Serving the Communities of Eudora, DeSoto, and Linwood, Holy Family is a parish of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and served by Capuchin Franciscan Friars

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PARISH INFORMATION THE EASTER MESSAGE: BRING ME TO LIFE Office Phone: 785-542-2788 Fr. Mike: 304-834-2255 Waking up is a way of describing what must happen to Email: [email protected] people who should change their lives around. That is the Website: HolyFamilyEudora.com message of the song from 2003 called “Bring Me to Life.” Office Hours: 8 AM - 1 PM Mon-Thurs “Wake me up,” they sing, “wake me up inside, save me; call Address: 409 E. 8th Street my name and save me from the dark. Wake me up, bid my Eudora, KS 66025 blood to run. Save me from the nothing I’ve become.” Pastor: Fr. Mike Scully OFM Cap I love the song not only because of the music, but be- [email protected] cause of its message. We have to wake up and really live— Fr. Mike’s Website that is the message, and it should be a theme for all as we www.frmikescully.com think of Easter. Fr. Mike’s Radio Show One of the privileges that we clergymen have is to see www.hayspost.com, choose Mix 103.3 transformation enacted before our eyes in the sense of peo- Sundays 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. Deacon: Deacon Bill Graveman ple changing to become better than they were before. This [email protected] has happened to me a number of times, but I remember Parish Secretary: Angie Miller this one because it scared me to death and because of what [email protected] the lady said which sounded an awful lot like the song Director of Religious Ed: Molly Pratt “Bring Me to Life.” I was in my office in Lawrence relatively [email protected] late at night, working on something—I hope worthwhile— R.C.I.A.: Fr. Mike Scully when someone knocked on my window. That was what Cemetery: Mary Grosdidier scared me out of my wits; the lady motioned for me to open [email protected] the door. Volunteer Coordinator: Jill Connell I opened the door to see a middle-aged woman and [email protected] someone evidently quite happy. She was smiling and very Baptisms: pleased for some reason. After I invited her in, she told me Contact Parish Office to schedule briefly that her life had not been that good—she had gone Weddings: from a divorce to living literally on the street, and she just Contact Parish Office 6 months prior did not care about anything. That day, she said, she had

Sacrament of Reconciliation: had a confrontation with a person she called a “crazy man” Sat: 3:30-4:30 P.M. who had been homeless on the streets of Lawrence for Mass Times: years. I knew the man because he had been around the Saturday: 5:00 P.M. Church a number of times, and there was nothing anyone Sunday: 9:30 A.M. could do for him. He spoke nonsense most of the time, and Tues/Thurs: 7:00 A.M. most of the people simply ignored him. Wed/Fri: 9:00 A.M. This time, as he encountered the lady, he was speaking nonsense again, but it had a profound effect on the lady. HOMILY HEADLINE: Are you listening to the challenge? He yelled at her in his wild way to wake up her life because she was sick; in fact, he yelled it at her once as she passed by, and kept yelling it at her. She told me that she was real- ly scared at first, had run away, but then had begun to think April 4 - Easter Sunday 9:30 am about his words, and she was convinced that that was ex- April 5 - SET meeting 6:00 pm in upper parish hall actly what she had to do—wake up. She made her confes- Women’s Bible Study 7:00 pm in lower parish hall Men’s Bible Study 7:00 pm in FPR Ed Center sion although she was not Catholic, and presumably she April 6 - Finance Council meeting 6:00 pm began to live a different life. Buildings & Grounds meeting 6:30 pm The true experience of in our lives should do that April 7 - Public recitation of the Rosary following communion to us. I pray for you and for me that we will be able to service wake up to life. Happy Resurrection of the Lord. Eucharistic Adoration in Old Stone Church 6-8 pm April 8 - Eucharistic Adoration in Old Stone Church 8 am-1 pm

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Your Gifts of Gratitude for March 28th could not be included in this bulletin due to the Easter printing schedule. Please look for it in next week’s bulletin. takes much preparation, planning, practice, and Interested in Online Giving? Our convenient online giving implementation by the many liturgical ministries. All are inte- option is available from our church website at gral to making the liturgy the most meaningful during this HolyFamilyEudora.com - just click on the link that says solemn week. Thank you to Father Mike and Deacon Bill for Online Giving. When you participate, you can view your their additional time in preparing us during and Holy giving history and pledge progress any time you log in. If Week for the holiest day of the year when we celebrate the you are new or visiting here and would like to make a one Resurrection of Our Lord. Our office staff and cleaning staff time donation just click on the Quick Give option. are greatly appreciated for their work in supporting all that First Communion will be on several dates this takes place. year, April 17, 24 and May 1 during the 5:00 pm Thank you to all of our “Angels Among Us” for all that you Mass. Just a reminder that seating will be lim- do, whether through your gift of your attendance, prayer, ited (especially on April 17 and 24) as there will talent, labor, guidance, or financial support. be seats reserved for the families of our Communicants. May Joy and Hope be with you all during this Easter Season and beyond. Happy Easter! SPECIAL COLLECTION – The Pontifical Collec- tion helps Christians in the Holy Land. Through this collec- If you know of someone who has a need, deserves recogni- tion, you stand in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land tion, or if you are called to one of our ministries at Holy Fami- as a witness of peace, supporting Catholics there in parishes ly Parish, please contact Jill Connell, Volunteer Coordinator at and schools, maintaining Christian shrines and caring for ref- 913-706-9037 or [email protected]. ugees in the Holy Land. For more information please visit www.myfranciscan.org/good-friday. Please be generous. MARK 16:1-7 He Has Been Raised April Joyful Homes CELEBRATE! What we choose to cele- Prayerthoughts brate and how speaks volumes to our kids about what is im- a. Analysis: “very early, “when the sun had risen”, “first day portant to our family. Who knew that family celebrations of the week” all symbolize a new beginning. Are there some could be one of the most effective (and fun!) ways to pass on areas in my life where I should begin again? the Faith? Here's this month's page: archkck.org/celebrate b. The women did not know how they would roll back the stone. They trusted that God would provide. In what areas of Attention! my life should I show more trust in God? Couples celebrating their c. The young man tells the women the “good news” that Je- 50th Wedding Anniversary in 2021 sus had been raised. It is the center of our faith. As I consider Archdiocesan 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration my actions just yesterday, did I show my belief in Jesus? June 13, 2021, 2:00 pm, Church of the Nativity/Leawood d. Taking the closing words of the Gospel as they are stated To receive your invitation from Archbishop Naumann, please without any interpretation, are there some times in which I call the parish office and give us your name, address, phone am afraid to profess my ? number and date of your wedding as soon as possible. e. My prayerthoughts…

Darrell Scott is the father of Rachel Scott who was Today I will write a prayer of my complete trust in killed at Columbine High School in Denver. God. Mr. Scott said a number of things that are true and what he said can help us better understand our current Christ yesterday and today; challenge as Christians. His words: the Beginning and the End; “What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in doing so, we open the doors the Alpha; to hatred and violence. We do not need more restrictive and the Omega. laws. The real villain lies within our own hearts. We do All time belongs to him; need a change of heart and a humble acknowledgment that and all the ages. this nation was founded on the principle of simple trust in God. You regulate restrictive laws, through legislative To him be glory and power; creed. And yet you fail to understand that God is all we through every age and for ever. Amen. need.” ( Liturgy) Welcome to Holy Family Church · Eudora, KS 66025 3

GOSPELTHINK Background of the Gospel What is the Lord saying to me today? Mark 16:1-7 Monday, April 5 – MATTHEW 28:8-15 The same three women who watched Jesus’ death (15:40) I appear to people telling them not to be afraid. The Lord ap- reappear. Like the anonymous woman at the beginning of pears to me in the other people of my life. Do I treat them as I chapter 14, they come to anoint the body of Jesus. Mark has would Jesus? shaped his narrative to show that at either end of the passion Tuesday, April 6 – JOHN 20:11-18 narrative, there are women coming to anoint Jesus. In Mark’s When I appeared to Mary Magdalene, I told her not to hold on account, their actions claim Jesus as “messiah”—that is, as to me, but to tell his message to others. Am I announcing the God’s anointed. Lord’s presence by the way I live? Mark says they came “very early, when the sun had risen, on Wednesday, April 7 – LUKE 24:13-35 the first day of the week.” Each phrase emphasizes, in a differ- When I appeared to the two disciples on their way to Emmaus, ent way, a new beginning. it took a while for them to recognize me, but they finally did. Do The “stone” at “the entrance to the tomb” suggests the seal- I recognize that the Lord is truly acting in my life? ing off of death from life. When the women say to one another, Thursday, April 8 – LUKE 24:35-48 “Who will roll back the stone for us?” Mark shows their willing- My words to the disciples are “Why are you troubled?” I am here for you. Do I thank the Lord enough for his presence in my ness to accept their vulnerability along with their trust that God life? will provide. Friday, April 9 – JOHN 21:1-14 The young man “clothed in a white robe” is an angelic figure. I appeared to the disciples once again, this time stressing that I The whiteness of his clothing summons to mind the transfig- am just like them—needing food and companionship. Am I wel- uration of Jesus (9:3), an event that Mark clearly constructed as coming to the people that are around me daily? a foreshadowing of Jesus’ resurrection. He also resembles the Saturday, April 10 – MARK 16:9-15 young man who fled the garden when Jesus was arrested, leav- I tell the Apostles and I tell you: Go into the whole world and ing his linen cloth behind him. The fact that this young man is teach them the Good News of my Gospel. Do I “teach” others seen “sitting” also recalls the transformed demoniac, whom the about the Lord by my attitude of living? townsfolk found “sitting there clothed and in his right Sunday, April 11 – JOHN 20:19-31 mind” (5:35). Mark’s detail about his being “on the right side” I was disappointed in Thomas who wouldn’t believe what I had further recalls Jesus’ proclamation to the high priest that he taught. But he did change. Are there areas in my life in which I would “see the son of man seated at the right hand of the Pow- do not show as much faith in God as I should? er” (14:62). By means of all these echoes, Mark suggests that this young man represents a transformed life. Mass Schedule and Intentions The words that Mark quotes the young man as saying form Tuesday, April 6 Tuesday within the the heart of his Gospel: “You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the cruci- 7am Communion Service fied. He has been raised; he is not here.” The key words are Wednesday, April 7 Wednesday within the Octave “crucified” and “raised.” Throughout his Gospel, Mark has stressed the necessary connection between Jesus and the 9am Communion Service of Easter cross, and between Jesus and resurrection. In Mark’s narrative, Thursday, April 8 Thursday within the Octave of Easter it is the paradoxical union of those two seemingly contradictory 7am Communion Service elements that form his identity. Mark shows that both the high Friday, April 9 Friday within the Octave of Easter priest and Pilate mistake his being called “messiah” as a sign 9am Communion Service that he sought power. Mark also shows that both mistook his Saturday, April 10 death as the ending of his power. The phrasing here suggests a 5pm Kathy Nimmer Family paradoxical balance: Jesus is both the suffering, crucified one Sunday, April 11 and the one whom God’s power has raised up. 9:30am All Holy Family Parishioners Mark says that the young man told the women to “go forth.”* (The verb is stronger than merely “go.”) Mark has Prayers For the Sick shown the women acting all along as disciples. By this act of commissioning, Mark suggests that the women are also sent Good and gracious God, send healing and comfort to forth as apostles. They are, moreover, sent forth to the male each sick member of our community. disciples, even to the head disciple, Peter. The women are sent Susan Pelzel Veet Cleveland Bernice Born forth to witness to the men. Tina Jinkens Al Miller Tom Pyle Mark indicates that the message the women are sent forth Tony Schwager Carolyn Miller Meta McInroy to repeat is not about Jesus’ glory but about his ministry. It re- Karen Heinen Karen Lavendusky Allan Beck peats exactly what Mark has shown Jesus saying on the eve of Tim King Joyce Weis his crucifixion: “But after I have been raised up, I shall go be-

Please contact the parish office if you would like someone fore you to Galilee” (14:28). It confirms his ongoing life: “there added to the list or if you wish to be anointed. Also, please you will see him, as he told you.” It sends the disciples back to let us know when your loved one is better. where the Gospel first began. It suggests a new beginning. Welcome to Holy Family Church · Eudora, KS 66025 4

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Fr. Mike and the Capuchins have a retreat week during the week after Easter. Deacon Bill will have communion services Tuesday through Friday during Easter week.

Confessions next Saturday, April 10th will be from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The Divine Mercy Novena began on Good Friday, April 2nd, We are sad to share that Molly and concludes Saturday, April 10th. In private revelations to Pratt is resigning as Religious St. Faustina, Jesus asked that the Feast of Divine Mercy be Education Director here at Holy preceded by a novena praying for nine intentions with the Family. We are very grateful for Divine Mercy Chaplet. The novena can be accessed online at her thirteen years of work, dedication and love for the chil- www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/novena.php dren and families at Holy Family and she will be missed. Concerning our celebration of the Divine Mercy Novena, When you see Molly please thank her for all she has done. here are the times: Please join us for Village Fire on Wednesday, Good Friday - after the 3 pm Stations of the April 14th from 6-7 pm. Everyone is wel- Cross come to this night of Adoration, music and - 3 pm together with the Mary’s reconciliation. We hope to see you there! Mantle Consecrations Easter Sunday - following the 9:30 am Mass Welcome to Holy Family if you are new - 3 pm in the Church to the parish or here for the first time thru Easter Friday - following morning com- today! We would love to have you as munion service members of our community. You can - after the 5 pm Mass register in the parish online at Divine Mercy Sunday - after the 9:30 am Mass (holy hour) www.HolyFamilyEudora.com, or com- We will be live streaming the novena on Tina Jinkens Face- plete the form in the back of church or book page and sharing it with Holy Family. We encourage come by the parish office. We are glad praying it at the 3 o’clock hour which is the hour of great you are here! mercy when Christ died on the cross for us. The Miracle of Life. At conception the gender of the child is Eucharistic Holy Hour for Divine Mercy Sunday with Arch- determined by the father’s sperm. We are going to name this bishop Naumann - Each year on the Second Sunday of East- tiny new human being, “Chris.” Chris has not implanted into er, the Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday. All are en- the wall of the uterus yet, so no one but God knows of Chris’ couraged to join together in prayer and adoration seeking existence. God has known of Chris’ existence before He cre- God’s mercy for ourselves and for our nation. Please join ated the universe. God has known us and loved us from all Archbishop Naumann in a Eucharistic Holy Hour either in- eternity. person or via livestream next Sunday, April 11, 2021, 3:00 God said, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” Jer. pm at Blessed Sacrament , 2203 Parallel Ave, 1-5 Kansas City, KS. Livestream link: https://www.facebook.com/ BlessedSacramentkck Urgent Life Resources Pregnant? Need Help? Join us after Mass April 18th for a short Gabriel Project 913-602-0306 / gabrielprojectkc.com introduction presented by the Office of Abortion Pill Reversal Hotline: Stewardship and Development Planned 877-558-0333 / AbortionPillReversal.com Giving presenters Bill Maloney and Terri Post-Abortive Help: Project Rachel & Project Joseph M. Lynn. You don't need millions to make 913-621-2199 / projectrachelkc.com a difference for your family and parish. End of Life Decisions: We hope to see you there! archkck.org/prolife-end-of-life-care National Catholic Bioethics Hotline 215-877-2660 Shop for gifts to generate donations for Holy Family Suicide Hotline: at smile.amazon.com/ch/48-0564491 800-273-8255 / archkck.org/Catholic-Counselors Welcome to Holy Family Church · Eudora, KS 66025 5