April 4, 2021 2577 Main Street - Glastonbury, CT 06033 | 860-633-9419 | www.isidoreandmaria.org Collections and Parish Finances Easter Prayer We are grateful for your generous support Lord of Easter’s Promise, of our Sacrificial Giving Program. I live in faith of the resurrection, Report for the week of 3/21/2021: but such is the nature of my faith Due to the advance print deadline for That so much of me remains entombed. the bulletin, the offertory collection for Weekly collection: $ 6,508.25 Break open the tomb. April 4 will be posted in next week’s Online Giving: $ 2,703.50 Where I’ve buried my compassion, break open the tomb. Total:bulletin. $ 9,211,75 Where I’ve buried my sense of mercy, break open the tomb. Annual Chancery Assessment for 2021: $76,927.00 Where I’ve buried my humility, break open the tomb. For a more detailed report please visit our website under the Where I’ve buried my love for my heavenly Father, ABOUT tab. The monthly accountability reports can be break open the tomb. found in the Financial Accountability folder. Where I’ve buried my sense of joy, break open the tomb. Where I’ve buried my willingness to forgive, Check donations should be payable to: Saints Isidore and break open the tomb. Maria. For online giving, go to our website and click on Lord, in you I’ve found a Savior no grave can withstand. the DONATE tab. Thank you. Help me to roll away this stone and find the miracle of new life That I may live more fully in your saving grace. Amen. (from Catholic Relief Services) An Easter Message from Archbishop Leonard Blair Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Men's Virtual Retreat on April 10 “Christ is Risen!” The world turns on this fundamental truth that changes The Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center is offering an everything and that explains who we are and where we online virtual retreat experience for the men of SS. Isi- are headed: “Christ, yesterday, today and forever!” dore and Maria Parish on Saturday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The retreat team will provide an inspiring pro- Read Archbishop Leonard Blair's entire 2021 Easter gram, supporting conversation and community. message at isidoreandmaria.org/archbishops-easter- Theme - Together We Rise 2021. For more information, contact George Jachimowski at [email protected], 860-568-7274 or Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center at: HolyFamilyRetreat.org, 860-521-0440. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY April 11, 2021 Recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet will be held at 3 p.m. at St. Paul Church. Please remember that masks and social distancing protocols are in Our Sponsor Spotlight this week is: place. It’s A As Jesus walked the face of the earth, embracing this truth can change the he was known by many names and whole business of our lives? Nothing Game described in various ways. In and is the same and all has greater depth Changer through all of his earthly and meaning. accomplishments and teachings, Alleluia! Christ something special stood out, an This self, known only to God, is the is risen! About “authority” that was not discovered self that will one day leave every single today’s feast St. elsewhere. Jesus’ divinity shined attachment to this world and rise with Augustine writes: forth! While many could not the eternal Christ of God. This is the “And he departed necessarily comprehend it, they knew self that, when it is able to shed all from our sight that we might return to it and could point to it. It is the earthly attachments and false notions, our hearts and find him there. For he divinity of Christ that can bring will discover and know freedom in a left us, and behold, he is here.” Take a humanity the corrective it needs and way never possible before. This is few moments to ponder this thought as provide it with a proper axis. Today, perfect love lifting us up and it is profound. Contemplating this we celebrate the resurrected Christ transforming us into who we really are, truth allows us to see that it is a game once again and that same presence not who we want or need ourselves to changer. The power of the resurrection points us to what we need in order to be. It is no wonder then that any is not something to be experienced at live in the kingdom of God. credible spiritual master and mystic that distant time when we either close throughout the ages sees union with our eyes in death or when Christ comes Christ is here. Christ is within us. We God as the summit and goal of human again, it is now! have the power. Christ is not sitting up life. Knowing this about ourselves in the heavens somewhere as a makes the blessing of the Easter candle When Jesus was transfigured before his Trinitarian observer! Christ lives at the Vigil of Easter pop with so much disciples’ eyes, he stood before within us. That means that because of meaning! “Christ yesterday and today, them. Now that he has risen from the the resurrection of Christ, we have that the beginning and the end, the Alpha dead his resurrected presence is within same divine spark that gave Jesus his and the Omega, all time belongs to him them! This is not something that authority when he was physically with and all the ages. To him be glory and comes as the result of a request, it is us. Through faith, we have the ability power through every age and simply a gift. When Jesus was born in to see, think, act and be differently. forever. Amen.” time, God blessed humanity with his Doing so comes with a choice. Just divine presence, showing us that we because God’s resurrected presence is So then, who are you? It is hoped that have within us his loving presence. within us does not mean that things our celebration of Christ’s resurrection A human being is able to provide a automatically happen. We have to provides us with new and fresh ways to worthy home for God. This choose to act on the power within. think about Christ and God’s love of incarnational mystery allows us to see We have to decide, by faith, to take his people. It is hoped that it also God in our brothers and sisters and the plunge and put flesh on what we provides each one of us with fresh and indeed in all of creation. God is one proclaim to be true today. new ways to think about ourselves and with God’s people. God journeys with who we really are. Grasping our truth us transforming us into the true vessels Who are you? Just as with the earthly makes us realize how even more we are meant to be. Jesus, who we are can be describe in important it is to preserve and restore myriad ways. We can articulate our our relationships with all of God’s Now, the resurrection of Christ brings accomplishments, provide someone children. The one who lives in us also us further and transforms us even with a personality profile, discuss our lives in them. As St. Augustine more. Christ’s glorified presence likes and dislikes and many other reminds us, Jesus may have left us, but standing before us and living within us things. But, ultimately who are look, he is here! That’s a real cause for shows us that we are all much more you? Does the person who is being joy. It is even more a cause for than we see ourselves to be and show transformed into the image of the working tirelessly at promoting the to others. We have a depth, purpose resurrected presence of Christ factor Gospel, working to rid the world of and essence that go way beyond the into your description? When God injustice, making sure that everyone superficial treasures of our existence to fashioned us in our mothers’ wombs, has a home and defending, at all costs, the very core of who we are. Slowly there was a holy and sacred meeting. the dignity and sanctity of human but surely we are being given It was sealed with a divine kiss. At life. Christ is risen! Alleluia! opportunities by God to be transformed that meeting, God instilled his very ~ Rev. Mark Suslenko presence within us and gave us a name more and more into Christ. This whole ©LPi process will find final completion known to none other. It is not our when Christ comes again in time and earthly name, but our divine one. This gathers all things and all people to name claims us as one who is special himself. Then the fullness of truth will and chosen in God’s eyes. Can’t you be realized. see how really accepting and LITURGICAL SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS APRIL 4, 2021 Date Church Time Intenon Requested by Saturday, April 3 St. Paul 11 -11:30 a.m. Confessions Holy Saturday 12:30 p.m. Blessing of Food St. Paul 7 p.m. Easter Vigil (reservations required) Live Stream at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 4 St. Paul 8:00 a.m. Patty Chalker Christie Family Easter Sunday of the St. Paul 9:30 a.m. Parishioners of SS. Isidore & Maria Resurrection of the Lord St. Paul 11:15 a.m. Parishioners of SS. Isidore & Maria All weekend Masses are Live Streamed Monday, April 5 St.