Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains Cincinnati, Ohio +PRAYER HOLY MASS & INTENTIONS Prayer for a Pandemic The Eucharist is the source and summit of all Christian life. In the Eucharist, the sanctifying action of God in our regard and our worship of him reach their high point. It contains the whole spiritual May we who are merely good of the Church, Christ himself, our Pasch. Communion with divine life and the unity of the People inconvenienced remember those of God are both expressed and effected by the Eucharist. Through the Eucharistic celebration we are whose lives are at stake. united already with the liturgy of heaven and we have a foretaste of eternal life. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable. Due to the increasing concerns over the coronavirus, the Bishops of Ohio, May we who have the luxury of Governor DeWine, and the Ohio Health Commissioner have decided that working from home remember those there will be no public Masses through Easter. who must choose between Please join us as we live-stream a daily Mass at 8:00am preserving their health or making their rent. Monday through Saturday. The Sunday Mass is live-streamed May we who have the flexibility to in Spanish at 9:30am and in English at 11:00am: care for our children when their www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org. schools close remember those who have no options. Saturday, April 4, 2020 – Saint Isidore (optional) Ez 37:21-28; Jn 11:45-56 8:00 Andrew Braun, Chelsea Parr & their Family Father Raymond Larger May we who have to cancel our trips remember those who have no safe Sunday, April 5, 2020 – Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord place to go. Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 OR 27:11-54 May we who are losing our margin 9:30 Sunday Mass (Spanish) Father Michael Pucke 11:00 Parishioners & Friends of the Cathedral Archbishop Dennis Schnurr money in the tumult of the economic market remember those who have no Monday, April 6, 2020 – Monday of Holy Week Is 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11 margin at all. 8:00 Sue Sams-Koetzle and Family Bishop Joseph Binzer May we who settle in for a quarantine at home remember those who have Tuesday, April 7, 2020 – Tuesday of Holy Week Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 no home. 8:00 †Barbara Ann Hokans Father Raymond Larger As fear grips our country, let us Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9; Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 choose love. 1:00 Chrism Mass Archbishop Dennis Schnurr During this time when we cannot Wednesday, April 8, 2020 – Wednesday of Holy Week Is 50:4-9a; Mt 26:14-25 physically wrap our arms around 8:00 Tess Miller Bishop Joseph Binzer each other, let us yet find ways to be the loving embrace of God to our Thursday, April 9, 2020 – Holy Thursday Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 neighbors. 5:00 Mass of the Lord’s Supper Archbishop Dennis Schnur AMEN. Friday, April 10, 2020 – Good Friday Is 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 5:00 Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion Bishop Joseph Binzer 7:30 Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion (Spanish) Father Michael Pucke Saturday, April 11, 2020 – Holy Saturday Gn 1:1-22; Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ex CONTACT INFORMATION 14:15-15:1; Is 55:1-11; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Jn 11:45-56 5:00 Easter Vigil Archbishop Dennis Schnur Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains Sunday, April 12, 2020 – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34a-37-43; Col 3:1-4 OR 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 OR Mt 28:1-10 325 West Eighth Street 9:30 Sunday Mass (Spanish) Father Michael Pucke Cincinnati, OH 45202 11:00 Parishioners & Friends of the Cathedral Bishop Joseph Binzer (513) 421-5354 †Deceased Fax: (513) 241-9517 You may offer the following prayer at the time of communion: Website: My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my E-mail: [email protected] heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. 2 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord April 5, 2020 RECTOR’S RAMBLINGS CATHEDRAL STAFF Cathedral Office ON THIS PASSION SUNDAY (513) 421-5354 Dear Parishioners and Visitors to our Cathedral, Rector 513-263-6653 “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” My Reverend Jan Kevin Schmidt sentiments exactly. But Easter better come quick because my Lenten [email protected] discipline is quickly withering under the heavy burden of my weak human Parochial Vicar 513-263-3351 flesh. Here’s the problem: Right around this time of the year, the Girl Scout Reverend Raymond E. Larger [email protected] cookies show up. Months ago, way back before Lent even began, I innocently ordered a couple of boxes from Natalie. I mean, Natalie is such a sweet little Deacon Michael Trimpe girl, and so devout. She’s named after the Feast of the Incarnation. She even 513-263-3380 named her new puppy Noel in honor of the birth of Christ. Now, on the eve of [email protected] the holiest week of the year when I need to be the most devoted to my observance, this nice little girl hands me my Lenten Waterloo: two boxes of Thin Mints. I can hear them right now calling to me from inside the freezer (I Deacon Larry Day 513-263-3389 love them frozen): I don’t need this. [email protected] Neither did Jesus need the crucifixion. But he accepted it. He willingly bore the weight of our sins, our human weaknesses, and gave himself up to Music Director 513-263-3375 death so that we might be rescued from sin and death, and share with him Mr. Anthony DiCello resurrection and eternal life. There’s a huge leap of faith in this, but making [email protected] that leap is exactly what Easter is all about. So, we join Jesus in the journey, his descent into the fullness of Music Box Office 513-421-2222 humanity. It is a familiar path, one of condemnation, suffering, and death. It is one we will take someday. But we will not walk it alone. Business Manager 513-263-3371 What to do these last days of Lent! Mr. Ed Birck Walk with Jesus in his Passion. Experience your human weakness. [email protected] Feel the humility of being a mortal person, weak flesh. Endure the sinfulness and failure of others. Hear the accusations, the condemnation. Through it all, Pastoral Associate 513-263-3370 trust in the one who walks with you. Mrs. Debbie Birck [email protected] Sincerely, Maintenance 513-263-3377 Mr. Joe Kennedy [email protected] Fr. Jan Secretary 513-263-3374 Mrs. Stephanie Ramsey [email protected] Sacristan 513-263-3373 Mr. Robert Harpenau In order to respect those who have requested Mass intentions during this [email protected] time, we are going to continue to offer Masses for these intentions. The intentions will not necessarily be celebrated on the original time and day that Organist 513-263-3372 was scheduled. We have created a list of the scheduled Mass intentions and we will work down the list in the order that they were scheduled. Once public Mr. Blake Callahan Masses resume, we will continue with the Masses as they were scheduled and [email protected] reschedule those that we were unable to offer from that list. 3 Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains Cincinnati, Ohio FAITH & OUTREACH ST. VINCENT de PAUL Amid the current COVID-19 crisis, our Vincentians are “working from home”. They will not be meeting in person on Saturday mornings to do home visits until further notice. They will, however, still be taking calls for emergency assistance and will conduct home visits over the phone. So, they still need our financial help. If you are able, please prayerfully consider a donation via our secure website: https://stpeterinchainscathedral.weshar eonline.org/ws/opportunities/St.Vincent dePaul. Please pray for our Vincentians and those they serve! Should you have difficulty with our Streaming… We are very thankful that so many faithful Catholics have been viewing the liturgies streamed from the Cathedral during this time when we are not able to gather and commune with one another due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The large number of viewers has, at times caused an overload to our systems. We have increased our abilities to provide more bandwidth viewing directly from our link but problems are still possible. Should you experience difficulty or interruption to the streaming it is because we have reached the limits, a situation that is beyond our control. In If you are regularly attending Mass here at the Cathedral you are a Parishioner. However, if you are not registered then it is a bit difficult that case please go to the Archdiocese of for us to communicate with you and without communication there Cincinnati website www.catholiccincinnati.org really isn’t much of a relationship.