grant me the grace to desire it! That others may become holier than I, provided that I become as holy as I should.

The silence of Joseph is the silence of humility.

i knew a joseph and his name was Tony Lee.

Next Sunday's Mass Readings – March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday

At the Blessing of Palms Mark 11:1-10 When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately on entering it, you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. So they brought the colt to Jesus and put their cloaks over it. And he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. Those preceding him as well as those following kept crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”

Reading I Isaiah 50:4-7 The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.” R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Indeed, many dogs surround me, a pack of evildoers closes in upon me; They have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones. R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? They divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. But you, O LORD, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me. R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: “You who fear the LORD, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him; revere him, all you descendants of Israel!” R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Reading II Philippians 2:6-11 Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Gospel Reading Mark 15:1-39 As soon as morning came, the chief priests with the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin held a council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. He questioned Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said to him in reply, “You say so.” The chief priests accused him of many things. Again Pilate questioned him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they accuse you of.” Jesus gave him no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed. Now on the occasion of the feast he used to release to them one prisoner whom they requested. A man called Barabbas was then in prison along with the rebels who had committed murder in a rebellion. The crowd came forward and began to ask him to do for them as he was accustomed. Pilate answered, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” For he knew that it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed him over. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas for them instead. Pilate again said to them in reply, “Then what do you want me to do with the man you call the king of the Jews?” They shouted again, “Crucify him.” Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed Jesus over to be crucified. The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that is, the praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort. They clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on him. They began to salute him with, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and kept striking his head with a reed and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. They brought him to the place of Golgotha —which is translated Place of the Skull — They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, but he did not take it. Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for them to see what each should take. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. The inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” With him they crucified two revolutionaries, one on his right and one on his left. Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming down from the cross.” Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also kept abusing him. At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.” One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.” Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Other Items

Free Dining Room Set Some parishioners are giving their very nice formal dining room set away to anyone who is willing to haul it away from their home in the Southridge area. No charge. Set includes: Table with one leaf, 6 chairs, China cabinet. Table is 66” x 40” and can be expanded with one 18” leaf. Interested persons can contact John Finnell at [email protected].

Seeking A Room May - July From: Jamie O'Hare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Law student seeking summer housing

Good morning! I am a mom of four, an Americorps VISTA serving the poor in East Wheeling, and a member of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, where I often walk to Mass during my workday.

My husband is a law student at WVU and will be working for Bailey & Glasser as a summer associate. He is looking for a place to stay during the week from mid-May through the end of July. He is quiet, clean, and studious. Fr. Jim Conroy can provide a reference.

Is there someone in the parish who might have a private room or an efficiency for him to rent this summer? We can pay 3 full months of rent up front.

Please let me know if anyone comes to mind.

Blessings to you Mrs. Jamie O’Hare

THREE HOURS AFTER BEING BAPTIZED IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxFz9-eFkzQ

JERUSALEMA REDEMPTORISTINES AND REDEMPTORISTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBaZ5khox4k Scenes from the Funeral Mass for Father Leon Alexander 3/13/21

Parish / Staff Contacts & Other Information

Our office hours are suspended until further notice Address: 305 E Street, South Charleston, WV 25303 Telephone (Parish Office): 304.744.5523 E-mail: [email protected] Web page: www.blessedsacramentwv.org

Our Parish Staff Pastor Rev. John H. Finnell Cell: 304.377.3560 calls and texts E-mail: [email protected]

Deacon Rev. Mr. John Hanna Home: 304.935.4646 Cell: 304.389.7255 E-mail: [email protected]

Pastoral Associate Jeanne Haas E-mail: [email protected]

Office Manager Natalie Zellers Office E-mail: [email protected]

Music & Youth Director Mary Odin E-mail: [email protected]

Our Pastoral Council Laura Jennings, facilitator Rick Brennan Tim Norris Matt Davis Pam Counsil Reagan Whitmyer John F. Gianola Ken Holz Jack Dever Chip Counsil Joe Gresham Matt Hayes Philip Maramba Ann Dever Charlie Wilson Katie Smithberger David Lewia Council members are always grateful to hear about any concerns our parishioners have. If you do not know any of the members personally, you may send a note or email to our parish office for them.

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Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Go to www.dwc.org to find a directory that includes all priests (active and retired), religious, diocesan employees, parish addresses, etc.

The main telephone number for our diocese is 304-233-0880 The main address for our diocese is P.O. Box 230, Wheeling, WV 26003

To report an incidence of suspected child sexual abuse, please contact your local law enforcement agency, or you may confidentially contact WV Child Protective Services at 800.352.6513. In addition to civil authorities, to report suspected cases of sexual abuse by personnel of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to the Diocese, please contact one of the Bishop’s designees at 888.434.6237 or 304.233.0880: Mr. Bryan Minor, ext. 263; Mr. Tim Bishop, ext. 353; Fr. Dennis Schuelkens, ext. 270 or call the Office of Safe Environment at 304.230.1504. Please visit www.dwc.org under “Accountability” for additional information and reporting methods.