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March 31, 2013Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord
CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC CHURCH6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608
Email: [email protected] ! Website: www.CorpusChristiParish.com
TELEPHONE NUMBERSParish Office: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313School Office: 342-5474, ext. 1 • Fax 380-0325Rel. Ed. Office: 342-5474, ext. 7 • Fax 380-0325Preschool Office: 342-2424 • Fax 343-3119Youth Ministry: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313
PASTORAL STAFFVery Rev. James F. Zoghby, V.F., PastorRev. John S. Boudreaux, Associate PastorDeacon Arthur W. Robbins, DeaconSr. Donna Cooper, R.S.M., Visitation ChaplainMrs. Linda M. Hawkins, Pastoral AssistantMrs. Judi B. Ankiewicz, Pastoral AssistantMrs. Joan T. McMullen, School PrincipalMrs. Kathleen Q. Jester, Parish Catechetical LeaderMrs. Colleen DeVoe, Youth Ministry Co-DirectorMrs. Brenda Martens, Youth Ministry Co-DirectorMr. Matthew F. Purvis, Music DirectorMr. Jay H. Henley, Gym Manager
TO REGISTER AS A MEMBER OF THE PARISH
Please fill out a Census Form. Census Forms areavailable in the church vestibule and parish office.
COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS & SERVICES
For rental information and kitchen services, please callthe parish office at 342-1852 or 342-1420.
SUNDAY MASSES
Vigil: 5:30 p.m. SaturdayMorning: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
WEEKDAY MASSES
6:30 a.m.: Monday through Friday8:15 a.m.: Monday through Saturday
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday: 5:00 p.m. and by request, particularlyafter the 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. weekday Masses.
BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, ANOINTING OF SICK
Please call the parish office (342-1852) for informationand scheduling baptism, marriage, anointing of sick.
ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (R.C.I.A.)
Please see published schedule for specific dates andtimes, or call the parish office (342-1852).
SUNDAY SCHOOL (C.C.D.) Grades K–12, Sundaysduring school year, 10:05-10:55 a.m. in school bldgs.
SCHOOL, SACS-accredited for Grades K through 8.For info & registration, please call the school office.
PRESCHOOL, State-licensed for 6-week to 4-yr. olds.For info & registration, please call the preschool office
EASTER SUNDAY: THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
Rejoice!With joy we welcome our brothers and sisters
joining the Catholic Christian Community, and Catholics receiving Confirmation.
CATECHUMENS
Those not yet baptized being received into the Catholic Christian Communitywith the 3 sacraments of Christian initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist
Wilson Bryant Allison Bryant Emma Bryant Laura Driskell Joshua Manning Sherri Marcet Roy Mosley Anthony Nguyen
CANDIDATES FOR FULL COMMUNION
Christians of other denominations being received into full communion with theCatholic Christian Community with sacraments of Confirmation & 1st Eucharist
Allison Allen Tricia Allen Ashley Atkison Karin Bailey Marie Breland Tasha Bryant Lindsay Coulter Jenny Dakin Ann Faris Stanley Faris Katlin Furby Ryan Furby Beth Johnson Freddie McCreary Matt McGuire Leah Nelson Chad Pugh Jordan Reed Wayne Selph, Jr. Tina Shephard J. C. Smith Lionell Smith Nicol Woodbury
CATHOLIC CANDIDATES FOR CONFIRMATION
Catholics Receiving Confirmation James Boksa Jill Davis Jennifer Harrison Allison Huffman
Easter Egg Hunt!Meet at school courtyard right after today’s 11 a.m. Mass.
Corpus Christi Sunday School No Classes Today on Easter Sunday. Info: Kathleen Jester, [email protected].
CORPUS CHRISTI SCHOOLRegistration for the 2013-2014 school year continues for K4through 8 Grades. We have a waiting list for K3.th
Classes resume Monday, April 8.
Help with VBS! — June 10-14To volunteer, please email [email protected].
High School YouthRequirements for High School Students
to receive the Sacrament of Confirmationin their junior year of high school
To be confirmed in the Spring of 2015, when they arein the 11 Grade, the following two requirements mustth
be met during the three-year preparation program:
1. High School students must be receiving religious educationeither at McGill-Toolen, Corpus Christi Sunday morning CCD, orCorpus Christi High School Youth Ministry on the 1st and 3rdSundays of each month.
2. Two or Three times a year, students are required to attendCorpus Christi Parish Confirmation Formation Days for specialConfirmation lessons, helping students build community as aConfirmation class. The next Confirmation Formation Day isSunday, June 2, starting with 11 a.m. Mass and ending at 3 p.m.
In addition, the NET Retreat to be held at Our Savior Church onSunday, April 13, is STRONGLY encouraged for our Confirmationcandidates. Parents: If you have a current freshman who has notbeen registered for Confirmation, please contact Kathleen Jesteras soon as possible: [email protected].
Society of St. Vincent de PaulPoor Box, Food, Clothing donations put in the designated places inthe vestibule are distributed by our St. Vincent de Paul Society
To obtain assistance, call 432-5173 and leave name & phone no.Meetings: 1 & 3 Wed., 7 p.m., Com. Ctr. Conf. Rm. (2 Flr.)st rd nd
Widowed Persons’ Support GroupFor information call parishioner Glen Porter at 666-8977.
Catholic Men’s ConferenceSaturday, April 6, here at Corpus Christi Church
Featured speakers will be Catholic Answers Apologist andEvangelist, Hector Molina and Theology of the Body ExecutiveDirector, Damon Owens. Also, Confessions, & Mass celebrated byArchbishop Rodi. Breakfast & lunch are included with ticket price.Info, or to register: www.MobileCatholicMen.com or 928-2111.
Respect LifeTo Be's "Labor of Love" Banquet, Sat., Apr. 20, 6 pm ,Daphne Civic Ctr. GuestSpeaker, Dr. Scott Hahn. $40 per person, no tickets at door; April 9 is the deadlinefor reservations: Marguerite Murphy 625-3391 or [email protected] your time to help women and babies at 2B:Choices for Women,crisis pregnancy center: contact Jerry Ann Bodden, Director of 2B, at 343-4636.Gabriel's Project: Serve as a Prayer Angel for a woman requesting help with herpregnancy, give assistance Visit [email protected]. Maria at 753-2416.Donate items for newborn babies: Place diapers and other baby care items(wipes, baby bottles, powder, baby wash, oil, etc.) in designated box in thevestibule. They will go to 2B Choices for Women. Please, no food or formula.
First Friday Adoration 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the chapel.
CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA MARCH 3 1 , 2 0 1 3
Wednesday Night DinnerApril 3 ~ [No Wednesday Night Dinner] Easter Week/Spring Break
Cub Scouts — 4/9 & 4/16 Den Mtgs 6 pm. 4/20 Earth Day
Cleanup Project 4/28 Space Derby 12:30 Com. Center.To Join Cub Scouts or for info contact Walter Bracewell 599-1650 or MikeMartin 633-5218 or visit us on the web at ccspack29.scoutlander.com
REST IN PEACEAnna Mae Plessala
Around the Archdiocese: McGill-Toolen nominations for
distinguished alumni for its Hall of Fame being sought. Nomination forms at McGill-Toolen Alumni Office or online at www.mcgill-toolen.org. Deadline is Thurs., May 23, atnoon. The Mc-T Hall of Fame recognizes individuals from past & present Mobile Catholichigh schools who have demonstrated leadership in their high school careers and havecontinued their achievements in the business & professional world. New members willbe inducted next fall at a luncheon during Homecoming festivities. Info: 445-2913. Calling all busy Mothers! If you'd love to be like Mary but have the job of Martha, joinus for a Catholic Mother’s Day of Renewal April 20 at St. Ignatius Marian Ctr., 8 am(Mass) to 3 pm with author of "Smart Martha" (www.smartmartha.com). $40 fee coversbreakfast, lunch, & Smart Martha workbook. Registration required by Tues., April 16;download form at www.stignatiusmobile.org: at "Ministries", then Family Life. Info: [email protected]. Women: The Service Center of Catholic Social Servicesinvites you a monthly seminar on women’s issues, starting April 17, 1-2 pm at TheService Center, 555 Dauphin St. April’s speaker: Derrick Turner of Ala. Career Ctr., onfinding & keeping a job. Refreshments & door prizes. Future topics: Housing, counseling,domestic violence, relationships, dressing for job interviews. Info 434-1500 or [email protected]. Furniture & Household Items are accepted at TheService Ctr. Email [email protected] or call 434-1510 for furniture pickup. Sunday of Divine Mercy, Visitation Monastery, April 7, with Fr. Dan Good. Confessionsbegin at 1 pm., then Adoration, Benediction, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet & Mass.
Running for St. Jude 5K Run/Walk & 1 Mile Run/WalkSunday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. at Bellingrath Gardens. Registration
forms and info can be obtained on the Little Red Hen Productions website.
ONLY ONE COLLECTION TODAY for tithing & Easter offerings.
EASTER FLOWERS COLLECTION: $1,189.85CHURCH IN EASTERN/CENTRAL EUROPE & AFRICA: $1,430.29MAR 24 BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $646.00TH
MAR 24 TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $24,507.09TH
Online Giving With Online Giving you can either make a one-time contribution or set up a recurring automatic withdrawal from a checking or savings or credit card account: Go to www.CorpusChristiParish.com; click “Church”; then click the green Online Giving icon, and follow theinstructions to contribute to the tithing or building fund or special collections.For assistance, call 1-800-348-2886, ext 4, or parish office, 342-1852.
Thank You and God Bless Youfor your tithes and contributions to support God's work here atCorpus Christi, and for special bequests for Corpus Christi Church. To make a direct donation of stock, contact your stockbroker, orcall Steve Setterstrom at Citigroup Global Mkts. at 470-1060.Receive a detail listing of your contributions by mail, email or fax:Call 342-1852 or email [email protected]
EasterThe Name of Easter
In almost every language except English, the name for
this annual memorial of the resurrection is some form ofthe word “Passover” (for example, Pasch, from theHebrew Pesach, “Passover”). When Christianity arrivedin the north countries, its springtime celebration of theresurrection received a new name from the Teutonicpeople, a name used today by English-speaking people:Easter. At one time it was thought that this name camefrom an Anglo-Saxon spring goddess, Eostre. However,there is doubt that worship of such a goddess ever existed. A better explanation lies in people’s misunderstanding ofa Latin phrase for Easter Week, “in white vestments” (inalbis), thinking it was the plural of alba in the Latin idiomfor “dawn.” This was translated in Old High German aseostarun. Regardless of the exact origin of the term, thesymbolism remains: Christ is the sun that rises at dawn –in the east.
Easter Eggs The egg has become a popular
Easter symbol.Creation myths of many ancientpeoples center in a cosmogonic eggfrom which the universe is born. Theegg, therefore, is a natural symbol, notonly of creation, but also of re-creation
and resurrection. In ancient Egypt and Persia friendsexchanged decorated eggs at the spring equinox, thebeginning of their new year. These eggs were a symbol offertility for them because the coming forth of a livecreature from an egg was so surprising to people ofancient times. Christians of the Near East adopted thistradition, and the Easter egg became a religious symbol. It represented the tomb from which Jesus came forth tonew life. Because eggs were at one time forbidden by theChurch’s lenten discipline of fasting and abstinence, theywere a precious Easter food.
Eggs are usually given to children, either in Easterbaskets or hidden for the children to find. Easter egghunts, and even the egg-rolling on the White House lawn,are contemporary versions of egg games played on Easterfor centuries in European countries.
Easter Reflections
The Certitude of Salvation!Christ obtained, once and for all, the salvation of man –of each and of all men, of those whom no one shallsnatch from His hand... Who can change the fact that weare redeemed – a fact that is as powerful andfundamental as creation itself. We became again theproperty of the Father thanks to that love which does notrecoil from the shame of the Cross to be able toguarantee salvation to all men. “No one shall snatch youout of my hand.” (John 10:29) The Church announcestoday the paschal certitude of the resurrection, thecertitude of salvation. Pope John Paul II
Love, Not Hatred, Wins!Believing in Christ’s resurrection means that no matterhow difficult life gets, one believes that love andgoodness are far more powerful than hatred and evil. Yes, in the world there is much evil, there is a permanentbattle between good and evil, and sometimes it mayseem that evil is stronger. But, no, the Lord is stronger. Despite all the things that make us doubt the positiveoutcome of history, Christ wins, and goodness wins. Love, and not hatred, wins. Pope Benedict XVI
God Is Stronger Than Hell Itself!You must have boundless faith in the divine goodness,for the victory is absolutely certain. How could youthink otherwise? Isn’t our God more concerned aboutour salvation than we are ourselves? Isn’t he strongerthan hell itself? Who can ever resist and overcome theKing of the heavens? What are the world, the devil, theflesh and all our enemies before the Lord?” St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcine (19th-20th centuries)
Let No One Despair of Pardon!Christ is risen! He has burst open the gates of hell andlet the dead go free. His Holy Spirit has unlocked thedoors of heaven, which stand wide open to receivethose who rise up from the earth. Christ is risen! Hisrising brings life to the dead, forgiveness to sinners, andglory to the saints... And so all of us ought to rejoice onthis holy day. Let no one, conscious of their sinfulness,withdraw from the church’s common celebration, norlet anyone be kept away from our public prayer by theburden of their guilt. Sinners they may indeed be, butthey must not despair of pardon on this day. St. Maximus of Turin (380-467)
I Have Destroyed Death!The Lord, though he was God, became man. Hesuffered for the sake of those who suffer. He wasbound for those in bonds, condemned for the guilty,buried for those who lie in the grave. But he rose fromthe dead and said, “I am the Christ. I have destroyeddeath, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hellunderfoot, bound the strong one, and taken people tothe heights of heaven: I am the Christ. Come, then, allyou nations of men, receive forgiveness for the sins thatdefile you. I am your forgiveness. I am the Passoverthat brings salvation. I am the lamb who wasimmolated for you. I am your ransom, your life, yourresurrection, your light. I am your salvation and yourking. I will bring you to the heights of heaven. Withmy own right hand I will raise you up, and I will showyou the eternal Father. St. Melito of Sardis
I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor present things, nor futurethings, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anyother creature will be able to separate us from thelove of God that comes to us in Christ Jesus ourLord. St. Paul, Romans 8:38-39
Christ, though innocent, suffered willingly for
sinners and accepted unjust condemnation to savethe guilty. His Death has washed away our sins, andhis Resurrection has purchased our justification. From the Preface for Palm Sunday
Easter means you
can put
truth in the grave,
but it will not stay
there. — Clarence W. Hull
We are sons and
daughters of the
Resurrection, and
Alleluia is our song! — St. Augustine
Rejoice! The message, the spirit and
the impact of Easter go onthrough the entire year. Everyuse of blessed water remindsus of our baptism into thedeath and resurrection of theLord. Every celebration of theEucharist is a commemoration
of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection. EverySunday throughout the year is a miniature Eastercelebration, reminding us: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
Alleluia:Praise God!
The term “alleluia” is aHebrew word meaning“praise God.” Surprisingly,
it does not appear very often in the Scriptures – only15 times. From the earliest days of Christianity,however, it became a popular expression oftriumph, of joy, and of hope. St. Augustine wrotethat the entire life of a Christian should be an“alleluia,” a living expression of praise to God forHis infinite goodness in lifting us up to be Hischildren, and to share in His victory eternally. Fr. O’Day, S.J.
THEY FOUND THAT THE TOMB
WAS EMPTYOn the first day ofthe week, at the firstsign of dawn, whenthe women came tothe tomb, they sawthat the body ofJesus was not there. Suddenly, two men
in brilliant clothes appeared at theirside, and said to them, “Why lookamong the dead for one who isalive? He is not here. He has risen! (Luke 24:1-6)
Philip’s EasterEgg An eleven-year-old boy
named Philip was in a religion class with eight otherchildren. On Easter Sunday theteacher gave each child anempty plastic egg. The
children were told to go outside and find somethingto put into the egg that would remind them of themeaning of Easter. They came back exited and happy. As each eggopened there were exclamations of delight uponseeing a butterfly, a twig, a flower, a blade of grass. Then the last egg was opened. It was Phillip’sand it was empty! Some of the children laughed at Phillip.“But teacher,” he said, “the tomb was empty.” Sadly, Philip died a few months later. The newspaper article said that at the funeral eightchildren put a large empty egg on the small casket. On it was a banner that said, “The tomb wasempty.”
He is Risen!Resurrection Homily of St. John Chrysostom
Let all pious men and all lovers of God rejoice in the splendor of this feast!
Let the wise servants blissfully enter into the joy of their Lord. Let those who
have borne the burden of Lent now receive their pay, and those who came after thethird hour be grateful to join in the feast, and those who may have come after thesixth, let them not be afraid of being too late, for the Lord is gracious and Hereceives the last even as the first. He gives rest to him who comes on the eleventhhour as well as to him who has toiled since the first.
Yes, He has pity on the last, and He serves the first. He rewards the one,
and is generous to the other. He repays the deed, and praises the effort.
All of you, come! Enter into the joy of your Lord. You the first and you the
last, receive alike your reward. You rich and you poor, dance together. Yousober and you weaklings, celebrate the day.
You who have kept the fast and you who have not, rejoice today. Let no
one grieve over his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Letno one weep over his sins, for pardon has shone from the grave. Let no one feardeath, for the death of our Savior has set us free. He has destroyed it byenduring it. He has despoiled Hades by going down into its kingdom. He hasangered it by allowing it to taste of His flesh. When Isaiah foresaw all this, hecried out: “O Hades, you have been angered by encountering Him in the netherworld.” Hades is angered because it has been frustrated. It is angered becauseit has been mocked. It is angered because it has been destroyed. It is angeredbecause it has been reduced to nothing. It seized a body, and, lo! It discoveredGod. It seized earth, and behold! It encountered heaven. It seized the visible,and was overcome by the invisible.
O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? Christ is
risen, and you are abolished. Christ is risen, and evil is cast down. Christ isrisen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life is freed. Christ is risen,and the tomb is emptied of the dead. For Christ, being risen from the dead, hasbecome the Leader and Reviver of all who had fallen asleep.
To Him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen!
St. John Chrysostom (347-407)
