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EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 4, 2021 MASSES WEEK OF APRIL 4, 2021 Mass Schedule at Saint Theresa of Avila DAILY: MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 8:30 AM SATURDAY VIGIL: 4:30 P.M. MAIN CHURCH MONDAY, APRIL 5 SUNDAY 8:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M. MAIN CHURCH 8:30 A.M. REVEREND MONSIGNOR DENNIS F. SHEEHAN HOLY DAY VIGIL AS ANNOUNCED MEMORIAL MASS HOLY DAYS AS ANNOUNCED CONFESSIONS TUESDAY EVENINGS 6:30 –7:00 P.M. IN THE PAVILION. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 PLEASE ENTER THROUGH THE CHAPEL DOORS 8:30 A.M. REVEREND WALLACE E. BLACKWOOD Mass Schedule at Saint John Chrysostom MEMORIAL MASS DAILY: TUESDAY AND THURSDAY 4;30 P.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 9 SATURDAY 8:30 A.M. SATURDAY VIGIL 4:00 PM 8:30 A.M. REVEREND ARTHUR C. FLYNN SUNDAY 7:30 A.M., 9:30 A.M. MEMORIAL MASS HOLY DAY VIGIL AS ANNOUNCED HOLY DAYS AS ANNOUNCED SATURDAY, APRIL 10 CONFESSIONS THURSDAY EVENINGS 5:00-5:30 P.M. 4:30 P.M. THOMAS WALSH—ANNIVERSARY MASS EILEEN SAMESKI– ANNIVERSARY MASS CLERGY OF SAINT THERESA PARISH Reverend John J. Connolly, Jr. —Pastor SUNDAY, APRIL 11 Reverend Richard S. Bradford 8:00 A.M. CHARLES M. KELLY—ANNIVERSARY MASS Reverend Charles J. Higgins PERMANENT DEACON 10:00 A.M EVELYN FITZPATRICK—MEMORIAL MASS Deacon Brian Kean PAUL SANTINI—ANNIVERSARY MASS PRINCIPAL OF ST. THERESA'S SCHOOL, Dr. Gretchen Hawley RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Sister Marie-Julie Seguin, Weekend Mass Schedule Ellen Murphy RCIA Listed below is the Schedule of Masses at both Saint Susan Abbott Theresa and Saint John Parishes. DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Brandon Santini PARISH SECRETARY SAINT THERESA PARISH : Mrs. Carol O'Brien • 617-325-1300 SATURDAY AT 4:30 P.M. CONTACT INFORMATION Rectory:...... 617-325-1300 SUNDAY AT 8:00 A.M. AND 10:00 A.M. Fax:...... 617-325-0380 School:...... 617-323-1050 Parish Web Page:...... www.sttheresaparishboston.com SAINT JOHN PARISH : School Web Page:.....www.sttheresaschoolboston.com SATURDAY AT 4:00 P.M. The Church is handicapped accessible and air conditioned SUNDAY AT 7:30 A.M. AND 9:30 A.M.
We plan to live-stream the 4:30 P.M. Mass on Saturday which you can access through the Youtube channel on our parish website. At www.WatchtheMass.com, viewers can watch the Mass in Eng- Rectory Office Hours lish every day from Sunday to Friday and the Mass in Spanish every Sunday. On Sunday mornings at 10:00 A.M., Mass from the As we expand our collaborative with Saint John Chrysostom Parish, Sacred Heart Basilica at Notre Dames is aired on Catholic T.V. we will be changing the Rectory Office Hours to the following: Monday and Wednesday and at 12:30, 7 & 11:30 P.M. - Sunday Mass from Boston's Cathe- 9:00 A.M.—12:00 P.M. Saint Theresa Rectory open dral of the Holy Cross with Cardinal Seán O'Malley is also aired on Catholic T.V. Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 A.M.—12:00 P.M. Saint John Chrysostom Rectory open If you have any questions, please consult the Both offices closed on Fridays webpage or call the rectory for updated informa- If you need a priest on Friday, please call the Main number at either tion. Parish and your message will be retrieved.
EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 4, 2021 Gospel Meditation April 4, 2021 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Who are you? This question was most assuredly asked of Jesus on the day of resurrection and it is a question asked of each of us. Our identities can be described in so many ways. We can start with our gifts and our talents, expertise and unique personality expres- sions. We can describe things we like and things we prefer to set aside. As descriptive and captivating as these can be, none come close to our essence, our real and true self. While accurate in their own right, the self who lives and interacts with the world is the self Attention 2020 Confirmation Candidates we want others to see, the one we project. But there is much more to us just as there is much more to Jesus. and Families Jesus could describe himself based on all of the same criteria we 2020 Confirmation Candidates whose reception of the use for ourselves. After all, Jesus is totally human. With all that Sacrament last year was cancelled by the pandemic, will people witnessed and all that Jesus knew about his physical hu- be Confirmed at Saint Theresa Parish this Saturday, man self, his divinity also shined forth. There was so much more to April 10, at 6:00 P.M. Very Reverend Brian J. McHugh, know about him. Whereas once Jesus was transfigured on top of a the Regional Vicar for the Central Region of the Archdio- mountain before his disciples’ eyes, so today he is transfigured cese of Boston, will be the Celebrant. We ask you to before our eyes as he reveals his resurrected self as the Christ. keep our 2020 Confirmation Candidates in your prayers Alleluia, Christ is risen! His glorified presence stands before us as they approach their long-delayed Confirmation. showing us that we are all much more than we see ourselves to be and show to others. We have a depth, purpose, and essence that go way beyond the superficial treasures of our existence to the Mission Statement very core of who we are. Prayer of Saint Theresa of Avila Within each one of us is a spark of Divine Love where creature and
Creator meet, and we are known uniquely by the name God whis- Christ has no body now on earth but yours; yours are the only hands with which He can do His work, pers to us. It is not the earthly name that was given to us but the yours are the only feet with which He can go about the world, Yours one that flows from Divine Power and claims us as one who is spe- are the only eyes through which His compassion can shine forth. cial and chosen in God’s eyes. This is the self that will rise one day Christ has no body on earth now but yours. with the eternal Christ of God and live eternally as God provides. This is the self that when free from all superficial constraints lay- ered upon it in this life can discover and know freedom in a way never possible before. This is love lifting us up and transforming us into who we really are, not who we want or need ourselves to be. Who are you? A special, unique child of God who has been fash- ioned in God’s image, sustained by the power of God’s love and kept eternally with the Blessed Trinity in heaven. Get to know this deeper, truer self as it is who you really are.
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