2020 April 05

St. Cecilia Church 1571 Grindstone Road Grindstone, Pennsylvania

Partner Parishes of The Historic Church of St. Peter and St. Cecilia April 5, 2020

Fr. Tim and Fr. Thumma will celebrate the intention of each Mass privately.

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Palms will be Blessed & Handed Out at a Later Date!

Saturday, April 4, 2020 4:00 p.m. P Famularo Family (Family) Sunday, April 5,2020 8:00 a.m. P Julianna H. Miller ( Children Jack & Marianne Miller & Diane Koval) 9:30 a.m. C Mass for the People 11:00 a.m. P Live streamed Carmella Glagola Birthday Remembrance (Glagola & Golembieski Families) Monday, April 6, 2020 7:30 a.m. P Michael Mancini (Family) Tuesday, April 7, 2020 7:30 a.m. P Robert Cole (Sister Cora & Frank Lent) Wednesday, April 8, 2020 12:00 n C Joseph Markovich III Month’s Mind (Parish Family) Thursday, April 9, 2020 - Live streamed 7:00 p.m. P Mass of the Lord’s Supper Friday, April 10, 2020 Live streamed 3:00 p.m. P Passion of the Lord Saturday, April 11, 2020 Live streamed 9:00 p.m. P Easter Vigil Mass (Virtual Blessing of Baskets via the Diocese time to be announced. Check our Facebook page.)

Easter Sunday Sunday, April 12, 2020 Live streamed 11:00 a.m. P Easter Mass All live streamed Masses can be viewed on our Facebook page The Historic Church of St. Peter during their designated times.

Partner Parishes of The Historic Church of St. Peter and St. Cecilia Holy Week 2020 ALL Masses are Live Streamed Palm Sunday — April 5 11:00 a.m. Mass Live Streamed All Privately said: Monday, April 6 7:30 a.m. Mass - St. Peter Tuesday, April 7 7:30 a.m. Mass - St. Peter Wednesday, April 8 12:00 Noon- Mass - St. Cecilia

Holy Thursday — April 9 7:00 p.m.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper Live Streamed

Good Friday — April 10 Live Streamed 3:00 p.m. Passion of the Lord Holy Saturday - April 11 Live Streamed Solemn Easter Vigil Liturgy

Easter Sunday April 12

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Virtual Blessing of the Baskets via The Diocese

Our Deepest Sympathy Our parish family mourns the loss (Time to be announced. Check our Facebook page of our parishioner Josephine The Historic Church Lagina. May her soul and the souls of all Of St. Peter) the faithful departed rest in peace.

Live Streamed 11:00 a.m.

Holy Week begins with our commemoration of the Lord’s Passion by the reading today at our Palm Sunday Mass from St Matthew’s passion account. As individuals and a community of faith gathered spiritually to commemorate the Lord’s triumphant entry into his city of Jerusalem, we know that the cheering crowds will soon be the mindless mob crying out to crucify him! Crucify him!

As I celebrate the Holy Triduum at our Partner Parishes privately, I can’t look forward to joining with a large gathering of our faithful to journey with Jesus through his passion, cross, and death. During this difficult time of the coronavirus we will be limited to live streaming our Holy Week liturgies. Even though we will not gather physically as a faith community to celebrate the Sacred Liturgies, we will joyously celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection with one another in a Spiritual Communion on Easter.

For those of you who had discontinued the practice of attending the Lord’s Supper, the commemoration of His Passion, and the Easter Vigil when we celebrate his glorious resurrection, I ask you to please consider returning to our livestream presentations of these Sacred Liturgies. They, of course, enable us to enter into a pious veneration of our Lord’s sacrificial love for us. We have become somewhat more jaundiced in our current culture about the priority of our faith than we were in less secular times.

Unfortunately, far fewer have attended these Holy Week Liturgies than in past years. I hope we can begin reversing that trend even if this year it must be done via the internet.

As noted above, we read from St. Matthew’s Passion Narrative at Sunday’s Mass. We won’t be able to replicate Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem as in the past as we read the Gospel account before the beginning of Mass and then processed to the

altar with incense and palms held high. We will bless the palms but will not be able to distribute them as we normally do. Hopefully, all recognize our sincere effort to transmit the power of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem without the traditional rituals.

You hear the most striking words from the Passion narrative as Jesus’ utters “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Think of these words and of Jesus’ salvific act which achieved forgiveness for all: the Roman soldiers who had scourged Jesus, who threw him down painfully onto the roughhewn wood of the cross, and who drove the iron spikes through his hands and feet; Pilate who cowardly turned Jesus over to be crucified knowing he was innocent; the crowd which had hailed him but became a mob demanding his crucifixion. This also includes the Apostles who deserted him at his most desperate hour of need, including Peter who would deny him three times. All forgiven!

What about us who have denied the Lord so many times through our selfish, sinful acts that inflicted pain on Jesus through the suffering we caused our brothers and sisters. Our sinful acts cause injury to the Body of Christ. All forgiven!

We who are the beneficiaries of such a wondrous love as this must journey with Jesus through these remembrances of our Heavenly Father’s merciful offering of his very son for us. Our sacrificial offering by sharing in our Lord’s passion, cross and death throughout the Triduum makes our action redemptive for us and those we love.

After Peter’s desertion of the Lord in the garden, Jesus turned to look at Peter and forgave him. He continually does so for us as we sin and fall; forgiving and lifting us up anew. Pope Francis, when commenting on this passage from the Gospels, said: “by bending down to heal our bodies and souls, by understanding our human sufferings and sins, Jesus has

shown us the face of God’s mercy.

By taking the initiative to look at Peter, Jesus demonstrates the mercy that embraces us who have also denied Jesus”.

Are we able to follow Jesus’ model by the small sacrifice of participating in the Triduum Liturgies, even if electronically in the comfort of our homes? He said to the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Father if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still not my will but yours be done.” The Father’s will for us is to live this life in a deep personal relationship with Jesus. He wants us to follow that model of sacrificial love demonstrated so powerfully by Jesus as he obediently said yes to his passion, cross, and death. We do this every day by fulfilling our responsibilities, our duties in our respective vocations. Let us also prayerfully inquire of the Father if our participation in these beautiful liturgies that are celebrated in remembrance of Jesus is his will for us.

We can enter into the depth of our faith that Jesus so poignantly expresses through his yes to the Father’s plan for our salvation. Our participation unites us more fully to the heavenly host as members of his mystical body celebrating the wonderful gift of our redemption in Christ.

Throughout this time, when many are experiencing suffering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual, let us unite our suffering with Jesus’ passion, cross, and death. In our Spiritual Communion with him we anticipate the joy of the resurrected life we will share with Christ, our Savior.

St. Peter and St. Cecilia Churches will be open for private prayer from 12:00 Noon until 6:00 p.m. each day of the week. Confessions will be heard at either church on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.

Catholic Charities is offering telephonic counseling for those who need it during this stressful time.

Please call 724-837-1840 for assistance.

Fridays - 5:00 pm - JOURNEY THROUGH SCRIPTURE: GENESIS TO JESUS (New) - How well do you know the Bible? Dr. Scott Hahn and Matthew Leonard explain basic Catholic principles for reading scripture, and answer questions about the Bible’s role in our salvation.

Saturdays - 6:00 pm - LENT: A SEASON OF GRACE - Join Fr. Cedric Pisegna as he leads Catholics in a Lenten pilgrimage of change, growth, and revolutionary transformation.

Sundays - 4:00 pm - LENTEN REFLECTIONS - In this time of reflection, our expert panel of scholarly priests share their thoughts and meditations on those sacred scriptures carrying a special meaning for them during Lent.

March 6 - April 10 - THIRST FOR TRUTH: BATTLE FOR SOULS - In their six-day retreat, Fathers Bill Casey and Wade Menezes prepare Catholics for the ongoing battle for souls by teaching them how to face doubt and temptation in the world.

Fridays - 6:30 pm - SETTING CAPTIVES FREE: A DEEPER LOOK AT IGNATIAN DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS - Fr. Timothy Gallagher explains how concepts of prayer, meditation, examination of conscience, and penance strengthen our faith. These principles of St. Ignatius can bring faith, hope, and charity into our lives.

April 5 - 7:00 pm - SOLEMN MASS OF PALM SUNDAY FROM ROME WITH POPE FRANCIS - From Vatican City, His Holiness Pope Francis officiates at Palm Sunday Mass, celebrating Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. It’s followed by the Angelus, the Catholic devotion in honor of the Incarnation.

April 5 - 11:00 pm - AN EWTN HOLY LAND EXPERIENCE - Holy Week - Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe and Fr. Mark Mary Cristina delve deeper into the mysteries of salvation as they journey to the sites in the Holy Land where our Lord suffered, died and rose from the dead.

April 7 - 6:30 pm - BUILT ON FAITH: THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE - A look inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified, buried, and rose from the dead.

April 9 - 2:00 pm - PRAYING WITH JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF OLIVES - A Holy Hour with the Franciscan Custodians of the Holy Land. From the Basilica of the Agony at the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem.

April 9 - 5:30 pm - CHORAL MEDITATIONS AND SOLEMN MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER - Experience the inspiring choral meditations and solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper in this Holy Thursday celebration from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. April 9 - 8:00 pm - CHRISM MASS IN ROME WITH POPE FRANCIS - Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Holy Thursday live from Vatican City, where holy chrism is consecrated and the oils blessed.

April 10 - 11:00 am - CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S PASSION FROM ROME - The Lord’s Passion observes the important events surrounding the suffering and death of Jesus. Be a part of this memorable evening, celebrated live from St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

April 10 - 6:30 pm - A SCRIPTURAL JOURNEY OF THE VIA DOLOROSA - Join pilgrims from around the world as they walk the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem while accompanied by scripture meditations on the Passion of Christ.

April 10 - 7:00 pm - WAY OF THE CROSS FROM ROME - From the Coliseum in Rome, Pope Francis presides over the Stations of the Cross.

April 11 - 2:30 pm - EASTER VIGIL MASS - On Holy Saturday evening, Pope Francis celebrates the solemn Easter Vigil, which is composed of four parts: Service of Light; Liturgy of the Word; Liturgy of Baptism; and Liturgy of the Eucharist.

April 11 - 8:00 pm - EASTER VIGIL MASS - From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, experience the Solemn Easter Vigil Mass, which celebrates the commemoration of the night Christ rose from the dead.

April 12 - 7:00 pm - SOLEMN MASS OF EASTER SUNDAY - EWTN presents one of the most beautiful and inspirational ceremonies you’ll ever see - the Solemn Mass of Easter Sunday, celebrated by Pope Francis, live from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

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