April 18, 2021 Third Sunday of

Reverend Dennis M. Duvelius, Pastor SCHEDULE Note: Dispensaon (April 17—April 25, 2021) for Mass extended St. John the Apostle Saturday 5:00 p.m. All Priests Sunday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Alan’s Anniversary 9:15 a.m. Eugene & Josephine Wozniak Tuesday 5:30 p.m. Thursday 5:30 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. St. John the Apostle Saturday 5:00 p.m. + Patrick O’Meara Sunday 7:30 a.m. Fr. Alan’s Anniversary 4607 W. State Road 46 9:15 a.m. Eugene & Josephine Wozniak Latin Mass May 1—11:00 AM Bloomington, IN 47404 St. Jude the Apostle (812) 876 – 1974 Website: www.sjabloomington.org Sunday 11:00 a.m. + John & Jan McMullen Email: [email protected] Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Thursday 9:00 a.m. +Jerome & Dorothy Hellmann To contact any parish ministries: [email protected] Pray the Rosary St. John Parish: 30 minutes before every Mass St. Vincent de Paul Society: St. Jude Parish: Sundays at 10:15 a.m. (812) 961—1510 Sacraments Baptism: Contact Parish Office Reconciliation: St. John: Saturday 4:30 p.m., 30 minutes before all other Masses, or by appointment. St. Jude: Sunday after Mass, 30 minutes before Wednesday Mass, or by appointment

Marriage: Contact Parish Office. (The Church requires 6 months preparation) Anointing of the Sick: Contact Parish Office if hospitalized, suffering acute or long -term illness, serious St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church injury, or surgery. Life-threatening 300 W. Hillside Avenue Fr. Dennis at (812) 578-8596 P.O. Box 317 Spencer, IN 47460 Holy Orders: Interest in priesthood (812) 829—3082 or religious life, contact Email: [email protected] Archdiocesan Vocations Office: (800) 382-9836.

For Emergency Sacramental Needs Mask Mandate For Either Parish Call Fr. Dennis at: Continues (812) 578-8596 St. John the Apostle

Confirmation at St. John’s Today at 5:00 pm HAPPENING THIS WEEK Welcome Archbishop Thompson and candidates from Sunday, April 18 several parishes within our deanery. Let’s us pray for 10:30 am Religious Education the candidates and their families as they draw near to 5:00 pm Confirmation with Archbishop Thompson their final Sacrament of Initiation, especially for

Ellie Pfeiffer, Elijah Mercer, Xochitl Ruvalcaba, Tuesday, April 20 6:30 pm Emily Francis, Marilyn Ballard, & Alden Dauby RCIA continues with the mystagogy program

Come Holy Spirit, Come! Wednesday, April 21 7:00 pm—8:30pm King’s Men Special appreciation to Dana Farkas for coordinating this event and for Dean Wells as catechist. Daily Mass Schedule Resumes 7:00pm

Seminarians Michael Clawson and Mahew Perronie were ordained transitional deacons last Saturday. Latin Mass — May 1 Please continue to pray for them as they prepare for their Please note a special Missa Cantata Latin Mass will priestly ordinations next summer. Thank you for your replace the Dominican Rite continued support to all of our seminarians! on May 1, 2021. Also note, the time change to 11:00 am This Mass will be in honor of St. Joseph the Worker

Congratulations to

Tim & Kelly McWhinney

on the birth of their daughter, Mia McWhinney

on March 12, 2021. A lile package from God.

PARISH TITHING Special prayers for April 4, 2021 Offering (88) $ 24,868. our own Isaac Budgeted YTD (40 week) $268,886. Sie\er as he Actual YTD (40 week) $244,018. continues his Budget YTD: -$24,868. discernment and Thank you for your support to our parish. journey towards his We will not collect during the Offertory of the Mass. priestly vocation. Please place donations in basket before or after Mass. Today’s Gospel: DAILY READINGS On the third Sunday of Easter, we continue to hear Gospel MONDAY FRIDAY April 19 accounts of Jesus’ appearances to his disciples following his April 23 Acts 6: 8-15 St. George, Martyr; Resurrection. Today’s reading, taken from the Gospel of Jn 6: 22-29 St. Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr Luke, follows immediately after the report of Jesus' Acts 9: 1-20 appearance to his disciples on the road to Emmaus. This is TUESDAY Jn 6: 52-59 April 20 the event being recounted by the disciples in the opening Acts 7: 51—8: 1a SATURDAY verse of today’s Gospel. Jn 6: 30-35 April 24 Consistently in the reports of Jesus’ post-Resurrection St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Wednesday Priest and Martyr appearances, Jesus greets his disciples with the words, April 21 “Peace be with you.” This is a most appropriate greeting. St. Anselm, Bishop and Acts 9: 31-42 The disciples have witnessed the death of someone they Doctor of the Church Jn 6: 60-69 loved, and they now fear for their own lives as well. Peace is Acts 8: 1b-8 SUNDAY what they need more than anything else. Jesus often con- Jn 6: 35-40 April 25 Acts 4: 8-12 nects this greeting of peace with another gift—forgiveness. THURSDAY 1 Jn 3: 1-2 In today’s Gospel, this connection is made in the final verses. April 22 Acts 8: 26-40 Jn 10: 11 - 18 Even as they hear Jesus’ greeting of peace, the disciples are Jn 6: 44-51 World Day of Prayer fro Vocaons startled and terrified. They are uncertain about what to make of the figure before them and, quite understandably, they There is Power in Your Prayers! mistake Jesus for a ghost. Yet the figure before them is not a Let’s pray for: Freda Jelase, Suzanne Sullivan, Rosemary & Jon ghost; Jesus invites them to experience his resurrected body Lowe, Sue Hawthorne, Bey Garst, Charloe Sweet, Shirley with their senses, to look and to touch. The figure before Schooley, Velma Carie, Lorea and Art Sims, Dolores McClure, them is flesh and bone, still bearing the marks of crucifixion. Sidney Sullivan, Stephanie Worland, Jeff Taber, Vera Mobley, Although the disciples cannot forget his suffering and death, Jimmy Withem, Fr. Dennis , Adele Williams, Mary Lou Corill , peace begins to take root in their hearts, as their fears turn to Paul Heerdink, Sandy Lively , Becky Biggerstaff, Marilyn joy and amazement. McDaniel, Chris Craney’s father. Let us remember all the sick in As further proof of his identity and of his resurrected body, our prayers. You may also go to: [email protected] to Jesus eats with his disciples. The disciples have known Jesus request prayers in our Book of Prayers Request. best through the meals that he has shared with them. To be added to St. Jude’s prayer list email the Descriptions of these meals are a defining element of Luke’s office at [email protected] or Gospel. By eating with his disciples after his Resurrection, smariasullivan304@a.net Jesus recalls all these meals, and most importantly, he recalls the Last Supper. How to Become a Member Luke’s report of the Last Supper and the meals that Jesus of St. John or St. Jude .. shared after his Resurrection unveil for us the significance of the Eucharist. Having shared a meal with his disciples, Jesus now uncovers for them the significance of what was wrien It is easy to register ! about him in the Scriptures. So, too, our celebration of the At St. John’s, there are Mass is an encounter with Jesus, through the Word and the yellow registration forms Sacrament of the Eucharist. As Jesus commissions his in the bookrack at the en- disciples to be witnesses to what Scriptures foretold, our trance or at the Information celebration of the Eucharist commissions us. Like the Table. At St. Jude, there are disciples, we are sent to announce the good news of Jesus’ small cards in the back of forgiveness of sins. church . Registration forms may be put in the collection basket or given to the ofLice. Pro-Life and Justice Commission ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE

St. Jude’s Meditaon celebrated First "Fear of the Lord does not mean to be afraid of God. Reconciliation St. John tells us that where there is love, there is no fear. this past Rather, fear of the Lord is to stand in awe and wonder Divine Mercy before the greatness of the Lord. It is to recognize that weekend. God is the creator and we are the creatures. Fear of the Lord should lead us to praise and worship." Makayla James — Rev. Jude Winkler, OFM, p.95 was so full of Daily Meditations with the Holy Spirit the Spirit after Confession that Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and she said she kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew felt like a the face of the earth. feather in the air. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Let’s use the Gifts of the Spirit— Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Good Counsel, consolations, Through Christ Fortitude, Piety, and Fear (Awe) of the Lord that we Our Lord, Amen. received at Baptism and was strengthened in Confirmation. By using these gifts we will gain the Fruits of the Spirit— charity, joy, peace, patience, Advice from the Saints kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithful- "If you ate only one meal a week would you survive? It is ness, modesty, self-control, and chastity. the same for your soul. Nourish it with the Blessed Sacrament." — St. André Bessee Prayers for our Confirmation Candidates: Max, Malachi, Macie, Joslyn, and Lillian "Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those Confirmation is today at St. John’s who are most in need of encouragement or assistance." — St. Vincent de Paul Springtime at

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