April 3, 2016 PRAYER REQUESTS Second Sunday of Easter—Sunday of Please Remember all those who have asked for prayer. Reading 1: Acts 5:12-16 Psalm: Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Reading 2: Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 Gospel: John 20:19-31 Most recent request for prayers:

Reed Howell, Scott Van de Grift, FROM THE DESK OF FR. LUDVIK Bernice Money Welcome to Saint Aloysius and Our Lady of Lourdes Prayer request must be made through Cindy Our small staff and parishioners hope your visit to our parish this Guillot 253-862-9100. weekend will be a significant help to your spiritual journey. We *Please notify Cindy Guillot with the update encourage you to consider our communities a home, to be your of names of those you wish to keep on the parish if you live in the area. Our parish communities are vibrant 2016 Long Term Prayer list and anyone one parishes offering many avenues for ministry, connecting with you would like to add to this list for prayers other parishioners and spiritual development. We're small in comparison to a lot of parishes but we’d love to get to know you, connect with you, and inform you all year long. of our activities, groups and events going on at the churches. Please pick up a registration form in the back of either church, stopping by the office or going online to o website. —Fr. Ludvik Father Darrin Connall Cancer Battle Update The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes - Spokane A MERCIFUL HEART IN THE YEAR OF As the infusions of chemo continue, Father MERCY struggles more and more with the side effects of nausea and fatigue. Treatments continued into The second Sunday of Easter was declared Divine Mer- Holy Week and were completed by Easter. After cy Sunday by St. John Paul II in 2000. In this Year of Mer- the final infusion of chemotherapy is complete, cy, we are called in a special way to show mercy, to live out Father will take a full month to rest and recover mercy, to have a merciful heart. How can Divine Mercy so as to gain strength for his second surgery Sunday help us with that? First, the history of Divine Mer- which is tentatively schedule for the first week of cy. A Polish nun, St. , under the obedi- May. ence of her spiritual director, kept a diary of her experienc- Thankfully, Father received positive results es: Jesus appearing to her. Jesus, at one time, showed her from a recent CT scan which revealed that there his Sacred Heart, pointed to it, and said Paint an image ac- is no evidence of metastatic disease in his chest, cording to the pattern you see, with the prayer, Jesus, I trust abdomen or pelvis. The purpose of the ongoing in you.' The Church decrees that private revelations, such as St. Faustina’s ex- chemotherapy is to kill any remaining cancer perience, are not required belief. However, since the Church has also approved cells that may be present in his body following St. Faustina’s experiences as reliable and truthful, we are free to use this partic- the removal of a cancerous tumor back in No- ular devotion in our own spiritual lives. Also, given that the Church now cele- vember. brates Divine Mercy Sunday annually, we can be assured that this devotion is a Father is invoking the prayers of Our Lady of sound one. Lourdes, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, and In 2001, St. John Paul II gave a homily on the first Divine Mercy Sunday. Pope St. John Paul II for a complete heal- In it, he said: The Heart of Christ! His Sacred Heart has given men everything: ing. One of the greatest sources of consolation redemption, salvation, sanctification. St Faustina Kowalska saw coming from for Father Connall is all of your prayers and acts this Heart that was overflowing with generous love, two rays of light which of kindness. Although he cannot respond to eve- illuminated the world. The two rays, according to what Jesus himself told her, ryone, thank you very much for your support and represent the blood and the water (Diary, p. 132). The blood recalls the sacri- prayers. fice of Golgotha and the mystery of the Eucharist; the water, according to the rich symbolism of the Evangelist John, makes us think of Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Spirit (cf. Jn 3: 5; 4: 14). THE CATECHISM OF THE Through the mystery of this wounded heart, the restorative tide of God’s CATHOLIC CHURCH merciful love continues to spread over the men and women of our time. Here The Sacraments of Healing and Service alone can those who long for true and lasting happiness find its secret.

One writer sums up the message of Divine Mercy as A, B, C. We are offering an adult look at the sacraments using the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We A. Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, invite anyone who is interested to discover what repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon is behind the Church "rules" on ordination and the whole world. matrimony, on confession and anointing. This is not meant to be a lecture, but a discussion. If you B. Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through have questions, bring them and your Catechism. us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He We will be meeting for 5 weeks starting at 7:00 does to us. on Monday evening, April 18th. If you have any questions, please call Evan at 253-863-6755. If C. Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His you cannot make it at that time, the same topics mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will be presented at St Andrew Parish Sumner, will receive. the following Thursday at 10:00am. IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK April 10th - Knights of Columbus Breakfast 10am April 20th - All Parish Monthly Potluck Luncheon NOON Monday - Apr 4—Annunciation of the Lord April 24th - Spring Clean fund raising Breakfast 10am Rosary 3:30pm May 21st - First Holy communion—10:30a NO RE preK – 6th — May 22nd - Welcome to the Parish Lunch - NOON NO Youth Faith formation 7-12th — Tuesday - Apr 5

Mass 8:30am CRS RICE BOWL St. Aloysius Altar Society 1:00pm JESUS IS RISEN, ALLELUIA! Prayer Shawl 7:00pm May the risen Christ inspire our good Wednesday - Apr 6 works this Easter season as we continue Mass 8:30am building the Kingdom of God each and Thursday - Apr 7 every day. Thank you for all your con- Mass 8:30am tributions to the CRS Rice Bowl. Parish Council 7:00pm If you haven’t yet, don’t forget to turn in your CRS Rice bowls Friday - Apr 8 donations as soon as possible! Checks should be made out to Mass 8:30am your parish with CRS Rice Bowl in memo. Please place in the Saturday – Apr 9 regular collection . Every donation helps! Confession 3:30pm Mass 5:00pm Sunday - Apr 10 Mother Angelica 8:30am Mass at OLOL + Jack Johnson by S&R Lee A Beautiful Life 1923-2016 Mass for parishioners/intentions 10:30am 10:00am Knights of Columbus Breakfast Armed with only $200 and a tremendous love for Jesus, Mother Angelica built a studio in her monastery's garage, she founded a television network that is now broadcast around the world: THE ANNUNCIATION OF EWTN, The Eternal Word Television Network that has an- OUR LORD nounced the gospel of Jesus Christ since 1981. Since March 25, 2016 was Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday), the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Its purpose: to spread the Word of God to the entire world. normally assigned to this day, is transferred to Monday, April 4, Mother Angelica was the voice of orthodox truth in America 2016. when the faithful had no voice. She reminded us that holiness The First Joyful Mystery can be achieved simply by living a humble, faithful life. The Annunciation of Our Lord The angel Gabriel was sent from God to "The Christian vocation is simple: you are first a child of God, a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a and the state of life where God has placed you is the source of your holiness." —Mother Angelica virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's She spoke the truth fearlessly, even when it was unpopular and name was Mary. And coming to her, he the legacy she left behind will continue to bless generation after said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is generation. How fitting, how beautiful, that the God she loved with you." But she was greatly troubled and served called her home on Easter Sunday. She is now com- at what was said and pondered what sort pletely immersed in His mercy and love. of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for Remember her soul in your prayers. Thank God for the gift of you have found favor with God. Behold, her life and her faithfulness. Pray for her religious community, you will conceive in your womb and as they grieve over her loss and yet rejoice that the Lord came bear a son, and you shall name him Je- to take her to Himself. sus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, "Faith is what gets you started. Hope is what keeps you going. and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, Love is what brings you to the end." —Mother Angelica and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her. (Luke 1:26-33, 38) "All true children of God have God for their father and Mary for their mother." —Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

HUMOR FROM MOTHER ANGELICA FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR 03-27-16 A woman approached me asking what she could do about the St. Aloysius Actual Budgeted Variance quality of homilies she was hearing from her pastor. Mother Weekly Revenue $5,743.00 $2,770.00 $2,973.00 asked her “how much are you placing in the collection basket?” Fiscal YTD $123,116.84 $108,030.00 $15,086.84 The woman answered 25 cents. Mother Angelica answered, “ Our Lady of What do you expect Archbishop Fulton Sheen?” Lourdes Rest with our Lord Mother Angelica Weekly Revenue $982.00 $790.00 $192.00 Fiscal YTD $31,539.50 $30,810.00 $729.50 DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Veneration of the Image on The Lord expressed His will with regard to this feast in His Divine Mercy Sunday very first revelation to St. Faustina. The most comprehensive In our churches and homes, we can revelation can be found in her Diary entry 699. In all, venerate* the Image of Jesus, The St. Faustina recorded 14 revelations from Jesus concerning His Divine Mercy, by gazing upon it in desire for this feast. prayer and adoration. As signs of our Nevertheless, Divine Mercy Sunday is NOT a feast based love for Jesus, we can place candles solely on St. Faustina's revelations. Indeed, it is not primarily and flowers before the Image. First about St. Faustina — nor is it altogether a new feast. The Sec- and foremost, as we gaze upon our ond Sunday of Easter was already a solemnity as the Octave Merciful Savior in prayer, we can Day of Easter. The title "Divine Mercy Sunday" does, however, decide to trust in Him and to per- highlight the meaning of the day. Liturgically the Easter Octave form works of mercy — responding has always been centered on the theme of Divine Mercy and to the call to be merciful just as He forgiveness. has shown mercy to us. Divine Mercy Sunday, therefore, points us to the merciful *To "venerate" a sacred image love of God that lies behind the whole Paschal Mystery — the simply means to perform some act, whole mystery of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ — or make some gesture of deep made present for us in the Eucharist. In this way, it also sums religious respect toward it because of up the whole Easter Octave. the person whom it As St. Pope John Paul II pointed out in his Regina Caeli represents — in this case, our Most Merciful Savior. address on Divine Mercy Sunday, 1995: "the whole octave of Easter is like a single day, and the Octave Sunday is meant to be the day of thanksgiving for the goodness God has shown to man in the whole Easter mystery. " TRANSFORM YOUR MARRIAGE Divine Mercy Sunday, therefore, is not an optional title for Honor your wedding vows this solemnity; rather, Divine Mercy is the integral name for Use money for others this Feast Day. In a similar way, the Octave Day of the Nativity Give God some of your time of Our Lord was named by the Church "The Feast of the Moth- Set your mind on the things above er of God." www.thedivinemercy.org Find God in yourself Find God in other people Make it easy to be good and hard to be bad POPE TWEETS If we open ourselves up to welcome God’s mercy for ourselves, in turn we become capable of forgiveness. THE HUMAN TOUCH ‘Tis the human touch in this world that counts, The touch of your hand and mine, EASTER TIME Which means far more to the fainting heart Than shelter and bread and wine; It is the most important of all litur- For shelter is gone when the night is o’er, gical times. Easter is the celebration And bread lasts only a day, of the Lord's resurrection from the But the touch of the hand, the sound of the voice dead, culminating in his Ascension Sing on in the soul always. to the Father and sending of the —Spencer Michael Free Holy Spirit upon the Church. There are 50 days of Easter from the first Sunday to Pentecost. It is character- ized, above all, by the joy of glorified life and the victory over death, expressed most fully in the great resounding cry of the ARE YOU A REGISTERED PARISHIONER Christian: Alleluia! All faith flows from faith in the resurrec- AT ST. ALOYSIUS OR tion: "If Christ has not been raised, then empty is our preaching; OUR LADY OF LOURDES? empty, too, is your faith." (1 Cor 15:14) Many who attend our churches regularly and consider us their parish have never officially registered. We strongly en- courage you to register. Being part of a parish is an important MARRIED COUPLES way to both claim your identity as a practicing Catholic and Spend a weekend focused on your relationship without outside also to become a part of our official parish record, which allows distractions (work, TV, sports, chores, children). us to serve you (and your family) most effectively. It is neces- Apply for the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend – sary, unless unusual circumstances exist, for you to be regis- Enjoy a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend at the Shera- tered before Baptisms and Marriages can be celebrated; partici- ton Hotel in Bellevue on May 20 – 22, 2016. Additional dates pation in Religious Education programs; and before we can and locations are listed online. For more information call 206- offer you a “Sponsor Certificate” for you to be able to stand as 772-2344 or apply on line at www.wwme.org. a sponsor for Baptism or Confirmation in another parish. Registered parishioners receive important mailings from the Archdiocese and you may request offering envelopes at no charge. Registrations can be found at the entrance to church or THOUGHT FOR TODAY you may call the office 360-829-6515 ask for Patty. Please also The gospel is not something only to go to church to hear - but to see our website for information: go from church to the world. www.saint-aloysius-catholic-church.org SPRINGTIME BUNCO! TODAY CLEANUP APRIL 3 - 1:00PM FUND RAISING BREAKFAST Our Lady of Lourdes Altar Society Carol Miller will be would like to invite all parishioners cooking up a delicious to an afternoon of fun and fellow- breakfast April 24th. The ship. Entry fee is $5.00. Bunco’s funds will be added to win prizes and most Bunco’s at the last year’s fund to power end win cash. wash, clean and repair gutters, caulk and paint where necessary. Please add the date to your calendars! IGNITE YOUR TORCH 2016 Menu: Cheese & Onion Fajitas, Sausage, Home Fries, Apple Ignite your Torch 2016 will be the weekend of August 4-7th. French toast bake, homemade syrup, coffee, teas, milk and We are in the planning process to raise funds for our youth to juice. You can enjoy all this for your donations only! make the early discount deadline of May 31st. Thank you for your support, Rita and James Deady

The Jubilee Year of Mercy Retreats IGNITE YOUR TORCH is a high school Catholic youth con- The Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center, Federal Way ference in which “on fire” religious seek to Ignite the faith of Register today at PalisadesRetreatCenter.org teens through engaging talks, small group discussion, work- 206-274-3130 $205 per person shops as well as personal interaction at recreation, meals and

just hanging out. It is an opportunity to make new friendships in The Year of Mercy Christ, to receive the sacraments, to Young Adult Retreat April 8-10 Fr. Sean Raftis meet and talk to young priests and religious, and to worship, pray, learn, The Face of Mercy and recreate together. Ignite Your Women’s Silent Retreat May 6-8 James Zakowicz, O.C.D. Torch is Eucharistic-centered, devot- Iron Sharpens Iron-Seattle Catholic Men’s Conference 2016 ed to Our Blessed Mother, catecheti- Manhood in the Year of Mercy cal in nature, and teaches youth prac- April 23rd from 8 am-4:30 pm tical ways to build up the culture of Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church life. $50 at the door or website SeattleMensConference.org Speakers include: Archbishop Peter Sartain, Fr. Kevin Duggan, Fr. Bill Watson (Sacred Story Institute), Tom Curran (My Cath- TO BE CANONIZED THIS YEAR olic Faith), Mauricio Perez (NW Catholic columnist) Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on Sept. 4, SAINT QUOTE said Tuesday, March 15th. In addition to Mother Teresa's canonization on September 4, Pope "Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Francis announced four other holy men and Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next women he will canonize this year: door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving Bl. Stanislaus of Jesus Mary - June 5 better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; Bl. Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad - June 5 kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your Bl. Jose Sanchez del Rio - October 16 smile, kindness in your warm greeting." Bl. Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero- Oct 16 --Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta All you holy men and women, pray for us! The Communion of Saints embraces the world: India, Poland, Sweden, Argentina & Mexico WHY DOGS CAN'T USE COMPUTERS

10. He's distracted by cats chasing his mouse. REMINDER TO ALL ENVELOPE USERS 9. SIT and STAY were hard enough; From time to time we have special collections for different CUT and PASTE are out of the question. things, such as the Good Friday Holy Land Collection. Parish- 8. Saliva-coated CD's refuse to work. ioners using the mailed offering envelopes will find that at 7. Three words: carpal paw syndrome. times there will be two envelopes for the same date, one for the 6. Involuntary tail wagging is a dead give-away that he's regular Sunday offering and the other for a special collection. It browsing http://www.purina.com instead of working. is important to take care that the envelope you are going to use 5. The fire hydrant icon is simply too frustrating. is appropriate for the offering you intend to make. This will 4. He can't help attacking the screen when he hears ensure that your generous contributions go to the correct place. "You've Got Mail". If you forget your envelope, please use the visitor envelopes 3. It's too messy to "mark" every Web site he visits. that are in the pews...put your name and address on it. Also, it 2. The FETCH command isn't available on all platforms. would help if you made out a separate check for the special 1. He can't stick his head out of Windows XP. collection. Please note in memo what it is for.