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Saint Mary Parish Saint Paul Parish St. Paul Church and Fr. Twohy Spiritual Center 4001 Saint Mary’s Drive 17456 Pioneer Pkwy . La Conner, WA98257 Anacortes, WA 98221 Mail: c/o 4001 Saint Mary’s Drive 360.293.2101 v 360.293.8556 f Anacortes, WA 98221 360-293-2101 www.stmaryanacortes.org One does not live on bread alone, March 10, 2019 but on every word that comes forth First Sunday of Lent from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4 Liturgy Schedule—Saint Mary Parish Liturgy Schedule—Saint Paul Parish Celebration of the Eucharist Sunday Mass: Weekend Please note the new Sunday Mass time! Saturday Vigil Mass …………..………. 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass …………….. 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. March 10 and 24 at 5:00 p.m. Weekday Tuesday………………………………......5:00 p.m. Tuesday Mass: Wednesday—Saturday……………..…9:00 a.m. March 12 and 26 at 5:00 p.m. First Friday Mass …………...……..………………..… 9:00 a.m. First Saturday Readings for the week... Sacrament of Reconciliation….……...9:00 a.m. Benediction and Mass ……………… 10:00 a.m. You can find readings for every day at www.usccb.org/nab Sacrament of Reconciliation Half hour before Daily Mass The Liturgy of the Hours—the in addition to the following: official daily prayer of the Saturday ….…………………. 3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m. church—is at www.divineoffice.org Sunday…………………...….. 7:30 a.m.; 10:15 a.m. Our Sacred Purpose The Vision That Unites Us Build Community – Grow Spiritually – Passionate Disciples Our purpose at St. Mary Parish is to live our devotion to Christ in the Eucharist Our Three Pastoral Priorities and our compassion for Christ in one another, Welcoming—Formation—Stewardship to build a welcoming community that will love and serve God and neighbor, The Values That Guide Us and share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Community – Prayer – Evangelism – Commitment This week at St. Mary and St. Paul Parish Directory Sunday, March 10 St. Mary Parish Office: 7:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 360-293-2101; FAX: 360-293-8556 8:00 a.m. Mass 4001 Saint Mary’s Drive 9:00 a.m. Rosary Making 9:30 a.m. Children’s Choir Anacortes, WA 98221 9:30 a.m. WFC Family Day www. stmaryanacortes.org 11:00 a.m. Mass Parish Office Hours: Monday through Friday St. Paul, Swinomish Reservation 3:30 p.m. Whole Family Catechesis Monday through Friday: 5:00 p.m. Mass 10:00 a.m.—Noon,1:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. RCIA Parish Pastoral Team Monday, March 11 Rev. Mel Strazicich, Pastor Ext. 101 No Mass Rev. Jerry Kienzle, Priest in Residence, call the office 10:30 a.m. Belles of St. Mary Meeting Ruth Miller, Parish Administrator Ext. 102 7:00 p.m. Joy of the Lord [email protected] PA for Faith Formation (position vacant) Ext. 104 Tuesday, March 12 4:30 p.m. Seven Sorrows Rosary [email protected] 5:00 p.m. Mass at St. Paul Ben Maes, PA for Liturgy Ext. 106 6:00 p.m. Lenten Bible Study [email protected] 7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Meeting Facilities Supervisor (position vacant) Call the parish office Wednesday, March 13 Marcia Maes, Receptionist Ext. 100 8:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation [email protected] 9:00 a.m. Mass Brandee Theriot, Administrative Assistant Ext. 103 10:00 a.m. Steps in a Journey [email protected] 6:00 p.m. RCIA Deacon Cary Parnell 509-860-5826 6:30 p.m. Youth Group [email protected] Thursday, March 14 Parish Councils 8:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 9:00 a.m. Mass Pastoral Council: 6:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal Mark Leopold, Co-chair Dave Vacanti, Co-chair Friday, March 15 Finance Council: 8:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Jim Toland, Chair 9:00 a.m. Mass 9:45 a.m. Seven Sorrows Rosary St. Paul Parish Office 360-293-2101 3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy 17456 Pioneer Parkway 5:00 p.m. Soup Supper La Conner, WA 98257 6:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross Mail: c/o 4001 Saint Marys Dr. Anacortes, WA 98221 Saturday, March 16 8:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Parish Office Hours 9:00 a.m. Mass Contact Ruth Miller at 360-293-2101 x102 10:00 a.m. Safe Environment Class [email protected] 3:30 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:00 p.m. Mass Parish Pastoral Team 6:00 p.m. St. Patrick’s Dinner Rev. Mel Strazicich, Pastor Ruth Miller, Parish Administrator Sunday, March 17 7:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Immaculate Conception Regional School 8:00 a.m. Mass (360)428-3912 9:15 a.m. Hospitality Hour Gwen Rodrigues, Principal 9:30 a.m. Children’s Choir 10:15 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation 1321 E Division St. 11:00 a.m. Mass Mount Vernon, WA 98274 12:00 p.m. Healing Prayer Ministry St. Paul, Swinomish Reservation Mass Intentions 3:30 p.m. Whole Family Catechesis 5:00 p.m. Mass March 13: Hilda Michael, Intention 6:00 p.m. RCIA From Father Straz Dear Parishioners, Looking back Last Sunday: 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Integrity of Faith and Word Entrance Antiphon: The Lord became my protector. He brought me out to a place of freedom; he saved me because he delighted in me. Collect: Grant us O Lord, we pray, that the course of our world may be directed by your peaceful rule and that your Church may rejoice, untroubled in her devotion. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Prayer over the Offerings: O God, who provide gifts to be offered to your name and count our oblations as signs of our desire to serve you with devotion, we ask of your mercy that what you grant as the source of merit may also help us to attain merit’s reward. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Communion Antiphon(s): Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age, says the Lord. Prayer after Communion: Nourished by your saving gifts, we beseech your mercy, Lord, that by this same Sacrament with which you feed us in the present age, you may make us partakers of life eternal. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. NOTE: For 50 Years since Vatican II, there has been great emphasis on Catholics entering into God’s Word in Scripture more deeply. At the same time, these great texts from the Liturgy have taken a back seat since the decades, because the Antiphons especially and the responsorial Psalms that they go with, were never really translated for musical use after the Council, even though they are always printed in our English Missals. (There’s also an additional offertory antiphon that is never printed for some reason….). Only in the last 10 years have monks and other composers come together to transpose the great Gregorian melodies and texts of these antiphons into English. We are blessed to be able to start using some of these texts more and more at St. Mary and St. Paul. In addition, we can remember the new translation of the Roman Missal that came out in 2010, and the Prayers of each Mass (the Collect, Prayer over the Offerings and the Prayer after Communion) were especially reworked and reformed to bring out the beauty of our Latin tradition of shared meditation on the Word of God and the Sacred Mystery of the Eucharist and Word received together. All together, these prayers and Antiphons set the stage for each set of readings for each Mass and how we are to interpret them for ourselves on that particular day or week. Reflection: One of the monks who taught me said during class one day, “You know every time you open your mouth I can see your soul!” Jesus puts it another way: “From the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.” As with all Jesus’s teachings, if we take them at face value, without understanding where we could possibly get the strength to follow his directives, we will give up. But Jesus points to a fullness which he wishes to give us. The Prayer over the Offerings points us to “the source of merit.” Merit is the very Catholic concept, that we do NOT share with most of our Protestant brethren, that our response to God’s graceful initiative counts in our favor with the Lord. And what is the source of merit? It’s Jesus, and the prayer is pointing us to Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross, which is the Eucharist. So at every Mass we are put into contact with the source of all holiness. And holiness is something measurable; holiness looks like something: it looks like a life that is being transformed. That’s what saints are. The classic Protestant view of salvation is more declarative: a legal exchange between us and God by virtue of faith in the Christ’s saving acts on the Cross; it covers over our sins. The Catholic view says that ALL of Christ’s life was redemptive and by Sacraments, especially the Eucharist, we receive the very Paschal Mystery of Christ into our very bodies that transforms us from inside out so that over time, if not instantly, we may become truly whole and holy. If we are not living in a receptive mode entering into this “exitus-reditus” of Christ’s Paschal Mystery made present to us in every Holy Communion, then we will not be drawn towards the light; we will be like a fish that wiggles out of the net.