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CHURCH of the HOLY CROSS Serving the Campuses of Holy Cross, Saint Clement, Saint Hedwig & Saint Anthony of Padua Chapel CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS Serving the campuses of Holy Cross, Saint Clement, Saint Hedwig & Saint Anthony of Padua Chapel 1 April 2018 + Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord 1621 University Ave NE 612-789-7238 ourholycross.org ORDER OF W ORSHIP FOR THE R ESURRECTION OF THE L ORD OPENING H YMN EASTER HYMN Pew Missal #173 Jesus Christ is Risen Today ENTRANCE A NTIPHON Mode IV - Cf. Ps 139:18, 5-6 GREETING Celebrant: X In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. ℟. Amen. Celebrant: The Lord be with you. (or similar greeting) ℟. And with your spirit. KYRIE Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin - J. Ostrowski THE L ITURGY OF THE W ORD Cantor, then all Cantor, then all The texts of the scriptural readings for today’s liturgy may be found in the Pew Missal beginning on page 166 . FIRST R EADING Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43 Cantor, then all RESPONSORIAL P SALM Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Cantor, then all; thereafter: all GLORIA Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin SECOND R EADING Colossians 3:1-4 SEQUENCE Victimæ Paschali Laudes —Pew Missal, p. 167 GOSPEL A CCLAMATION Mode II - Cf. I Cor 5:7b-8a Cantor, then all; thereafter: all GOSPEL John 20:1-9 Priest / Deacon: The Lord be with you. ℟. And with your spirit. Priest / Deacon: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John. ℟. Glory to you, O Lord. At the conclusion of the Gospel: Priest / Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. ℟. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. HOMILY 2 RENEWAL OF B APTISMAL P ROMISES AND AGNUS D EI Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin SPRINKLING WITH H OLY W ATER Cantor: I saw water flowing from the Temple, from its right-hand side, alleluia; and all to whom this water came were saved and shall say: Alleluia, Repeat alleluia. UNIVERSAL P RAYER Last time ℟. Lord, hear our prayer. THE L ITURGY OF THE E UCHARIST PREPARATION OF THE A LTAR AND O BLATION OFFERTORY H YMN VICTORY HOLY C OMMUNION Pew Missal #264 The Strife is O’er All Catholics who have prepared themselves to receive Holy ORATE F RATRES Communion are invited to come forward. Our brothers and sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms crossed over the Celebrant : Pray brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may chest to signal their desire to receive a blessing. be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. ℟. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands COMMUNION A NTIPHON Mode VI – I Cor 5:7- 8 for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. SANCTUS Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin COMMUNION H YMN DUKE STREET Pew Missal #163 I Know that My Redeemer Lives SOLEMN B LESSING & S OLEMN E ASTER D ISMISSAL Priest: Go forth, the Mass is ended, alleluia, alleluia. MEMORIAL A CCLAMATION Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin Celebrant : The mystery of faith. CLOSING H YMN ALLELUIA ! ALLELUIA ! Pew Missal #83 Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ________ COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin by Jeff Ostrowski, ccwatershed.org. Chant settings by Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B. © 2017 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN 47577-1010 U.S.A. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal GREAT A MEN Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin © 1973, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. WdždžnjǍǚ BǖǍǍdžǕNJǏ IǏǕdžǓDŽdžǔǔNJǐǏǔ Please remember those from all our campuses in need of on- going prayers: Ottilia Anderson , Marlene Parkhurst, Aileen Sturdevant, Kasimira Sikora, and our other parish sick and homebound. 3 A S THE W ORLD S PINS , CLERGY AND P ASTORAL S TAFF Rev. Spencer Howe, Parochial Administrator THE C ROSS S TANDS F IRM [email protected] Rev. Byron Hagan, Parochial Vicar The ‘So What?’ Of Easter [email protected] Happy Easter! A welcome is in order for any family members, Rev. Stanisław Poszwa, Parochial Vicar neighbors and visitors present throughout our campuses today for [email protected] our celebration of Easter. We are thrilled to share this glorious day Rev. Earl Simonson, Pastor Emeritus of St. Clement with you! We also remember those who are united with us at a Rev. Mr. John Belian, Deacon distance, especially our homebound parishioners and snowbirds who 612-789-7238 or [email protected] might not have returned in time for Easter. There is cause for rejoicing in the remarkable but true proclamation that Christ is not in the tomb where His body was laid on the evening of Good Friday. News reports of last year’s excavations in and around the PARISH D IRECTORY Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem validated —not surprisingly —what has HOLY C ROSS C AMPUS been claimed all along: the tomb is empty; His body was not taken but Parish Office Address Parish Office Hours raised up; Christ is victorious and lives, alleluia! 1621 University Avenue NE 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Minneapolis, MN 55413 Monday-Friday This is the heart of the Good News and the biblical readings today and throughout the Easter Season give us the journalistic who , what , Parish Office 612-789-7238 when , where and why of the Resurrection event. All of that is fantastic Fax 612-789-5769 and worth pondering, especially as it is told throughout the Acts of Website www.ourholycross.org the A postles that we will read from at every Mass of the Easter Twitter twitter.com/holycrossmn Season. The key question that remains to be addressed is the ‘so Facebook facebook.com/holycrossNEMPLS what?’ of Easter. What difference does it make on Monday when all Parish Intercessory Prayer Line goes back to normal? What did Christ’s rising really accomplish , apart To share intentions, please call the parish office from giving us an excuse to gather with loved ones and eat Easter during weekday hours. candy until we are sick of it? The real answer to that question cannot be answered in a bulletin Business Administrator article, since it is one that we must spend our whole lives coming to Leon Axtman 612-789-3430 [email protected] terms with. “He saw and believed,” it is told of John peering into the Parish Secretary & Bulletin Editor Madeline McNeil 612-789-7238 [email protected] empty tomb. He is risen as He said! That realization changed Campus Coordinator & Assistant to Clergy everything for John —it drew his whole life into a response. Christ Diane Soderberg 612-789-3584 [email protected] has done his part, we are called to do ours: namely, to order our lives Coordinator of Parish Liturgical Life to accord with the truth that Christ is alive , not a dead and distant Jordan Monson [email protected] memory or an imaginary friend. Coordinator of Sacramental Formation & Family Life If you are interested in the RCIA process, desiring a refresher in the Caroline Lyngdal teachings of the Faith or looking for a church to call home, get in Director of Sacred Music and Organist touch with Fr. Hagan or myself. You can find out more on our new Chris Brand [email protected] parish website and fill out an inquiry form to join the parish at ourholycross.org. The best first step to get involved is simply to keep SAINT C LEMENT C AMPUS 901 24 th Ave. NE | 612-789-7238 attending Sunday Mass weekly. It is the most decisive and formative commitment we could ever make because at Holy Mass we meet the SAINT H EDWIG C AMPUS Risen Christ. 129 29 th Ave. NE Some in our midst have just taken a step of faith to be received into Marion Egeland, Office Administrator 612-789-4830 full communion in the Church. Join me in welcoming our E-mail [email protected] catechumen who was baptized last night: Deybid Sanchez Valero Fax 612-789-1985 and our four candidates who were confirmed: Christopher Reyes Guminga Hall 612-789-4612 Sanchez, Erika Gabriela Santana, Zachary Field, Robert Matthew SAINT A NTHONY OF P ADUA C HAPEL Pokorn. Throughout the past several months they have been taking Catholic Eldercare | 817 Main St. NE seriously the Lord’s call to know and follow after Him through a Rev. John Brandes, Priest Chaplain Jack Stanek, Pastoral Care 612-362-2448 process called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (or RCIA for short). I am grateful to David Piskorski and Fr. Hagan and the SAINT J OHN P AUL II S CHOOL sponsors who have encouraged them along the way. Gratitude is 1630 4 th St. NE | 612-789-8851 | johnpaulschoolmn.org Señor Edgar Alfonzo, Principal also due to our clergy and the countless individuals who assisted 4 with our Holy Week liturgies with the coordination of Jordan PARISH S CHEDULE OF M ASSES AND I NTENTIONS Monson and to others who worked with our parish staff behind the Holy Cross Campus scenes to prepare for such wonderful festivities. Thank you to Bernadette Sat., 3/31 8:00 PM Candidates and and Ewa who put on the Palm Sunday Bake Sale on very short notice at Catechumen Sun., 4/1 6:30 AM For the People Our Holy Cross campus — they did a wonderful job. 9:30 AM † Jim Turpin So Easter Sunday is here, now what? Besides observing the 50 days of 11:30 AM For the People Easter leading up to Pentecost Sunday, I would invite you to mark a few Mon., 4/2 6:45 AM † Ronald Riskevich highlights on your calendar: 10:30 AM † Pope St.
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