THE OLD CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SAINT LOUIS, KING OF FRANCE FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Founded in 1770 present Church dedicated in 1834 Second Sunday of lent February 28, 2021 Archbishop of St. Louis Sunday Masses Confessions 5:30 PM (Sunday Vigil) Daily, 11:30 AM—12:00 PM The Most Reverend 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, Saturdays, 4:30 PM—5:15 PM Mitchell T. Rozanski and 5:00 PM Marriage Rector Daily Masses Please arrange at least six months in Father Nicholas Smith Monday through Friday advance of the desired date. Director, Office of Sacred Worship 7:00 AM and 12:10 PM To reserve a date, or for more Faculty, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary SATURDAY– 7:00 AM information, please contact Tracy Marklein at 314.231.3250. Live Stream Mass In Residence 7:00 AM Weekdays Father Charles Samson Devotions Assistant Professor, Kenrick-Glennon 10:30 AM Sunday Perpetual Help Devotions: Seminary Access the live streams at: Tuesdays, 12:00 PM oldcathedralstl.org Readings for the week of February 28, 2021 MASS INTENTIONS Sunday: Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ps 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19 [9]/ Sunday, February 28 Rom 8:31b-34/Mk 9:2-10 8:00 AM Clara Cavin Monday: Dn 9:4b-10/Ps 79:8, 9 11 and 13 [cf. 103:10a]/Lk 6:36-38 10:30 AM Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/Mt 23:1-12 Parish Family Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20/Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16 [17b]/Mt 20:17-28 (Live Streamed) Thursday: Jer 17:5-10/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [40:5a]/Lk 16:19-31 12:00 PM Robert Geisz Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 [5a]/ 5:00 PM Elizabeth Kummeth Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 [8a]/Lk 15:1-3, Monday, March 1 7:00 AM Sharon Wilda 11-32 12:10 PM Thomas Maher Next Sunday: Ex 20:1-17 or 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn 6:68c]/1 Cor 1:22-25/Jn 2:13-25 or Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/ Tuesday, March 2 Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 7:00 AM Erin Shaper 12:10 PM Dave & Julie Kowalski Observances for the week of February 28, 2021 & sons Sunday: 2nd Sunday of Lent Monday: Lenten Weekday Wednesday, March 3 7:00 AM Cathy O’Briant Tuesday: Lenten Weekday 12:10 PM Robert Geisz Wednesday: St. Katharine Drexel, Virgin Thursday: St. Casimir Thursday, March 4 Friday: Lenten Weekday 7:00 AM Rennie Clay Saturday: Lenten Weekday 12:10 PM Joe Kannapell Next Sunday: 3rd Sunday of Lent Friday, March 5 7:00 AM Donald Andrtejewski 12:10 AM Harry Lemakis Weekly Giving Saturday, March 6 The Old Cathedral has long been 7:00 AM Agnes H. Bonacorsi recognized as one of the most historic and beautiful churches of its time. 5:30 PM Tim Powers Our parish is proud of its more than 240 year history as a self-supporting Roman Catholic Parish. Sunday, March 7 Your presence, prayer, and generous kindness continue to make it so. 8:00 AM Parish Family Your weekly envelope donations can still be made by mail or in 10:30 AM person by check at the Old Cathedral rectory or you can set up Thomas Maher online donations at: (Live Streamed) www.oldcathedralstl.org/give 12:00 PM Donald Andrtejewski 5:00 PM Perry & Susan Hernandez THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. Sunday, 02/21/21 The Old Cathedral Online Donations $460.00 209 Walnut Street Sunday Collection $2484.00 St. Louis, Missouri 63102 Total $2944.00 Phone: 314.231.3250 Email: SPECIAL COLECTIONS [email protected] Ash Wednesday $633.00 Website: Black & Indian $328.00 www.oldcathedralstl.org Central & Eastern European $308.00 From Our Rector Dear Old Cathedral Parishioners and Visitors: Take your son Isaac … whom you love … (and) offer him up as a holocaust. These are shocking words to us, but would not necessarily have been so for Abraham. Child sacrifice was an accepted practice in Abraham’s time among the polytheistic religions. But our God does not desire human sacrifice. Thus – and what is even more shocking in this story – God stops him! No pagan deity – the false gods of the polytheists – would ever have stopped a sacrifice. God was putting Abraham to the test, and for his faithfulness he was granted righteousness and became the father of a great nation, through whom, all the nations of the earth shall find blessing. Christ is a descendant of Abraham, and theologians point out the parallels between this episode and the crucifixion. Just as Jesus carried his cross, Isaac carried the wood for the sacrifice. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his beloved son for God. God did sacrifice his Son for us. God’s sacrifice of his Son for us is at the heart of Saint Paul’s message to the Romans today. If God is for us, he says, who can be against us? God loves us, and this love was made known when God did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all. Because of this we have reason to hope, since Jesus intercedes for us. This hope is brought to light in today’s Gospel account of the transfiguration of Jesus. Accompanied by three of his disciples, Jesus goes up a mountain. While they were there, Jesus was transfigured before them. Then Moses and Elijah appeared, and they were conversing with Jesus. Overshadowed by a cloud, the disciples hear a voice declaring, This is my beloved Son. Listen to him. And suddenly they are once again alone with Jesus. The transfiguration of Jesus demonstrated his divine nature and manifested the glory he had always possessed, and would return to upon leaving his earthly human body. It is also a prefiguring of the glory we shall one day obtain in our resurrected bodies. If we live and die with Christ – if we do in fact listen to him, for he intercedes for us – then we shall take our place among our ancestors, as Christ showed on that mountain. Blessings upon your week and Lenten journey. Stay safe! -Father Smith Saint Katherine Drexel, virgin and religious founder (March 3): Saint Katherine Drexel, SBS, lived from November 26, 1858, until March 3, 1955. She was an American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, education, and foundress. Saint Katherine Drexel founded the Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, established 145 missions, 50 schools for African Americans, and 12 schools for Native Americas. Xavier University of Louisiana, the only historically black Catholic college in the United States, owes its existence to Saint Katherine Drexel and her Sisters. She was canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II, and inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2011. Saint Katherine Drexel is the only canonized saint to have been born a United States citizen. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, though frequently identified as the first “native-born” American saint, was actually born a British subject in 1774. Saint Casimir (March 4): Saint Casimir Jagiellon (Polish: Kazimierz; Lithuanian: Kazimieras) was born on October 3, 1458, and died on March 4, 1484. He was a crown prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who became the patron saint of Lithuania, Poland, and the young. His feast day is mark annually with Kaziuko muge (a trade fair) held on the Sunday nearest to March 4, the anniversary of his death in Vilnius. A member of the Jagiellon dynasty, Casimir was born at Wawel, the royal palace in Krakow. Casimir was the third child and the second son of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Casimir IV, and Queen Elizabeth Habsburg of Hungary. Surviving contemporary accounts described Prince Casimir as a young man of exceptional intellect and education, humility and politeness, striving for justice and fairness. Early sources do not attest to his piety or devotion to God, but his inclination to religious life increased towards the end of his life. Later sources provide some stories of Casimir’s religious life. He is known as the “brother and defender of the poor.” All you Holy Men and Women, Saints of God, pray for us. Easter Memorial Flowers The beautiful Easter plants and flowers that adorn our Cathedral are a special part of the celebration of Easter at the Old Cathedral. We invite visitors and parishioners to share in the experience through a memorial or thanksgiving gift by filling out the form below. Donations toward the cost of Easter flowers in the Basilica may be made in memory or honor of family members and friends. This is a wonderful way to remember loved ones, honor friends, and offer thanksgiving to God for prayers answered and blessings received. The suggested donation is $10.00 per remembrance. The names of all those being remembered will be printed in the parish bulletin on Easter Sunday and the week following Easter. Please indicate in whose memory, or honor, you wish the flowers to be dedicated. Completed forms and payment may be placed in an envelope and dropped into the weekend offertory baskets, OR mailed to: Basilica of St.