a CACINA Parish
March 21, 2021
Volume 5, Issue # 13
The Daily Prayer of Saint Teresa Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of You. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.
Celebrants: Our Pastor - Father Victor Ray Chapel at 3803 Haines Road North St. Petersburg, Florida Sunday, Live Mass at 10:30 am Live Stream: YouTube: Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Community and Facebook: St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Community Website: stoccc.org
Cream Cards available in the Pew Pocket to follow along with the Mass.
All of us at Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Community want to take a moment to extend a Very Warm Welcome to everyone who is visiting us for the first time this morning. Whether you are just having a look, or are searching for a place to worship, we are delighted to have you here. Enjoy the rest of your worship time with us, and
May God Bless You!
Wisdom From Our Pastor They say there are three things that cannot be talked about. You know them, right? Religion, sex, and politics. I think they are wrong. We do talk about those things. We just do it really badly. There is, however, something we do not talk about. Death. Yes, we acknowledge death when it happens but for the most part we do not talk about death with any real depth or substance, and certainly no enthusiasm. We don’t deal with it. We deny it. We ignore it. We avoid it. No one wants to die. We don’t really acknowledge, talk about, and deal with death. The death of our loved ones is too real, too painful. Our own death is too scary. The relationships and parts of our lives that have died are too difficult. So, for the most part, we just avoid the topic of death. Besides it’s a downer in a culture that mostly wants to be happy, feel good, and avoid difficult realities. I suspect the Greeks in today’s gospel did not go expecting to talk or hear about death. They just want to see Jesus. And who can blame them? Jesus has a pretty good track record up to this point. He has cleansed the temple, turned water into wine, healed a little boy, fed 5000, given sight to the blind, and raised Lazarus from the dead. I don’t know why they wanted to see Jesus but I know the desire. I want to see Jesus. I’ll bet you do too. Seeing Jesus makes it all real. After all, seeing, they say, is believing. We all have our reasons for wanting to see Jesus. If you want to know your reasons for wanting to see Jesus look at what you pray for. It is often a to do list for God. I remember, as a little boy, praying that I would get to go fishing and I would catch the big fish. Later it was for good grades in school. Then it was to pass the bar exam, win the case, be made a partner in the firm. When my life and marriage were in shambles I prayed that God would fix it all. When our son died I just wanted God to make it stop hurting. You probably know those kind of prayers. We want to see Jesus on our terms. We don’t want to face the pain of loss and death in whatever form it comes. Sometimes we want something from Jesus more than we want Jesus himself. There is a real danger that we will become consumers of God’s life rather than participants in God’s life. We pick and choose what we like and want but we skip over and leave behind what we do not like, want, or understand. Christianity, however, is neither a buffet nor a spectator sport. Christianity means participating in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That is what Jesus sets before the Greeks who want to see him. Grains of wheat. That is what we are. Through death, however, we can become the bread of life. “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies….” Father Victor Ray
Let Us Pray For Rick Hamilton, Bp. Peter Hickman, D.A. Marx, Dee Spano, James Meeks, Mark Talboom, Greg Reuss, Melvin Baker, Jose Mejias and Roy, Paula and Buddy Baker PRAYERS RECEIVED BY THE AIR WAVES Bruno Fernanda, Jack/Susan/Billy Fabien, Wesley, Javier, AnnMarie Shahana, Eugene, Eoghan, Nelson, Annette/Don Husband, Beverly, Victor Adolfo, Mike Ifeanyi, Daughter/Sister Tequila, Ann, Aditya, Amanda DEVOTIONAL CANDLE LIGHTED FOR Earl “Bud” Miller, Howard Laubscher
Sunday, March 21, 2021 HYMNS GATHERING #600 Rain Down OFFERTORY #504 Unless A Grain Of Wheat COMMUNION #386 The Servant Song SENDING #512 By Our Love ************* READINGS P. 90 1st Reading Jeremiah 31:31-34 Responsorial Psalm PS 51 Rs. Create in me a clean heart O God 2nd Reading Hebrew 5:7-9 Gospel Acclamation: Rs. Praise to you, glory and praise, Lord Jesus Christ. Gospel John 12:20-33
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Sunday, March 21, 10:30 am, Fifth Sunday of Lent LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Sunday, March 21, 12:00 pm, House of Ministry Meeting in the Chapel and On Zoom Sunday, March 28, 10:30 am, Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Blessing and distributing palms on Palm Sunday, March 28th. For Parishioners in the local area please email us so we can drop a Palm off at your door. Thursday, April 1, 6:30 pm, Holy Thursday LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Friday, April 2, 6:30 pm, Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS Sunday, April 4, 10:30 am, Easter Sunday the Resurrection of the Lord LIVE STREAM AND LIVE MASS DO I HAVE MY STOCCC PARKING LOT GANG MASK YET ?
BIRTHDAYS MAR 3 MAR 24
CALEB STOUT JIM VILLAFANA
ANNIVERSARYS MAR 6 JON LAUBSCHER/ WILLIAM SCHWARTZ MAR13 JENNIFER & DAN STOUT
SPLISH/SPLASH A CELEBRATION! BIRTHDAYS: APRIL 2 REV. DR. MARY FOLEY, MAY 28 ARYN ZAHNOW, SEPTEMBER 9 CINDY GIDDENS, OCTOBER 16 PAULA BAKER, NOVEMBER 7 DENNIS GIDDENS, JANUARY 17 COLLIN STOUT, ANNIVERSARIES: OCTOBER 10 REV. DR. MARY FOLEYORDINATION, OCTOBER 27 DENNIS AND CINDY GIDDENS,
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