Rectory: 8148 N Karlov Avenue Skokie, IL 60076 Phone:(847) 673-5090 E-mail: saintlambert@aol.com

St. Lambert Parish - Skokie, IL

Website: www.StLambert.org Sunday Masses: (5 pm Sat) 8am, 10am, 12pm Weekday Masses: 7:15 am (Mon-Fri) 8am on Saturday Confessions: Saturday at 8:30am Pastor: Rev. Richard Simon Email: saintlambert@aol.com Rev. Know-it-all: reverendknow-it-all.blogspot.com Deacon: Mr. Chick O’Leary Music Director: Mr. Steven Folkers Ministry of Care: Mrs. Carol Glueckert (847) 674-6456 Office Staff: Mr. George Mohrlein Debbie Morales-Garcia debie.stlambert@aol.com Baptisms: Third Sundays of the month at 1:30 pm. Baptismal Prep Class is the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the rectory. Please call the rectory to register. Weddings: Arrangements must be made 6 months in advance. Religious Education : Jonathan Rivera saintlambertsyouthchurch@gmail.com To Register as a Parishioner: Call the rectory or email us. For Online Giving: www.givecentral.org Bulletin Guidelines: Submissions should be received at the rectory office 10 days preceding the date of bulletin publication. Submissions should be in electronic format and send to debbie.stlambert@aol.com.

“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said,

“Feed my lambs”

John 21:15

St. Lambert Parish Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord

April 10, 2016 Third Sunday of Easter

Saturday, April 9

5:00 † Sally Del Rosario & Hatton Family

Sunday, April 10

8:00 People of St Lambert 10:00 Ortmann & Engelhardt Families

12:00 † Mary Krackenberger

Monday, April 11

7:15 † Millie Sklena

Tuesday, April 12

7:15 † Telesforo Gamido

Wednesday, April 13

7:15 † Luz Marzalado

Thursday, April 14

7:15 † Anne Kwiecinski

Friday, April 15

7:15 † Donna Mohrlein

Saturday, April 16

8:00 † Chua Tran

5:00 † Isgani Reglot & Judith Cordona

Sunday, April 17

8:00 Asunta Yaseen Birthday 10:00 Al & Carol Glueckert 57th Wedding Anniversary

12:00 People of St Lambert

Saint Lambert Senior Activity Club will meet this coming Thursday,

April 14th, in Robert's Hall at 11:30 AM.

Come for

and learn of upcoming trips!

• friendship

• a tasty lunch

• bingo

Third Sunday of Easter April 10, 2016

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches,

wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing.”

— Revelation 5:12

If you care to post a flyer in the church vestibule it must first be approved by Fr Simon. If possible, please email flyer to the parish. Fliers posted without permission will be taken down. Thank you.

Page 2 St. Lambert Parish 3rd Sunday of Easter

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29 -30;Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60- 69 Sunday: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 100:1-3, 5; Rv 7:9, 14b-17; Jn 10:27-30

Masses for the Week

Easter Sunday Offertory Collection

March 26/27, 2016 Envelopes: $ 9,058.00 Loose: 5,444.75 Total: $14,502.75 Holy Thursday: $1,166.46 Holy Land: $1,234.31 YouthChurch: $ 42.00

NECESSARY

Grace is necessary to salvation, free will is equally so; but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it. —St. Bernard

The Reverend Know-it-all “What I don’t know… I can always make up!” Continued from last week… December 31, 406, or maybe 405 the Rhine River froze solid or maybe it didn’t. What did happen is this: three German tribes, the Vandals, Alans and Suebi, managed to cross the Rhine. The Rhine and the Danube were the natural northern borders of the Roman Empire, which had been Christian for almost a century. One can picture a German barbarian walking out on the ice stamping his feet and shouting, “Come on, Hildegund, Schnell! Vee is moofing to France!” In the search for plumbing, wine and the other amenities of Roman life, the German barbarians crossed the border on mass and there just weren’t enough soldiers to stop them. The bulk of the army was back in the east fighting Visigoths, the Germanic cousins of the Vandals and their friends. The Roman Empire in the west pretty much crumbled. The Visigoths reached Italy from the east while the Vandals went down through France and Spain and reached Italy from the North African coast. Rome was sacked by the Visigoths in 410 and again really sacked by the Vandals in 455. The Vandals and the Visigoths were Christian, sort of. They were Arians. Remember the Arians? They were the people who thought the idea of a Triune God was crazy and Ariansim appealed to militarist monarchies like the Germans with its neat chain of command. The German barbarians took their religion seriously and thus were not very nice to any Trinitarian Nicene Catholics who got in their way. One of those Nicene Catholics was St Augustine, the bishop of the town of Hippo Regius in what is now Algeria. (Did you know that North Africa, just like Egypt, Turkey, Syria and the Holy Land were once the heartlands of the Catholic faith?) The Vandals besieged Hippo as St. Augustine lay dying and eventually captured the

city, burning everything except Augustine’s cathedral and library. The survival of so many of his writings insured that he would be one of the greatest theological influences in Europe. He commented on just about everything in his 75 years and he was the dominant voice in the western attitude toward the Jews for almost a thousand years. Augustine was never shy about his opinions. He was always denouncing heretical opinions. He thoroughly denounced any movements in the Church that rejected the Hebrew Scriptures and the fierce tribal God of the Jews. Augustine held the Catholic view that the God of the New and Old Testaments were one and the same, that the Old Testament was divinely inspired and that the Jews were a people specially chosen by God. They were chosen in the Old Testament to bring forth the messiah. They were chosen in the New Testament for a somewhat less desirable task. Augustine believed Jewish people would be converted at the end of time, but the destruction of the temple and the scattering of Jews by Rome fulfilled Old Testament prophecy. God had spared them in their unconverted state as a warning to Christians of what could happen to those who reject Christ. They should be allowed to live unmolested in Christian lands and lead free and unhindered lives. Augustine believed that the Old Testament referred to the Jews in the verse, “Slay them not, lest they should at last forget Your law” (Psalm 59:11). Augustine. (God) has said, ‘but whosoever shall kill Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.’ … not by bodily death shall the ungodly race of carnal Jews perish. For whoever destroys them in this way shall suffer sevenfold vengeance, that is, shall bring upon himself the sevenfold penalty under which the Jews lie for the crucifixion of Christ.’ So to the end of the seven days of time, the continued preservation of the Jews will be a proof to believing Christians of the subjection merited by those who, in the pride of their kingdom, put the Lord to death.” (St. Augustine, “Contra Judaeos”)

(Continued on page 4)

April 10, 2016 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 3

Page 4 St. Lambert Parish 3rd Sunday of Easter

It sounds pretty awful at first read, but Augustine’s likening the Jews to Cain threatened anyone who would harm them with a curse. (Looking at modern German, French and Russian demographics, Augustine may have had a point!) So from the year 400 until almost 1100, the teaching of Augustine prevailed in the west and the Jews became a protected and increasingly valued (though not necessarily beloved) part of European society. Christian Europe had a problem. The Scriptures seemed to forbid usury, the taking interest on a loan from a fellow Christian. How does one do business without a system of credit? Enter the Jews. There was no law in scripture that forbad having the infidel Jews loaning money at interest to their Christian neighbors. Jews were a readymade banking society. They were a small group of very mobile people who had trusted contacts throughout the Middle East and Europe among their fellow Jews scattered throughout the world. They were able to travel and do business where a Muslim or Christian might be unwelcome, and they were literate! The great emperor Charlemagne (800AD) was never quite able to write his own name, thought he really tried. Jews could read write and count! Jews became the grease that allowed the wheels of commerce to turn in an increasingly isolated and illiterate world. It was always good to have a few of them around, not too many, but a few. So it went until 1096. Next week: Count Emicho and a goose filled with the Holy Spirit (I’m not making this up either!)

(Continued from page 3) I was hungry and you gave me food Watching your child go without food is one of the hardest experiences any

parent could imagine. Thankfully, Catholic Charities has a network of food pantries for anyone in crisis. We also distribute food to women, infants, children, and seniors; deliver meals to the home-bound; and give summer lunches to poor children. At our supper programs, thousands who are hungry or homeless are comforted with warm meals in the company of friendly faces. Give to Catholic Charities on Mother’s Day so people are free of hunger and live productive, healthy, and dignified lives. Learn more at www.catholiccharities.net.

REDEMPTION Do you remember Peter on the night Jesus was arrested? He claimed he had never heard of Jesus. Today we are called to join Peter in testifying to the name of Jesus as he does in the first reading, and in proclaiming our love for him as Peter does in the Gospel passage. The powerful imagery of John’s vision in

the second reading from the book of Revelation shows us the company we keep when we have faith in the name of Jesus. We join all living creatures, “countless in number” from “heaven, earth, under the earth, in the sea; everything in the universe” (Revelation 5:11, 13). The dignity and majesty described in each reading are in stark contrast to the dark and pitiful image of Peter and the other apostles at the time of Jesus’ arrest, trial, and crucifixion. What a relief that we can all be redeemed so completely! Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Brought before the Sanhedrin, the apostles give witness to Jesus Christ. (Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41). Psalm — I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me (Psalm 30). Second Reading — In his vision John sees all in heaven and on earth give honor and glory to the one on the throne and to the Lamb (Revelation 5:11-14). Gospel — Jesus appears to the disciples by the sea of Tiberias (John 21:1-19 [1-14]). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Cor-poration. All rights reserved.

April 10, 2016 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 5

Sunday, April 17, 2016 Noon to 1:30pm in the Rec Room

“Quench God’s Thirst: Respond in Love”” Fr. James Kubicki SJ

Fr. Jim is the National Director of the Apostleship of Prayer He travels the country giving talks, retreats and parish missions. He has appeared on EWTN and is a regular contributor to Relevant Radio and EWTN Radio Networks. He is author of the award-winning book: A Heart on Fire: Rediscovering Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Bring a friend! ~ Refreshments ~ Free-Will Offering Relevant Radio® 950/930/1270 AM proudly

supports the SCL Speakers Series.

SCL SPEAKER SERIES

St.Catherine Laboure Catholic Church

3535 Thornwood Avenue, Glenview

847-729-1414

The Response of the Gospel of Mercy

(Credit:Gokhan Sahin/Getty)

“The horrors of the Syrian war are heart-rending. More than 250,000 people have perished. Half of

Syria’s population has been forced from their homes. Our brothers and sisters’ suffering is terrible. It compels us, as Catholics, to dig deeply into the

foundation of our beliefs and our Church’s teaching—and to respond.” Source: Catholic Relief Services

ACTION: Ask Congress to provide funding for poverty focused international humanitarian assistance and fulfill our nation’s commitment to help Syrian and other refugees. Call your members of Congress using this toll free number: 888-562-8232. Visit www.ConfrontGlobalPoverty.org

Office for Immigrant Affairs and Immigration Education

Elena Segura (312) 534-5333, esegura@archchicago.org

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

From the earliest centuries, we know that some Christian women desired to vow themselves to a celibate life to pray and serve. Some, but by no means everyone, wanted a kind of monastic life. Others wanted to stay in the family home. By the fourth century, the church was celebrating the “Consecration of Virgins,” a rite performed by the bishop, and involving a “veiling” of the woman. It was looked upon as a form of marriage with Christ, partly because in the culture of the day a woman’s status in society was linked to a man. The prayers and ritual for the consecration of virgins were exactly the same as the prayers and ritual for the consecration of a bride on her wedding day. The public character of the rite gave the bishop the opportunity to commend the virgin to the faithful, and to threaten with punishment anyone who tried to turn her from her commitment. Eventually, the rite fell into disuse for women living in the world, and was reserved for nuns. The Second Vatican Council directed that it be revived and restored, and in nearly every diocese, single women have embraced this form of consecrated life. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Chicago’s Got Sisters! Retreat ~ April 15-16, 2016 Pray and share with Sisters from different religious communities in the Chicago area as you discern your vocation. This weekend is a great opportunity to serve and be a part of community life, while asking questions about discernment and getting answers in real time. For single Catholic women ages 18-40. Sponsored by the Office for Religious/Chicago Archdiocesan Vocation Association. Event begins at 6 pm on Friday, April 15 and goes through 8:30 pm on Saturday, April 16. Meals, overnight accommodations, and transportation between communities visited are provided.

For more information, contact Sister Theresa Sullivan, D.C., at sistertheresa.sullivan@doc.org or 812-963-7556. Visit http://called2.be/CGSApr16 to register.

Page 6 St. Lambert Parish 3rd Sunday of Easter

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Vicar General, Very Rev. Ronald A. Hicks

Mothers Day Mass for Expectant Mothers

Sunday, May 8th at 12:30 p.m. Holy Name Cathedral

735 N. State St. Chicago

Very Rev. Ronald A. Hicks will give a Special Blessing to all mothers, including those awaiting the birth of their child and their unborn children. All expectant mothers will receive a silk rose and St Gerard Prayer Card & Medal as a keepsake. St Gerard is the patron saint of

expectant mothers.

Sponsored by the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Holy Name Cathedral.

For more information, call 312.534.5355

Think of how tired, discouraged and frustrated the apostles must have been in the Gospel reading today. Then Jesus shows up and tells them to try one more time. Because they were willing and obedient, Jesus blessed them abundantly. It works the same way in our own lives today; if we trust in Jesus and do what He tells us to do we will receive His abundant blessings! Allow the grace of God to strengthen, renew and rekindle your marriage relationship. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are June 10-12, 2016 or August 12-14, 2016 or October 7-9, 2016, all at Elk Grove Village, IL. Early registration is highly recommended. For reservations/information, call Jim & Kris at 630-577-0778 or contact us through http://wwme-chicagoland.org .

Can

you

find

the

wor

ds!

April 10, 2016 Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord Page 7