Fourth Sunday of Lent

Sunday, March 15, 2015

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READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 18, 2015 2015 Mar 15 SUN: FOURTH SUNDAY OFLENT. Second Scrutiny of the Elect. Scrutiny: 1 Sm 16: 1b. 6-7. 10-13a/ Ps 23: 1-3a. 3b-4. 5. 6 (1)/ Eph 5: 8-14/ Jn 9: 1-41. Otherwise: 2 Chr 36: 14-16. 19-23/ Ps 137: 1-2. 3. 4-5. 6 (6ab)/ Eph 2: 4-10/ Jn 3: 14-21 2015 Mar 16 Mon: Lenten Weekday Is 65: 17-21/ Ps 30: 2 and 4. 5-6. 11-12a and 13b/ Jn 4: 43-54. Optional for any day this week: Mi 7: 7-9/ Ps 27: 1. 7-8a. 8b-9abc. 13-14/ Jn 9: 1-41 2015 Mar 17 Tue: Lenten Weekday/ Patrick, bp, ms Ez 47: 1-9. 12/ Ps 46: 2-3. 5-6. 8-9/ Jn 5: 1-16 2015 Mar 18 Wed: Lenten Weekday/ Cyril of Jerusalem, bp, dr Is 49: 8-15/ Ps 145: 8-9. 13cd-14. 17-18/ Jn 5: 17-30 2015 Mar 19 Thu: JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF MARY S 2 Sm 7: 4-5a. 12-14a. 16/ Ps 89: 2-3. 4-5. 27 and 29/ Rom 4: 13. 16-18. 22/ Mt 1: 16. 18-21. 24a or Lk 2: 41-51a 2015 Mar 20 Fri: Lenten Weekday. Day of abstinence from meat (age 14 and up).Wis 2: 1a. 12-22/ Ps 34: 17-18. 19-20. 21 and 23/ Jn 7: 1-2. 10. 25-30 2015 Mar 21 Sat: Lenten Weekday Jer 11: 18-20/ Ps 7: 2-3. 9bc-10. 11-12/ Jn 7: 40-53 2015 Mar 22 SUN: FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT. Third Scrutiny of the Elect. Scrutiny: Ez 37: 12-14/ Ps 130: 1-2. 3-4. 5-6. 7-8/ Rom 8: 8-11/ Jn 11: 1-45. Otherwise: Jer 31: 31-34/ Ps 51: 3-4. 12-13. 14-15 (12a)/ Heb 5: 7-9/ Jn 12: 20-33

Offerings: March 7-8, 2015 St. Elizabeth: $ 1229 St. Catherine: $ 226 Thank You for your Generosity! St. Colman: 230 Total: $ 1,685

Please pray for our brothers and sisters

Who Are Ill or in Pain: Maureen Shaw, John Hoffman, Margie Heil, Mary Tamargo, George Shorb, Art McNulty, Lotte Cabral, Don Covello, Louis Baros, Dale Guinn, Bill & Joanne Rodgers, Gary Wood, Mary Helen Carpenter, Helen Murphy, John Beamon, Phil Mohardt, Jeanie Torr, Larry Gomme, Sara Bardoni, Ila Donovan, Abbey Moreno, Alicia Bicoy, Maureen O’Rourke, Valerie Jones, Mel Jones, Andy Jones, Frank Danzart II, Mike Wilson, Erling Ribbing, Janice Miller, Ed Copeland, Victoria Donnellan, Kevin O’Shea, Chuck Lee, Rosa Maria, Don LaPlante, Tom Joyce, Maggie Nelson, Jennifer McGlynn, Fr. Luis, Cecelia Lindenbusch, Sylvia, Bill & Sandy.

Who Have Been Called to Eternal Life: Shirley Segar†, mother of St. Elizabeth’s Guild Secretary, Sherilyn Parmeter. Holly Stefens†, Bill and Josephine Powers†,

TODAY— A person is condemned because that person “has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.” God has no desire to condemn, but people condemn themselves by walling God out. John Foley, S.J. http://liturgy.slu.edu/4LentB031515/reflections.html

Humor: It was a Sunday after St. Patrick's day in the church of a small village in the west of Ireland. Obviously all the people were more or less hungover, which infuriated the pastor of the village.

"It's a disgrace how we celebrate our most important saint by indulging in binge drinking and other improper activities. If I could have all the wine in the world, I would throw it in the river!"

There was a wave of murmur among the churchgoers."If I could have all the beer in the world, I would throw it in the river as well!"

The people put their heads down in guilt, thinking about what they had done.

"If I could have all the SPIRITS in the world, I would throw them in the river with the beer and the wine!"Now the church was completely silent.

After a short while, the musical conductor of the church spoke up, "Now let us sing hymn number 369, 'Shall We Gather at the River?'"

Upcoming Dates: During Lent, Stations of the Cross: Fridays 4PM St. Elizabeth Mar 21, 5 PM Baptism of Victoria Isais Ortega Mar 29 Palm Sunday April 2 Holy Thursday – Seder Dinner RSVP Sharilyn Parmeter at (707) 481-7596, Fran Korn (707) 869-8341 or use sign up sheet at back of church

Mass Intentions: 3/14 5PM Catherine Sbagia†, requested by Eleanor Gerigk 3/21 5PM Claire Gogas†, requested by Eleanor Gerigk 4/5 9AM Ray Foley†, requested by Steve & Jeanne Power

Deadline for Bulletin news items is Wednesday, 5PM. Email 3churchesecc@gmail.com or phone Irene Deem (707) 486-9683 *Input for TODAY comes from: http://liturgy.slu.edu/4LentB031515/reflections.html

Parish Website: http://www.RRchurches.com

CRITICAL HELP NEEDED! The St. Vincent de Paul Free Dining Room is in desperate need of volunteer drivers to help with food donation pick up. Drivers are needed from 7AM to 10AM, need only a regular class C auto driver’s license and we provide the vehicle. There are open shifts almost any day of the week, and route training will be provided. Please contact Dana Luce, Executive Director for more information, at 7078-584-1579. A rewarding and needed way to help feed the poor of Sonoma County!! Seder Dinner April 2 Holy Thursday Sign Up: The date for the 2015 Seder dinner is April 2, following the Holy Thursday mass at 5:30 PM. Traditional lamb is served with chicken as an alternative. RSVP: signup sheet in the back of the church or phone Sharilyn Parmeter at (707) 865-2438. Liturgical Music Corner by our Music Director, Rebecca Brown March 15, Fourth Sunday of Lent “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” Jn 3:16 John 3:16 is probably the most often quoted scripture verse in all the Bible, at least by Christians. In it is the fullness of the truth of Christianity. This week we celebrate two of the most prominent figures in the history of Christianity: St. Patrick, apostle of Ireland, and St. Joseph, Guardian and Patron of the Universal Church. St. Patrick, an Irish slave, later returned to Ireland as a Bishop to convert the Druids and pagans. He preached throughout Ireland for some 40 years.

Songs for the 9 am Mass: Processional Hymn: Return to God (SS) Psalm 137: Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you! Gospel Acclamation: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory. Preparation of Gifts: I Will Choose Christ (BB # 520) Communion Song: With the Lord There is Mercy (BB # 672) Recessional Song: Save Your People (BB # 131)

Pastor’s Desk:

Greetings, to everyone this weekend we celebrate Laetare Sunday has typically been viewed as a “break” from Lent before we enter the final two weeks of Lent in Passiontide and Holy Week. The priest’s vestments are changed, is usually the rose colored vestment if we have one, the Gloria is chanted again, and after this Sunday, the sanctuary slowly but surely begins to look barren as statues and other images are covered up in the build to Good Friday, in which the normally ornate sanctuary is empty and somber. In one of his dramas, the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote, “The worst sin toward our fellow creature is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them, that is the essence of inhumanity.” As we venture forward with our Lenten journey the purpose of Lenten season is to work on the things that withhold our relationship with God and with one another. My prayers to you is that in this season of ‘repentance,’ ‘Metonoi,’ may you be open to his spirit of change as to grow as His disciples of God. I would like to thank all of those who have been very kind in driving me around and cooking lunch for me. I am touched by your kindness! Peace and Blessings! Fr. Luis

St. Patrick, the apostle to Ireland, once wrote: "Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me." He was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland as a teenager. He escaped, but he dreamed Ireland's children were calling to him, and returned to Ireland as a missionary. As Patrick once did, Pope John Paul II. . . challenged the youth of Ireland.

Parish Mailings:

Letters to some of our parishioners have been returned with no forwarding address. Therefore we ask - would you please complete the form at the bottom of the front page of our bulletin and return to us asap. If you'd include your e-mail address, that would also be helpful. This information will remain strictly at our parish office.

St. Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus, whose feast day is March 19, is noted for his complete obedience to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. He was a husband, father, carpenter, protector, provider and teacher. Silent, believing, prayerful, obedient, upright, holy, surrendered to God. His whole life was an expression of his homage to the divine magnificence. May we be like him. May we learn from him.