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Dear Padre April 19, 2020 A friend of mine always makes such a big deal of the time after Easter. What is this Easter season all about? These days and weeks after Easter are indeed significant. We Christians are an Easter people. The resurrection is the cornerstone of our faith. Without the belief that Christ conquered death and our hope that we will share in that same victory over the grave, our faith is pointless. We celebrate with great fanfare that we are a redeemed people in Jesus Christ. Every year our forty-day Lenten preparation of fasting and penance leads us to the feasting and joy of the fifty days of Easter. This unbelievable news that the risen Christ is in our midst draws us into a festival that cannot be contained in a single day. “The fifty days from Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day, indeed as one ‘great Sunday’” (The Roman Missal, “Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and Calendar,” 22). Part of the challenge of Easter is learning again how to celebrate a fifty-day feast. Most Catholics do not think of Easter as an extended feast. We tend to see Easter, the ascension, and Pentecost as three separate, independent feast days, each with its own themes. The truth of the matter is that they are all part and parcel of the other, intertwined and borne of the same glorious fact of Christ’s resurrection. This is a perfect time to remind ourselves of that joyous and significant connection. —Fr. Joseph Ring Pastor Rev. Dennis Schafer Cell: (701) 301-0609 Office: (701) 597-3228 Email: dschafer @bismarckdiocese.com Tri-Parish Office 421 Court Street Flasher ND, 58535 Phone/ Fax: (701) 597-3228 New Office Hours Mon-Thurs 8:00 am-2:00 pm CT Tri-Parish Administrative Assistant, Director of Religious Education V. Noel Wax Email: [email protected] Sacristan Rose Hintz Maintenance ~ St. Theresa ~ Ralph & Iola Ruscheinsky ~ St. Lawrence ~ Chris Senff Deadline for Bulletin Items is Tuesday at 3 pm. Welcome Visitors! If you are new to our parish please contact the Parish Office to register. Reconciliation: Before each Mass or by appointment anytime. At St. Lawrence every Saturday from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT Baptism: Class required for the first child. Please contact the Pastor to schedule. Marriage: Arrangements must be made with the Pastor at least 9 months prior to the wedding. Receive the joy of your Glory, giving thanks to God, Who has called you into the heavenly kingdom, alleluia. Entrance Antiphon Sunday of Divine Mercy April 19, 2020 Divine Mercy Sunday April 19, 2020 Remember in Prayer Marilyn Roth, John Clarys, Dan Roth, John Schafer, John Jochim, Mildred Dressler, George Kraft, Marlyn Bonogofsky, Pat Hauge, Ronald Dressler , Mary Ann Koch To place a name on the Prayer List, please call Darlene Friesz at 701-390-3308 or the parish office. Community Elgin 601 East St. North Elgin, ND 584-3338 Clinic Trinity Carpentry Contact John Clarys 102 Oliver Ave Center ND [email protected] Duric Hoff Custom Spraying Phone: 701-391-8716 EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST Have the ability to apply: Liquid Fertilizer Pre & Post Burn down In Crop Herbicides, Fungicides & Insecticides Rep. Brad Doll P:597-3535 F:597-3537 117 N. Main PO Box 77 Bammer’s Gutters Allan Bahm 6502 47th Ave, SW Flasher ND 58535 (c) 701-471-3294 1-877-597-3249 (fax) 701-597-3250 Raleigh Grain Co Inc. 701-597-3571 360 Railway St Raleigh, ND Elgin Dental Clinic Dr. John Sanderson DDS 306 N. Main St. Elgin ND 58580 1-701-584-2580 PJ Deichert-Owner 211 MAIN ST. N Flasher ND 58535 (701) 597-3694 Your local Auto Parts Dealer PJ’S FARM SUPPLY INC. TRUCKING [email protected] For all your SEED CORN SOYBEANS & ALFALFA needs contact: Florian Zins 597-3661 Bahm Rentals, LLC Spare me through Your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. ~St. Anselm of Canterbury I have always been a bit embarrassed by Saint Thomas in his need to see the nail marks in Christ’s hands and to feel the wound in His side before he was willing to believe. You see, my birthday happens to fall on the feast of Saint Thomas and, although I was not named for him, I have always felt an affinity for him. His unbelief challenges me to look deeper into the mystery of the Resurrection of Jesus. It asks me if I am ready to meet the challenge for a transparent Christian life -- “I will not believe unless I see.” This "seeing" is what others demand of us. They ask that we reflect Jesus, the risen Lord in our lives by our selfless love, unconditional forgiveness, and humble service. The integrity of our lives bears a fundamental witness to others who want to see the risen Lord alive and active, working in us. Christ’s mercy shines forth from us whenever we reach out to the poor, the needy and the marginalized, as St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) did. His mercy shines forth as we remain open to those who struggle in Faith, as did the Apostle Thomas in today’s Gospel. We should be able to appreciate the presence of Jesus, crucified and raised, in our own suffering and in the sufferings of our brothers and sisters, thus recognizing the glorified wounds of the risen Lord in the suffering of those around us. Like St. Thomas, we face the challenge to use our scepticism to help us grow in Faith. Our genuine doubts about the doctrines of our religion can encourage us to study these doctrines more closely and thus to grow in our Faith. This will naturally lead us to a personal encounter with Jesus through our pryer, study of the Word of God and the frequenting of the Sacraments. However, we must never forget the fact that our Faith is not our own doing but is a gift from God. Hence, we need to augment our Faith every day by prayer so tht we may join Saint Thomas in proclaiming: “My Lord and my God.” Let us pray, too, that we might have the courage of our Christian convictions to share our Faith as Saint Thomas did, and to recognize the “nail marks.” We are not to keep the gift of Faith locked in our heats, but to share it with our children, our families and our neighbors, always remembering the words of St. Pope John XXIII: “Every believer in this world must become a spark of Christ’s light.” (continued on inside flap) SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE WEEK SUN Apr 19: Acts 2:24-47; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; I Pt 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31 Divine Mercy Sunday Mon Apr 20: Acts 4:23:31; Ps 2:1-9; Jn 3:1-8 St. Conrad of Parzham, Religious Tue Apr 21: Acts 4:32-37; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Jn 3:7-15 St. Anselm, Bishop & Doctor of the Church Wed Apr 22: Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-9; Jn 3:16-21 St. Leonides of Alexandria, Martyr Thur Apr 23: Acts 5:27-33; Ps 34:17-20; Jn 3:31-36 St. George, Martyr Fri Apr 24: Acts 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4-13-14; Jn 6:1-15 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest & Martyr Sat Apr 25: 1Pt 5:5-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20 St. Mark, Evangelist SUN Apr 26: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-25, 5, 7-11; 1 Pt 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35 Third Sunday of Easter usccb.org has all the daily Scripture readings (click on calendar) Disasters teach us humility. ~St. Anselm of Canterbury Lectio Divina (praying with the Bible) Lamentation 3:22-24 St. Lawrence Catholic Church 421 Court Street Flasher, ND St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church Carson, ND St Gertrude Catholic Church Raleigh, ND Mass Schedule Effective Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. and until further notice, all daily and Sunday Masses are cancelled in the Diocese of Bismarck. This applies to all parishes, oratories, and chapels used for public worship. The Catholic faithful within the territory of the Diocese of Bismarck are dispensed from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. ~Bishop David D. Kagan Eucharistic Adoration Public Eucharistic Adoration is cancelled until further notice. Reconciliation: By appointment anytime. At St. Lawrence every Saturday from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm CT Jesus is Mercy!
