“Nicodemus Coming to ,” by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1924-27 4th Sunday of Lent + March 14, 2021 PROCESSIONAL—“O Blessed Joseph” O blessed , how great was thy worth, The one chosen shadow of God upon earth, The father of ! — Ah, then, wilt thou be, Sweet spouse of our Lady! a father to me!

When the treasures of God were unsheltered on earth, Safekeeping was found for them both in thy worth; O father of Jesus, be father to me, Sweet spouse of our Lady! And I will love thee.

FIRST READING— 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity, practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the LORD’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Early and often did the LORD, the God of their fathers, send his messengers to them, for he had compassion on his people and his dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, despised his warnings, and scoffed at his prophets, until the anger of the LORD against his people was so inflamed that there was no remedy. Their enemies burnt the house of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, set all its palaces afire, and destroyed all its precious objects.Those who escaped the sword were carried captive to Babylon, where they became servants of the king of the Chaldeans and his sons until the kingdom of the Persians came to power. All this was to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah: “Until the land has retrieved its lost sabbaths, during all the time it lies waste it shall have rest while seventy years are fulfilled.”

In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD inspired King Cyrus of Persia to issue this proclamation throughout his kingdom, both by word of mouth and in writing: “Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD, the God of heaven, has given to me, and he has also Page Two | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever, therefore, among you belongs to any part of his people, let him go up, and may his God be with him!”

RESPONSORIAL—Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Response: Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you! By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On the aspens of that land we hung up our harps. (R.) For there our captors asked of us the lyrics of our songs, and our despoilers urged us to be joyous: “Sing for us the songs of Zion!” (R.) How could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten! (R.) May my tongue cleave to my palate if I remember you not, if I place not Jerusalem ahead of my joy (R.) A-718331 Allrightsreserved. Text: 76 76D;SamuelJ.Stone,1839–1900, alt.Music:SamuelS.Wesley, underONELICENSE# 1810–1876.Reprintedwithpermission he bought her, Andfor herlifehedied. the word: From heav’nhecame andsoughtherTo hisown blood behisholybride;With The Church’s onefoundation IsJesusChristherLord; Sheishisnewcreation Bywaterand RECESSIONAL—“The Church’s OneFoundation” AGNUS DEI/LAMBOFGOD his worksmaybeclearlyseenasdoneinGod. so thathisworksmightnotbeexposed.Butwhoeverlivesthetruthcomestolight, For everyonewhodoeswickedthingshatesthelightandnotcometoward thelight, came intotheworld,butpeoplepreferred darkness tolight,becausetheirworkswere evil. he hasnotbelievedinthenameofonlySonGod.Andthisisverdict, thatthelight will notbecondemned,butwhoeverdoesbelievehasalready been condemned,because condemn theworld,butthatworldmightbesavedthrough him.Whoeverbelievesinhim life.ForGoddidnotsendhisSonintotheworldto might notperishbuthaveeternal For GodsolovedtheworldthathegavehisonlySon,everyonewhobelievesinhim life.” of Manbeliftedup,sothateveryonewhobelievesinhimmayhaveeternal Jesus saidtoNicodemus:“JustasMoseslifteduptheserpentindesert,somustSon —:14-21 the goodworksthatGodhasprepared inadvance,thatweshouldlivethem. it isnotfrom works,sonoonemayboast.Forweare hishandiwork,created inChristJesusfor by graceyouhavebeensavedthrough faith,andthisisnotfrom you;itisthegiftofGod; He mightshowtheimmeasurablerichesofhisgraceinkindnesstousChristJesus.For us upwithhim,andseatedhimintheheavensChristJesus,thatagestocome in ourtransgressions, brought ustolifewithChrist—bygraceyouhavebeensaved—,raised God, whoisrichinmercy, becauseofthegreat lovehehadforus,evenwhenwewere dead Brothers andsisters: SECOND READING—Eph2:4-10 miserére nobis.AgnusDei,quitollispeccátamundi:donanobispacem. Agnus Dei,quitollispeccátamundi:miserére nobis.AgnusDei,quitollispeccátamundi: MYSTÉRIUM FÍDEI/THEMYSTERY OFFAITH is hewhocomesinthenameofLord. Hosannainthehighest.) (Holy, Holy, HolyLord Godofhosts.Heavenandearthare fullofyourglory. Hosannainthehighest.Blessed in excélsis.BenedíctusquivenitnómineDómini.Hosánna Sanctus, SanctusDóminusDeusSábaoth.Plenisuntcoelietterraglóriatua.Hosánna SANCTUS /HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

Page Three | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org A MESSAGE FROM FATHER JAY

here is something about Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb that strikes a chord in my heart. The main character of the song is someone who is anaesthetised before coming onto the stage of life. We can all play the part on stage, numbing ourselves to who we are backstage.

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No, I’m not saying you should light up and become “comfortably numb”... But what strikes me is an interior search to greet and say hello to that little child in all of us. Perhaps our greatest challenges in life are not played out on the stage of school, work and home but in the sanctuary of our conscience where our heart beats.

“Comfortably numb” is being enslaved in a world where... “...lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying...” “I turned to look but it was gone...”

Page Four | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org “The child is grown...” “The dream is gone...”

For me it’s living in a ”Groundhog Day” where hours turn to days, days to weeks, weeks to months— and now we are a year through “Corona Time,” just surviving in virtually-masked family, school, job, and religion.

No matter what makes us numb, Jesus Christ comes like he did to Lazarus to free us, to wake us up to the fullness of life. Saint Paul boldly says, after waking up from the numbness to Jesus, “For freedom Christ set us free.” Freely receiving Jesus’ mercy, Eucharist food, encouraging Word and gentle blessing-touch releases us from the numbness. We are at our best when we are not comfortably numb but comfortably in the embrace of our loving Savior Jesus.

In 2006, the British radio station Planet Rock asked listeners to vote for the most beautiful solo of all time. Comfortably Numb was the winner. Our beauty wins out when we invite Jesus into our numbness... although it is uncomfortable at first, the freedom one feels is so comfortably loved.

*Songwriters: David Jon Gilmour / Roger Waters Comfortably Numb lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Concord Music Publishing LLC his week, our second reading comes from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. He wrote this letter toward the end of his life from prison in Rome to a very spiritually mature congregation. Tradition places and Mary in Ephesus as well as the evangelists and Paul’s protege Timothy. This explains in part why the letter presents a more advanced doctrine than his other letters, what some have called a mystagogical catechesis due to the the prevalence of mystery as a theme. The key takeaway here is that when reading from catechist Ephesians, get ready for something deep and mystical. column JASON GAWALDO The selection we read from the second Director of Faith Formation chapter focuses on how God moves us from [email protected] spiritual death into spiritual life. When we were dead in our sins, God brought us to He delivers that free gift to us through life with Christ. The analogy here is of a —and delivers it again and again spiritual corpse that cannot bring itself back through the “second conversion” known as to life any more than a physical corpse can. Confession—and we receive it by faith in It may sound like an exaggeration to say a way that makes our good works actually that our petty little sins render us spiritually mean something because they are done dead and helpless. But go ahead and try to with Jesus. permanently and immediately stop telling white lies, or being impatient, or judging The Spirit is emphatic about our others and see how dead and helpless you participation with Jesus. Three times in just a feel. Now compound that with the times you verse and a half, within the span of only ten have chosen to do something weightier that words in the original Greek, he says we are you knew was wrong and it suddenly does brought to life with Jesus, raised with Jesus, not seem like such an exaggeration. No and enthroned with Jesus in heaven. On amount of self-help can help someone who our own, we remain dead, but with Jesus, cannot help himself. In the same way that I we participate in his new life. Our efforts cannot create myself, I cannot bring myself to overcome our white lies, our impatience, back to life when dead, spiritually or and our judgement do not get very far if otherwise. they are done without Jesus. With Jesus, by cooperating with grace, overtime he can But God is rich in mercy! He saves us, overcome them in us and bring us new life, brings us new life, when we cannot do it a life that we do not earn and cannot obtain for ourselves. Everything God does for ourselves. us and especially what he does for us through Jesus is pure gift, pure donation, That is the crazy mercy of God. The pure altruism. Salvation is not payment adventure of a lifetime is marinating in that for services rendered nor is it a personal mercy, giving in to grace, and living the accomplishment. It is a free gift. fullness of life that God prepared in advance for us, life with Jesus. Page Five | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org March • Sunday, Page Five | EVANGELION —Rachel Boyle —Keith & Rosemary Boyce QUESTIONS? [email protected]

is a profoundly pro-life experience. We simply experience. We pro-life is a profoundly Praying at 40 Days for Life as well as the workers prayer for the babies, their parents, stand in peaceful ever. important now than is more . Our presence inside of Planned Parenthood With the barbaric possible (Mark 10:27), even an end to God, all things are will hopefully outside of Planned Parenthood practice of abortion. Our prayers change hearts. not only change minds, but ultimately, talk in December hearing Abby Johnson’s After watching “Unplanned” and the unborn. We that we had to do something to protect 2019, we realized felt that candidates, but we for them and voted for Pro-Life prayed already on kick-start our actions we both went To being called to do more. we were as Christmas Carols Life in 2019. Next we prayed and sang for the March a touching moment to pray It was part of the 40 Days for Life in Pittsburgh. now “doing by us, knowing that we were a Hail Mary as a woman passed Rosary. that we have added is the Pro-Life something.” One of the prayers on the idea that Jesus was not killed reflected One day while praying we both of good people. by bad people but by the inaction

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VIGIL MASS SOLEMNITY of saint joseph HYERY HWANG HYERY Music Minister of Sacred [email protected] the year saint joseph s Pope Francis has declared this the “Year of Saint the “Year this has declared s Pope Francis like to enrich the Solemnity of Saint Joseph,” we would Solemnity of Vigil Mass of the this end, the Joseph. To 18 at 7:00 March Thursday, Saint Joseph will be on at John & Paul with all the fixed parts PM here by Father Mike of the Mass sung in Latin and celebrated Responsorial Psalm, while the readings, and Father Jay, believe in English. We Gospel, and homily will remain balance of accessibility and a beautiful that this offers reverence. Then, why Latin, you may ask? to made after sweeping changes were As you know, II, Pope the form of the Mass by the Council of Vatican Benedict XVI gave stet both forms of the Mass: that which (not to be accustomed to, called ordinary now we are the Mass, also called confused with the fixed parts of . and the Latin form, now called extraordinary ordinary); us to adornThe beauty of this is that it allows the ordinary jewels. form of the Mass with extraordinary Christopher I am very privileged to have Mr. A final word: Leininger First Violin Chair at the the Nancy & Jeffery Wu, with us that night, and Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh beauty through God’s I know that he is going to share our Schola Cantorum to introduce him. I am also honored David, and Cheyenne, Toby, Grettlyn, members: Joy, our cantors and volunteers drawn from Steve. They are “Mass going to sing William They are Byrd’s Adult Choir. “Sicut cervus” along with Palestrina’s Voices”, for Three Corpus.” It has been delightful to Verum “Ave Mozart’s work with them for this solemnity. of

Page Eight | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org Our St. Joseph’s Consecration journey with each other was beautifully enlightening, inspiring, comforting, and rewarding as a couple. As never before, we learned about St. Joseph and his role in our lives, because of his important place in Jesus’s life. Knowing St. Joseph gives us hope in the future of our Church since he has always guarded the Church as the earthly father of our Lord. Experiencing the St. Joseph’s Consecration together as a couple, alongside other couples, was deeply moving and we are so grateful to have shared this experience together. —Stacey & Chris Cuba

As a devotee of St. Joseph, I had already read much about him. But after reading Fr. Calloway’s Consecration To St. Joseph, I concluded that it is the most exhaustive treatise on St. Joseph ever written. Now that I understand in-depth the meaning of each of St. Joseph’s titles in the Litany, I am able to pray the Litany with greater veneration for him. The book made me understand why the Church teaches that it is all right to consecrate oneself to St. Joseph, just as it is perfectly all right to consecrate oneself to Mary. Jesus Himself did it, as Scripture tells us in Luke 2:51 “And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them.” —Tess Elliott ZOOM TUESDAYS 10:30-11:30 AM THURSDAYS 7:00-8:30 PM in-person + WEDNESDAYS 10:30-11:30 AM consecration THURSDAYS 7:00-8:30 PM Cost: $15 to

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april 6-may 13 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org March • Sunday, Page Nine | EVANGELION Glorious St. Joseph through your love of Jesus Jesus of love your through Joseph St. Glorious Christ and for the glory of His name, name, the glory His for of Christ and our ask God grant to and prayers our R. Hear and Mary. Jesus Lord our of father foster Joseph, Dear St. God, of Mother Christ, true the Virgin of spouse us. for pray and for our greatest good. greatest our for and V. petitions. Let us Pray: the Immaculate of spouse Joseph, St. Glorious charitable and humble, pure, us for obtain Virgin, the will God. to of perfecthearts and conformity so that life model through and Be father guide, our Jesus of did in the arms you die as to merit may we Glorious St. Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Jesus of follower faithful Joseph, St. Glorious powerful your ask to come we do you Christ, to the merciful from obtaining in intercession we graces that and all the helps Jesus of Heart and welfare, temporal and spiritual our need for the and death in particular a happy the grace of here]. [mention implore: now we special favor with know we Incarnate, the Word of Guardian behalf will our be on prayers your that confidence God that of and the throne before heard graciously glory greater His for is God whatever us will grant

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Page Eleven | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 7, 2021 • greatgrouping.org —Patty Schauble n 2006, Lent began on March 1. On March 13, my 13, my On March 1. March Lent began on n 2006, horrible days later my dad died. A truly mom died. Four changing mercy back now and see God’s Lent, but I look my life. life St. James (Sewickley) my whole My family attended they died. when there still belonged and my parents me in shock many parishioners contacted Consequently, an old friend whom I One call was from and sympathy. in years. During our conversation, she asked seen hadn’t Soul, the Diary of In My Divine Mercy if I’d ever read it, I I read Sister Faustina Kowalska. Not only hadn’t of it. She told me the basic message heard even hadn’t is inconceivable and mercy is that God’s of Divine Mercy to Him with trust and that He wants all sinners to turn As a He comes as the Just Judge. before repentance need of I had great former fallen away Catholic, I knew it, I did. I should read so, when she insisted mercy God’s was telling me to our Lord it, I realized While reading His mercy! place all my trust in Him and receive be a Divine would there I heard Shortly afterwards, at St. James on the Sunday after “event” Mercy priest there and I felt I should go. The , Faustina to Sr. revealed explained that Our Lord that on the 1st Sunday after Easter “…I [will] pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who go The soul that will the fount of My mercy. approach Holy Communion shall obtain to Confession and receive of sins and punishment.” complete forgiveness such complete want to receive …who wouldn’t Wow! is mercy God’s when I realized That’s forgiveness? grateful to God for helping inconceivable! I’ll be forever His amazing mercy! me better understand and receive

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Page Thirteen | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org announcements from around the grouping greatgrouping.org/announcements confession egg hunt During Lent Confession is available following each Join us for our Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April Mass on the weekends in addition to our normal 3 from 11AM-Noon. This will be an outdoor event Confession schedule: Thursdays at 6PM and Saturdays (weather permitting), with an egg hunt, story-telling, at 4PM. We will also offer Confession on Wednesday, crafts for ages 2nd grade and younger. Registration March 17 at 7PM. required. Volunteers needed before and during the event. greatgrouping.org/egg-hunt six steps to sanity Our next session will begin on March 24 and run 40 Days for life until June 16 and will be on Zoom. For more The Great Grouping has been scheduled to information contact: Chico Ficerai, (724) 612-6991 participate in the Spring 40 Days for Life Vigil [email protected] The ministry is to on Sunday, March 21 from 1-3PM at Planned bring hope, healing and freedom to families who Parenthood in Downtown Pittsburgh. Please join us are struggling with issues concerning challenging in person or by prayer. relationships with adult children/spouses who are often in crises as a result of addiction. cancer caring ministry A tough–love book to help readers cope with dysfunctional The Cancer Caring Ministry offers spiritual and adult children, Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children emotional support to those impacted by cancer. will empower families by offering hope and healing through S.A.N.I.T.Y. a six–step program to help parents regain control in If interested in joining in on our monthly Zoom their homes and in their lives. Support Group meetings, receiving notecards of encouragement, or connecting with others, contact faith sharing book club Kathy Kelly [email protected]. This Faith Sharing Book Club will be meeting March 20 ministry is a great resource for caregivers, as well as at 9AM in the MPR, starting with chapter seven. cancer survivors who are eager to give back. Contact We will be finishing Having a Mary Heart in a us if you would like to learn more about the Cancer World by Joanne Weaver. We are being reminded of Caring Ministry and how it can aid you or your loved the importance of an intimate relationship with Jesus. one.

solemnity of saint Joseph lenten fish fry Page Fourteen | EVANGELION • Sunday, March 14, 2021 • greatgrouping.org Please join us for the Vigil Mass of the Solemnity of This year we will be doing things a little differently. Saint Joseph on Thursday, March 18 at 7PM. This The Saints John & Paul Fish Fry is take-out only. There Mass will be celebrated in Latin. The readings and is no preordering. Simply enter the upper level of the homily will be in English. Cardinal Dinardo Center and order the number of platters you would like. Jumbo Fried Fish Sandwich wings Platter, $12 each. Cash is the preferred method of Please join Women In God’s Spirit on Saturday, March payment, but credit will be accepted. March 19 & 20 beginning at 10AM for an outdoor Stations of 26, 11:30AM to 7:30PM. Find our menus online at the Cross prayer walk presented by the WINGS Core greatgrouping.org/fishfry. Team. We will begin and end in the Upper CDC with coffee/tea and light brunch. If it rains we will present men’s Club Scholorship Application the stations inside the UCDC. We plan to live-stream The Men’s Club have established an annual the event on our WINGS YouTube channel & Facebook scholarship to recognize graduating high school page, for more details contact us at ggwomensww@ seniors who have made significant contributions to gmail.com Saints John & Paul parish and other volunteer or spousal loss support group charitable organizations. All graduating seniors who The Spousal Loss Support Group meets on the 1st are members of Saints John & Paul are eligible to and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7PM in the lower apply. An application can be found at greatgrouping. CDC. Our next meeting is March 16. Anyone who org/mens-club Completed applications are due by has lost their spouse is welcome to attend. For more Noon on April 30. For more information please information, contact Karen Walker. contact Keith Boyce at [email protected] 7:00 PM†MichaelMigliozzi(StateStreet Family) 11:00 AM‡FaithfuloftheGreat Grouping Mashuda-Fabish) 9:00 AM†JosephM.Mashuda(Carmela 7:30 AM†DaveZavolta(Keith&RosemaryBoyce) sunday, 5:00 PM†RaymondJ.Scherer (Mike&JaniceScherer) 9:00 AM‡Maureen &MarkVandaveer 39 saturday, 9:00 AM†Virginia Herbert(BibleStudyFriends) friday, 7:00 PM‡FaithfuloftheGreat Grouping 9:00 AM†Living&DeceasedoftheAlexanderFamily 7:00 AM†Living&DeceasedoftheKlaven/BenderFamily thursday, 9:00 AM†John&KayBurkart(Greg &Carol Hyrcza) wednesday, march17(Is49:8-15/Jn5:17-30) 9:00 AM†PriestsoftheGreat Grouping 7:00 AM†SoulsinPurgatory tuesday, 9:00 AM†BettyBalucha(Joe&Noreen FischerFamily) Monday, March15(Is65:17-21/Jn4:43-54) readings & † MemorialMass intentions mass Daughter ofMitchell&Gina(Sunderland)Holzer As always,thankyou foryourkindandgenerous supportofour parish. Son ofTaylor &Jennifer(Greenwell) James our newest christians newest our Charlotte-Faye FrancesHolzer WEEKLY OFFERTORY—$16,889 PARISH SHAREONLINE—$790 our gifts to god to gifts our march 19(2Sm7:4-5a,12-14a,16/Rom4:13,16-18,22/Mt1:16,18-21,24a) OFFERTORY EGP—$17,787 march 21(Jer31:31-34/Heb5:7-9/Jn12:20-33) ONLINE GIVING—$7,447 Benaiah JosephJames march 16(Ez47:1-9,12/Jn5:1-16) PARISH SHARE—$3,863 Weekend ofMarch 7 ‡ march20 march 18(Ex32:7-14/Jn5:31-47) MassforSpiritual&PhysicalWellness

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