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Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church March 24, 2019 Bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro Most Rev. William Francis Medley, D.D. Pastor Fr. Larry McBride Associate Pastors Fr. Anthony Shonis & Fr. Maury Riney Parish Office Hours Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5:00pm Friday 7:30am-2:00pm Daily Mass Schedule 7:00am Monday-Saturday 12:05pm Wednesday-Thursday-Friday Sunday Mass Schedule 4:00pm Vigil 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am 1:00pm (Misa en Español) & 5:30pm School Mass Schedule See weekly calendar of events Holy Day Schedule 6:00pm Vigil 7:00am, 12:05pm, 6:00pm Reconciliation 9:00am-10:00am Saturday 511 Second St. Henderson KY 42420 www.holynameparish.net 270-826-2096 fax 270-827-1494 WELCOME TO HOLY NAME OF JESUS Holy Name of Jesus Parish extends the warmest of welcomes to all who celebrate the Eu- charist with us today, especially our visitors! May our worship together be an opportunity to deepen our faith, our love of God, and our love for one another. Please browse through this bulletin and our website www.holynameparish.net to learn more about our parish, find resources to aid in your own faith journey and also helpful information about the life of our parish. To become a registered member of the parish, please visit the website or contact the church office. CHILDREN’S LITURGY PARISH STAFF OF THE WORD Deacons Saturday Vigil 4:00pm, Sunday Masses 9:30am, Richard Beaven, Joe Loeffler 11:30am & 5:30pm in the Parish Hall. John Prough & Jaime Tiu Children ages 5-8 are invited to hear the Word of God, proclaimed within an age-appropriate environment. Director of Religious Education Rose Wheeler BUS MINISTRY This is the opportunity for those who do NOT have Director of Youth transportation to attend 11:30am Mass on Sunday. Peyton Hutson Please call the parish office before 12:00pm on the Director of Liturgy/Music preceding Friday. Jenny Mills BAPTISM Director of Hispanic Ministry Preparation is required of parents prior to celebration Abraham Brown of the sacrament. Instruction is held on the first Sunday of each month. Please call parish office if you Social Action Coordinator plan to attend. Ranni Dillard MARRIAGE School President Couples are required to participate in the marriage Julie Eadens preparation program. In order to allow sufficient time, School Principal couples must contact the parish office at least 6 months before the anticipated wedding date. Scottie Koonce Parish Office Manager FAITH FORMATION Kaye Barron-Villines — AUGUST MAY Parish Secretaries Religious and Special Education & Sacramental Jan Hays & Jill Hagan Preparation for public school students. Grades K-8, Sunday, 10:45am —12:00 noon Maintenance Grades 9 —12, Youth Group, See Youth News Donald McCormick Parish Council Chair R.C.I.A. Tony Krampe (270-860-3449) A process of education & initiation into the Catholic tradition Thursdays 7:00-8:30pm. School Council Chair Brandon Hartmire(270-577-2272) INQUIRY CLASSES Interested in learning about Catholic tradition and/or becoming a member of the Church? Call the parish office for more information. MISSION STATEMENT Holy Name of Jesus, a Catholic Par- ish in the Diocese of Owensboro, Ken- BULLETIN DEADLINE tucky, is dedicated to living the Gos- The deadline to submit information for the bulletin is pel message. We strive to build community by Monday, before noon. If you would like to submit an celebrating God’s presence in Word and Sacra- article, information or pictures please e-mail them to: ment. Through our gift of diversity, guided by [email protected] the Spirit, we witness Christ’s love for God’s peo- ple by our compassion for all. All submissions subject to the approval of the editor. 2 LETTER FROM THE PASTORR This past week at our Parish Retreat we discussed the question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” We sought an answer to the question by going back to the be- ginning, to the very beginning to our first parents, Adam and Eve. We know that God created the world in perfect harmony, everything was at peace and perfect. Into this perfect world, this Garden of Eden, this Kingdom of God, Heaven he created man and woman. His whole act of creation was centered on making a perfect place for man and woman to come to know and love God and to be loved by God. Everything in the Gar- den was for the good of man and woman and they were entrusted as care takers. There was only one tree from which they could not eat the fruit, the tree of Good and Evil. As we all know, there was a snake and a conversation and they ended up eating of the fruit of Good and Evil. This changed everything, they realized that they were naked and they hid themselves from God for they were ashamed. I have been asked many times and have wondered myself; Why did God plant the tree of Good and Evil? The old joke is that if God had told them not to eat the snake we may still be in the Gar- den. But back to why God planted the tree and the reason lies in the reason for creation. God created everything so that man and woman would have a place to know and love God and to be loved by God. If we are to love someone we must be free to choose. We cannot be forced to love someone, we can be made to fear and respect but not love. Love is a free choice and therefore man and woman had to have the freedom to choose to love God as well as the freedom to choose not to love God. This choice is an es- sential part of our creation in the image and likeness of God, for we know God chose to love us. Faced with the same choice, unfortunately we listened to the snake and thought of ourselves rather than of God. The consequences of that choice have reverberated through the years. Our action disrupted the harmo- ny, the peace, the perfection of creation. We could no longer live in the Kingdom of God because we chose to be equal with God rather than celebrate the creature relationship in which we were celebrated. God did not kick us out of the kingdom because he was mad or to punish us but rather because we were now broken and could no longer live in the perfection of God’s presence. So he prepared Adam and Eve by fashioning garments out of leather for them and settled them in a place outside of the Garden. A place that was not always in harmony or peace or perfection. A place where they would suffer not as punishment but rather because of the world they had chosen. A world where brother will kill brother, Cain and Abel. And do not be quick to blame Adam and Eve. If you were in their fig leaves do you be- lieve you would have chosen differently? And so back to our question; “Why do bad things happen to good people?” It is because we live in a bro- ken world because of sin, our sin, and in a broken sinful world bad things are going to happen to good people. Now let us look at this Sunday’s Gospel where a similar question is being asked of Jesus. The question is; “Why do bad things happen to good people, is it because they are not really that good but rather are sinful and are being punished by God for their sinfulness and is that why ‘really’ good people like us do not suffer the way that they have?” Jesus says, “By no means.” These bad events are the result of broken people doing broken things in a broken in world. But then he tells the parable of the fig tree not produc- ing fruit and the broken owner who simply wants to cut his losses and get rid of the tree. The good gar- dener, Jesus, speaks on behalf of the tree and asks for another chance, another season, taking on the re- sponsibility of fertilizing and working with the fig tree to bring forth good fruit. Just as God dressed Ad- am and Eve in garments of leather and settled them in place outside of the garden, there is not a loss of hope in creation. Jesus promises to work with us and the Father will forgive our sins and recommit to us more times than there are stars in the sky. So the question for us is not Why? But rather what fruit do we bear? We have the Father who forgives us and recommits to us more than the stars in the heavens, and eventually sends Jesus, his only Son to save us from ourselves and opens the way to the Kingdom of God and then sends the Holy Spirit to be our Comforter and Guide. What fruit do we bear? What in our life shows to others the overwhelming love of our God that is poured upon us? Fr. Larry McBride 3 Readings for the Week of March 24 Sunday: Ex 3:1-8, 13-15/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11/1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12/Lk 13:1-9 Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Ps 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 11/Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Ps 25:4-5, 6 and 7, 8-9 /Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20 /Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9/Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10/Ps 81:6-8, 8-9, 10-11, 14 and 17/Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6/Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21/Lk 18:9-14 Next Sunday: Jos 5:9, 10-12/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7/2 Cor 5:17-21/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Observances for the Week of March 24 Sunday: 3rd Sunday of Lent Monday: The Annunciation of the Lord Next Sunday: 4th Sunday of Lent Liturgical Publications Inc Weekly Readings First Reading……Exodus 3:1 -8,13-15 The LORD appeared to Moses in a flaming bush telling him he would lead Israel out of bondage in Egypt to freedom in the promised land.