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 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 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 . 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 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. tion of Easter, use this time Pope Benedict XVI, re- to walk more intensely with flecting on the significance the Lord. Allow yourself the of this day, teaches that priceless gift of encountering “Palm Sunday is the great Christ through the beautiful doorway leading into Holy Holy Week liturgies. Come Week, the week when the to the Cathedral of Saint Lord Jesus makes his way Joseph this Tuesday for the towards the culmination of Chrism Mass as our priests his earthly existence. He renew their commitment goes up to Jerusalem in and the holy oils used in order to fulfill the Scrip- the Church’s sacraments are tures and to be nailed to blessed. Be with the Lord the wood of the Cross, Jesus on Holy Thursday as he the throne from which he will reign Once Jesus was inside Jerusalem, it was institutes the Holy Eucharist, the Mass. forever, drawing to himself humanity a different story. He would be met with Travel with him as he is arrested and of every age and offering to all the a different crowd and would encounter condemned. Walk the Via Dolorosa, gift of redemption.” people filled with opposition, indiffer- the Way of the Cross. Who do you We can identify ourselves with that ence, fear, and condemnation. meet on the way? Stand at the foot of festive crowd, singing those songs, and Holy Week demands of us a decision. the cross. Think about how your suf- participating in that triumph. As we Of which crowd do we choose to be a ferings can be joined to those of Jesus know, the exultation of the feast lasts part? Will we be numbered among the on the cross and somehow become a for but a short time and is transformed many disciples who came with Jesus to means of atonement for the sins of rather quickly into humiliation and Jerusalem? Or will we be numbered others. Watch and pray at the tomb death. To go from the joy of Christ’s among those who shouted, “Crucify! as the crucified Lord rises in glory, the triumphant entry to that of the res- Crucify!”? Will we be among those Victor over sin and death. urrection, He must go through the who strive to open our hearts daily to Let us place ourselves before the Lord dreadful experience of the passion, the Christ? Do we allow his teaching to this Holy Week. May we lay our lives cross, and death. permeate our minds and hearts, seeking before Him so that He may fill us with Jesus arrives in Jerusalem to such the healing power of his mercy, and His presence, bless us with His grace, acclaim and only a short time later, extending that mercy to others? Or will and one day, welcome us into eternal he would be derided as a criminal. we be among those who treat Christ life with Him. ¦ 4 The Cathedral Courier April 14, 2019 Christian Awareness

Test of Faith recognize God’s image in someone who is not in my image, whose By Alex J. Nagem language, faith, and ideal, are different from mine? If I cannot, ord, why is my faith tested each beauty still survives. Some of the most then I have made God in my image Lday? Don’t you know I love you? beautiful people I have met have been instead of allowing him to remake I praise you with my words, thoughts, through turbulent times. They don’t me in his.” Jonathan Sacks and deeds. Must I work on the strength need to wear their past as a sign for You are remembered in my prayers of my faith each day? You don’t need all to see. The peace of Christ has as I hope I am remembered in yours. to answer. I know what you will say. grown within them over time. They “Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus, Deus I am not perfect in this world. I am are the reflection of the beauty of Aderit” ¦ easily tempted, but I do work hard to Christ. They do see daily trials as a overcome. I know you will provide for test a faith. They are also aware that me, but I still worry about security God uses them to perform his will. in wealth. Why would I worry about We are reminded in the Bible verses something that can be lost in an of John, Matthew, and the Galatians instant? Hasn’t your love provided that if we believe in Jesus we will do for me? Why do I question this love? his work. The work we do is not done Jesus calmed the storm, but there is still for wealth that we can hold in hand, fear of the dark clouds that cover the but is found in the pureness of heart horizon of our day. Am I to be carefree? and in the mansion that awaits us in I can’t be carefree and keep my guard the Kingdom of God. Sometimes it Please see the bulletin insert to up as St. Peter preached. is difficult to look beyond our own Suffering won’t last forever. This is self. This becomes another test of contribute to the flower donations what I have been told. Jesus suffered faith. Where would we be if Jesus for the Cathedral this Easter Season. for all humanity. But didn’t humanity was concerned only with himself? But put him to death? Jesus is the Sacrificial this is not the reason why Jesus came Lamb. His death gave me the chance to us, is it? “God did not send His for eternal life with God. I believe Son into the world to condemn the this. I proclaim that Jesus is the Son world, but to save the world through of God. I know I cannot gain the riches Him,” John 3:17. of Heaven without a love for Jesus. But The biggest test of faith is just this world is a temptress placing all that believing in our Triune God. It is Quote from the Early Church Fathers glitters before me. The glitter blinds my easy to say the words, I love you. eyes. Sometimes I cannot see the Cross But to what extent will we show Palm Sunday Reflection before me. But God’s hand is always this love? How many temptations by Saint Andrew of Crete (650-740 AD) there to guide me. Is this the love of will we encounter and overcome in “Let us run to accompany him as a Father for his children? a test of faith? As I look at those in he hastens toward his passion, Can I learn of God’s love without church who are of advanced years, and imitate those who met him then, not by covering his path with a test of faith or do the trials that lie or ill, or suffering from a hardship, garments, olive branches or palms, before me and behind me strengthen I see a beauty in their faith. They are but by doing all we can to prostrate my faith and love of God? Since I have present before God to give praise and ourselves before him by being a love of God, am I truly tested or am to worship. They are present to receive humble and by trying to live as he I performing the His will? If I cry out the Body of Christ in the Eucharist. would wish. Let us spread before his feet, not garments or soulless olive in the night for God to help me, why They ask for guidance from the Holy branches, which delight the eye for can’t God ask for my help? I believe Spirit. Their faith has overcome the a few hours and then wither, but He does. Doesn’t the smallest flower harsh downpour of rain and the heat ourselves, clothed in his grace, or provide beauty and a pleasing scent of the sun. They are the small flower rather, clothed completely in him. We for all to enjoy? Doesn’t this flower providing beauty to the day. who have been baptized into Christ must ourselves be the garments have to survive the harsh downpours “The test of faith is whether I can that we spread before him.” of rain and the heat of the sun? The make space for difference. Can I Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 5 Scripture Readings What the Sacred Triduum Means for Us The readings are included each week so that those who are “Since Christ accomplished his work of morning. This view may frequently be rein- unable to join us for daily Mass human redemption and of the perfect glo- forced by popular hymns that focus on the will be able to consider and pray them in union with the rification of God principally through His “historical facts” of the celebration. whole Church. Paschal Mystery, in which by dying he has But is “history” the central focus of cel- destroyed our death, and by rising restored ebration during the Triduum? Certainly, the Week of April 14 our life, the Paschal Triduum of the Passion early Christian creeds anchored belief in the Monday and Resurrection of the Lord shines forth as historical, these worldly circumstances that Isaiah 42:1-7 the high point of the entire liturgical year. accompanied Jesus’ suffering and crucifix- Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 Therefore the preeminence that Sunday has ion “under Pontius Pilate.” Jesus’ life, career, John 12:1-11 in the week, the Solemnity of Easter has in and death were, in other words, attached Tuesday the liturgical year. The Paschal Triduum of to a specific time, in a specific place. His Isaiah 49:1-6 the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord proclamation of God’s arrival in the present Ps 71:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15, 17 begins with the evening Mass of the Lord’s moment (God’s “reign”), his bold challenge John 13:21-33, 36-38 Supper, has its center in the Easter Vigil, to understand God in and as one’s neighbor, and closes with Vespers (Evening Prayer) on his rejection of “religion” as a means of social Wednesday the Sunday of the Resurrection”The Sacred (Universal Paschal or political Triduum control-all this took place not in Isaiah 50:4-9 Norms, 18-19). some cosmic cloud Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34 Matthew 26:14-25 The following is a of unknowing selection from “The but in a remote Holy Thursday Three Days of Pasch,” province of the later Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 (Nathan Mitchell, in Roman Empire at a Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 Assembly, Volume time of sociopoliti- 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 18:1., for us to pray cal transition. John 13:1-15 and reflect on. Precisely because Good Friday What, really, do the faith-anchoring Isaiah 52:13—53:12 the liturgies of the events are histori- Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25 triduum celebrate? cal, however, they Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Most all of us cannot be repeated John 18:1—19:42 believe we know the or “reenacted.” That Holy Saturday answer. We assume is why the church’s (1) Genesis 1:1—2:2 that Thursday com- long tradition Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, memorates the day insists that what 12-14, 24, 35 Jesus instituted the happened once in (2) Genesis 22:1-18 Eucharist; Friday history passes over Ps 16:5, 8-11 commemorates the Cathedralday he was Basilicaexecuted of Saintsinto the Peter mystery and of Paulthe assembly’s liturgical/ (3) Ex 14:15—15:1 on the cross; and the vigil commemorates sacramental celebrations. What the paschal (Ps) Ex 15:1-6, 17-28 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania His emergence from the tomb. We assume, 2015triduum actually celebrates is mystery, (4) Isaiah 54:5-14 further, that the liturgies of these days are not history; anamnesis, not mimesis. The Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13 dramatic “reenactments” of events, by turns liturgies of these days do not “take us back” (5) Is 55:1-11 (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4-6 touching, tragic and triumphant-which to the upper room or the path to Calvary. (6) Baruch 3:9-15, 32—4:4 happened during Jesus’ last days and culmi- Their ultimate purpose is not to retrace or Ps 19:8-11 nated in his victory over death. We assume, relive the last hours of Jesus’ life-nor to catch (7) Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28 in other words, that the paschal triduum sight of him emerging from the tomb at Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3-4 is simply springtime’s parallel to winter’s Easter’s dawning. They celebrate not what (8) Romans 6:3-11 Christmas. As it gathers on these days, the once happened to Jesus but what is now Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 liturgical assembly is often thought to be happening among us as a people called to (9) Mark 16:1-7 engaged in acts of historical “reconstruction” conversion, gathered in faith, and gifted Easter Sunday that recreate scenes in the “upper room,” on with the Spirit of holiness. They celebrate Acts 10:34, 37-43 Calvary, and at the tomb. People are encour- God’s taking possession of our hearts at our Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 aged to imagine they are “actually present” deepest core, recreating us as a new human Colossians 3:1-4 at these events-comforting Jesus during his community broken like bread for the world’s or 1 Corinthains 5:6-8 fearful watch in Gethsemane, walking with life-a community rich in compassion, John 20:1-9 him along the via cruces, and witnessing steadfast in hope, and fearless in the search his miraculous “return to life” on Easter for justice and peace. ¦

6 The Cathedral Courier April 14, 2019 A Perfect Fit: Pope Describes How to Discover One’s Vocation By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY – Within the your many efforts and actions toward thing can happen to a couple married universal Christian vocation of service to others.” for many years, or to a monk in his serving God and serving others, Finding one’s vocation “has nothing monastery. There are things we need God handcrafts a specific calling for to do with inventing ourselves or to ‘let go of’ as the years pass, but each person, a vocation that fits his creating ourselves out of nothing. It growth in maturity can coexist with a or her personality and abilities, Pope has to do with finding our true selves fire constantly rekindled, with a heart Francis said. in the light of God and letting our lives ever young.” “To discern our personal vocation, flourish and bear fruit.” Most young people will discover their we have to realize that it is a calling God’s personalized gift of a vocation vocation is to marry and form a family, from a friend, who is Jesus. When we “will bring you more joy and excitement he said, and that requires preparation to give something to our friends, we give than anything else in this world. Not grow in self-knowledge and in virtue, them the best we have. It will not nec- because that gift will be rare or extraor- “particularly love, patience, openness to essarily be what is most expensive or dinary, but because it will perfectly fit dialogue and helping others.” hard to obtain, but what we know will you,” Pope Francis wrote. “It will be a “It also involves maturing in your own make them happy,” the pope wrote perfect fit for your entire life.” sexuality, so that it can become less and in “Christus Vivit” (“Christ Lives”). Following a vocation, he said, “is less a means of using others, and increas- The document, his apostolic ex- a very personal decision that others ingly a capacity to entrust yourself fully hortation reflecting on the Synod of cannot make for us,” which is why it to another person in an exclusive and Bishops on young people, the faith requires “solitude and silence,” as well generous way,” the pope wrote. and vocational discernment, was as serious discussions with friends and And while most young people will released at the Vatican April 2. wise guides. marry, he said, Catholics must believe Much of the document is a summary Discovering one’s vocation, even in that God continues to call men to the of the discussion at the 2018 synod the deepest prayer, is not like finding priesthood and men and women to and a pre-synod meeting of young the exact road map for one’s life with religious life. adults about ways to improve youth all the stops and starts and obstacles “The Lord cannot fail in his promise and young adult ministry and create and detours clearly marked, he said. to provide the church with shepherds, more space in the church for the con- Instead, it is more like being invited for without them she would not be able tributions of young people. on an adventure. to live and carry out her mission,” he But the most original part of the That sense of adventure, even as a said. And “if it is true that some priests 35,000-word document is its explana- person ages and slows down, is what do not give good witness, that does not tion of what a vocation is – strongly keeps them young at heart, he said. mean that the Lord stops calling. On moving away from seeing vocation “When I began my ministry as pope, the contrary, he doubles the stakes, for the Lord broadened my horizons and he never ceases to care for his beloved only as a reference to priesthood or ¦ religious life – and practical ways for a granted me renewed youth. The same church.” person to discern his or her vocation. A Christian’s first vocation is a call to friendship with Jesus, he said. And closely related to that is the call to serve others. “Your own personal vocation does not consist only in the work you do, though that is an expression of it,” the pope said. “Your vocation is something more: It is a path guiding

From the Diocesan Office of Safe Environment The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is committed to the protection of its children and young people. The Diocese complies with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People by maintaining an Office of Safe Environment. To report an incidence of suspected child sexual abuse, please contact your local law enforcement agency, or you may confidentially contact the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families/Child Protective Services by calling the Child Abuse Hotline at 800.352.6513. To report suspected cases of sexual abuse by personnel of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston to the Diocese, please contact one of the Bishop’s designees at 888.434.6237 (toll free) or 304.233.0880: Sister Ellen Dunn, ext. 264; Mr. Bryan Minor, ext. 263; or Msgr. Anthony Cincinnati, 270. For more information on the Diocese’s Office of Safe Environment, please go to www.dwc.org, then click the “Diocese” tab, then click “Office of Safe Environment” under the “Offices” menu. To learn more about the ’s efforts in preventing sexual abuse of children in the United States, please visit http://www.usccb.org. Under “Issues and Action,” click “Child and Youth Protection” from the drop down menu. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 7 The Cathedral of Saint Joseph

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