Due to the Church Ministry Quarantine Go to our website: www.saint-albert.org for all services. Mass Live Stream Saturday at 4:00pm Sunday—Friday at 9:00am Live Stream Daily Prayer and Devotion at 6:00pm Stations of the Cross Prayer Intentions Our Lady of Lourdes Novena Reaching Out Pastor Viewpoint This Week in our Parish Monday: May 18 9:00am Donald Fox Tuesday: May 19 9:00am Joseph & Helen Metro Wednesday: May 20 9:00am Janice & Gertrude Demming Thursday: May 21 9:00am Those Remembered in the Memorial Fund Friday: May 22 9:00am Benedict & Ida Cimaglia & Linda Dahlmann Paul Beskid Saturday: May 23 4:00pm Live Stream Sunday: May 24 The Ascension of the Lord 9:00am Live Stream In addition to Daily Mass, these Mass Intentions will be celebrated throughout the week. Leonard & Irene Hlavka Edith Cirino Mary Lou Klenkar Nathan Jozwiak Joseph, Adela, Eloise Petro Charlotte Di Carlo Readings for May 17 1st Reading Acts 1:1-11 2nd Reading Ephesians 1:17-23 Gospel Matthew 28:16-20 May 17, 2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter
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Due to the Church
Ministry Quarantine
Go to our website:
www.saint-albert.org
for all services.
Mass Live Stream
Saturday at 4:00pm
Sunday—Friday at 9:00am
Live Stream Daily
Prayer and Devotion at 6:00pm
Stations of the Cross
Prayer Intentions
Our Lady of Lourdes Novena
Reaching Out
Pastor Viewpoint
This Week in our Parish
Monday: May 18
9:00am Donald Fox
Tuesday: May 19
9:00am Joseph & Helen Metro
Wednesday: May 20
9:00am Janice & Gertrude
Demming
Thursday: May 21
9:00am Those Remembered in the Memorial Fund
Friday: May 22
9:00am Benedict & Ida Cimaglia & Linda Dahlmann
Paul Beskid
Saturday: May 23
4:00pm Live Stream
Sunday: May 24
The Ascension of the Lord
9:00am Live Stream
In addition to Daily Mass,
these Mass Intentions will be
celebrated throughout the
week.
Leonard & Irene Hlavka
Edith Cirino
Mary Lou Klenkar
Nathan Jozwiak
Joseph, Adela, Eloise Petro
Charlotte Di Carlo
Readings for May 17
1st Reading Acts 1:1-11
2nd Reading Ephesians 1:17-23
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20
May 17, 2020
Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 17, 2020
Pastor’s Viewpoint
Dear St. Albert Family,
This is the 6th Sunday of Easter and our scriptures focus
upon the truth and the action of the Holy Spirit, as Jesus calls
Him, the Advocate. Jesus' words in the Gospel reminds me of
the phrase "the proof is in the pudding" - in that he says if you
keep my commandments you are the one who loves me. To
claim to "love God" is an easy thing to say - but Jesus' standard
(keep my commandments) is a lot more concrete. "Talk is
cheap" as it is often said, but love must be concrete.
The "concrete" nature of the love of God is what our
Catholic Sacraments are all about. It is not sufficient for us to
have the right ideas about God, nor the right words about God,
but rather we must add to those the right relationship to the Per-
son of Jesus Christ Himself. Contact with Jesus Christ, in His
Body, the Holy Church is the concrete relationship that Jesus is
talking about. This pandemic has prompted us to reflect upon
the "spiritual" communion that we have with Christ in the
Church through the Spirit. Our Christian faith cannot last long
without actual concrete contact with the God who "took our
flesh for our salvation" - Jesus Christ, His Body and Blood.
We have received permission to begin the public prac-
tice of our sacramental faith beginning May 18, 2020. On that
day we will begin limited hours of adoration in our Chapel. On
May 25, 2020, we will begin the public celebration of weekday
Mass at 9:00am. Starting the weekend of May 30 & 31, 2020 we
will have public celebration of Mass. All of these activities at
church must be performed with caution (meaning face cover-
ings, sanitation, social distance, and limited contact). Please ac-
quire a face covering before planning to arrive at church. Please
observe the signage and the direction of the ministers so that
everyone can peacefully and safely be welcomed home!
Please check our website and our Facebook page for
updates, video presentations, and other information about
church life as we re-open.
Peace, The Parish Office is Closed. If you
need any assistance, please call 440-237
-6760 and leave a message on the Gen-
eral Mailbox and a staff member will
contact you.
“To pray before God’s eyes—it is God
looking at me when I pray—without
illusions, excuses or justifications.”
Pope Francis
Holy, Kind and Giving
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Prayer List
The following names are additions to the prayer list this week.
Please pray for those sick in our parish
Nicola (Tony) Duganiera Sara Jayjack
Jerry Gentile Sharon Gentile
Alan Williams
A prayer list is published on the first and third Sunday of the
month.
“Liturgy & Prayer”
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE FAITHFUL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2020
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The month of May is a time when the People of God express with particular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at home within the family. The restrictions of the pandemic have made us come to appreciate all the more this “family” aspect, also from a spiritual point of view.
For this reason, I want to encourage everyone to re-discover the beauty of praying the Rosary at home in the month of May. This can be done either as a group or individ-ually; you can decide according to your own situations, mak-ing the most of both opportunities. The key to doing this is always simplicity, and it is easy also on the internet to find good models of prayers to follow.
I am also providing two prayers to Our Lady that you can recite at the end of the Rosary, and that I myself will pray in the month of May, in spiritual union with all of you. I in-clude them with this letter so that they are available to every-one.
Dear brothers and sisters, contemplating the face of Christ with the heart of Mary our Mother will make us even more united as a spiritual family and will help us overcome this time of trial. I keep all of you in my prayers, especially those suffering most greatly, and I ask you, please, to pray for me. I thank you, and with great affection I send you my blessing.
Rome, Saint John Lateran, 25 April 2020 Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist
Pope Francis
First Prayer
O Mary, You shine continuously on our jour-ney as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the foot of the cross, were united with Jesus’ suffering, and persevered in your faith.
“Protectress of the Roman people”, you know our needs, and we know that you will provide, so that, as at Cana in Galilee, joy and celebration may return after this time of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us. For he took upon himself our suffer-ing, and burdened himself with our sorrows to bring us, through the cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.
We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God; Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from every danger, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.
“We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God”.
In the present tragic situation, when the whole world is prey to suffering and anxiety, we fly to you, Mother of God and our Mother, and seek refuge under your protection.
Virgin Mary, turn your merciful eyes towards us amid this coro-navirus pandemic. Comfort those who are distraught and mourn their loved ones who have died, and at times are buried in a way that grieves them deeply. Be close to those who are concerned for their loved ones who are sick and who, in order to prevent the spread of the disease, cannot be close to them. Fill with hope those who are troubled by the uncertainty of the future and the conse-quences for the economy and employment.
Mother of God and our Mother, pray for us to God, the Father of mercies, that this great suffering may end and that hope and peace may dawn anew. Plead with your divine Son, as you did at Cana, so that the families of the sick and the victims be comforted, and their hearts be opened to confidence and trust.
Protect those doctors, nurses, health workers and volunteers who are on the frontline of this emergency, and are risking their lives to save others. Support their heroic effort and grant them strength, generosity and continued health.
Be close to those who assist the sick night and day, and to priests who, in their pastoral concern and fidelity to the Gospel, are try-ing to help and support everyone.
Blessed Virgin, illumine the minds of men and women engaged in scientific research, that they may find effective solutions to over-come this virus.
Support national leaders, that with wisdom, solicitude and gener-osity they may come to the aid of those lacking the basic necessi-ties of life and may devise social and economic solutions inspired by farsightedness and solidarity.
Mary Most Holy, stir our consciences, so that the enormous funds invested in developing and stockpiling arms will instead be spent on promoting effective research on how to prevent similar trage-dies from occurring in the future.
Beloved Mother, help us realize that we are all members of one great family and to recognize the bond that unites us, so that, in a spirit of fraternity and solidarity, we can help to alleviate count-less situations of poverty and need. Make us strong in faith, perse-vering in service, constant in prayer.
Mary, Consolation of the afflicted, embrace all your children in distress and pray that God will stretch out his all-powerful hand and free us from this terrible pandemic, so that life can serenely resume its normal course.
To you, who shine on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope, do we entrust ourselves, O Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary. Amen
Holy, Kind and Giving
Sixth Sunday of Easter
“Faith & Formation”
Due to the Recent
Health Emergency
Masses will be live streamed on face-book.com/StAlberttheGreatparish
Or go to www.saint-albert.org
Sunday-Friday at 9:00am and
Saturday at 4:00pm
(once live streamed,
Masses can be viewed anytime)
We will keep you updated with fur-ther information via Facebook, email, and website.
Thank you and God Bless
Fr. Estok & Fr. Joshua Live Stream Mass at their new house.
Fr. Estok & Fr. Joshua Live Stream during weekly devotions
6:00 PM Weeknight Live Stream
Ministry
Announcing Our New Easter Season
Schedule
Monday – FAQ (Faithfully Asked
Questions), Our Priests Respond to
your questions submitted.
Tuesday – Mary, Mother of God De-
votions With Fr. Estok.
Wednesday - Family Faith Features -
Staff will lead devotions with parent-
child engagement.
Thursday - Scripture for this Sunday:
Fr. Ed and Fr. Joshua in Conversation.
Friday - The Paths of the Saints (Staff
shares the call to holiness coming
from the saints).
Friday Meal Delivery
Our Friday Meals on Wheels this
past week had us delivering to Dea-
coness Perry Senior building in
North Royalton, parishioners on
our Communion Call list, Share a
Meal ministry recipients, and the
North Royalton Fire and Police
Departments. All delivered by
smiling volunteers, like these two!
Memorial for “The Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of the Church”
Pope Francis has added a Memorial for “The Blessed Virgin
Mary, Mother of the Church” to the General Roman Calen-
dar. It will be celebrated each year on the Monday after Pen-
tecost. This year it will be on Monday, June 1st.
May 17, 2020
“Service & Compassion”
Prayer List
Although all our in-person meetings have been cancelled until
further notice, we zoom together. Please email ksrsen@saint-
albert.org for the login. All 7th & 8th graders, and High School
students are invited to attend!
Finally, I am a phone call or an email away if you need me.
Know that I am praying for you every day and I want you to stay
safe and stay well.
Be sure to check out our website for more information: https://saint-albert.org/youth-ministry Katie Nowak Srsen
