Divine Mercy Sunday

Prince of Peace 6320 Bennett Road Jacksonville, Florida 32216(904)733-6860 www.princeofpeacecatholicchurch.net April 11, 2021

October 25th, 2020

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Father Callistus Onwere, Pastor WELCOME NEW Parish Office Hours PARISHIONERS Father Calonge Lemaine, Parochial Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & TO THE PRINCE OF PEACE Vicar and Chaplain to the Haitian Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. FAMILY! Community Closed all day Thursday Our parish is a living, breathing Father Lam Nguyen, Assigned as Weekend Mass Schedule entity because in it God Chaplain to Memorial Hospital Saturday, 4:30 p.m. interacts with his people Michael Federico, Deacon of the Sunday, 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. . If you would like to become Sunday, 5:00 p.m. Mass in Creole Parish involved in any of our Last Sunday of Month, 12: 30 Terrie Curtis, Religious Director/ p.m. Mass for Nigerian Catholics ministries or if you would like Office Manager in Jacksonville more information about your Holy Day of Obligation: The Mass Doug and Edie Robertson, Music new parish, please call the Schedule Parish Office at (904) 733- Directors will be announced in Bulletin 6860. To join Prince of Peace Joan Holmes and Jeanette Mitchell, Communal Penance Service Advent & Lent Parish, please complete the Maintenance Weekday Mass/Rosary Schedule following and drop it into the Liturgy Chairs Rosary Monday - Thursday, offertory collection basket. Ken and Silvia Gardner, 8:00 a.m. in the Chapel Please indicate if you wish to Mass/Divine Mercy Chaplet: Ministry of Greeters receive offertory envelopes. Friday, 8:10 a.m.in the Chapel Randy and Marie Randall, Ministry Name:______Daily Mass of Extra-Ordinary Ministers ______Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. Conyers Pano and Terrie Curtis, Address:______First Fridays Ministry of Altar Servers ______Mass/Rosary/Exposition/Adorati Deacon Michael, Joan Pano, Theresa on, 8:10 a.m. in the Chapel. City & Zip Code: Hourly Adoration, 9:00 a.m. - Heffelfinger, Sara Muirhead, Sandra ______5:00 p.m. Stonestreet, Terrie Curtis, Reconciliation ______Ministry of Sacristans Saturday, 3:45 p.m. – before 4:30 Tel:______Beth Patterson, Art & Environment p.m. Mass or by appointment. ______

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To Preach…. Christ

The transmission of the Christian faith consists primarily in proclaiming Jesus Christ in order to lead others to faith in him. From the beginning, the first disciples burned with the desire to MASS INTENTIONS proclaim Christ: "We cannot but speak of what we have seen Sunday 11th ⚫ For Traore & Clarisse Birregah and heard."'11 It And they invite 8:00 AM By: Pierrette Tebakouna people of every era to enter into the joy of their communion with Christ: Sunday 11th ⚫ The People of Prince of Peace 10:30 AM. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, Monday 12th  Jackie Seibert which we have seen with our By: Bill Seibert eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, Tuesday ⚫ For the Conversion of Non-Believers concerning the word of life - the 13th By: Ted St. Martin life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and Wednesday 14th  Brian & Diane Herbert proclaim to you the eternal life By: The Herbert Family which was with the Father and was made manifest to us- that Thursday 15th  For the Souls in Purgatory which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that By: Ted St. Martin you may have fellowship with us;  and our fellowship is with the Friday 16th Frank Kemp, Sr. Father and with his Son Jesus By: Mary Kemp Christ. And we are writing this 12v that our joy may be complete. Saturday 17th  Francis Canto By: Sal & Felicia Yacuzzo CCC 425

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR PARISH FAMILY! YOU ALL ARE AWESOME!!! BISHOP’S STEWARDSHIP APPEAL Our Participation Goal: 51.1% Money Mailed or Collected Number of Donors Goal: 124 March 29-April 4 , 2021 Active Family Count: 241 General Collection .00 Family Participation: 27.20% Repair and Renovation .00 Number of Donors to Date: 65 Sulzbacher .00 Respect Life .00 Amount Pledged: $20,415 Amount Paid: $13,850 Total The Bulletin had to be summitted before Balance Due: $6,565 the Easter Count.

PRAYER REQUESTS READINGS OF THE WEEK

Please remember the sick of Monday Acts 4:23-31 Jn 3:1-8 our parish in your prayers: Tuesday Acts 4:32-37 Jn 3:7b-15 Marie Ochs, Victoria Stacy, Haley Rose Matacale, Doris Card, Wednesday Acts 5:17-26 Jn 3:16-21 Reece Anderson, Rita Taylor, Pete and Carol P, Dottie Mathias, Pat Thursday Acts 5:27-33 Jn 3:31-36 Thomas, Tillie Herbert, Tom Mitchell, Riley Kendal, Paulette Friday Acts 5:34-42 Jn 6:1-15 Hammond, Jonathon, (King’s Saturday Acts 6:1-7 Jn 6:16-21 Grandson), Pam Stapleton, Bridget Brumbach, Grace Stetzer, Marie Sunday Acts 3:13-15, 17- Lk 24:35-48 Hassan, Denise Barnett,, Beth 19 Patterson, Jo Kuhn, James ButlerJr,

Joe Green ,Debbie Frosch, El Tegre Cowart , Roger & Delores Pruitt,

Theresa Trott, Emily Eid, Daniel Curtis and Sara & Brandon Hunter & Infant Brock Hunter.

Attention: The Diocese of St. August ine treats all allegations of sexual misconduct seriously and deals with all allegations in a prompt, confidential, and thorough manner. To report Abuse, call the police or the Department of The altar arrangement this weekend Children and Families at (800)962-2873. Or is in loving memory of Charles Heurtelou call the Diocesan Victim Assistance By Dominique Rameau Coordinator at (904)208-6979 or email [email protected]. To report abuse by a ******************************** bishop, call (800)276-1562 or visit www.reportbishopabuse.org. BISHOP’S STEWARDSHIP APPEAL Atansyon: Dyosez Sent Ogisten trete tout Our Participation Goal: 51.1% plent kont enkondwit seksyel seryezman epi li Number of Donors Goal: 124 aji nan yon fason konfidansyel, rapid ak korek, pou li rezoud yo. Pou denonse Active Family Count: 241 enkondwit say o, rele Depatman Lapolis ki Family Participation: 27.20% Regle Afe Timoun ak Lafanmi Nan (800)962- Number of Donors to Date: 65 2873. W byen rele Koodinate Dyosez La Pou Amount Pledged: $20,415 Asistans Viktim yo nan (904)208-6979, w byen kontakte li nan kourye electwonik Amount Paid: $13,850 [email protected]. Pou denonse enkondwit yon evek, rele (800)276-1562 w Balance Due: $6,565 byen vizite www.reportbishopabuse.org.

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre- April 17 Background on the Gospel Reading By Loyola Press Sunday Connection Benedict Joseph Labre was truly eccentric, one John 20:19-31 of God’s special little ones. Born in and the eldest of 18 children, he studied under his Background on the Gospel Reading uncle, a parish priest. Because of poor health Today’s reading from the Gospel of John is proclaimed and a lack of suitable academic preparation he on the Second Sunday of Easter in each of the was unsuccessful in his attempts to enter the lectionary cycles. This fact alone should alert us to the religious life. Then, at age 16, a profound change significance of the encounters with the resurrected took place. Benedict lost his desire to study and Jesus that are described in this reading. This Gospel gave up all thoughts of the priesthood, much to combines two scenes: Jesus’ appearance to his disciples the consternation of his relatives. after his Resurrection and Jesus’ dialogue with Thomas, the disciple who doubted. He became a pilgrim, traveling from one great to another, living off alms. He wore the Part of the mystery of Jesus’ Resurrection is that he rags of a beggar and shared his food with the appeared to his disciples not as a spirit, but in bodily poor. Filled with the love of God and neighbor, form. We do not know, however, exactly what this Benedict had special devotion to the Blessed form looked like. Earlier in John’s Gospel, when Mary of Magdala first encountered the risen Jesus, she did Mother and to the Blessed Sacrament. In , not recognize him until he spoke to her. In Luke’s where he lived in the Colosseum for a time, he Gospel, the disciples walking along the road to was called “the poor man of the Forty Hours Emmaus did not recognize Jesus until he broke bread devotion” and “the beggar of Rome.” The people with them. We know from readings such as today’s that accepted his ragged appearance better than he in his resurrected form, Jesus was not bound by matter; did. His excuse to himself was that “our comfort he appeared to the disciples inside a home even though is not in this world.” the door was locked. Yet the disciples could still touch the marks of his Crucifixion. On April 16, 1783, the last day of his life, Benedict dragged himself to a church in Rome In today’s Gospel, Jesus greets his disciples with the and prayed there for two hours before he gift of peace. Jesus then commissions his disciples to collapsed, dying peacefully in a nearby house. continue the work that he has begun; as Jesus was sent Immediately after his death, the people by God, so Jesus sends his disciples. He gives his proclaimed him a . disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit so that they will be able to accomplish this task. Jesus’ words to his Benedict Joseph Labre was canonized by Pope disciples also highlight the integral connection between Leo XIII in 1881. His liturgical feast is celebrated the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit. on April 16. With the grace of the Holy Spirit, we can share forgiveness and reconciliation with others. Reflection Thomas, the doubting disciple in today’s reading, represents the reality of the Church that comes after this In a modern inner city, one local character first community of witnesses to Jesus. All but the first kneels for hours on the sidewalk and prays. disciples of Jesus must believe without seeing. Like Swathed in his entire wardrobe winter and Thomas, we may doubt the news that Jesus, who was summer, he greets passersby with a blessing. crucified and buried, appeared to his disciples. Our Where he sleeps no one knows, but he is surely human nature seeks hard evidence that the Jesus who a direct spiritual descendant of Benedict, the appeared to his disciples after his death is indeed the ragged man who slept in the ruins of Rome’s same Jesus who was crucified. Thomas is given the Colosseum. These days we ascribe such opportunity to be our representative in obtaining this behavior to mental illness; Benedict’s evidence. He gives witness to us that the Jesus who was contemporaries called him holy. Holiness is raised is the same Jesus who died. Through the gift of always a bit mad by earthly standards. the Holy Spirit, we are among those who are blessed, for we have not seen and yet believe. Franciscan Media

Christian Formation What is Divine Mercy Sunday?

Program In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our Lord called for a special

feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. April Calendar Today, we know that feast as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Pope St. John Paul II at the of Sunday 11 CFP Classes St. Faustina on April 30, 2000. Saturday 17 Holy Communion Class 9:00 AM to 12 Noon The Lord expressed His will with regard to this feast in His very first revelation to St. Faustina. The most Sunday 18 CFP Classes comprehensive revelation can be found in her Diary entry 699: Saturday 24 Holy Communion Class My daughter, tell the whole world about My 9:00 AM to 12 Noon inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, and Sunday 25 CFP Classes especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a ************************************************ whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day are opened all the divine floodgates through which graces flow. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My mercy.

In all, St. Faustina recorded 14 revelations from Jesus concerning His desire for this feast.

Nevertheless, Divine Mercy Sunday is NOT a feast based solely on St. Faustina's revelations. Indeed, it is not primarily about St. Faustina — nor is it altogether a new feast. The Second Sunday of Easter was already a solemnity as the Octave Day of Easter[1]. The title "Divine Mercy Sunday" does, however, highlight the meaning of the day.

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Plenary Indulgence for Divine Mercy Sunday

In a decree dated August 3, 2002, the Apostolic Penitentiary announced that in order “to ensure that the faithful would observe this day (Divine Mercy Sunday) with intense devotion, the Supreme Pontiff himself established that this Sunday be enriched by a plenary indulgence…so that the faithful might receive in great abundance the gift of the consolation of the Holy Spirit. In this way, they can foster a growing love for God and for their neighbor, and after they have obtained God’s pardon, they in turn might be persuaded to show a prompt pardon to their brothers and sisters.”

The plenary indulgence is granted (under the usual conditions of a sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and a prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who, on Divine Mercy Sunday, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, recite the Our Father and the Creed, and also adding a devout prayer (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!).

Additional provisions are offered for those who are impeded from fulfilling these requirements, but who wish to acquire a plenary indulgence. The full text of the decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary may be found at: www.mercysunday.com. While the readings and prayers for Mass on this day remain unchanged (they reflect perfectly on Our Lord’s Divine Mercy) the Holy See offers this reflection:

The Gospel of the Second Sunday of Easter narrates the wonderful things Christ the Lord accomplished on the day of the Resurrection during His first public appearance: “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad to see the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so even I send you,’ and then He breathed on them, and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained’” (Jn 20, 19-23).

Apostles of Divine Mercy George H.

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