FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 03/22/20 VOL. 37 NO. 30
STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE 240 ;Carville – 48
WEEKLY BUDGET $7,975.66
AMOUNT COLLECTED $3,783.00
NUMBER OF DONATIONS 69 There will be 2 envelopes on 04/4-5, reg. & Holy Land.
Your weekly donations help meet our immediate needs, repairs and
improvements. We thank all who give of their time, talent and
treasure to our parish community.
We always appreciate your generosity.
As we did last week, we are reading
today from the Gospel of John. In
today’s Gospel, the healing of the man
born blind invites us to focus on the
physical and spiritual aspects of sight and light. In the first
part of today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus’ response to a
prevalent belief of his time: that misfortune and disability
were the result of sin. That belief is why Jesus is asked the
question of whose sin caused the man’s blindness—his own
or his parents’. Jesus does not answer directly, but instead
gives the question an entirely different dimension—
through this man’s disability, God’s power will be made
manifest. Jesus then heals the man.
The healing is controversial because Jesus heals on
the Sabbath. The Pharisees, the religious authorities of
Jesus’ time, understood that the law of Moses forbade
work (including healing) on the Sabbath. They also have
trouble believing that Jesus performed a miracle. To
determine whether the man was really born blind, the
Pharisees question him and his parents. The
man challenges the leaders of the synagogue
about their assessment of the good that Jesus
has done. In turn, they expel the man for
questioning their judgment.
The final revelation and moment of
enlightenment comes when the man born blind
encounters Jesus again. Having heard the news of his
expulsion, Jesus seeks out the man born blind and reveals
himself to him as the Son of Man. In this moment, the man
born blind shows himself to be a man of faith and worships
Jesus. Jesus replies by identifying the irony of the
experience of many who encounter Jesus: Those who are
blind will now see, and those who think they now see will
be found to be blind.
As in last week’s Gospel about Jesus’
encounter with the Samaritan woman,
today’s reading has many allusions to
Baptism. The washing of the man in the pool
of Siloam is a prototype for Christian
Baptism. Through the man’s encounter with
Jesus, the man born blind is healed, his sight is restored,
and his conversion to discipleship begins. The man born
blind gradually comes to a greater understanding about
who Jesus is and what it means to be his disciple, while the
Pharisees (those who should see) are the ones who remain
blind.
Are you feeling the need to make a
commitment to a liturgical ministry? Listen for
God’s gentle push to a particular ministry. We know
you can do it. Call the office if you need some gentle
persuasion.
2019 tax statements are in the office for pick-up.
There are extra Pictorial Directories. If you
would like a copy please pick up a copy from the
table in the vestibule of church.
REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR HANDS!
Our Lenten Mission and Penance Service are on hold
until we receive further notice. We will advise when
we have notice.
Everything is on hold concerning the bus trip.
As we have the information necessary we will
pass it on to you.
There is sheet with various resources
listed and packets in the vestibule of
church. The church will be opened for
private individual prayer from 8 a.m. –
3 p.m.
The Ladies Altar Society is cancelling all activities. There will be no Easter Baskets made, and no meeting in April or May. Thanks to the LAS for all it does in our community. We will resume our activities when it is safe.
ALL MASSES AND CHURCH
ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. THIS PRACTICE
WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL WE
RECEIVE FURTHER NOTICE FROM
THE BISHOP.
Read: Pope Francis’s prayer to Mary
during coronavirus pandemic
Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican March 11, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
O Mary, you always shine on our path
as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,
who at the cross took part in Jesus' pain, keeping your faith firm.
You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need,
and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee,
we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father
and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings
and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross,
to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.
Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver
us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.
Sat. 21 9:00 a.m. 1st Eucharist Class
4:00 p.m. VIGIL
4th
Sunday of Lent
Sun. 22 7:00 a.m. MASS
8:30 a.m. MASS @ Carville
10:15 a.m. MASS
5:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Novena
5:00 p.m. Youth Group in PAC
Mon. 23 8:00 a.m. No Mass
6:30 p.m. Rel Ed Gr. 1-12
Tues. 24 7:00 a.m. Men’s Reflection Group
8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church
8:30 a.m. Adoration
6:00 p.m. RCIA
Wed. 25 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church
8:30 a.m. Divine Mercy Novena
6:30 p.m. Baptismal Seminar
Thurs. 26 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church
Fri 27 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church
6:00 p.m. Way of the Cross
Sat. 28 4:00 p.m. VIGIL
5th
Sunday of Lent
Sun. 29 7:00 a.m. MASS
8:30 a.m. MASS @ Carville
10:15 a.m. MASS
5:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Novena
Mon. 30 8:00 a.m. Fr. Gallagher will say Daily
Mass 6:30 p.m. Rel Ed Grades 1-12
6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N
Tues. 31 7:00 a.m. Men’s Reflection Group
8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church
8:30 a.m. Adoration
6:00 p.m. RCIA
6:00 p.m. KCs in PAC
6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N
APRIL FOOLS DAY
Wed. 01 8:00 a.m. Mass @ St. Gabriel
(church)
8:30 a.m. Divine Mercy Novena
6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N
Thurs. 02 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church
6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N
DAILY READINGS
4th
Sunday of Lent
1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ephesians 5:8-14;
John 9:1-41
Monday, March 23 Daily Readings
Isaiah 65:17-21; John 4:43-54
Tuesday, March 24 Daily Readings
Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; John 5:1-6
Wednesday, March 25 Daily Readings
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10; Hebrews 10:4-10;
Luke 1:26-38
Thursday, March 26 Daily Readings
Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47
Friday, March 27 Daily Readings
Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Saturday, March 28 Daily Readings
Jeremiah 11:18-20; John 7:40-53
5th
Sunday of Lent
Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11;
John 11:1-45
Pray for our Sick and Homebounds: Frank Banta, Sr.,
Betty Jean Barbay, Phyllis Babin, Joan Chapman, Melissa
Conrad, Joyce Crochet, Ruby Edmonston, Lily Fairchild,
Eunice Fairchild, Carolyn Harelson,
John Johnson, Mary Belle
Landaiche, Michael & Carolyn
(Punkin) Landaiche, Genie LaPlace,
Eugene LeBlanc, Sr., Anthony &
Bessie Pizzolato, Flory Reynolds,
Allen Reynolds, Sheryl Rodeillat,
Charles Spedale, and Louise Thibodeaux. Include in your
prayers all of the sick & suffering in our families especially
those living in nursing homes. Also, pray for peace in the
world, & for all men and women in our armed forces.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR NAME REMOVED FROM
THIS LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE.
WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS
03/23 8:00 a.m. No Mass 03/24 8:00 a.m. Special Intentions 03/25 8:00 a.m. Jeanne Johnson; Brennan Rube; Templet-Blanchard Families; David Templet 03/26 8:00 a.m. Dewey Hymel Family & Betty 03/27 8:00 a.m. Roy-Duhon-Broussard Families 03/28 4:00 p.m. For the Parish 03/29 7:00 a.m. Deceased of Father Charlie’s Family 10:15 a.m. Marjorie Acosta; Ourso Family; Pauline Jeansonne; Herman Warthen, Jr. 03/30 8:00 a.m. In Thanksgiving