St Bridget of Ireland March 1, 2020 CATHOLIC CHURCH 1024 W. Main St. Berryville, VA 22611 t. Bridget (or Brigid) of Kildare is one of the three major patron saints of Ireland Pastor: Salong with Saint Patrick and Saint Columba. Saint Bridget’s faith and labors for Father Paul Grankauskas the Lord are remembered among the Irish people through prayers, sacred places, Rectory: blessings and customs. St. Bridget was an extraordinary woman of faith: strong in P 540-277-2943 • F 540-277-2945 her mission, loyal to the Lord, faithful to the Church, generous to the poor and [email protected] hospitable to missionaries. St. Bridget laid strong foundations for the Church in Hours: Mon-Fri 9 AM - 4 PM (closed 12-1 PM) Ireland. Her feast day is February 1st, the first day of the Celtic Spring. Religious Education: John Sengewalt 540-277-2948 Sacramental Information: Mass Schedule: [email protected] Please check Mass Times and Intentions Knights of Columbus: Baptisms: for weekly changes inside bulletin. [email protected] Sunday, after 9:00 AM Mass Saturday Bus. meeting 2nd Tue 7 PM Hobert Hall Contact the Rectory Office at 540-277-2943 9 AM and 5:30 PM (Sunday Vigil) Office of Youth Ministry: [email protected] Office Hours: Sunday: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM 9 AM and Noon Music Ministry: Stacy Sefton [email protected] Marriage: Weekdays: Organist: Contact parish priest at least six (6) months Monday & Tuesday Noon Jenny Sorenson [email protected] prior to proposed date of the wedding. Wednesday 9 AM Contact the Rectory Office at 540-277-2943 Thursday & Friday Noon Eucharistic Minister / Lectors: Chet Lewandowski 540-722-7231 Office Hours: Holy Days: Servers: Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM 12:05 PM and 7 PM John Sengewalt 540-277-2948 Sacristan: Nationwide Mass Schedule: Confessions: Becky Jackson 540-955-1715 Saturday 4 PM - 5 PM www.thecatholicdirectory.com Sunday 8 - 8:30 AM Ushers: Hospitalized and Homebound: Parish Office 540-277-2943 Rosary: Notify the rectory at 540-277-2943 so Men’s Club: The rosary is prayed after the 12:05 PM that the hospitalized and homebound Meets the last Saturday each month Mass on the 1st Friday of each month parishioners may receive the pastoral 8 AM, in Hobert Hall (7:30 Breakfast). care of the church. George Darnell [email protected] Prayer List: Women’s Group: Contact Becky Jackson at 540-955-1715 Website: www.stbridgetberryville.org Meets 1st Tues. each month after noon Mass Except for July and August FISH: Christi McMullen Coffee & Donut Sundays: Food collection is in the narthex on the 2nd [email protected] Sunday each month. Please give generously. 1st Sunday: Men’s Club 2nd Sunday: Knights of Columbus St. Bridget’s Bulletin Deadline Noon Monday Faith Direct: www.faithdirect.net 3rd Sunday: Youth Ministry [email protected] Ruth Hayes 540-277-2943 St. Bridget of Ireland Pastor’s Words There is a saying that goes something like this: if you pray for patience, Mass Times you will get the situations where you asked to put patience into practice. You can probably swap out any virtue, and the saying still applies. & Intentions Mass Intentions made at the Parish office Each year, on the first Sunday of Lent, we are presented with the tempta- GF-Green Field RH-Rose Hill tions Jesus experienced at the beginning of his public ministry. After 40 days of fasting and praying, of being alone with his Father, he knows why Monday March 2 he has come into the world: to take up the cross. The Devil tries to take Noon Special Intention him away from that. Jim Willis This Gospel reading is a constant reminder that we, too, have an adversary in the spiritual life. If Jesus experienced temptations, so will we. Tuesday March 3 Noon Mass Special Intention We all probably remember cartoons from our childhood which characters wrestling with moral deci- St. Bridget Women’s Group sions have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. We would do well to remember that the devil is not just a cartoon character. He and his minions are fallen angels, angels who rebelled against Wednesday March 4 God. Because they knew full well what they were doing, such a rebellion was a great act of malice that resulted in their being cast down from heaven, never to return. They hate God, they hate us because 9 AM Special Intention God has a tremendous love for us. His own Son became one of us. Because of that union with the Fr. Michael Dobbins divine Son, our natures are exalted even above the angels. The Devil wants to wreck that, hence the temptations. Thursday March 5 Noon Mass Special Intention When we pray the “Our Father,” we pray that we may not be led into temptation. It is not God who Msgr Stanley Krempa tempts us to evil. It is the Devil. God may allow us to be tempted, but he does not tempt. The question is, why does He allow us to be tempted? Friday March 6 The answer lies where I started this column. Virtues are not abstract concepts. They are habits Noon Mass † Richard Kobetz acquired not just through prayer, but through practice. Only when we’re tested do we get the sense of who we are. When we pray to be delivered from temptation, we are praying that we might not be Saturday March 7 overwhelmed by evil. 9 AM Special Intention Laurie Custidero In the words of Pope Benedict XVI from volume one of Jesus of Nazareth, when we say those words 5:30 PM Special Intention from the Lord’s Prayer about temptation, we are saying, “I know that I need so that my nature can be purified. When you decide to send me these trials, when you give evil some room to maneuver, as Parish Family you did with Job, then please remember that my strength goes only so far … Don’t set too wide the boundaries within which I may be tempted and be close to me with your protecting hand when it Sunday March 8 comes too much for me.” 9 AM † John Downing Noon Mass Specia Intention If we do fall, if we do give into sin, the great beauty is that we have a merciful high priest, Jesus Christ, John Caroselli who intercedes for us in the sacrament of reconciliation. There, we can experience something the Devil will never know, Divine Mercy. Temptations will come. They are the proving ground for virtue. If we fall, we do not have to be dis- Prayer List couraged. God will pick us up again. Remember the following in your prayers: John Blair, Fr. Michael Dobbins, In Our Lord, Jim Willis, Matthew Lewis, David Smith, Fr. Paul Grankaukas Michael Gessner (Military Service, Iraq), Tricia & Courtney Dabney, Stations of the Cross Phillip Wilcox, Jack Cameron, Maggie O’Connor, John Caroselli, Fridays, February 28th - April 3rd 6 PM Confession Fred Curtis, Michael Boyd, Tony Tringale, Eileen Murray, Jim Lewandowski Holy Thursday - no Noon Mass Keeping the Light On Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7 PM and Ryan Otey. Good Friday - no Noon Mass Tuesday, March 3rd, 6:30 PM - 8 PM Please pray for the repose of the soul Stations of the Cross-3 PM Tuesday, March 17, 6:30 PM - 8 PM of Bob Lewis and Bob Lyles and for Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion-7 PM Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 PM - 8 PM their families. Holy Saturday - no Morning Mass Tuesday, March 31, 6:30 PM - 8 PM Noon- Blessing of Easter Food Tuesday, April 7th 6:30 - 8 PM Please contact Becky Jackson at Easter Vigil-TBD 540-955-1715 to be added Easter Sunday 9 AM & Noon Mass or taken off prayer list. March 1, 2020 FYI Saint of the Week Bulletin: Deadline for bulletin announcements are due Mondays by Noon and inserts (stuffers) be- fore Friday of weekend published. St. Angela of the Cross: Stations & Supper: There will be Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent at 6PM (Feb 28th Angela was born on January 30, 1846 in through April 3rd) followed with lenten dinner at 6:30PM. Please join us in meditating upon Christ’s Seville, Spain. She was one of fourteen ultimate Sacrifice for us and join fellow parishioners for simple dinner! children, most of whom did not survive childhood. Her parents were humble The 2020 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal! Steadfast in Faith and Joyful in Hope The Bishop’s Lenten workers who worked at a Trinitarian Appeal is critical to our diocesan needs and we are asking every household in our parish to support Friary in their city. Angela did not this appeal to the extent that they are able. The BLA funds many programs, services and ministries receive much formal education, but she that serve people in need and furthers the Gospel mission of Jesus Christ in our diocese. Let us join to- gether to do the Lord’s work – works that touch the lives and souls of thousands of people. Thank you! received catechesis and received her first communion at eight and confirma- Youth Ministry Discussion Night: Calling All High Schoolers! Ms. Antonia Cummings and Fr. Paul will tion. When she was just twelve years offer a discussion series for young men and women on seeking God’s will in their lives.The Catholic old, she began to repair shoes in a local Girl’s Guide and The Young Man’s Guide are books by Father Lasance that will be used for the dis- cobbler’s shop.