14 February 2016 † The First Sunday of Lent SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH Lake Linden, MI T Founded 1871 serving the parishioners of the former Saint Cecilia Church, Hubbell a n d Holy Rosary Church, Lake Linden Snow Cancellation Policy Mass Schedule When school is cancelled, scheduled events and services at Weekend Saint Joseph Church are cancelled for that day. Mass will Saturday 4:00 pm generally be offered as scheduled but you are discouraged Sunday 8:00 am & 10:00 am from placing yourself at any risk to attend. Weekday Parish Office Monday , Wednesday, Friday - 9:00 am www.dioceseofmarquette.org/sjll Tuesday, Thursday - 6:00 pm 701 Calumet Street • Lake Linden, MI 49945 (check schedule inside) Phone............................................................................ 296-6851 Confessions Office Hours: Monday-Friday Before Daily Mass 8:15-8:45 am or 5:15-5:45 pm 8:30 am - noon and 1:00-3:00 pm (check schedule inside) Parish Staff Saturday 10:30 am until noon Reverend Francis G. Dobrzenski..................................... Pastor or by appointment Timothy Dupuis ............................................................ Custodian Baptisms Michelle Hodges ................................. Secretary/Bookkeeper Please call to schedule a baptism. Shirley Poissant .......................................... Part-Time Sacristan Marriages Andrea Marcotte ................................ Part-Time Housekeeper You must call six (6) months in advance to schedule a Connie Benson ............................................. Substitute Organist marriage and begin the marriage preparation John Kezele .................................................................... Organist appointments. David Short .................................................... Principle Organist Anointing of the Sick Finance Council When someone is ill at home, in the hospital, or to arrange John Benson ..................................................................... Member for this Sacrament before surgery, please call the Parish Mary Carroll ................................................................... Member Office. Nick Daavettila .............................................................. Member Ministry of the Sick Kelly Destrampe ............................................................ Member If you would like a home visit and/or holy communion from Lynn Magnuson ............................................................. President Father Francis or a Minister of the Sick, or you know of Judy Sturvist .................................................................... Member someone who is homebound, in a nursing home, or in the Christian Services Commission hospital, please call the parish office and someone will visit. Mary Chamberlain .................................................... 296-0265 Brigitta Gedvillas ...................................................... 523-2836 Jackie Guisfredi ......................................................... 296-0201 Mickey Hodges .......................................................... 296-0875 Vicky Loukus ................................................................ 296-9489 Maggie Moyle ........................................................... 296-0738 Mark Ozanich ............................................................. 296-0139 The devil said to him, "All this will be yours, if you worship me." Jesus said to him in reply, "It is written: Call any member if you need a ride to church or have You shall worship the Lord, your God, questions about services provided. and him alone shall you serve." - Lk 4:6a, 7-8 Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD ~from your pastor In looking at Saint Luke’s account of Jesus’ temptation in the desert, The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture gathers together multiple references from the Fathers of the Church shedding light on what seems, on the surface, to be already clear: Satan waits until Jesus is thirty to tempt him because it is only then that Jesus shows himself to be the Messiah at his baptism (Saint Ephrem the Syrian). The introduction deals with Jesus and his movements as he is led by the Spirit into the wilderness for fasting (Saint Cyril of Alexandria). There is an Adam typology and a Genesis background as Adam is cast out of paradise into the desert, whereas Christ the new Adam goes into the desert on our behalf to come forth from that wilderness of temptation to lead us back to Paradise (Saint Ambrose). The first temptation tempts Jesus to the sin of gluttony that cursed the first Adam (Origen). Adam fell by eating food that was not his to eat; Jesus conquers by not eating food that Satan tempts him with at a moment of great hunger after forty days of fasting (Saint Cyril of Alexandria). Jesus the Son of God incarnate, the Word of God, is the bread of life from heaven (John 6:32, 35) who shall feed the people bread—himself—and he defeats Satan with this heavenly bread, the Word of God (Saint Ambrose). — Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, New Testament, III, Luke, p. 72. Please be reminded about alcoholic beverages and the Ash Wednesday and Good Friday Fasts. I am able to confidently say that alcoholic beverages are not classed with the liquids permitted between meals on days of fast, but rather with the solid foods which break the fast. This admonition is aside from the fact that drinking alcoholic beverages on an empty stomach is never to be recommended. Saint Cyril, Monk, and Saint Methodius, Bishop. Saint Cyril (d. 869) and Saint Methodius (d. 885) were brothers who evangelized Moravia, Bohemia, and Bulgaria. Methodius was consecrated by Pope Adrian II. Pope John Paul II proclaimed the brother Patrons of Europe along with Saint Benedict. Collection Report 48th Annual 7 February 2016 Upper Peninsula Catholic Services Appeal Adult (137 - 63%) ........................................... $3,185.00 as of December 23rd First Offering (3) ................................................... $49.00 Assessment Pledges/One-Time Donations Loose ..................................................................... $299.05 $40,222 $34,676.00 Children (5) ............................................................... $8.00 Fuel (45) ................................................................ $506.00 86.21% of Assessment 56.54% Participation Total .................................................................. $4,047.05 $5,546 to go! 225 packets assigned - 8 not picked up We’ve been at a stand still since December 23rd. The first quarterly payment on the balance has been received and paid. Please consider making a one time donation or pledge Saint Vincent de Paul (28) ................................ $190.00 if you have not already done so. If you make a pledge, Black & Native American Misison (2)................ $15.00 payments do not have to be made up front, monthly reminders will be sent from the Diocese; and you have until September of Thank You! this year to fulfill your pledge. Thank you for the catch-up envelopes! No amount is too small (or too large). Thank you!! 2 Welcome to Saint Joseph Church St Ignatius of Loyola Forty Cans for Forty Days and Holy Family Parishes The Knights of Columbus will be having a food drive Celebrate the during Lent - Forty Cans for Forty Days. All proceeds will Jubilee Year of Mercy be given to the CLK Food Pantry. The greatest need is peanut butter, crackers, canned Lent 2016 meat, canned kidney and chili beans, macaroni and cheese, and brown paper bags with handles. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Thank you for The Gospel of Luke your past and continued support of the food pantry. Good news of mercy Led by Take your Valentine to the Father Corbin Eddy American Legion Post 90 Auxiliary Breakfast at the Post Home, aka February 28, 29, and Lakes Lounge, serving from 7:00 am March 1 until 12:00 noon, and then for 6:30-8:00 pm supper travel to Dreamland in Msgr. Rezek Hall Bootjack where the Valley Snow Drifters are having their 30th Simone Martini (1284-1344) Annual Spaghetti Dinner, serving from Noon until 6:00 pm. February 28 What does the Bible mean by mercy? Luke’s way of sharing this good news. Community Happenings February 29 Parables and narratives found only in Luke. • Sunday, February 21st, 9:00 am - 12:00 Noon: March 1 The Passion of Jesus according to Luke. Copper Ingot Post 4624 Pancake Breakfast. Adults $7; Children $4 Catholic Schools Collection The annual Diocesan Catholic School Collection will be taken up this Sunday, the First Sunday of Lent, February 14th. Funds from this collection are used by all schools to provide tuition assistance to help send children to one of our nine Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Marquette. This collection is in addition to the very large percentage of the UPCSA assessment which is provided to the Catholic In the charity of your prayers, please Schools. pray for the repose of the souls of There is an envelope in your packet if you would like to Ralph Hager and Loie Bidne who died contribute. Money will be forwarded to the Diocese at the recently, and for their families. end of the month. Thank you. Eternal rest grant unto Ralph and Loie, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine Celebrating the Wisdom of upon them. May their souls and the Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen “All travelers have noticed this great truth, that there exists no people on the earth without some kind of religion.” Frederic Baraga Adoration from