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A NEW CROSS for PAX CHRISTI the Mercy Cross - Designed by Our Youth PAXCHRISTINEWS Monthly Magazine of Pax Christi Catholic Community in Eden Prairie March 2016 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU! Please complete the Gallup Survey by March 18 Page 12 MERCY! A NEW CROSS FOR PAX CHRISTI The Mercy Cross - Designed by Our Youth. Page 9 2 Table of Contents for March 2016 4 12100 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55347-4208 Phone: 952-941-3150 Website: www.paxchristi.com Before I Forget... by Fr. Bill Murtaugh Office Hours Monday–Thursday 8:00am–4:30pm Friday 8:00am–12:00pm Mass Schedule Weekend Masses Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am, 5:00pm Nursery available at all weekend Masses. Interpreter for hearing impaired at 11:00am. Weekday Masses 6 Mondays 8:30am Tuesdays 8:30am with Rosary to follow Catholic Newbies Wednesdays 6:00pm Thursdays 8:30am Fridays 8:30am Sacrament of Reconciliation (private) Saturdays 4:00–4:30pm The Pax Christi News is printed monthly by the Church of Pax Christi of Eden Prairie. We accept unsolicited manuscripts and photos from parishioners, but reserve the right to edit and publish such material at our discretion. Email submissions, photos, and/or questions to Melissa Nault, 8 9 Communication Arts Director, [email protected], or 952-405-7221. All contributions become the property of Pax Walking the Way The Mercy Cross Christi Catholic Community. Table of Contents for March 2016 3 10 11 12 13 Catechesis of the Come to the Water Have Your Voice Heard Leadership at Pax Christi Good Shepherd 14 15 16 17 Lent and Triduum News from Stewardship Community Solar Parishioner News Schedules 18 20 21 What’s Going on Month at a Glance.... at Pax Christi psst, tear this page out! Contact Information 4 Before I forget by Fr. Bill Murtaugh BEFORE I FORGET... WHEN Jesus preached the father and son became moment to reflect on the logo. about God’s mercy and deeper and deeper, and the It is quite modern in style,and at unconditional love for the bystanders participated more first you might not like it. But it’s human family. He used stories. directly in the mysterious event always important to ask: God, The story of the prodigal son of reconciliation, forgiveness, how might you be speaking (Luke 15: 11–32) and the and inner-healing. The painting to me through this painting of story of the good Samaritan became very important for the Christ? Is there something are central to the teachings Nouwen’s own journey and for here that I am not seeing or of Jesus. The love and mercy his writings. He came to see it understanding? of God is revealed to us is our as containing “the heart of the Sacred Scriptures but also in story that God wants to tell…all In fact, the logo represents an Fr. Bill Murtaugh art, music, creation, friendship, of the Gospel is there.” image quite important in the Pastor poetry, and hopefully in the early Christian Community: Christian Community. The parable and painting that the Son, having taken emphasize that God is a upon his shoulders the lost The late spiritual writer, merciful father/mother who soul, demonstrating that it is Henri Nouwen, visited embraces all — whether one the Love of Christ that brings the Hermitage Gallery travels the road of the prodigal to completion the mystery of in St. Petersburg to or remains at home like his His incarnation culminating in see Rembrandt’s resentful, righteous brother. redemption. The logo has been painting The God welcomes everyone in designed in such a way so as Return of the such a way that we can expect to express the profound way Prodigal Son. our hearts to be touched and in which the Good Shepherd He was deeply awakened by God’s love and touches the flesh of humanity moved by the mercy. We are never alone or and does so with a love that has experience. beyond God’s reach. the power to change one’s life. The beauty and the I would like to draw your You will notice that the Good colors of the attention to the Year of Mercy Shepherd in the logo is the painting official logo that provides us Risen Christ (observe the stunned with a summary of what the Year wounds on this hands and feet) him. But of Mercy is all about. The motto, who draws humanity to Himself most of “Merciful Like the Father” (taken in order to present us to the all, he was from Luke 6:36) is an invitation Father. touched by to all of us to follow the merciful the embrace example of God (Father) who of father and asks us not to judge or condemn son surrounded but to forgive and to give by four mysterious love and forgiveness without bystanders. He spent measure (Luke 6:37-38). hours meditating on The logo is a painting done in a the painting, and as evening symbolic style by Jesuit Father drew near, the embrace of Marko Rupnik. Please take a Before I forget by Fr. Bill Murtaugh 5 with sorrow for his sins, and his The doors of Pax Christi are heart was open to receive God’s open wide to welcome home forgiveness. This is the way to everyone in this Year of Mercy change of heart (conversion, — this is where you are loved repentance). He went home at by this Christian Community peace with God — with love in and where you belong. God has his heart. Mercy and forgiveness the ability to forget; we’re in flow from the heart of God. this church together! There is no “Us” and “Them.” We are all The early Church made an the same — broken, guilty, and addition to the story of the redeemed. That’s why we sing prodigal son. The addition Amazing Grace. claims that it was the mother who sent a message secretly to her “prodigal” son and was mainly responsible for his return. Her message went What I found most striking in reality of our times with Christ’s something like this: the image is that Jesus and the eyes. In every situation of our man are sharing one eye. Christ lives we are called to discern, Son, just know that if you feel like coming home, sees with the eyes of Adam listen, and do the will of God, (the first man), and Adam sees especially with those who are nobody will say anything to you. If you feel as bad with the eyes of Christ (the new most needy and broken. Adam). The man on Christ’s as I suspect you do, you have punished yourself quite shoulders also represents A loving heart comes with an awakening to God’s presence each one of us. Every person enough — the older people say that sin brings its own discovers in Christ one’s own and an experience of God’s humanity and the future that mercy. This happens when we lies ahead, contemplating in are aware of our sinfulness, but punishment. You have gone through enough already. Christ’s gaze the love of the we also know and believe that Father. Only in the gaze of the we are sinners loved by God. In Maybe you feel you have to earn our love. You don’t; Father can we truly understand the parable of the Pharisee and who we are with our true Tax Collector, the Pharisee had we love you not because you are good or bad, but identity: daughters and sons of no awareness of his pride and God. Christ sees with our eyes lack of charity. The tax collector, because you are our son and nothing can change so that we might be able to see on the other hand, was aware that he was a sinner but had a with His. As we meditate on the that. Home is not where you live, it is where you are gaze of Christ and the man we sense that God loved him. This was his salvation. He prayed are reminded in the words of loved and belong. St. Paul, “And I live, now not I; with a contrite, humble heart, but Christ lives in me.” That is, not even daring to raise his eyes we are called to have the mind to heaven: “Lord, be merciful of Christ and to look upon the to me, a sinner.” He was filled 6 March 2016 GET ACQUAINTED WITH OUR CATHOLIC NEWBIES The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is for all adults who are baptized in another faith (known as “candidates”) and are interested in joining the Catholic Church, adults who were baptized Catholic but never confirmed (known as “confirmandae”), and adults who were never baptized (known as “catechumens”), and anyone else interested in finding out more about the Catholic Faith. This year we have a full house for RCIA! We currently have eight candidates who are preparing for Full Communion by celebrating Confirmation and Eucharist with us. Three catechumens will receive all three Sacraments of Initiation—Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist--at the Easter Vigil Mass. We welcome all of these new members to our family! *Catechumens TIERRA DANIELS* (non-baptized individuals seeking full initiation into the Church) My name is Tierra Daniels, and **Candidates I am currently a freshman at the (those baptized in another faith and seeking University of St. Thomas. I grew up Full Communion with the Catholic Church) in Edina, although my family has recently moved to Eden Prairie. I was not raised in any specific faith ALYSSA BERNER* tradition; however, I have always been drawn to Christianity, in I am Alyssa Berner.
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