April 20th, 2014 - Mater Dei Parish

PALM SUNDAY& HOLY WEEK
M ass I ntentions for Week 4/12/2014 thru 4/20/2014
Saturday
Ez 37:21-28; Jn 11:45-56
Myrna Nadeau ‚
7:30 am St M ary:
PALM SUNDAY
Saturday
NEK Ch 17: Sundays @ 11:30 am & Thursdays @ 10:15 am. Viewing time will
include an extra ½ hour with the Rosary following the Mass. Sponsored by
Knights of Columbus, Daughters of Isabella and 6W(GZDUG·V$OWDU6RFLHW\.
HOLY THURSDAY M ASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
I s 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; M t 26:14-77:66
4:00 pm St James:
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4:00 pm St M ary:
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6:00 pm St Edward: Parishioners of Mater Dei
I s 61:1-3a, 6a,8b-9; Lk 4:16-21
7:00 St Edward
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7:00 St James:
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7:00 pm St M ary:
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Sunday
8:30 am St Edward: Parishioners of Mater Dei
10:00 am St M ary:
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10:10 am St James:
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11:30 am St Benedict: Parishioners of Mater Dei
1:00pm M ichaud M anor Parishioners of Mater Dei
7:00 pm St M ary:
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M onday
I s 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11
Bernadette Nadeau‚
Andre Gaudreau ‚
8:30 am St Edward:
5:15 pm St. M ary:
Tuesday
I s 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Gloria Boulanger ‚
Intentions of FR General SDV
Intentions of FR General SDV
8:00 am St M ary:
2:00 pm NHCC :
6:00 pm St Edward:
Wednesday
8:00 am St M ary:
2:00 pm N.S.C.F.:
5:15 pm St James:
5:45 pm St James:
6:30 pm St Benedict:
7:00 pm St Benedict:
I s 50:4-9a; M t 26:14-25
Special Intention
Intentions of Inmates
Intentions of FR General SDV
Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross
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FRI DAY OF THE PASSI ON OF OUR LORD
I s 52:13-53:12; Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9;Jn 18:1-19:42
3:00 pm St Benedict: Stations of The Cross
7:00 pm St Edward: Good Friday Services
7:00 pm St James:
Good Friday Services
7:00 pm St M ary :
Good Friday Services
HOLY SATURDAY EASTER VI GI L
7:30 pm St M ary:
7:30 pm St James:
7:30 pm St Edward:
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EASTER SUNDAY
8:30 am St Edward:
10:00 am St M ary:
10:10 am St James:
11:30 am St Benedict:
7:00 pm M ichaud:
7:00 pm St M ary:
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Chapel:
Special Intentions
Tabernacle Vigil Light: Safe Travel
2014 PRAYER LI ST
Cecile Arel-Smith
Rita Bouffard
Maria Buck
Nancy Day
Mary French
Jacqueline Isabelle
Gail Kilmartin
Yvette Leblanc
Dan Patenaude
Solange Poutre
Dan Rice
Donald Tetreault
Denise Turner
Westlake Family
Gwen Balich
Yolande Brasseur
Fernand Campbell
Mildred Dean
Wanda Halverson
Bob Kelley
Gloria Koczon
Pret Marsh
Cassidy Pierre
John Quinn
Gary Slawson
Georgette Tetreault
Gabrielle Turner
Theresa Vigneault
Rachel Wojcik
MaryAnne Blake
Yves Brasseur
Gregg Creswell
Barbara Frawley
Catherine Howes
Ray "Skip" Kelly
Cecile LeBeau
Bertha Monbares
Fabien Poutre Sr.
Scott Perkins
Aurore Tetreault
Elijah Turner
JoAnne Warner
William Wenk
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rest upon them. May Your life-giving powers flow to
the depths of their souls, cleansing, purifying,
restoring them to health of mind and body.
We pray in a special way for the soul of
I sabelle Pierce who has entered into
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSI TY
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Weekly Offering
Repairs & Maintenance
Easter Flowers
Catholic Relief Services
Total
$8,641
747
788
215
$10,391
Mary Star of the Sea Cenacle of Life
We will meet to pray two Rosaries for the
Protection of All Life. at 3:00 p.m. in the Adoration
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Join Us! Join Christ! Enliven Your Faith!
Monday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 PM at St
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Benediction of the Most Holy Eucharist.
Flowers for Easter
eternal life.
Mater Dei Parish Televised Mass:
Donations for flowers to decorate the church at
Easter Mass in memory of a loved one. Please
fill out the flower envelopes that are available in
the pews. They can be returned any time before
Easter.
Loon Mountain Raffle Ticket
There are raffle tickets for Loon Mountain 7-Day Get-Away for
December 27th thru Jan 3rd in the pews. Help to support our
parish in its needs for repairs and maintenance by taking a
chance on this fabulous vacation. Please choose your tickets,
print your name and address on them and put them in the
special collection envelope with your donation. Drop it in the
collection basket or in the basket at the door.
Divine Mercy Sunday
This Sunday, April 27th
St. Edward the Confessor Church
Derby Line, Vermont
1:00 pm Exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament
1:15pm-2:45 pm Chain Rosary (All
M ysteries)
2:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation
3:00 pm Divine M ercy Chaplet
3:30 pm Solemn Benediction
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funds to this account. Thank-you for your support!
Knights of Columbus M eeting
There will be a Knights of Columbus Meeting
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on April 15th, after the 6 pm Holy Mass, in the
Parish Hall. All are welcome. This is a mandatory meeting.
Protect Your Children
April is national Child Abuse Prevention Month. It is most
appropriate that Child Abuse Prevention Month is held during the
Easter season. There is no better time than Easter to celebrate the
protection of our most valuable gift from God-our children. For
information on how you can become more informed and involved
in keeping our children safe, please call the Office of Safe
Environment Programs at 802-658-6110
Endow study Groups
Women of Vermont are invited to participate in Endow study
Groups, and exciting new opportunity to grow deeper in their
relationship with Jesus Christ and discover their God-given
dignity as daughters of God. For more information on this
apostolate, please contact Marie Antunes in the Office of Catholic
Formation at (802) 658-6110, extension 1130 or email
[email protected]
Rooms Available
Michaud memorial Manner nursing home now has
rooms available which is run by Vermont catholic
Charity . For more information contact Deacon Ward
Nolan @ 802 873 3152.
Lessons from the agony in the Garden
Dear friends, we are already in Holy week. This is the time
we should spend meditating on the passion of Christ. The
Journey of His passion began in the Garden of Gethsemane.
One of my friends, who visited the Holy Land, shared with
me the experience he had there. Listening to him I decided
to make a spiritual tour to the Garden of Olives. I pictured
Jesus there on Holy Thursday night. It was there that an
intense scene of the tragic play took place. Jesus taught me a
lot of lessons there. The first lesson was how to overcome
the most difficult times of our lives. Jesus is being really
challenged here. Imagine he was a man of my own age or
even one or two years younger than me. He is struggling
there with the thought of to taking that huge, heavy cross on
his shoulder. He prays to His Father to take away the cup. It
is the most crucial time of his life. He seems like he is
loosing confidence in his Father. We see in the gospel of St.
John, Jesus' confidence in His Father. He said his Father
testifies on His behalf and His testimony is true. Jesus says
he does what He has seen and heard from His Father. But
now He falls down and prays. When does a man fall down?
It is when he is helpless and defeated. The pain that he is
going through is so severe, that St. Luke says Jesus sweats
blood. We pray a lot in the same way, for miracles to
happen, and for the Father to take away the sufferings of our
daily life. What is a miracle? We call something a miracle
when God hears our prayers and acts on our plan. I think
there are two kinds of miracles the first one is when God
hears our prayers and acts on our plan and the second one is
when we listen to God and act on His plan. This is what we
see in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus prays, "not my will
but yours be done". And that is the greatest miracle which
led to the glorious Resurrection. Mary said the same thing
'Your will be done' and that led to Christmas. A similar
story that we find in the Bible is the story of King David
(2Samuel 12: 15-23). The Bible calls him a man according
to the heart of God. What an attribute. But David, a man
according to the heart of God, sinned. As a result of his sin
God said through the Prophet Nathan, that his son would
die. His son falls sick. David asking God's Mercy started
praying for the life of his child. We read in the bible that
David wore sack cloth, ate nothing, lamenting and crying he
prayed prostrated on the floor. He prayed for days without
eating, drinking or washing. But the child died. The servants
were afraid to tell him the news for they saw how much he
loved his child. But some of them took the courage to
inform him of the death of his child. It surprised them all
that when David heard the news that his child was dead, he
got up from the floor, went to wash and came to eat and
drink. He seemed to be at peace. Then one of the servants
asked why David was so sad when the child was sick and
now appeared at peace after his child died. David said that it
was true he was sad and now he was at peace. I prayed that
God would follow my plan but he did not so I am going to
follow his plan. I have nothing to be sad about. Let us try to
go with Gods Plan for us as we continue our journey to the
Resurrection.
Fr Tom