Ann youth ministry Weekly Newsletter March 28th, 2021 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Vol II, Issue XXXIX

Cover Page pg. 1 Office of Youth Ministries pg. 10 Headlines pg. 2 Office of Youth Ministry Schedule Faith Formation Contact Information Youth Ministry Schedule Youth Ministry Podcast Ended Youth Faith Formation Program Mass Server Schedule Youth Ministry Newsletter Formation Segments Combined Youth Ministry Podcast Youth Ministry Militia Quinceañera Program Spring Preparation Requirements Faith Formation pg. 11 Youth Recognition Girl’s Discipleship Altar Servers Needed Online Faith Formation March Podcast Updates Youth Fellowship pg. 11 New Event Section Introduction to Lectio Divina The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth pg. - High School Lectio Divina The Art of Lectio Divina Sunday Mass Readings pg. 3 50:4-7 Youth Ministries pg. 11

Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24 Altar Servers Philippians 2:6-11 Youth Ministry Militia Mark 14:1-15:47 What Did the Say? pg. 13 Scripture and the Catechism pg. 3 John Paul II – Fides et Ratio: 88-91(b) Isaiah 50:4-7 Francis – Fratelli Tutti: 142-146 -CCC: 713, 741 Saint Thorlak pg. 15 Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24 Mass Server Schedule pg. 13 -No Catechism References Youth Ministry Volunteers pg. 13 Philippians 2:6-11 Youth Formation -CCC: 2641, 2667, 1850, 449, 472, 602, 705, Youth Discipleship 713, 876, 1224, 908, 411, 612, 623, 449, 2812, Youth Fellowship 434, 201, 633, 635 Mark 14:1-15:47 -CCC: 1339, 474, 1328, 1335, 1403, 1009, 473, 2701, 2849, 585, 443, 597, 603, 2605, 444 Upcoming Events pg. 9 Spring Confirmation Preparation Divine Mercy: The Second Greatest Story Graduation Mass Youth Confirmation Mass

Page | 1 Headlines Spring Preparation Requirements (3/14/2021)

To fulfill Diocesan Requirements, in order for a Faith Formation Contact Information youth to attend Spring Confirmation Preparation “a parent or their sponsor need to be present at the confirmation Director of Religious Education – Trisha Vasquez session.” Without a parent or sponsor present the youth 817-426-1101 [email protected] will not be able to attend the session and will be marked absent. Director of RCIA – Maru Ramirez 817-295-5621 x8 [email protected] Youth Recognition (3/7/2021) Director of Youth Ministries – August Klein 817-295-5621 x7 [email protected] Saint Ann Youth Ministries would like to recognize Sarah Allcock for her efforts as an Altar Server. Youth Ministry Podcast Ended (3/28/2021) Sarah has actively sought out as many service opportunities as possible including during Wednesday The Saint Ann Youth Ministry Podcast was Mass, quickly learning her role and responsibilities. Last originally started at the beginning of the COVID-19 Wednesday she was entrusted for the first time to present outbreak to help provide Catechesis and assist parents in Father Mel with the wine and water during the Preparation talking about hard issues with their kids during the of the Gifts. ensuing shutdown. As society is beginning to open up and formation is becoming more accessible, we are Altar Servers Needed (3/7/2021) discontinuing the Youth Ministry Podcast so as to free up more time to focus on other aspects of youth ministry and While we have had a number of youth begin to pursue other projects. volunteering for altar serving we still have far fewer youth than we need for the ministry. If you are interested in altar Mass Server Schedule (3/21/2021) serving, please check the Youth Ministry Schedule for training dates or contact the Youth Minister for details. Upcoming Server Schedules will now be posted in the back of the Saint Ann Youth Ministry Newsletter March Podcast Updates (3/7/2021) starting with Holy Week Masses. We are still in need of Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers and Altar Servers for most With February completed, we have our final Holy Week Masses. number of downloads for the month. The Saint Ann Youth Ministry Podcast has a number of downloads each Formation Segments Combined (3/21/2021) month as seen below. September 103 Middle, High School and Homestudy segments October 45 of the Saint Ann Youth Ministry Newsletter have been November 51 combined at this time for the sake of simplicity and lack December 98 of content for all sections. January 68 February 46

Youth Ministry Militia (3/14/2021) New Event Section (2/28/2021) Saint Ann Youth Ministries will be needing the assistance of youth and parents who are interested in The Saint Ann Youth Ministry Newsletter has a helping with various basic needs of the Church. If you new Upcoming Events section directly after the Mass are interested in joining the Youth Ministry Militia, please Readings and Scripture and Catechism Section. This contact August Klein in the Youth Ministry Office for section will contain a complete list of all special and non- more details. Our first service opportunity in the parish recurring special events scheduled as a part of the Youth will be to reset the parish hall on April 7th for the Divine Ministry Program. Mercy Presentation on April 11th.

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Sunday Mass Readings Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion which is above every name, Cycle B that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, Isaiah 50:4-7 of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that The Lord GOD has given me Jesus Christ is Lord, a well-trained tongue, to the glory of God the Father. that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Mark 14:1-15:47 Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened and I have not rebelled, Bread were to take place in two days’ time. So the chief have not turned back. and the scribes were seeking a way to arrest him I gave my back to those who beat me, by treachery and put him to death. They said, “Not during my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; the festival, for fear that there may be a riot among the my face I did not shield people.” from buffets and spitting. When he was in Bethany reclining at table in the The Lord GOD is my help, house of Simon the leper, a woman came with an therefore I am not disgraced; alabaster jar of perfumed oil, costly genuine spikenard. I have set my face like flint, She broke the alabaster jar and poured it on his head. knowing that I shall not be put to shame. There were some who were indignant. “Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil? It could have been sold Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24 for more than three hundred days’ wages and the money given to the poor.” They were infuriated with her. Jesus All who see me scoff at me; said, “Let her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: She has done a good thing for me. The poor you will “He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him, always have with you, and whenever you wish you can let him rescue him, if he loves him.” do good to them, but you will not always have me. She Indeed, many dogs surround me, has done what she could. he has anticipated anointing my a pack of evildoers closes in upon me; body for burial. Amen, I say to you, wherever the gospel They have pierced my hands and my feet; is proclaimed to the whole world, what she has done will I can count all my bones. be told in memory of her.” They divide my garments among them, Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went off and for my vesture they cast lots. to the chief priests to hand him over to them. When they But you, O LORD, be not far from me; heard him they were pleased and promised to pay him O my help, hasten to aid me. money. Then he looked for an opportunity to hand him I will proclaim your name to my brethren; over. in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened “You who fear the LORD, praise him; Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his all you descendants of , give glory to him; disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and revere him, all you descendants of Israel!” prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city and a man Philippians 2:6-11 will meet you, carrying a jar of water. Follow him. Wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The

Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, the Passover with my disciples?”’ Then he will show you did not regard equality with God a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the something to be grasped. preparations for us there.” The disciples then went off, Rather, he emptied himself, entered the city, and found it just as he had told taking the form of a slave,

them; and they prepared the Passover. coming in human likeness; When it was evening, he came with the and found human in appearance, Twelve. And as they reclined at table and were eating, he humbled himself, Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray becoming obedient to the point of death,

Page | 3 me, one who is eating with me.” They began to be one; arrest him and lead him away securely.” He came distressed and to say to him, one by one, “Surely it is not and immediately went over to him and said, I?” He said to them, “One of the Twelve, the one who dips “Rabbi.” And he kissed him. At this they laid hands on with me into the dish. For the Son of Man indeed goes, as him and arrested him. One of the bystanders drew his it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son sword, struck the high ’s servant, and cut off his ear. of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you come out as against had never been born.” a robber, with swords and clubs, to seize me? Day after While they were eating, he took bread, said the day I was with you teaching in the temple area, yet you blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; did not arrest me; but that the Scriptures may be this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and fulfilled.” And they all left him and fled. Now a young gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to man followed him wearing nothing but a linen cloth about them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be his body. They seized him, but he left the cloth behind and shed for many. Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again ran off naked. the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the the kingdom of God.” Then, after singing a , they chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. went out to the Mount of Olives. Peter followed him at a distance into the high priest’s Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will have courtyard and was seated with the guards, warming your faith shaken, for it is written: himself at the fire. The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus in I will strike the shepherd, order to put him to death, but they found none. Many gave and the sheep will be dispersed. false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. Some took the stand and testified falsely against But after I have been raised up, I shall go before him, alleging, “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this you to Galilee.” Peter said to him, “Even though all temple made with hands and within three days I will build should have their faith shaken, mine will not be.” Then another not made with hands.’” Even so their testimony Jesus said to him, "Amen, I say to you, this very night did not agree. The high priest rose before the assembly before the cock crows twice you will deny me three and questioned Jesus, saying, “Have you no answer? times.” But he vehemently replied, “Even though I What are these men testifying against you?” But he was should have to die with you, I will not deny you.” And silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked they all spoke similarly. him and said to him, Are you the Christ, the son of the Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, Blessed One?” Then Jesus answered, “I am; and ‘you will and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He see the Son of Man eated at the right hand of the Power took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be and coming with the clouds of heaven.’” At that the high troubled and distressed. Then he said to them, “My soul priest tore his garments and said, hat further need have we is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch.” of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy. What do He advanced a little and fell to the ground and prayed that you think?” They all condemned him as deserving to die. if it were possible the hour might pass by him; he said, Some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him and “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this struck him and said to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will.” greeted him with blows. When he returned he found them asleep. He said to Peter, While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for the high priest’s maids came along. Seeing Peter warming one hour? Watch and pray that you may not undergo the himself, she looked intently at him and said, “You too test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” But he denied it saying, Withdrawing again, he prayed, saying the same thing. “I neither know nor understand what you are talking Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for about.” So he went out into the outer court. Then the cock they could not keep their eyes open and did not know crowed. The maid saw him and began again to say to the what to answer him. He returned a third time and said to bystanders, “This man is one of them.” Once again he them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is denied it. A little later the bystanders said to Peter once enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is more, “Surely you are one of them; for you too are a to be handed over to sinners. Get up, let us go. See, my Galilean.” He began to curse and to swear, “I do not betrayer is at hand.” know this man about whom you are talking.” And Then, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of immediately a cock crowed a second time. Then Peter the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd with remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests, “Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three the scribes, and the elders. His betrayer had arranged a times.” He broke down and wept. signal with them, saying, “The man I shall kiss is the

Page | 4 As soon as morning came, the chief priests with At noon darkness came over the whole land until the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin three in the afternoon. And at three o’clock Jesus cried out held a council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which handed him over to Pilate. Pilate questioned him, “Are is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken you the king of the Jews?” He said to him in reply, “You me?” Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, say so.” The chief priests accused him of many things. he is calling .” One of them ran, soaked a sponge Again Pilate questioned him, “Have you no answer? See with wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink how many things they accuse you of.” Jesus gave him no saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him further answer, so that Pilate was amazed. down.” Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. Now on the occasion of the feast he used to The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top release to them one prisoner whom they requested. A man to bottom. When the centurion who stood facing him saw called Barabbas was then in prison along with the rebels how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the who had committed murder in a rebellion. The crowd Son of God!” There were also women looking on from a came forward and began to ask him to do for them as he distance. Among them were , Mary the was accustomed. Pilate answered, “Do you want me to mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome. release to you the king of the Jews?” For he knew that it These women had followed him when he was in Galilee was out of envy that the chief priests had handed him and ministered to him. There were also many other over. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have women who had come up with him to Jerusalem. him release Barabbas for them instead. Pilate again said When it was already evening, since it was the day to them in reply, “Then what do you want me to do with of preparation, the day before the sabbath, of the man you call the king of the Jews?” They shouted Arimathea, a distinguished member of the council, who again, “Crucify him.” Pilate said to them, “Why? What was himself awaiting the kingdom of God, came and evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “Crucify courageously went to Pilate and asked for the body of him.” So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Jesus. Pilate was amazed that he was already dead. He Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, summoned the centurion and asked him if Jesus had handed him over to be crucified. already died. And when he learned of it from the The soldiers led him away inside the palace, that centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. Having bought a is, the praetorium, and assembled the whole cohort. They linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen clothed him in purple and, weaving a crown of thorns, cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of placed it on him. They began to salute him with, "Hail, the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the King of the Jews!” and kept striking his head with a reed tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses and spitting upon him. They knelt before him in homage. watched where he was laid. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. Scripture and Catechism They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, the father Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. Cycle B They brought him to the place of Golgotha — which is translated Place of the Skull —, They gave him Isaiah 50:4-7 wine drugged with myrrh, but he did not take it. Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for 713 The Messiah's characteristics are revealed above them to see what each should take. It was nine o’clock in all in the "Servant songs." These songs proclaim the the morning when they crucified him. The inscription of meaning of Jesus' Passion and show how he will pour out the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” With the Holy Spirit to give life to the many: not as an outsider, him they crucified two revolutionaries, one on his right but by embracing our "form as slave." Taking our death and one on his left. Those passing by reviled him, shaking upon himself, he can communicate to us his own Spirit of their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy life. the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming down from the cross.” Likewise the chief priests, 141 "The Church has always venerated the divine with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and Scriptures as she venerated the Body of the Lord" (DV said, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the 21): both nourish and govern the whole Christian life. Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified (Ps 119:105; cf. Is 50:4). with him also kept abusing him.

Page | 5 Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24 can learn only from experience. This corresponded to the reality of his voluntary emptying of himself, taking "the No Catechism References form of a slave".

602 Consequently, St. Peter can formulate the Philippians 2:6-11 apostolic faith in the divine plan of salvation in this way: "You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from "[Address] one another in and and 2641 your fathers. . . with the precious blood of Christ, like that spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before with all your heart." Like the inspired writers of the the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the New Testament, the first Christian communities read end of the times for your sake." Man's sins, following on the Book of Psalms in a new way, singing in it the original sin, are punishable by death. By sending his own mystery of Christ. In the newness of the Spirit, they Son in the form of a slave, in the form of a fallen also composed hymns and canticles in the light of the humanity, on account of sin, God "made him to be sin unheard-of event that God accomplished in his Son: who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the his Incarnation, his death which conquered death, his righteousness of God." Resurrection, and Ascension to the right hand of the

Father. Doxology, the praise of God, arises from this 705 Disfigured by sin and death, man remains "in the "marvelous work" of the whole economy of salvation. image of God," in the image of the Son, but is deprived "of the glory of God," of his "likeness." The promise This simple invocation of faith developed in the 2667 made to inaugurates the economy of salvation, tradition of prayer under many forms in East and West. at the culmination of which the Son himself will assume The most usual formulation, transmitted by the spiritual that "image" and restore it in the Father's "likeness" by writers of the Sinai, Syria, and Mt. Athos, is the giving it again its Glory, the Spirit who is "the giver of invocation, "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy life." on us sinners." It combines the Christological hymn of Philippians 2:6-11 with the cry of the publican and 713 The Messiah's characteristics are revealed above By it the heart is opened the blind men begging for light. all in the "Servant songs." These songs proclaim the to human wretchedness and the Savior's mercy. meaning of Jesus' Passion and show how he will pour out the Holy Spirit to give life to the many: not as an outsider, 1850 Sin is an offense against God: "Against you, you but by embracing our "form as slave." Taking our death alone, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your upon himself, he can communicate to us his own Spirit of sight." Sin sets itself against God's love for us and turns life. our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to 876 Intrinsically linked to the sacramental nature of become "like gods," knowing and determining good and ecclesial ministry is its character as service. Entirely evil. Sin is thus "love of oneself even to contempt of dependent on Christ who gives mission and authority, God." In this proud self- exaltation, sin is diametrically ministers are truly "slaves of Christ," in the image of him opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our who freely took "the form of a slave" for us. Because salvation. the word and grace of which they are ministers are not their own, but are given to them by Christ for the sake of 449 By attributing to Jesus the divine title "Lord", the others, they must freely become the slaves of all. first confessions of the Church's faith affirm from the beginning that the power, honor and glory due to God the 1224 Our Lord voluntarily submitted himself to the Father are due also to Jesus, because "he was in the form baptism of St. John, intended for sinners, in order to of God", and the Father manifested the sovereignty of "fulfill all righteousness." Jesus' gesture is a Jesus by raising him from the dead and exalting him into manifestation of his self-emptying. The Spirit who had his glory. hovered over the waters of the first creation descended then on the Christ as a prelude of the new creation, and 472 This human soul that the Son of God assumed is the Father revealed Jesus as his "beloved Son." endowed with a true human knowledge. As such, this knowledge could not in itself be unlimited: it was 908 By his obedience unto death, Christ exercised in the historical conditions of his existence in communicated to his disciples the gift of royal freedom, space and time. This is why the Son of God could, when so that they might "by the self-abnegation of a holy life, he became man, "increase in wisdom and in stature, and overcome the reign of sin in themselves": in favor with God and man", and would even have to That man is rightly called a king who makes his own inquire for himself about what one in the human condition body an obedient subject and, by governing himself

Page | 6 with suitable rigor, refuses to let his passions breed that is above all names: "Jesus Christ is Lord, to the rebellion in his soul, for he exercises a kind of royal glory of God the Father." power over himself. And because he knows how to rule his own person as king, so too does he sit as its 434 Jesus' Resurrection glorifies the name of the judge. He will not let himself be imprisoned by sin, Savior God, for from that time on it is the name of Jesus or thrown headlong into wickedness. that fully manifests the supreme power of the "name

which is above every name". The evil spirits fear his 411 The Christian tradition sees in this passage an name; in his name his disciples perform miracles, for the announcement of the "New " who, because he Father grants all they ask in this name. "became obedient unto death, even death on a cross",

makes amends superabundantly for the disobedience, of 201 To Israel, his chosen, God revealed himself as the Adam. Furthermore many Fathers and Doctors of the only One: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one Church have seen the woman announced in LORD; and you shall love the LORD your God with all the Protoevangelium as Mary, the mother of Christ, the your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your "new Eve". Mary benefited first of all and uniquely from might.” Through the prophets, God calls Israel and all Christ's victory over sin: she was preserved from all stain nations to turn to him, the one and only God: "Turn to me of original sin and by a special grace of God committed and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and no sin of any kind during her whole earthly life. there is no other.. . To me every knee shall bow, every

tongue shall swear. 'Only in the LORD, it shall be said 612 The cup of the New Covenant, which Jesus of me, are righteousness and strength.'" anticipated when he offered himself at the Last Supper, is afterwards accepted by him from his Father's hands in his 633 Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which agony in the garden at Gethsemani, making himself the dead Christ went down, "hell" - Sheol in Hebrew "obedient unto death". Jesus prays: "My Father, if it be or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are possible, let this cup pass from me. . ." Thus he expresses deprived of the vision of God. Such is the case for all the the horror that death represented for his human nature. dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Like ours, his human nature is destined for eternal life; Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, but unlike ours, it is perfectly exempt from sin, the cause as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man of death. Above all, his human nature has been assumed Lazarus who was received into "Abraham's bosom": "It is by the divine person of the "Author of life", the "Living precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Savior in One". By accepting in his human will that the Father's will Abraham's bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when be done, he accepts his death as redemptive, for "he he descended into hell." Jesus did not descend into hell to himself bore our sins in his body on the tree." deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation,

but to free the just who had gone before him. 623 By his loving obedience to the Father, "unto death, even death on a cross" (Phil 2:8), Jesus fulfills 635 Christ went down into the depths of death so the atoning mission (cf. Is 53:10) of the suffering Servant, that "the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, who will "make many righteous; and he shall bear their and those who hear will live." Jesus, "the Author of iniquities" (Is 53:11; cf. Rom 5:19). life", by dying destroyed "him who has the power of

death, that is, the devil, and [delivered] all those who 449 By attributing to Jesus the divine title "Lord", the through fear of death were subject to lifelong first confessions of the Church's faith affirm from the bondage." Henceforth the risen Christ holds "the keys of beginning that the power, honor and glory due to God the Death and Hades", so that "at the name of Jesus every Father are due also to Jesus, because "he was in the form knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the of God", and the Father manifested the sovereignty of earth." Jesus by raising him from the dead and exalting him Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence into his glory. and a great stillness. A great silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still 2812 Finally, in Jesus the name of the Holy God is because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has revealed and given to us, in the flesh, as Savior, revealed raised up all who have slept ever since the world by what he is, by his word, and by his sacrifice. This is began. . . He has gone to search for Adam, our first the heart of his priestly prayer: "Holy Father . . . for their father, as for a lost sheep. Greatly desiring to visit sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be those who live in darkness and in the shadow of consecrated in truth." Because he "sanctifies" his own death, he has gone to free from sorrow Adam in his name, Jesus reveals to us the name of the Father. At the bonds and Eve, captive with him - He who is both end of Christ's Passover, the Father gives him the name their God and the son of Eve. . . "I am your God, who for your sake have become your son. . . I order you, O sleeper, to awake. I did not create you to be a

Page | 7 prisoner in hell. Rise from the dead, for I am the life "to him who is to come." In her prayer she calls for his of the dead." coming: "Marana tha!" "Come, Lord Jesus!" "May your grace come and this world pass away!" Mark 14:1-15:47 1009 Death is transformed by Christ. Jesus, the Son of 1339 Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfill what he God, also himself suffered the death that is part of the had announced at Capernaum: giving his disciples his human condition. Yet, despite his anguish as he faced Body and his Blood: death, he accepted it in an act of complete and free Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on submission to his Father's will. The obedience of Jesus which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So has transformed the curse of death into a blessing. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover meal for us, that we may eat 473 But at the same time, this truly human knowledge it. . . ." They went . . . and prepared the passover. of God's Son expressed the divine life of his person. "The And when the hour came, he sat at table, and the human nature of God's Son, not by itself but by its union apostles with him. And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you with the Word, knew and showed forth in itself everything before I suffer; for I tell you I shall not eat it again that pertains to God." Such is first of all the case with until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.". . . . the intimate and immediate knowledge that the Son of And he took bread, and when he had given thanks God made man has of his Father. The Son in his human he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is knowledge also showed the divine penetration he had into my body which is given for you. Do this in the secret thoughts of human hearts. remembrance of me." And likewise the cup after supper, saying, "This cup which is poured out for 2701 Vocal prayer is an essential element of the you is the New Covenant in my blood." Christian life. To his disciples, drawn by their Master's silent prayer, Jesus teaches a vocal prayer, the Our Father. 474 By its union to the divine wisdom in the person He not only prayed aloud the liturgical prayers of the of the Word incarnate, Christ enjoyed in his human synagogue but, as the Gospels show, he raised his voice knowledge the fullness of understanding of the eternal to express his personal prayer, from exultant blessing of plans he had come to reveal. What he admitted to not the Father to the agony of Gesthemani.3 knowing in this area, he elsewhere declared himself not sent to reveal. 2849 Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus 1328 The inexhaustible richness of this sacrament is vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public expressed in the different names we give it. Each name mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony. In this evokes certain aspects of it. It is called: petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his Eucharist, because it is an action of thanksgiving to battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the God. The Greek words eucharistein and eulogein recall the Jewish blessings that proclaim - especially heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "custody during a meal - God's works: creation, redemption, of the heart," and Jesus prayed for us to the Father: "Keep and . them in your name." The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch. Finally, this petition takes on 1335 The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves, all its dramatic meaning in relation to the last temptation when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes of our earthly battle; it asks for final perseverance. "Lo, I the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake." prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist. The sign of water turned into wine at Cana 585 On the threshold of his Passion Jesus announced already announces the Hour of Jesus' glorification. It the coming destruction of this splendid building, of which makes manifest the fulfillment of the wedding feast in the there would not remain "one stone upon another". By Father's kingdom, where the faithful will drink the new doing so, he announced a sign of the last days, which were wine that has become the Blood of Christ. to begin with his own Passover. But this prophecy would be distorted in its telling by false witnesses 1403 At the Last Supper the Lord himself directed his during his interrogation at the high priest's house, and disciples' attention toward the fulfillment of the Passover would be thrown back at him as an insult when he was in the kingdom of God: "I tell you I shall not drink nailed to the cross.

again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." Whenever the Church celebrates the Eucharist she remembers this promise and turns her gaze

Page | 8 443 Peter could recognize the transcendent character spirit!" until the "loud cry" as he expires, giving up his of the Messiah's divine sonship because Jesus had clearly spirit. allowed it to be so understood. To his accusers' question before the Sanhedrin, "Are you the Son of God, 444 The Gospels report that at two solemn moments, then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am." Well the Baptism and the Transfiguration of Christ, the voice before this, Jesus referred to himself as "the Son" who of the Father designates Jesus his "beloved Son". Jesus knows the Father, as distinct from the "servants" God had calls himself the "only Son of God", and by this title earlier sent to his people; he is superior even to the affirms his eternal pre-existence. He asks for faith in "the angels. He distinguished his sonship from that of his name of the only Son of God". In the centurion's disciples by never saying "our Father", except to exclamation before the crucified Christ, "Truly this command them: "You, then, pray like this: 'Our Father'", man was the Son of God", that Christian confession is and he emphasized this distinction, saying "my Father and already heard. Only in the Paschal mystery can the your Father". believer give the title "Son of God" its full meaning.

597 The historical complexity of Jesus' trial is

apparent in the Gospel accounts. The personal sin of the Upcoming Events participants (Judas, the Sanhedrin, Pilate) is known to God alone. Hence we cannot lay responsibility for the Spring Confirmation Preparation trial on the Jews in Jerusalem as a whole, despite the outcry of a manipulated crowd and the global Scheduled: April 11, 18, 25 reproaches contained in the apostles' calls to May 2, 9 conversion after Pentecost. Jesus himself, in forgiving 11:30AM – 12:30AM them on the cross, and Peter in following suit, both accept "the ignorance" of the Jews of Jerusalem and even of their The Spring Session of our five-week course for leaders. Still less can we extend responsibility to other sacramental preparation to receive confirmation will Jews of different times and places, based merely on the begin on April 11th, 2020. These classes take place each crowd's cry: "His blood be on us and on our children!", a Sunday from 11:30AM – 12:30PM. To attend this course formula for ratifying a judicial sentence. As the Church our youth must have first discerned full readiness for the declared at the Second Vatican Council: sacrament of confirmation and submitted a completed . . . [N]either all Jews indiscriminately at that time, Sponsor Form and Saint Report. nor Jews today, can be charged with the crimes committed during his Passion. . . [T]he Jews should Divine Mercy: The Second Greatest Story not be spoken of as rejected or accursed as if this followed from holy Scripture. Scheduled: April 11, 18, 25 May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 603 Jesus did not experience reprobation as if he June 6, 13 himself had sinned. But in the redeeming love that always 3:30PM – 4:30PM united him to the Father, he assumed us in the state of our waywardness of sin, to the point that he could say in our Saint Ann Youth Ministry will be hosting a ten- name from the cross: "My God, my God, why have you part presentation on the Story of Divine Mercy which is forsaken me?" Having thus established him in solidarity open to youth, catechists and their families. This with us sinners, God "did not spare his own Son but gave presentation will explore the great events, nations and him up for us all", so that we might be "reconciled to God people who were instrumental in the promulgation of the by the death of his Son". message of divine mercy and help you experience and share what divine mercy actually means. 2605 When the hour had come for him to fulfill the Father's plan of love, Jesus allows a glimpse of the Graduation Mass boundless depth of his filial prayer, not only before he freely delivered himself up ("Abba . . . not my will, but Scheduled: May 22nd, 5:00PM yours."), but even in his last words on the Cross, where prayer and the gift of self are but one: "Father, forgive Saint Ann Graduation Mass for 2021 will be them, for they know not what they do"; "Truly, I say to taking place on Saturday May 22nd at 5:00PM. If you are you, today you will be with me in Paradise", "Woman, graduating High School, College, Trade School or any behold your son" - "Behold your mother"; "I thirst."; "My other educational institution this year and would like to God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"; "It is receive a blessing, please contact the Youth Minister to finished"; "Father, into your hands I commit my register. All registrations must be turned in by May 9th.

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Youth Confirmation Mass Youth Faith Formation Program

Scheduled: May 28th, 6:00PM The Youth Faith Formation Program is designed from top to bottom to both prepare our youth to receive The Saint Ann Youth Confirmation Mass for the Sacrament of Confirmation and afterward prepare 2021 will be taking place on May 28th, 2021 at 6:00PM. them to use the graces from the Sacrament of To receive Confirmation all youth must discern readiness Confirmation in living out their life as a Catholic with to receive the sacrament, attend the Confirmation great intentionality. Preparation five week course, and have both a completed The Faith Formation program is carried out in and signed sponsor form and saint report form on file. two phases, Middle School and High School formation. Please contact the Youth Minister or attend one of the Each year rather than learning a standard set of topics, Monthly Parent Meetings for more details. they will choose two topics which they would like to learn about that year to prepare the to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. In this way, our youth can take greater

Office of Youth Ministries ownership of their faith formation, and certain subjects remain open to our youth, even if they did not attend Office of Youth Ministry Schedule (3/28/2021) particular classes in a particular year. This helps prevent any youth from being “left behind” because they missed The office of youth ministry schedule for the a year in which certain topics may be discussed. week is as follows. 3/28/2021: 9AM-4PM Youth Ministry Newsletter 3/29/2021: Out of Office 3/30/2021: 9AM-4PM The Saint Ann Youth Ministry Newsletter is a 3/31/2021: 9AM-3PM weekly publication which was started at the direction of 4/1/2021: Office Closed Trisha Vasquez as the Director of Religious Education. 4/2/2021: Office Closed The Saint Ann Youth Ministry Newsletter was and is 4/3/2021: Office Closed intended to provide weekly updates on the programs and 4/4/2021: Office Closed events taking place within Saint Ann Youth Ministries, If you would like to schedule a meeting with the provide information on other pertinent events throughout Youth Minister please contact him using information the Church, as well as share articles and information about provided at the top of page 2. the faith and the which parents can use to help teach the faith to their children and young adults. Youth Ministry Schedule (3/28/2021) Along with our parish Ann, the patron of the Youth Ministry Newsletter is Saint The Youth Ministry schedule for the next two . Saint Maximilian Kolbe was arrested weeks is as follows. by the German Third Reich for resuming the publication 3/28/2021 of a journal which was critical of the Nazi party. He was Altar Server Training SAC (1:00PM) sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he died 3/31/2021 when he took the place of another man who was to be High School Lectio Divina FB: 5 (7:00PM) starved to death in a bunker. Saints Ann and Maximilian Art of Lectio Divina FB: 6 (7:00PM) Kolbe, pray for us. 4/7/2021 High School Lectio Divina FB: 5 (7:00PM) Youth Ministry Podcast (3/28/2020) Art of Lectio Divina FB: 6 (7:00PM) Parent Meeting SAC (7:00PM) The Saint Ann Youth Ministry Podcast was 4/11/2021 originally started at the beginning of the COVID-19 Spring Confirmation Prep FB: 3&4 (11:30AM) outbreak to help provide Catechesis and assist parents in Altar Server Training SAC (2:00PM) talking about hard issues with their kids during the Divine Mercy PH (3:30PM) ensuing shutdown. As society is beginning to open up and formation is becoming more accessible, we are *SAC (Saint Ann Church) discontinuing the Youth Ministry Podcast so as to free up *SHC (Sacred Heart Chapel) *PH (Parish Hall) more time to focus on other aspects of youth ministry and *FB (Formation Building) to pursue other projects. *Zoom (Utilizing the Zoom App)

Page | 10 Quinceañera Program Youth Fellowship

The Saint Ann office of youth ministries is in the Introduction to Lectio Divina (11/1/2020) process of providing a fuller, more developed and methodological Quinceañera program. Saint Ann Youth Ministry needs one more To receive a Quinceañera blessing at Saint Ann catechist before we can begin our Introduction to Lectio you must fulfill the following pre-requisites set forth by Divina. We do have youth who are interested in joining the Diocese Fort Worth on page 4 of the Quince Años Lectio Divina but we are currently at maximum capacity. Celebration Guidelines and Resources. Catechists: None 1. The participant shall be baptized. 2. The participant should have received the High School Lectio Divina (3/28/2021) sacraments of First communion and Penance or be preparing for the reception of the sacraments. High School Lectio Divina took a break from 3. The participant (or family) should be their regular classroom schedule and read about Mary registered members of the parish in which they are asking Magdalene before watching Episode 1 of the Chosen for the Quince Años celebration or ask permission from based off that scripture passage. the Pastor to prepare at another parish. Attendees: 5/7 4. The participant should be registered in the Maximum Class Size: - parish religious education program presently and the year Catechists: Drew Thomas, Bob Grubb, Char prior to their Quince Años celebration or be in some faith Smith formation process like Catholic school or authorized home study. The Art of Lectio Divina (3/21/2021)

If you fulfill these pre-requisites and would like Art of Lectio Divina resumed sessions this week. to schedule a Quinceañera, please contact the Youth Attendees: 2/4 Minister to receive and go over the required Quinceañera Catechist: Tanya Streibich, Donna Heim paperwork and approval form. Without a completed approval form, you will not be able to have a Quinceañera at Saint Ann. You may find the contact information on Youth Ministries the top of Page 2. Altar Servers (3/21/2021) Faith Formation Saint Tarcisius, Pray for Us

Current State (3/28/2021) Girl’s Discipleship Saint the , Pray for Us Currently Saint Ann has 16 active Altar Servers out of the needed 36 to maintain the ministry. We do ask Girl’s discipleship is continuing with their studies that all Altar Servers arrive at the sacristy a minimum of on the Theology of the Body using the YOU curriculum. 15 minutes before Mass to assist in preparing the church Catechists: Sonya Wray, Catherine Fuchs. for the Mass.

Online Faith Formation (3/28/2021) Upcoming Training

By April 11th, all youth enrolled in our online The next training session for Altar Servers will faith formation program should have completed Lesson take place on March 28th. In upcoming training sessions 18 of their curriculum. the youth will be pre-assigned to practicing the various roles in the Mass to ensure that everyone regularly has the opportunity to practice. In addition, we will soon be able to begin assigning youth specific roles during Mass with each server being responsible for carrying out particular responsibilities. Catechists: August Klein, Kelly Klein

Page | 11 Youth Ministry Militia (3/14/2021) Saint André Bessette, Pray for Us

Saint Ann Youth Ministry has a need for youth and adult volunteers who can attend to some of the basic needs of the Church. The first major function that is needed of the Youth Ministry Militia will be the resetting of the tables and chair in the Parish Hall on April 7th at 7:00PM to prepare for the Divine Mercy presentation which begins on April 11th. If you are interested, please contact August Klein in the Office of Youth Ministry for details.

Page | 12 excludes the great ethical dilemmas and the existential What Did the Popes Say? analyses of the meaning of suffering and sacrifice, of life and death. John Paul II 90. The positions we have examined lead in turn to Fides et Ratio: 88-91(b) a more general conception which appears today as the On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason common framework of many philosophies which have rejected the meaningfulness of being. I am referring to the nihilist interpretation, which is at once the denial of all CHAPTER VII foundations and the negation of all objective truth. Quite CURRENT REQUIREMENTS AND TASKS apart from the fact that it conflicts with the demands and the content of the word of God, nihilism is a denial of the The Indispensable Requirements of the Word of humanity and of the very identity of the human being. It God should never be forgotten that the neglect of being inevitably leads to losing touch with objective truth and therefore with 88. Another threat to be reckoned with is scientism. the very ground of human dignity. This in turn makes it This is the philosophical notion which refuses to admit the possible to erase from the countenance of man and woman validity of forms of knowledge other than those of the the marks of their likeness to God, and thus to lead them little positive sciences; and it relegates religious, theological, by little either to a destructive will to power or to a solitude ethical and aesthetic knowledge to the realm of mere fantasy. without hope. Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is In the past, the same idea emerged in positivism and neo- pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either positivism, which considered metaphysical statements to be go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery. meaningless. Critical epistemology has discredited such a 91. In discussing these currents of thought, it has not claim, but now we see it revived in the new guise of been my intention to present a complete picture of the scientism, which dismisses values as mere products of the present state of philosophy, which would, in any case, be emotions and rejects the notion of being in order to clear the difficult to reduce to a unified vision. And I certainly wish way for pure and simple facticity. Science would thus be to stress that our heritage of knowledge and wisdom has poised to dominate all aspects of human life through indeed been enriched in different fields. We need only cite technological progress. The undeniable triumphs of logic, the philosophy of language, epistemology, the scientific research and contemporary technology have philosophy of nature, anthropology, the more penetrating helped to propagate a scientistic outlook, which now seems analysis of the affective dimensions of knowledge and the boundless, given its inroads into different cultures and the existential approach to the analysis of freedom. Since the last radical changes it has brought. century, however, the affirmation of the principle of Regrettably, it must be noted, scientism consigns all immanence, central to the rationalist argument, has that has to do with the question of the meaning of life to the provoked a radical requestioning of claims once thought realm of the irrational or imaginary. No less disappointing is indisputable. In response, currents of irrationalism arose, the way in which it approaches the other great problems of even as the baselessness of the demand that reason be philosophy which, if they are not ignored, are subjected to absolutely self-grounded was being critically demonstrated. analyses based on superficial analogies, lacking all rational Our age has been termed by some thinkers the age foundation. This leads to the impoverishment of human of “postmodernity”. Often used in very different contexts, thought, which no longer addresses the ultimate problems the term designates the emergence of a complex of new which the human being, as the animal rationale, has factors which, widespread and powerful as they are, have pondered constantly from the beginning of time. And since shown themselves able to produce important and lasting it leaves no space for the critique offered by ethical changes. The term was first used with reference to aesthetic, judgement, the scientistic mentality has succeeded in leading social and technological phenomena. It was then transposed many to think that if something is technically possible it is into the philosophical field, but has remained somewhat therefore morally admissible. ambiguous, both because judgement on what is called 89. No less dangerous is pragmatism, an attitude of “postmodern” is sometimes positive and sometimes mind which, in making its choices, precludes theoretical negative, and because there is as yet no consensus on the considerations or judgements based on ethical principles. delicate question of the demarcation of the different The practical consequences of this mode of thinking are historical periods. One thing however is certain: the currents significant. In particular there is growing support for a of thought which claim to be postmodern merit appropriate concept of democracy which is not grounded upon any attention. According to some of them, the time of certainties reference to unchanging values: whether or not a line of is irrevocably past, and the human being must now learn to action is admissible is decided by the vote of a parliamentary live in a horizon of total absence of meaning, where majority. The consequences of this are clear: in practice, the everything is provisional and ephemeral. In their destructive great moral decisions of humanity are subordinated to critique of every certitude, several authors have failed to decisions taken one after another by institutional agencies. make crucial distinctions and have called into question the Moreover, anthropology itself is severely compromised by a certitudes of faith. one-dimensional vision of the human being, a vision which

Page | 13 Pope Francis 144. It also gives rise to healthy and enriching Fratelli Tutti: 142-146 exchanges. The experience of being raised in a particular On Fraternity and Social Friendship place and sharing in a particular culture gives us insight into aspects of reality that others cannot so easily

perceive. Universal does not necessarily mean bland, CHAPTER IV uniform and standardized, based on a single prevailing A HEART OPEN TO THE WHOLE WORLD cultural model, for this will ultimately lead to the loss of

a rich palette of shades and colours, and result in utter Local and Universal monotony. Such was the temptation referred to in the

ancient account of the Tower of Babel. The attempt to 142. It should be kept in mind that “an innate build a tower that would reach to heaven was not an tension exists between globalization and localization. We expression of unity between various peoples speaking to need to pay attention to the global so as to avoid one another from their diversity. Instead, it was a narrowness and banality. Yet we also need to look to the misguided attempt, born of pride and ambition, to create local, which keeps our feet on the ground. Together, the a unity other than that willed by God in his providential two prevent us from falling into one of two extremes. In plan for the nations (cf. Gen 11:1-9). the first, people get caught up in an abstract, globalized 145. There can be a false openness to the universe… In the other, they turn into a museum of local universal, born of the shallowness of those lacking insight folklore, a world apart, doomed to doing the same things into the genius of their native land or harbouring over and over, incapable of being challenged by novelty unresolved resentment towards their own people. or appreciating the beauty which God bestows beyond Whatever the case, “we constantly have to broaden our their borders”. We need to have a global outlook to save horizons and see the greater good which will benefit us ourselves from petty provincialism. When our house stops all. But this has to be done without evasion or uprooting. being a home and starts to become an enclosure, a cell, We need to sink our roots deeper into the fertile soil and then the global comes to our rescue, like a “final cause” history of our native place, which is a gift of God. We can that draws us towards our fulfilment. At the same time, work on a small scale, in our own neighbourhood, but though, the local has to be eagerly embraced, for it with a larger perspective… The global need not stifle, nor possesses something that the global does not: it is capable the particular prove barren”; our model must be that of a of being a leaven, of bringing enrichment, of sparking polyhedron, in which the value of each individual is mechanisms of subsidiarity. Universal fraternity and respected, where “the whole is greater than the part, but it social friendship are thus two inseparable and equally is also greater than the sum of its parts”. vital poles in every society. To separate them would be to disfigure each and to create a dangerous polarization. A Universal Horizon

Local Flavour 146. There is a kind of “local” narcissism

unrelated to a healthy love of one’s own people and 143. The solution is not an openness that spurns culture. It is born of a certain insecurity and fear of the its own richness. Just as there can be no dialogue with other that leads to rejection and the desire to erect walls “others” without a sense of our own identity, so there can for self-defence. Yet it is impossible to be “local” in a be no openness between peoples except on the basis of healthy way without being sincerely open to the universal, love for one’s own land, one’s own people, one’s own without feeling challenged by what is happening in other cultural roots. I cannot truly encounter another unless I places, without openness to enrichment by other cultures, stand on firm foundations, for it is on the basis of these and without solidarity and concern for the tragedies that I can accept the gift the other brings and in turn offer affecting other peoples. A “local narcissism” instead frets an authentic gift of my own. I can welcome others who over a limited number of ideas, customs and forms of are different, and value the unique contribution they have security; incapable of admiring the vast potential and to make, only if I am firmly rooted in my own people and beauty offered by the larger world, it lacks an authentic culture. Everyone loves and cares for his or her native and generous spirit of solidarity. Life on the local level land and village, just as they love and care for their home thus becomes less and less welcoming, people less open and are personally responsible for its upkeep. The to complementarity. Its possibilities for development common good likewise requires that we protect and love narrow; it grows weary and infirm. A healthy culture, on our native land. Otherwise, the consequences of a disaster the other hand, is open and welcoming by its very nature; in one country will end up affecting the entire planet. All indeed, “a culture without universal values is not truly a this brings out the positive meaning of the right to culture”. property: I care for and cultivate something that I possess, in such a way that it can contribute to the good of all.

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Saint Thorlak was born in southern in the initiate in the last century, including the institution of a year 1133 into a family of farmers. At the time of his strict discipline of clerical celibacy, and Church birth, German and Norwegian missionaries had only independence against intrusion by secular authorities, started effectively evangelizing Iceland sometime in the who had often attempted to control the of mid to late 900’s. The evangelization process had priests and bishops. In addition to these abuses which had embroiled the entire island in a large national struggle, arisen while the church had been disorganized, was the and the Icelanders had clung fiercely to their ancestral mortally sinful practice of , where priests, bishops faith which centered around idolatry and infanticide. The and laity would attempt to buy and sell offices, had been solidly established by this time, , sacraments, indulgences, relics and but the Icelandic Church had become unruly and blessings. Thorlak worked to put an end to this practice disorganized. and the others by re-establishing order in the Catholic While Thorlak’s parents were barely able to earn . a living as farmers in Iceland, then noticed their sons Thorlak did not shy away from secular religious charisms, and ensured he received religious confrontation either. He would seek out and condemn a instruction from the local priest. Saint Thorlak, for his very powerful and very popular local chieftain, who had part, answered the call of God and was ordained a been engaging in adultery, and is to have been said to even by the time he was 15 years old, and a priest by the time had an extra-marital affair with Thorlak’s own sister. he was 18. Despite Thorlak’s desire to resign his episcopacy When Thorlak was 20 years old, he traveled to and return the monastic life, he was never able to, and died Paris to study at the school of Saint Victor. There, he on December 23rd, 1193 at the age of 60. Saint Thorlak studied the for six years. The was canonized in 1984 by Pope John Paul II and he is the Augustinian rule was an important part of the Western patron saint of Iceland, fisherman, and Scandinavia. Tradition of the Church, and committed a priest not only There is a movement in the Church to have Saint Thorlak to celibacy, which was not widely practiced by the priests declared the patron saint of Autism. His feat day is of his native Iceland, but also a life of community without December 23rd. personal possessions. From there, Thorlak traveled to England where he studied at the priory in Lincolnshire. At 32 years old, Thorlak returned to his native Iceland. After his return, some of the locals and church attempted to pressure Thorlak to marry a rich widow, but Thorlak refused to give up the discipline of clerical celibacy. Instead, Thorlak went on to build a monastery according to the Canon of the Augustinian rule, encouraging clerical celibacy in his native Iceland. Thorlak would devote himself to a strict religious life, reciting the Our Father, the Creed, a hymn and fifty Psalms daily. About 10 years after Thorlak founded the monastery, while in his mid 40s, he was approached by Archbishop Augustine of Nidaros, an Augustinian himself, who wished Thorlak to be consecrated as the bishop of the diocese of Skalholt. While Thorlak did not wish to give up his monastic life, the Church in Iceland had not become any more organized since his youth, and he recognized the need for reform in the Church. As Bishop, Thorlak committed to implementing the reforms which Pope Gregory VII had attempted to

Page | 15 Sun, 10:00 AM - Easter Sunday Mass Server Schedule Matthew Moss Altar Server (1) NOT FILLED Altar Server (2) Thu, 7:00 PM - Holy Thursday Drew Thomas Altar Server (3) Daniel Kiehlbauch Altar Server (1) Char Smith Reader (1) Charlie Kielhbauch Altar Server (2) Pat Vollenweider Reader (2) NOT FILLED Altar Server (3) Adam Johnson Extraordinary Minister Gina McNatt Reader (1) NOT FILLED Extraordinary Minister Maru Ramirez Espanol Lector (1) Matthew Moss Extraordinary Minister Charlie Kielhbauch Extraordinary Minister NOT FILLED Extraordinary Minister Wed, 6:00 PM NOT FILLED Extraordinary Minister August Klein Altar Server (1) Sarah Allcock Altar Server (2) Fri, 12:00 PM - Good Friday NOT FILLED Lector (1) NOT FILLED Lector (2) Youth Ministry Volunteers NOT FILLED Altar Server (1) NOT FILLED Altar Server (2) Formation Volunteers NOT FILLED Altar Server (3) NOT FILLED EM Sacramental Prep - Confirmation NOT FILLED EM Julie Kiehlbauch NOT FILLED EM Bob Grubb

Fri, 7:00 PM - Good Friday Youth Discipleship Volunteers Daniel Kiehlbauch Altar Server (1) Charlie Kielhbauch Altar Server (2) Altar Server Training NOT FILLED Altar Server (3) August Klein Gina McNatt Reader (1) Kelly Klein LaVerne Funderburk Reader (2)

Charlie Kielhbauch Extraordinary Minister NOT FILLED Extraordinary Minister Girl’s Discipleship NOT FILLED Extraordinary Minister Sonya Wray Catherine Fuchs Sat, 8:00 PM - Easter Vigil Blaine Marek Altar Server (1) Youth Fellowship Volunteers August Klein Altar Server (2) Madison Klein Altar Server (3) Introduction to Lectio Divina Trisha Vasquez Reader (1) -Volunteers Needed NOT FILLED Reader (2) Maru Ramirez Espanol Lector (1) High School Lectio Divina NOT FILLED Espanol Lector (2) Drew Thomas August Klein Extraordinary Minister Bob Grubb Blaine Marek Extraordinary Minister Char Smith NOT FILLED Extraordinary Minister Art of Lectio Divina Sun, 8:00 AM - Easter Sunday Tanya Streibich Austin Walters Altar Server (1) Donna Heim Alyssa Walters Altar Server (2) Daniel Kiehlbauch Altar Server (3) Youth Ministries Volunteers Boston Reader (1)

LaVerne Funderburk Reader (2) Alina Cook Extraordinary Minister Youth Ministry Militia Annabell Lee Extraordinary Minister -Volunteers Needed Jeffrey Pugliese Extraordinary Minister

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