¶ RESURRECTION SUNDAYA blessed Easter to all our parishioners,friends, family, visitors, and as well to themembers of our “Internet congregation”around the world. You are allremembered in a special way in this day’sMasses. Holy Mass is offered for all ofthe faithful today, as well as the firstMass of the Easter Novena. Benedictionof the Blessed Sacrament follows the11:30 Mass. Easter Vespers conclude theday at 6:00 PM. There is no 5:45 PMMass this evening.

¶ THE EASTER OCTAVE

Easter Monday and Easter Tuesdayare first class feasts of devotion. Onboth days we offer morning and lateafternoon Masses. The early martyr andHoly Helper, St. George, is honored onWednesday. Thursday comes St.Fidelis, whose very name meansfaithful. Saturday we keep thedevotional feast of our Mother ofGood Counsel and open her Triduum.

¶ HELP WANTED: GREATER LITANIES

Usually everyone takes a well deservedrest during Easter Week; but our lateEaster has left us with a special duty forEaster Friday. The Greater Litanies arealways sung on April 25th, and we meanto sing them in procession. I’m lookingfor some generous souls for one lastsacrifice. We begin Friday evening at5:45 PM, and are looking for singersand servers and faithful souls. Comeshare the Easter joy with us as we go toEmmaus together! Thank you,

Bishop Dolan

¶NEXT SUNDAY

The Octave Day of Easter, also knownas Sunday in White, or Low Sunday.The blessing of expectant mothers willbe available after all Masses. SundayClasses resume at 10:40 AM.Set Your Missal: Low Sunday, VidiAquam, Preface of Easter.

Death has fled beforethe Glory of the Risen One.

¶EASTER PRAYERSWe remember today all of our dearparishioners, housebound or sick, form-er and current, friend and foe, and prayfor each one of them, as also for all of ourfaithful departed. Spare a special prayerfor William Harris, who is seriously ill.They are all of them with us this Easterupon the altar for each Holy Mass.

4900 Rialto Road, West Chester, Ohio 45069 • (513) 645-4212 • www.sgg.org • www.SGGResources.orgTraditional Latin Mass: Sundays 7:30 AM, 9:00 AM High, 11:30 AM, 5:45 PM

Most Reverend Daniel L. Dolan, PastorRev. Anthony Cekada, Rev. Charles McGuire,Rev. Vili Lehtoranta, Rev. Stephen McKenna

April 20, 2014Easter Sunday

HE IS RISENALLELUIA!

ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

Lumen ChristiThe Sanctuary Lamp will burn before

the Blessed Sacrament for the nextfortnight for the following intention:

To the glory of God(A grateful parishioner)

EE ASTERASTER

Break the box and shed the nard, Stop not now to count the cost. Hither bring pearl, opal, sard; Reck not what the poor have lost. Upon Christ throw all away. Know ye, this is Easter Day.

Build His Church and deck HisShrine Empty though it be on earth. Ye have kept your choicest wine – Let it flow for heavenly mirth. Pluck the harp and breathe the horn; Know ye not ’tis Easter morn?

Gather gladness from the skies, Take a lesson from the ground. Flowers do ope their heavenward eyes And Spring-time joy have found. Earth throws Winter’s robes away, Decks herself for Easter Day.

Beauty now for ashes wear, Perfumes for the garb of woe, Chaplets for dishevelled hair, Dances for sad footsteps slow. Open wide your hearts that they Let in joy this Easter Day.

Seek God’s house in happy throng, Crowded let His table be. Mingle praises, prayer, and song Singing to the Trinity. Henceforth let your soul alway Make each morn an Easter Day.

– Gerard Manley Hopkins

11:20 AM HIGH: Lotarskis, P. Omlor9:00 AM HIGH: N., P., & N. McClorey9:00 AM HIGH: J. Lacy, A. Soli9:00 AM HIGH: J. Lacy, A. Soli6:30 PM HIGH: Simpsons, P. Omlor7:30 AM HIGH: Simpsons8:10 AM LOW: M. Briggs

7:30 AM LOW: Brueggemann Bros.9:00 AM HIGH: MC: B. Lotarski ACS: J.Simpson, J. Lacy TH: N. McClorey TORCH:Nath. & P. McClorey, C. Richesson, A. Soli11:30 AM LOW: P. Omlor, N. Puglielli5:45 PM LOW: G. Miller

MON 4/21TUE 4/22WED 4/23THU 4/24FRI 4/25SAT 4/26

SUN 4/27

Servers: APRIL 21 - 27, 2014

John & Catherine BischakKatie Bischak

Ronald E. KitchenMarge Kitchen

My dear mother, Martha BrueggemannRegina & Ken Gilliam

Alvera SiemonRobert Uhlenbrock

Charles and Vincent MattinglyFrances R. Mattingly

John M. & Elizabeth H. ReisKathy Verity

Daymon & Nellie SuttonMargaret Sutton

Howard / Florence McConnellPatsy McConnell family

Pamela Lavinia LambPeter Lamb

Ralph Patton, Barbara Desborough,Alice & Stephen Corbin

Patton family

Our dear mother,Martha BrueggemannDan, Mary & family

Bischak & Hoelzle FamilyKatie Bischak

Sister GerardPatsy McConnell family

G. Vande Ryt, J. Volz, R. KueblerKuebler

My beloved Grandma BrueggemannBeth Brueggemann

John & Mary O’ConnellF. O’Connell

Anna Di BenedettoJoyce Disher

Toni Baker

Settle, Brandenburg, Corbin,Mincey, & Patton Families

Patton family

Martha & Steven LisikMartha & Ed RobertsonDolores & Charles Porter

Robert Porter

Cyndi Adele Frances CainMichael Cain

Robert Tatman, Sr.Nancy Tatman

Fr. Robert Tatman

My father, Yuaan, Wen QueiMy grandmother, Sen, Chei Cein

Hai Y.

Wendy & Hilda PearsonTerry Pearson

Joe & Pauline BurkhartShawna Davidson

Living & deceased membersof the Peschi Family

Edward C. Peschi

Sally Levine TrippMary Louise Kennedy DoyleIrene Schultz Deeter Kennedy

James Deeter KennedySally Tripp Kennedy

Matthew Tripp KennedySuzanne Kennedy

Joseph Makoto OkamuraMaximilliano Hirota Okamura

Suzanne NiesEric L. Nies

Patrick Henry OmlorVeronica O’Brien

Olivia CarlandForde family

Neva Claire Thille SmithMr. & Mrs. Mark Smith

Gerard Patrick O’BrienVeronica O’Brien

Christopher Brito PaulicpulleBertram Asirvadem

Derek Asirvadem

Fr. William PowersFr. Louis Stovic

Penny Ann Quintana

Judy O’Neill, Mark StonemanEugene Nicely & Jessie Nicely

Doug Nicely

✠ EASTER FLOWER MEMORIALS ✠

O Blessed Face, more lovely than thelilies and the roses of the spring, Thouart not hidden from us. The tears whichdim Thine Eyes are as precious pearlswhich we delight to gather, and,through their infinite value, to purchasethe souls of our brethren.

– St. Thérèse of Lisieux

HomewardEvening is come and I am going home, How peaceful now the hills of morningseem, There is a mellow softness in the gloam That soothes the restless wood and thechafed stream; Twilight has evened all the rugged ways, And fallen leaves made soft the stonysteeps,Soon will they melt within the purplehaze That like a ghost across the woodlandcreeps.

So will it be when life’s long shadowsfall,And fleeting fears of childhood fadeaway, Forgetfulness will fling its silken pall Over the failures of a fitful day; And in long lonesomeness our heartswill feel The phantom fears of morning wereunreal.

– Thomas E. Burke, C.S.C.

✠ EASTER MEMORIALS ✠ THE BISHOP’S CORNERWhen we went to bed Monday night, we knew the moon would turnto blood, fulfilling Joel’s Old Testament end time prophecy, which St.Peter himself cited. (It will happen three more times through next year,and some time it will be for good, as God only knows.) But what awonder to wake up to white and see Spring blossoms clothed early intheir Paschal finery. What a week, what wonders graced our HolyWeek, which took us from Sunday’s Summer and exaltation toTuesday’s Winter, and long Passion, with the heavy wet snow blotting out for a day thepromised relief of Spring.

Holy Week at church is...holy, all given over to the worship of our good God whogoes to die for us, washes us in His Blood and feeds us with His Body, and abides withus still in the Sacrament of His Love. It is fitting then that a small army of His servantsshould be all the time these eight days occupied with carrying out the so ancient andyet freshly moving ceremonies of our Redemption, devoutly reenacted upon our altar.Our byword most of all these days is “come, let us adore!”

The Church is always so beautiful for Palm Sunday in its green and purple finery,wedding triumph to tragedy as do the sacred rites of this sad and happy Palm Sunday. Thedonkey led the children demurely through the windy walk which comprised ourprocession (it pranced only once, for sheer exultation) as we held our hats and palms,struggling to be heard over the wind for the Gloria Laus at the church door. Then within,the young Fathers sang the Solemn Mass with its long story of St. Matthew’s Passion.

Everybody around church during Passiontide was singing or practicing the sublimemusic for these holy days, and reviewing rubrics and preparing ceremonies as well. Extraladies were imported for ironing duties, and John the Janitor helped Rose’s crew onMonday with the drapes for the Repository. So much work, so many contributions inevery possible way to make this week of weeks shine forth in all of its splendor as welive the story which gives us life, the bitter and blessed Passion and Death and gloriousResurrection of Our Savior, Jesus Christ.

May yours be a blessed one. Thank you for all you do. Rejoice with us today for itis done, the victory is won. Rest a little these days of Eastertide, and rejoice with us inprayer still, as we continue our Novena of Masses, that unceasing and perfect prayer,perfectly offered. Mass is suspended but one day of the year, for Good Friday, to ourgrief. Let us rejoice that by the Mass, Our Lord who has risen is with us still. Alleluia!

With every Easter wish and great gratitude,– Bishop Dolan

The O’Rourke Family

Mable Rowell

In honor of St. Joseph

My mother and fatherBishop Dolan

Our deceased parishionersof last year:

Robert DuffMaria Duff

Elizabeth ReisIris Wilson

Nellie Sutton

Shakespeare once wrote: “In religion, what damned error, but some sober brow will bless it, andapprove it with a text, hiding its grossness with fair ornament.” It is to spare the faithful suchconfusion that the Church requires a prolonged theological training for her priests; they are to passon to the faithful the truth which traces back through the Apostles to the Risen Christ Himself. Butthe laity should also know some theology. Once need not always be defending the faith; one can alsofind time to enjoy it, by studying and penetrating more deeply into its astonishing mysteries.

Julie Isabel WaggonerKathryn Scowcroft

Margaret Mary SomdalSuzette Anne Bates

Uncle Tony Trujillo, Uncles Gilbert & Romolo SantistevanGodparents Ruben & Rose Santistevan

Penny Ann Quintana

Lucille and Danny DelawderPatton family

Loretta OtisRalph & Phyllis Otis

Sr. Gerard VincentEileen Bartels

S. & C. Niehaus

John DonadioJane & Rob Brockman

Albert KinnettVirgil McCormick

Margaret & Albert Daniel Kinnett

William FeyJoan Fey

Marko/Tkach Families& Zuccaro/Delisi Familes

M/M David Marko

Geo. E. VandeRyt, Geo. C. VandeRytClara VandeRyt

Jeanne Hille

Our friend, MariaMike Briggs family

John Metz, Roman & Leona Wise,Paul & Thelma Metz

Judy Metz

Kenneth WeisLotarski family

Ritze & Kramer FamiliesVictor Ritze

Vande Ryt & Cooley deceasedDoloris Ritze

Anne & Dennis McMahonAnne VanderPutten

¶A CARD OF THANKS

I would like to thank the Clergy and everyone at St. Gertrude the Great that prayed for meduring my recent hospital stay, surgery and on-going recovery. God bless you. –Kent Maki

CARAVAGGIO’S EARLY EASTER BUNNY HUNT(Spoiler alert: may not be suitable for children and Easter Bunny fans)Last Saturday morning, Caravaggio went out at first light,after a light breakfast, as is his custom, and Puccini came infor his. Well, not five minutes had passed and Caravaggio waswhining at the porch door to be readmitted. Whatever could thematter be? We soon discovered the cat with a fairly intact miniaturerabbit in his mouth. Upon admission, Caravaggio did a victory lapthrough the library, and then settled upon my shower as aconvenient and practical abattoir. I tried to separate the bunny fromthe cats – by now Puccini was following things with great interest– but unsuccessfully. The three animals all got out, and the littlerabbit was soon dispatched by the quick moving feline. I didn’twant him eating the bunny (decidedly not chocolate) because hegets into enough worms as it is. Scooping up the cats indoors, Iended their morning adventure, and deposited the poor rabbit inthe trash. Caravaggio looked for his prey most of the day, and suchwas his pique that he barely touched his dinner. Palm Sundaymorning he climbed into my lap to reconcile, however, and all wasforgiven until the next time. – Bishop Dolan

✠ THE CALENDARTHE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST THROUGH THE EUCHARIST

Our Lord has fought; He has won control of the field of battle, onwhich He has planted His flag and pitched His tent: the Sacred Hostand the Eucharistic tabernacle. He conquered the Jew and his temple,and He has a tabernacle on Calvary where all the nations come toadore Him beneath the sacramental Species. He conquered paganismand has chosen Rome, the city of the Caesars, for His capital. Histabernacle is now in the temple of Jupiter, the god of thunder.

He conquered the false wisdom of the sages; as the divineEucharist rose on the world and shed its rays over the whole earth,darkness withdrew like the shades of night at the coming of day.The idols have been knocked down and the sacrifices abolished.Jesus Eucharistic is a conqueror who never halts but ever marchesonward; He wants to subject the universe to His gentle sway.

Every time He takes possession of a country, He pitchestherein His Eucharistic royal tent. The erection of a tabernacle isHis official occupation of a country. In our own day He still goesout to uncivilized nations; and wherever the Eucharist is brought,the people are converted to Christianity. That is the secret of thetriumph of our Catholic missionaries and of the failure ofProtestant preachers. In the latter case, man is battling alone; inthe former, Jesus is battling, and He is sure to triumph.

– Bl. Peter Julian Eymard

All Sunday Masses, school day Masses, Friday evening andSaturday morning Masses are webcast at www.sgg.org

MON 4/21/14 EASTER MONDAY

8:00 AM Low Mass Salvation of my family and myself (BethBrueggemann)

11:20 AM High Mass Easter Novena II

TUE 4/22/14 EASTER TUESDAY

8:00 AM Low Mass Thank you, St. Anthony (Beth Brueggemann)9:00 AM High Mass Easter Novena III5:00 PM Low Mass Godchildren (G. P. Keaveney)

WED 4/23/14 EASTER WEDNESDAY

ST GEORGE, M8:00 AM Low Mass Poor Souls (Boston faithful) 9:00 AM High Mass Easter Novena IV5:00 PM Low Mass Holy Souls in Purgatory-Thanksgiving for

favors granted (A.M. Omlor)

THU 4/24/14 EASTER THURSDAY

ST FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, M6:00 AM Low Mass †Fr. Martin Stepanich, OFM (Samantha)

(from 4/18)8:00 AM Low Mass Poor Souls (Patton family)9:00 AM High Mass Easter Novena V5:00 PM Low Mass †Fr. Damaso Loya (Samantha)

FRI 4/25/14 EASTER FRIDAY

GREATER LITANIES

8:00 AM Low Mass Theresa Landry (Joan Landry)5:15 PM Confessions, Rosary, Sacred Heart Novena5:45 PM Greater Litanies Procession6:30 PM High Mass Easter Novena VI

SAT 4/26/14 EASTER SATURDAY

SS CLETUS & MARCELLINUS, PPMM

OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL

7:15 AM Confessions7:30 AM High Mass Easter Novena VII8:10 AM Opening of Triduum to Mother of Good Counsel,

Sermon, Low Mass Honor of Our Mother ofPerpetual Help-for my mother (A.M. Omlor)

SUN 4/27/14 LOW SUNDAY

Triduum to Mother of Good Counsel7:05 AM Rosary7:30 AM Low Mass Happy Anniversary Fr. McKenna (Mr. & Mrs.

Victor Ritze)9:00 AM High Mass Easter Novena VIII

10:40 AM Sunday Catechism Classes11:05 AM Rosary11:30 AM Low Mass †Virgil McCormick (Margaret Kinnett & A.D.

Kinnett) (from 4/19)

5:45 PM Low Mass For the people of St. Gertrude the Great

KENTUCKY LENTEN JOURNAL!An alert correspondent filed the following with us:OK, so last Thursday two Arlinghauses, a Brueggemann and a Kunkel(pretty much the Catholic Church in miniature) went into a little Mom& Pop store for lunch. They all ordered fish sandwiches. The waitressstopped and looked at them funny and said, “OK, it’s Thursday andyou are all ordering fish? What are you? Super Catholics?

Our correspondent wondered what the waitress would call thosewho follow the old vegan fast for Lent...Super Duper Catholics?