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14 April 2019 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Weekly Bulletin for the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling, West Virginia Vol. 8, No. 20 In this Issue: St. John Vianney Relic 2 Holy Week Schedule 3 Living Our Faith 4 Christian Awareness 5 Saint Joseph Cathedral Parish is called to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a community. We are committed: to our urban neighborhoods, to being the Cathedral of the Diocese, and to fellowship, formation, sacrament, and prayer. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Luke 19:28-40; Isaiah 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14–23:56 Today we enter into the holiest week of the Church’s year. It This Week begins with the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and ends withJesus At The Cathedral being laid in a tomb. In the span of one week we experience April 14 - 21, 2019 jubilation and jeering, triumph and tragedy, proclamations of kingship to the death of a criminal on a cross. SUN PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD We encounter in the Gospel reading from Saint Luke today 14 Station Church of Rome: Saint John Lateran Simon of Cyrene. Of Simon we are told, “They took hold of a (Sat) 6:00 pm Mass for Nicholas & Nimnoon Ghaphery certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; 8:00 am Mass for Raymond Maguire and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind 10:30 am Mass for the Parishioners Jesus.” Whether Simon entered willingly and compassionately Blessing of Palms & Solemn Procession into this service or whether he took up the Cross of Christ with 6:00 pm Solemn Vespers a grudge, we don’t know. What we do know is this: Simon did his part faithfully. He stayed near to Christ, carrying the Cross MON Monday of Holy Week until our Lord reached Golgotha, the site of His crucifixion. We also know that Simon’s family were among the first of the early 15 Station Church of Rome: Saint Praxedes Christians. Staying near to Christ, embracing the Cross (quite 12:05 pm Mass for Mass for Sharlet Purpura literally), transformed his life and the life of his family. Let us not be afraid to embrace the Cross. We know that Christ TUE Tuesday of Holy Week carries most of the weight. Let us do our best to live this week 16 Station Church of Rome: Saint Prisca closely connected to our Lord whose passionate love for us knows 9:00 am Arrival of Saint John Vianney Relic no bounds — culminating in His death on the cross and His with Solemn Morning Prayer triumph over death — all for us. 12:05 pm Mass for Dr. Joseph Agresta “We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your 2:00 pm Eucharistic Holy Hour for Vocations holy Cross you have redeemed the world.” ¦ 4:00 PM Chrism Mass WED Wednesday of Holy Week 17 Station Church of Rome: Saint Mary Major Heart of a Priest 12:05 pm Mass for Virginia Bucon Relic Pilgrimage of - THE SACRED PASCHAL TRIDUUM - St. John Vianney’s Incorrupt Heart THU HOLY THURSDAY 18 Station Church of Rome: Saint John Lateran 6:00 PM Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration following Mass until Midnight Come venerate the incorrupt FRI GOOD FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD heart of Saint John Vianney, 19 Station Church of Rome: Holy Cross in Jerusalem the patron of parish priests Cathedral of Saint Joseph 12:00 PM Stations of the Cross 1300 Eoff Street 3:00 PM Celebration of the Lord’s Passion Wheeling, WV 26003 Tuesday, April 16 SAT HOLY SATURDAY Solemn Entrance of the Relic 20 Station Church of Rome: Saint John Lateran with Morning Prayer 9:00 a.m. 8:00 PM The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Eucharistic Holy Hour for Vocations 2:00 p.m. SUN EASTER SUNDAY: THE SOLEMNITY OF THE 21 RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Chrism Mass Celebrated by Archbishop William E. Lori Station Church of Rome: Saint Mary Major 4:00 p.m. 8:00 AM Mass for the Parishioners 10:30 AM Mass for the Parishioners Sponsored by the Easter Egg Hunt following Mass KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS kofc.org/vianney vvvvv #HeartofaPriest 2 The Cathedral Courier April 14, 2019 PALM SUNDAY - 14 APRIL In your charity, please keep in your prayers: (Sat) 6:00 p.m. Mass Andrew Helfer, Arthur Danehart, Austin Cook, Barb 8:00 a.m. Mass v Mazzocca, Bertha Wurtzbacher, Betty Lou Galloway, 10:30 a.m. Mass with Blessing of Palms Betty Teater, Bill Wilson, Bob Armstrong, Bob Jones, & Outdoor Procession Brogan Gallentine, Caleb Hlebiczki, Charles Heizer, 6:00 p.m. Solemn Vespers Children of the Youth Services System, Christina Helfer, MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK - 15 APRIL Chuck Fair, David A. Kress, Jr., Dustin Ronevich, Eva 12:05 p.m. Mass Wood, Father Joseph Wilhelm, Frank Davis, Fred Herink, Gail Koch, George Kirchner, Geri Adams Nagy, Helen TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK - 16 APRIL Chiazza, Hines Rotriga, James Benner, Jane Rudari, v SAINT JOHN VIANNEY RELIC PILGRIMAGE v Marlene Martin, Janet Cupp, Janie, Jean and Chuck 9:00 a.m. Solemn Reception of Relic Schultz, Jim Antill, Jim and Dee, Jimmy Hocking, John & Sung Morning Prayer Petrella, Jon-Michael Lasher, Judy Pack, Julia Sheets, 12:05 p.m. Mass Kathy Cooley, Kaitlyn Hanasky, Kenneth Shores, Kermit 2:00 p.m. Holy Hour for Vocations Klosterman, Liam Manning, Lukie Brown, Margaret 4:00 p.m. Chrism Mass | Blessing of Oils Stocke, Mark Davis, Martha Yocum, Mary Ann Fowler, Archbishop William E. Lori Mary K. Schlosser, Mary Walicki, Michael DeBlasis, Principal Celebrant & Homilist Milissa Rose, Milly Burke, Mona Wurtzbacher, Nadine WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK - 17 APRIL Greenwood, Norma Bosold, Norma Paytash, Patricia 12:05 p.m. Mass Kaliscz, Pete Mack, Philippa Shores, R. J. Stocke, Richard Simon, Rick Burgy, Ron Hickman, Rosalie Davis, Rose HOLY THURSDAY - 18 APRIL Otey, Sarah Hanasky, Sarah Sargent, Shirley DeCaria, 6:00 p.m Mass of the Lord’s Supper Sr. Mary Florence Burke, Stanley Kyrc, Stephanie Eucharistic Adoration follows Bugaj, Susan Graff, Susan Mize, Susan Schulte, Steeve (concludes at Midnight) Bugaj, Tammy, Thelma Pearson, Thomas Griffith, Trystan Timmons, Victoria Jeskey GOOD FRIDAY - 19 APRIL Noon Stations of the Cross When was the last time 3:00 p.m. Celebration of the Lord’s Passion you invited someone to Mass? HOLY SATURDAY - 20 APRIL Each one of us as Christians has a responsibility to HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2019 evangelize. How can we reach out to our friends, family 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil members, and those we work with who are not practicing their faith? Consider inviting them to join you at Mass EASTER SUNDAY - 21 APRIL this upcoming Holy Week or during the Easter Season. v 8:00 a.m. Mass 10:30 a.m. Mass Easter Egg Hunt following Mass ATTENTION: Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Greeters, Ushers Please consider signing up for one of these liturgical ministries for the liturgies during Holy Week at the Cathedral. There are sign up sheets on the credenza in the narthex. Thank you! Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence. All Catholics ages 18 to 59 are bound to fast this day. They may take only one full meal. Two smaller meals are permitted, if necessary, to maintain strength according to each one’s needs, but eating solid food between meals is not permitted. If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Weekly Collection Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and to April 7, 2019 prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more Envelopes: $3288 Loose: $659 readily his Resurrection. Online: $544 In addition, all Catholics ages 14 and over are bound to Thank you for your generosity and support. refrain from eating meat. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 3 Living Our Faith The Week That Changed the World with indifference, neglect, and even BY TYLER J. GREENWOOD hostility? We encounter both crowds in our ith the celebration of Palm Sometimes it be can hard to imagine daily lives and each would bid us to Sunday comes the beginning why the crowd would be so inconsis- join them. We can feel great pressure ofW Holy Week, the week that changed tent and erratic - cheering one day, con- at times to abandon the practice of the the world. The liturgy of Palm Sunday demning the next. Probably, though, faith for other pursuits. We can even be invites us to participate in the joy of it was two different crowds. The group tricked into thinking that it might be the the Jewish people who witness the of people who were cheering Jesus as he right thing to do to step away from our festive and solemn entrance of Jesus entered Jerusalem were largely not from faith in the midst of scandal and shame. into Jerusalem. Jesus is welcomed in Jerusalem. They were Jesus’ followers Yet all around us there is every encour- Jerusalem in a triumphal procession that who accompanied him on the journey. agement to be part of that company is fit for a king. The palms of disciples and saints that people carry is a sign of who fearlessly and joyfully victory, the garments that proclaim Christ as Lord they lay on the ground and King. resemble humility, and the As we enter into this holiest loud shouts of “hosanna” week of the year in prepara- speak of their inner joy that tion for the coming celebra- cannot be contained.

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