Lent 2016 at Our Lady of Charity Parish What Would You Like to Do This Lent?
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First Sunday of Lent February 13-14, 2016 Lent 2016 at Our Lady of Charity Parish What would you like to do this Lent? Deepen your prayer life? Experience God’s Mercy and Love? 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Bryan’s Desk Lenten Corner Lent stressful? “...prayer is about paying attention to Lent has begun! How has your Lent started? I don’t God, not only during those times of in- know about you, but I know that at times I find myself tentional prayer when we go to a quiet place away feeling stressed and inadequate about my Lenten jour- from distractions, but also during the hundreds of ney. I cave on what I gave up, or I don’t do what I was times a day when, in the midst of other activities, going to do extra during Lent. I get frustrated, and we turn our minds and hearts toward God, quietly many times I just say… forget it. saying a word of thanks or asking for help. This is when we become ‘contemplatives in action,’ as St. That’s not what Lent is about. Lent is the time for us to Ignatius of Loyola would call it; this is when our prayer and our activity begin to merge into one focus our hearts, minds and selves on returning to great act of giving thanks and praise. ” God. Lent is supposed to be about drawing closer to (Dan Schutte, Today’s Liturgy , Lent-Easter Triduum-Easter 2016; p 12) Jesus and understanding that none of us are perfect, so we are invited to draw closer to the one who is. God’s Holy Week Schedule… Already? love is natural, it isn’t work! God wants to love us! At the last Liturgy Committee meeting, we agreed to the following schedule. We wanted to pass the Really!!! The work on our part is being open to receive schedule along so everyone can mark their calen- it that love. This Lent, how about we commit ourselves dars with the few changes. to being open to receive the love of Jesus . The cover of Palm Sunday : the bulletin this weekend has great ways of doing that. Saturday Vigil Let’s not stress ourselves out, but focus on one or 4:00 p.m. St. Ambrose Site maybe two things that draw us closer to Jesus. Sunday 8:30 a.m. St. Ambrose/Holy Family Site During Lent, we will be having Exposition of the 10:00 a.m. St. Ambrose Site Blessed Sacrament during the times of the ‘Leave the 11:30 a.m. Holy Family Site 7:00 p.m. St. Ambrose Site Light On’ Program , when you can come for Confes- Daily Mass schedules are as normal : sion on Wednesday’s from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at both sites . 7:30 a.m. Holy Family Site I promise, if we open ourselves to the love and mercy 8:30 a.m. St. Ambrose Site of Jesus in Confession and experience that love in the Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper : Blessed Sacrament, our Lent will be very fruitful, and 7:00 p.m. St. Ambrose Site our lives will be changed. Adoration 8:00 -1 1:00 p.m. at both sites : Keep Smiling ☺ Good Friday Celebration of the Lord’s Passion Fr. Bryan 3:00 p.m. Holy Family Site Masses for this Weekend Stations of the Cross The Masses this weekend, February 13-14, are for the 7:00 p.m. St. Ambrose Site : First Sunday of Lent . The word lent comes from an Holy Saturday old English word meaning “springtime.” It is a season Blessing of Easter Baskets 12:30 p.m. Holy Family Site of new beginnings, of time of buds and new life. It is 2:00 p.m. St. Ambrose Site the season that reminds us that, no matter what our Easter Vigil Mass age, we can grow and change. 8:00 p.m. * St. Ambrose Site Easter Sunday : The devil said to him, "All this 8:30 a.m. * Holy Family Site- will be yours, if you worship me." Easter Intergenerational Liturgy Jesus said to him in reply, 10:00 a.m. St. Ambrose Site "It is written: 11:30 a.m. Holy Family Site You shall worship 7:00 p.m. St. Ambrose Site More details will be coming on the 8:30 a.m. Intergen- the Lord, your God, erational Easter Liturgy at Holy Family Site. Mark and him alone shall you serve." your calendar, it will be a GREAT Easter celebration! Luke 4:6a, 7-8 *Please note there will be only one Easter Vigil Mass Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998, and only one 8:30 a.m. Mass on Easter Sunday. 1970 CCD. BUFFALO, NEW YORK FEBRUARY 13-14, 2016 Masses at Holy Family Worship Site Masses at St. Ambrose Worship Site Sunday, February 14, First Sunday of Lent Saturday, February 13, Vigil of the First Sunday of 8:30 Patricia A. Heitzhaus req. by the Heitzhaus Lent Family (Fr. Betti) 4:00 William Walz req. by The Walz Family (Fr. Bryan) 11:30 George Nowadly req. by his family (Fr. Bryan) Sunday, February 14, First Sunday of Lent Monday, February 15, Lenten Weekday 8:30 Robert Parkinson, Birthday Rem., req. by his 7:30 Julia Oscadel req. by Dorothy Walsh Family (Fr. Bryan) Tuesday, February 16, Lenten Weekday 10:00 Gina Strianese req. by The Scarsella Family 7: 30 Margaret & George Allen, Estate Mass (Fr. Duke) Wednesday, February 17, the Seven Holy Founders 7:00 Suzanne Melligan, 2nd Anniv. Rem., req. of the Servite Order by her family (Fr. Bryan) 7: 30 Msgr. George Brennan req. by Cathy & Tony Monday, February 15, Lenten Weekday Bevilacqua 8:30 Kevin Fuller, 5th Anniv. Rem., req. by his family Thursday, February 18, Lenten Weekday Tuesday, February 16, Lenten Weekday 7:30 John & Lillian U. Sharkey, Estate Mass 8:30 Matthew Schroeder req. by Sheila Weir- Friday, February 19, Lenten Weekday Schwanekamp 7:30 All Souls req. by Parishioners Wednesday, February 17, the Seven Holy Founders Sunday, February 21, Second Sunday of Lent of the Servite Order 8:30 Helen Zielinski, Estate Mass (Fr. Bryan) 8: 30 Anna Csicsay, 9th Anniv. Rem., req. by Mary 11:30 Frances Bavaro, Anniv. Rem., req. by her Ann Csicsay husband, Ralph and family (Fr. Bryan) Thursday, February 18, Lenten Weekday 8:30 Kenneth Coppola, 17th Anniv. Rem., req. by his family Please pray for Friday, February 19, Lenten Weekday and our deceased relatives & friends, and 8:30 Mother’s Day Intentions req. by Parishioners Albert F. Latini, Fr. Larry Burns, Saturday, February 20, Vigil of the second Sunday Dennis Filer of Lent May they rest in peace. 4:00 Kathleen Evans req. by Don Crawford (Fr. Duke) Sunday, February 14, First Sunday of Lent 8:30 Dr. Bronson McNierney req. by Mary Ann Doty (Fr. Pribek) Our Lady of Charity Sick List 10:00 Rita & Allan Haug, Birthday Rem., req. by their “Master, the one you love is ill” (John 11:1-2) family (Fr. Bryan) Irene Barrett, Monica Bierman, Colleen Candurra, 7:00 Carmen J. Monaco, Birthday Rem., req. by the Mary Ann Du Bois, Kathleen Hillery, Jillian Hirsch, Kara Closs-Schmelzinger Family (Fr. Duke) Marie Lash, Chloe & Abby Lewandowski, Joyce Mahar, Connie Mendez, Mary Ellen Mulvaney, Patty Petricca, Sanctuary Lamp Heather Przybyszewski, Audrey Rizzo, Sue S., Josephine Snyder, Jenny Stepaniak, Sr. Sally Walz, RSM … The Sanctuary Lamp at St. Ambrose church will be lit this week, February 14-20, as a a Kevin Barrett, Michael Beyers, Gerard Brehm, Sean prayer for Gert Sanna , 90th Birthday Re- Brogan, Wayne Clontz, Matthew Evans, Paul Fitzpatrick, membrance , req. by her family and Donald Emmett Jakubowski, Paul Kearns, Tom Kostek, Kevin O’Connor , Anniv. Rembrance, req. by Peg. Liebner, William Liebner, Joe Lynch (Fr. Pribek’s brother -in-law), Robert Mascia, Jim McCabe, Dennis McCor- mick,Sr., Raymond Ross,Edward Rusiecki, Andrew Sheehan, Albert “Tipper” Steiner Weekend Collections ….that they may find comfort and strength in the healing February 6-7, 2016 love of our Lord, Jesus Christ.