February 11, 2018 Church of St. Raphael 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time Faithful to the Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, St. Raphael Parish and School promotes the Universal Call to Holiness for all the People of God. Volume 61, Issue 6 7301 Bass Lake Road , Crystal, MN 55428 | 763-537-8401 | www.straphaelcrystal.org Lenten Day of Reflection With Fr. Robert Altier Saturday, March 3, 2018, 7:30 am - 2:00 pm Marian Hall, Cost: $30 Hosted by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Community The Day Includes: Reflection Topics: Mass at 8:00 am in Church Surrender and Detachment Confession at 8:30 am - 9:45 am in Church Growing in Virtue Refreshments at 8:45 am in Marian Hall Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and Check In begins at 7:30 am outside of Marian Hall Adoration at 8:30 am - 9:45 am in Church **Registration Required*** First Reflection at 10:00 am in Marian Hall Contact Sue Kubovec at 763-559-4228 Rosary at 11:00 am in the Church Lunch at 11:45 am - 12:45 pm in Marian Hall Second Reflection at 12:45 pm in Church Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 1:45 pm in Church ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Please return this completed form along with payment to the St. Raphael Church Office NO LATER than February 17, 2018. **Make Checks Payable to: Our Lady of Mount Carmel** Name:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone #_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WORSHIP SACRAMENTS CONTACT Weekday Masses Reconciliation www. straphaelcrystal.org Monday - Saturday: 8:00 am Weekdays: 7:30 am - 7:50 am Parish Office - 763-537-8401 Wednesday - 5:30 pm (Latin-English) Saturday: 7:30 am - 7:50 am Fr. Michael Rudolph, Pastor x205 8:30 am - 9:30 am First Friday Extraordinary - 7:00 pm [email protected] 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Fr. Robert Altier, Parochial Vicar x206 Weekend Masses: Marriage contact Fr. Rudolph [email protected] Saturday: 5:30 pm Baptism contact the Parish Office Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:30 am School Office - 763-504-9450 763-537-8401 Saint of the Day - Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Mass Intentions: Gertrude was born around 626 in Austrasia, a country in Europe Monday, February 12 comprising what is now northeast France, Belgium and northwest George Smida 8:00 am Germany. Her parents—Pepin and Itta—were wealthy nobles. When Tuesday, February 13 she was about ten years old, her father gave a feast attended by Ed & Ron Reinert 8:00 am Dagobert, the ruler of Austrasia, and other nobles. One of them asked Wednesday, February 14 that Gertrude be given to his son in marriage. Gertrude was summoned and asked, in the young man’s presence, to give her consent. She replied Jo Stiles 8:00 am that she would marry neither him nor any other man because she was Raymond Ferrian 12:00 pm already committed to Jesus Christ. After her father’s death, Itta took Joe Villeneuxe 7:00 pm Gertrude to her own property at Nivelles, a town in what is now Thursday, February 15 Belgium. There, following the advice of Saint Amand, Itta founded a Doris Tollifson 8:00 am double monastery (one for women and one for men). Both Itta and Friday, February 16 Gertrude entered the women’s monastery as nuns. Itta governed both houses for about seven years and then handed over their leadership to Fr. Rudolph 8:00 am Gertrude. The latter proved to be a capable abbess, esteemed not only Saturday, February 17 by the nuns and monks of the community but also by the many visitors, Urban & Helen Hirschfeldt 8:00 am the poor, strangers and pilgrims. Her reputation was so great even John Christianson 5:30 pm when she was alive that some of her monks, endangered at sea, called Sunday, February 18 out her name and were saved. She also gave refuge to two Irish monks, Saint Foillan and his brother Saint Ultan, who had been chased out of St. Raphael Parishioners 8:30 am their monastery in England by a king there. They became Gertrude’s Jack Brummel 10:30 am chaplains and advisors. As her death approached, she was apparently in fear at the approaching judgment. She sent a message to Saint Ultan. He READINGS FOR THE WEEK: told her that she would die the next day during Mass, but must have no fear because she would be welcomed by Saint Patrick on his feast, and Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Ps 119:67-68, 71-72, by many other saints, and by the angels. Sure enough, she died on 75-76; Mk 8:11-13 March 17, 659 at the age of thirty-three. Saint Gertrude is considered the patron saint of travelers and gardeners. Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13a, 14-15, pray for us! (Excerpted and adapted with permission of the Publisher 18-19; Mk 8:14-21 from Butler’s Lives of the Saints, New Full Edition ©Paul Burns 2003, Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; Ps 51:3-6ab, 12-14, Published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN) 17; 2 Cor 5:20 -- 6:2; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Lk 9:22-25 Lenten and Easter Schedule Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-6ab, 18-19; Ash Wednesday - Masses at 8:00 am, 12:00 pm and 7:00 pm Mt 9:14-15 (no 5:30 pm Mass) Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Stations of the Cross at 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm every Friday during Lent except for Good Friday. Mk 1:12-15 Holy Thursday - Mass at 7:00 pm (no morning Mass) Good Friday - Celebrations of the Lord’s Passion at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm (no morning Mass) Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil at 8:30 pm (no morning Mass) Easter Sunday - 8:30 am and 10:30 am More Confession Times for Lent… This Lent at St. Raphael’s we’ll be offering some extra opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. On Sundays, from February 18th through March 25th, confessions will be heard from 7:45 am to 8:15 am and from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. During these times Father Altier and I both plan to be in our confessionals, except for the afternoon of March 4th, when one of us will be leading the First Sunday Holy Hour. Because of these added confession times, we will not be having a Lenten Parish Penance Service this year. – Father Rudolph Pastor’s Page | Fr. Michael Rudolph Queen of Lent… Every good mother wants her children to be happy. If her sons and daughters are married, she wants them to be happy in their marriage. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the best mother of all. Her Divine Son, Jesus Christ, is in a spiritual marriage with the Church. She wants this marriage to be the best possible for everyone involved. For that reason, she reaches out in many ways to help those of us who are members of the Church to grow and thrive in our relationship with Jesus. This is one reason we honor Mary. A way we do so here at Saint Raphael is by singing a hymn to her at the conclusion of Mass. The usual hymn for Lent—which we will start singing next Sunday—is Ave Regina Caelorum, which is Latin for “Hail Queen of Heaven.’ In the Ignatius Pew Missal in our pews it’s number 96. There’s an English paraphrase with it, but it’s very loose, so I’d like to provide you with a more literal translation: Ave Regina Caelorum, ave, Domina Angelorum: Hail, Queen of Heaven, hail, Lady of Angels, Salve radix, salve porta, Ex qua mundo lux est orta: Hail root, hail door, from whom light has been born into the world, Gaude, Virgo gloriosa, Super omnes speciosa: Rejoice, glorious Virgin, beautiful above all, Vale, o valde decora, Et pro nobis Christum exora. Prevail, adorned with power, and entreat Christ for us. Some of the English words above could use more explanation. That’s because American culture was born in rebellion against aristocracy and royalty and so is lacking some terms that may be more familiar to our brothers and sisters in Great Britain. For example, the word “hail” is a formal and polite way to greet someone who is a member of the noble or aristocratic class or royalty. The term “Lady” (which I’m using to translate the Latin Domina, which is the feminine form of the word “Lord”) is a respectful and affectionate way to address a woman who is a member of the nobility or royalty. (Those of you familiar with the movie trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” will have heard it a number of times, as in “Lady Arwen” and “Lady Eowyn,” both of whom were also addressed as “my Lady.”) The word “entreat” means to humbly ask, beg or attempt to convince or persuade. Like the word “hail,” it’s used in reference to someone who is in a higher social class. That is, the person doing the entreating is lower in social standing than the one being entreated. (The words “beseech” and “implore,” which we find in some prayers of the Mass, mean the same thing as “entreat.”) Pope Francis preached a wonderful homily about the Blessed Virgin Mary on January 28, 2018, in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in Rome.