THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT | MARCH 15, 2020 24 Hours for the Lord The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available continuously from Friday, March 20, 12:00 Noon – Saturday, March 21, 12:00 Noon CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 239 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 651.228.1766 | www.cathedralsaintpaul.org Rev. John L. Ubel, Rector Priests In Residence: Rev. Mark Pavlak & Rev. Joseph Bambenek Deacons Phil Stewart, Ron Schmitz & Nao Kao Yang ARCHDIOCESE OF SAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS Most Rev. Bernard A. Hebda, Archbishop Most Rev. Andrew H. Cozzens, Auxiliary Bishop LITURGY GUIDE FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT PHOTOGRAPHY — The Cathedral welcomes all visitors to THE LITURGY OF THE WORD Mass today. We encourage those who wish to take photos of FIRST READING Exodus 17:3-7 this sacred space to do so freely before and after Mass. Once RESPONSORIAL PSALM The Grail, 1963 the opening announcement is made, please refrain from taking Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Richard Proulx photos and videos until Mass has concluded. Thank you. During Lent, the Great organ is silenced, and the prelude and postlude are omitted. SECOND READING Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 OPENING HYMN KINGSFOLD GOSPEL ACCLAMATION “Orbis factor,” adapt. 607 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say INTROIT (8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.) Oculi mei Gregorian Missal, Mode VII Oculi mei semper ad Dóminum, quia ipse evéllet de láqueo pedes meos: ré- spice in me, et miserére mei, quóniam únicus et pauper sum ego. Ps. Ad te GOSPEL John 4:5-42 Dómine levávi ánimam meam: Deus meus, in te confido, non erubéscam. Deacon: The Lord be with you. My eyes are forever turned towards the Lord; for he shall release my feet ℟. And with your spirit. from the snare; look upon me and have mercy on me, for I am abandoned Deacon: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. and destitute. ℣. Unto you, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul; O my God, I ℟. Glory to you, O Lord. trust in you, let me not be put to shame. Ps. 25:15, 16 & 1-2 At the conclusion of the Gospel: GREETING Roman Missal Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. Celebrant: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. ℟. ℟. Amen. Celebrant: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of HOMILY God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (or similar greeting) FIRST SCRUTINY OF THE ELECT AND ℟. And with your spirit. DISMISSAL OF THE ELECT AND CANDIDATES (10:00 a. m.) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Ps 119:105 PENITENTIAL ACT I confess to almighty God PROFESSION OF FAITH Please Stand and to you, my brothers and sisters I believe in one God, the Father almighty, that I have greatly sinned, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. in my thoughts and in my words, I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. And striking the breast, all say: God from God, Light from Light, through my fault, true God from true God, through my fault, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through my most grievous fault; through him all things were made. therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, For us men and for our salvation all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, he came down from heaven, to pray for me to the Lord our God. All bow while saying: KYRIE (10:00 a.m. from Missa Brevis Andrea Gabrieli) and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. All other Masses: Missa XVII, Kyrie salve For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. ℣./℟. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead ℣./℟. and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, ℣. who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead ℟. and the life of the world to come. Amen. COLLECT ℟. Amen. UNIVERSAL PRAYER ℟. Lord, hear our prayer. ECCE AGNUS DEI THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST PREPARATION OF THE ALTAR AND GIFTS Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the HYMN JESU DULCIS MEMORIA supper of the Lamb. 424 O Sun of Justice ℟. MOTET (10:00 a.m.) O vos omnes Tomás Luis de Victoria O vos ómnes qui transítis per víam: atténdite et vidéte si est dólor sicut dólor méus. Atténdite, univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem méum: si est dólor sicut dólor meus. O all you who pass by the way, behold and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow. Behold, all you people, and see my sorrow: if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow. Lamentations 1:12 HOLY COMMUNION All Catholics who have prepared themselves to receive Holy Communion ORATE, FRATRES Roman Missal are invited to come forward. Our brothers and sisters of other faiths are Celebrant: Pray brothers and sisters, that my sacrifice and yours invited to approach with arms crossed over the chest to signal their desire to may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. receive a blessing. ℟. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the COMMUNIO praise and glory of his name, for our good and the Qui biberit aquam Gregorian Missal, Mode VII good of all his holy Church. Qui biberit aquam, quam ego do, dicit Dominus Samaritanæ, fiet in eo fons SANCTUS Missa XVIII aquæ salientis in vitam æternam. “Whosoever drinks the water that I shall offer”, said the Lord (to the Samaritan woman), “shall have within him a spring of water welling up unto eternal life.” Jn. 4:13, 14 COMMUNION ANTIPHON Jn 4:14; Is 12:1-6 James Biery MOTET (10:00 a.m.) Iesu, dulcis memoria Tomás Luis de Victoria Iesu, dulcis memória, dans vera cordis gaúdia, sed super mel et omnia, eius dulcis præséntia. Jesus, how sweet the very thought, giving true joy to the heart, but sweeter than honey and all else is his presence. CLOSING HYMN ERHALT UNS HERR The Glory of These Forty Days 422 MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Roman Missal AGNUS DEI (10:00 a.m. from Missa Brevis) Andrea Gabrieli All other Masses: Missa XVII Cantor: Agnus Dei, Assembly: COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Reported under OneLicense No. 4676: The English translation and Chants of The Roman Missal © 2010 ICEL Corporation. Responsorial Psalm by Richard Proulx © 1995 by GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Commun- ion Antiphon by James Biery © 1999 MorningStar Music Publishers. Page 4 CATHEDRAL HOURS OUR CITY COUNCIL EXPOSED: CATHEDRAL CAMPUS A 32-SECOND ECHO CHAMBER Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday - Sunday 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. How ironic that on the same afternoon (March 4) that the Offices, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pioneer Press ran a feature about the joyous addition of a new baby girl to the family of one of our capital city’s key SUNDAY MASS leaders, our seven-member St. Paul City Council voted Anticipatory (Saturday) 5:15 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., Noon, & 5:00 p.m. unanimously 7-0 to recognize March 10, 2020 as Abortion Providers Appreciation Day. The first sentence of the City DAILY MASS Council’s webpage reads: “As the legislative body, the City Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. Council is responsible for setting City policy through ordinances and reso- Saturday 8:00 a.m. lutions.” Res 20-416 was introduced by Councilmember Rebecca Noeck- SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION er (Ward 2- West Side, downtown) in honor of abortion providers and Monday - Friday 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. endeavors to “celebrate the courage, compassion, and high-quality care that Saturday 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. they provide.” Evidently, we citizens are left to infer that “to celebrate” EUCHARISTIC ADORATION abortion is henceforth official city policy. Abortion is amongst the most Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. contentious issues in society, yet clearly not for our City Council. I sched- Wednesday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. uled a meeting with my Councilmember to express my concerns. ROSARY Here is the historical backstory. An abortionist by the name of Dr. David Sundays at 11:15 a.m. in the Cana Chapel and at Gunn was killed by an activist on March 10, 1993 in Pensacola, FL. That 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin murder was soundly condemned by every noted pro-life leader at the Weekdays at 4:40 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin time. Pensacola is a 19-hour, 1,216-mile drive from St.