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MAY 4, 2003-Third Sunday of Easter
† Jesus stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you…"
While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, "Have you anything here to eat?"
First Light
A young couple celebrated the birth of their first child with a ceremony at the temple. Mercifully, the baby slept through the entire liturgy. Attending the service was a little girl whose family dog had just delivered a litter of puppies. Following the service, the nine year old went up to the mother and asked (as if the baby was a puppy!), 'has she opened her eyes yet?"
[Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, U.S. Catholic, Feb. 2002]
CONNECTION: Opening the eyes--unfocused, not sure of what you are looking at, not sure if there is an outside or inside, but all of a sudden experiencing light--that is creation. Creation begins with light--the emergence awareness from chaotic waters. Easter is a second creation, a second beginning for all of us. In Christ, God has re-started life, including our own; God has re-created the world in the compassion and justice and peace of his Son's Gospel. God coaxes us to open our eyes and behold the world in a new light of Easter re-creation. Easter faith transforms our vision to realize God's hand in every moment; transforms our attitudes to realize the need for God's compassion and forgiveness in every human encounter from politics to child rearing; transforms our spirits to realize that there is always reason to hope even in the face of life's most painful and traumatic moments.
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SUNDAY, MAY 4
7:30am Mass
9:30am Mass
10:30am New Parishioners Registration
11:30am Mass
1:00pm Baptisms
2:00pm Baptisms
6:15pm Mass
7:00pm JustFaith Class
MONDAY, MAY 5
8:00am Rosary (Church)
8:30am Mass (Church)
2:45pm Moms in Touch (LL 109)
7:00pm Social Justice Committee (St. Clare)
7:00pm RCIA
7:00pm Totino-Grace Information Night (Rm. 206)
7:15pm Earthen Vessels Folk Group (St. Cecilia)
TUESDAY, MAY 6
8:00am Rosary
8:30am Mass (Church)
10:30am Staff Meeting (Rm. 204)
5:00pm Ice Cream Social (School)
6:30pm Stewardship Committee
7:00pm Baptism Class (Room 210)
7:15pm Jazz Rehearsal (St. Cecilia)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
8:30am Rosary
8:30am Eucharistic Service (Church)
8:45am Catholic Cemeteries Workshop (St. Joe's)
9:45am School Mass
4:15pm Hallelujah Chorus (St. Cecilia)
7:00pm Arts and Environment Committee ( 210)
7:00pm Befrienders Meeting (Room 208)
7:00pm SPAC Meeting (St. Clare)
7:15pm Adult Choir (St. Cecilia)
THURSDAY, MAY 8
8:00am Rosary
8:30am Mass
9:00am Circle of Women (St. Joe's)
1:00pm Quilters Group (LL108)
6:30pm Preschool Board (St. Peter Claver)
7:00pm Faith Formation Committee (St. Clare)
7:00pm Funeral Seminar (Room 211)
7:00pm Evening Rosary (Chapel)
FRIDAY, MAY 9
8:00am Rosary
8:30am Mass
10:00am AM Kindergarten Program (School)
2:00pm PM Kindergarten Program (School)
SATURDAY, MAY 10
3:30pm Reconciliation
4:30pm Mass
SUNDAY, MAY 11
MOTHER'S DAY CORSAGE SALE
7:30am Mass
9:30am Mass
11:30am Mass
4:00pm Iconography Workshop (Rm. 209)
6:15pm Mass
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