The Second Sunday in Lent

March 12, 2017

Divine Worship Order of Holy Mass

Low Mass 8:00 am, Sung Mass 10:30am, Low Mass 6:00 pm See Mass card or Missalette

Collect

Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may as-sault and hurt the soul; though Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

First Reading Genesis 12:1-4a

In those days: The LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves." So Abram went, as the LORD had told him.

The Catholic Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Fr. Prentice Dean, Pastor; Fr. Thomas Kennedy, Parochial Vicar

A Parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter The Most Reverend Steven J. Lopes, Bishop

1408 North Davis Drive, Arlington, TX 76012, 817-460-2278 stmaryarl@sbcglobal.net; stmarythevirgin.org; www.facebook.com/SaintMarytheVirgin

Said at 8:00 am & 6:00 pm Masses only Chanted by the Choir at the 10:30 am Mass

Gradual Psalm 83:18,13

Let the nations know that thou, whose Name is the Lord: art only the Most Highest over all the earth. V./ O my God, make them like unto the whirling

dust: and as the stubble before the wind.

Second Reading 2 Timothy 1:8b-10

Beloved: Take your share of suffering for the gospel

in the power of God, who saved us and called us with

a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue

of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in

Christ Jesus ages ago, and now has manifested

through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who

abolished death and brought life and immortality to

light through the gospel.

Tract Psalm 60:2,4b,5

Thou hast moved the land, O Lord: and divided it. V./ Heal the sores thereof: for it shaketh.

V./ That they may triumph because of the truth: that thy beloved may be delivered.

MUSIC

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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Adoration occurs every Friday after the 9:00 a.m. Mass

and continues throughout the day until

Evening Prayer at 6:00 p.m.

The Blessed Sacrament is not to be left alone at

any time. If you cannot attend at the scheduled

time, you must arrange for your own substitute.

If you have questions or desire more info,

please contact Dana Heise, at dh.mtcarmel@gmail.com or

(817) 888-6998

Entrance…………….…………….…………………………7

KYRIE………………......…….Pg.21 in Mass Music booklet

Offertory Hymn…………..Jesu, Dulcis Memoria, Anon. SANCTUS…….…...………....…Pg.21 in Mass Music booklet

Our Father……....…..…….....Pg.42 in Mass Music booklet

AGNUS DEI……..………….….Pg.22 in Mass Music booklet

Communion Hymn…...….…..………..…….....….….643

Anthem…………..……..…Transfiguraion, Mark Schweizer

Recessional Hymn……..…...129 (Amen, not alleluia at end)

Prayers of the People

Intercessions (Form III): Missalette page 29

For those expecting children: Gennifer & Ethan; Colleen & Jerry; Amy & Benji; Emily & Walter; Rebecca & Brinton; Erin & Sebastian; Bethany & Seth; Kathy & Scott; Megan & Matthew; Edith & Timothy; Allie & Chris.

For those celebrating anniversaries: Sunday: Mary Winward [B]; Tuesday: Anthony Emmanuel [B]; Wednesday: Rick Coombs [B]; Thursday: Isabella Heitzenrater [B]; Friday: Glynnis Allen [B]; Marion & Mary Nesvadba [W]; Saturday: Charlene Schwartz [B]; Ben Vina [B].

For those in special need: Gaye; Erin; Celeste; Joanna; Laura Anne; Jameson; Rosemary; Teresa; Joseph; Carol; Cole; Mark; Melis-sa; Michael; Jared; Dan; Lisa; Sherri; Morgan; Kyle; Colette; Colleen; Rebecca; Otto; Anne; Margie; Chuck; Quin; Emma; Beverly; Shelli; Echo.

For those serving in our armed forces: Victor; Byron; Taylor; Luke; Tommy; Christian; Chelsey; Dillon; Mathew; Alton; Annie; Josh; Sebastian; Brandon; James; Jacob.

For the faithful departed: Anniversaries of Death: Sunday: Harlan A. Woods; Bertha Bates; James Bernard Behan; Bruce David Roberts; Monday: Maude Poindex-ter; Myrtle Parton Carpenter; Tuesday: Ella Allen; Thursday: Howard Wanklin; Mary Shumway; Friday: Damase Webre; Joseph Korkmas; Elizabeth Boyd; Saturday: Lucille Carlson Cannady; Dell Ward.

The Friday Nights During Lent program begins at 6:30 pm with a light supper of soup, salad & bread. Stations of the Cross begin at 7:15pm. SMV will provide soup & drinks. Please bring salad, bread or

dessert to share and stay to help clean up.

The Holy Gospel Matthew 17:1-9

At that time: Jesus took with him Peter and James

and John his brother, and led them up a high moun-

tain apart. And he was transfigured before them, and

his face shone like the sun, and his garments became

white as light. And behold, there appeared to them

Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said

to Jesus, "Lord, it is well that we are here; if you

wish, I will make three booths here, one for you and

one for Moses and one for Elijah." He was still

speaking, when behold, a bright cloud overshadowed

them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my

beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to

him." When the disciples heard this, they fell on

their faces, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came

and touched them, saying, "Rise, and have no fear."

And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one

but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the

mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Tell no one the

vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

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Flowers: LENT — NO FLOWERS Sanctuary Light: SMV for the people of her parish. Lamp at the Crucifix: SMV for the people of her parish. Lamp at the Shrine of Our Lady: The Oliver family in loving memory of Elizabeth Boyd. Lamp at the Shrine of Joseph: SMV for the people of her

parish. Lamp at the Shrine of St. Therese: SMV for the people of

her parish. Lamp at the Shrine of Blessed Charles I: The Oliver

family in celebration of Becket Jones’ 5th birthday.

Lay Ministry Schedule

March 12

8 am Altar Server Jon Carr Ushers Eli Castro / Nance FitzGibbon 10:30 am Master of Ceremonies Will Vina Thurifer Josh Vina Crucifer Luke Vina Torchbearers Patrick & Christopher Johnson Boat Boy Hans Lewis First Reading Don Brignac Intercessory Prayers Margaret Johnson Oblationers The Smith Family Ushers Charles Bellinger / Daisy Bellinger 6:00 pm Altar Server Paul Denning / Scott Richards (C) Ushers Carol Denning / Rubye Musser

Office Help Paul Denning / Christy Assid

SMV News and Notes

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J oin us on Saturday! There will be a Family Parish Work Day this Saturday, March 18th. We will start after the 9AM Mass and continue all

day. All are invited. Come whenever and stay as little or as long as fits your schedule. Lunch will be provided. Contact Dana Heise at 817-888-6998 for questions & to let her know your family will be there.

ONE FAMILY. The theme of the 2017 Bishop’s Appeal is Psalm 126: “The Lord has done great deeds for us, indeed!” As Bishop Lopes ex-plained in his letter to the faithful asking for support for the appeal, “God’s abundant generosity towards

the Ordinariate invites us to deepen our commitment to draw others into the Eucharistic communion of the Church.” Can you respond to God’s unreserved gen-erosity towards us with a gift to the appeal this Lent? Visit ordinariate.net/bishopsappeal or return the pledge card & envelope provided to make your gift. Thank you! -Gifts should be made payable to the Ordinariate & returned directly to the Ordinariate.

DONATIONS FOR NEW SANCTUARY LAMP AND ROOD BEAM

As we begin Lent, I invite all the people of St. Mary the Virgin to offer donations for a new sanctuary lamp and for the building of a Rood Beam to hold the donated crucifix, now in my office.

The existing lamp is old and broken, and it is time for a new and traditional lamp, which is always lighted when our Lord is present in the tabernacle. In regard to the Rood beam, we will need the help of some engineering before we can display the crucifix at the entry to the Sanctuary. More details will follow in the coming weeks.

As we strive to do our best for God, may we also consider that we build our best for God. May we contemplate that Divine Worship and the beauty that surrounds it are to be essentially joined. The purchase and maintaining of beautiful objects as they adorn our worship of God is our acknowledging that their beauty is to assist us in holiness, as we are present in the sacrifice of the ages.

May we begin to return to an architectural heritage not only of our Anglican patrimony, but also of beauty – which while always sublime, has as a focal point more than mere simplicity. Mass is a feast for the soul, why not there be a feast for the eyes of the heart? That is: our senses taking in images, sights, sounds and smells and having them assist us in holiness as we take refuge from the cacophony of the culture of crude, immoral and vulgar so prevalent outside our doors.

We have already received some donations for both of these projects, and we will have more information next week. Fr. Dean

The required annual parent meeting for the Ordinariate Safe Environment program has been scheduled for Sunday, March 26 at 9:30 am in the parish hall. The Ordinariate's Safe Environment policy can be accessed via the Ordinariate website at ordinariate.net/safe-environment.

The Ordinariate believes that parents are the first and best teachers of their children and will provide appro-priate materials for parents to use in addressing safe environment issues. Those materials will be available for pick up at the parent meeting.

ALL parents who have children registered in our CCD programs MUST attend the meeting, pick up the materials and sign for their receipt. It is a short and very simple process, so please make every effort to attend the meeting. If for any reason you cannot at-tend on the 26th, please contact Megan Schmitt or Terry Southard to make other arrangements.

To the Parishioners of SMV

The Parish Offering

Weekly Offertory Forecast………….……….$6,000.00 Actual Offertory Collected..…...…………….$4,190.08

Variance..….…...…....................................—$1,809.92 Thank you for your loving support.

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St. Mary’s this Week

Sunday, March 12 Masses at 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.

Meet & Greet at 7:00 pm K of C Meeting at 12:30 pm

Monday, March 13 Mass at 12:00 pm

Tuesday, March 14 Mass at 7:00 pm

S.I. Deann, Bryce, Zachary, Alex, Anibelle & Jack

Wednesday, March 15 Confessions at 11:00 am

Mass at 12:00 pm S.I. Leonarda Sanchez Morin, RIP

Thursday, March 16 Mass at 12:00 pm

Men’s Examen Group at 7:00 pm Adult Choir rehearsal at 7:00 pm

Friday, March 17 Mass at 9:00 am

S.I. Elizabeth Boyd, RIP Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Friday Nights in Lent at 6:30 pm

Saturday, March 18 Mass at 9:00 a.m.

Confessions at 10:00 a.m. Saturday Morning Martyrs Men’s Group at 8:00 am

Parish Family Work Day at 9:00 am

Sunday, March 19 Masses at 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.

Meet & Greet at 7:00 pm Inkblots Book Club Meeting at 12:00 pm

Next Sunday is

The Third Sunday in Lent

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To the Parishioners of St. Mary the Virgin, In a certain area of a major city there were lots of Catholics who could walk to the Church. I have been told, that back in the day (when you could let your kids roam without helmets and knee pads), everyone knew which house had the alcoholic. They drank in the house, or sometimes in the garage, and it seemed that every family knew when the alcoholic mom or dad was put-ting one on, and the neighbors tried to look after the kids; if they wanted to stay for dinner, or sleep over, that was ok. Sometimes it was simply the mom’s standing at the kitchen sink offering up a prayer. I got this little snapshot in a conversation when we were talking of the cohesiveness of the Catholic neighborhood, which is by and large gone, for good or ill. Many of the devo-tions and practices are also forgotten, or ignored. Now, there are converts, including myself, who may remember the mysterious differences, as a kid, with a Catholic Scout Master, who made his troop, who was mostly Protestant, attend Mass, but made sure we did not receive…because he knew the jamboree could come up with a priest to say Mass…no protestant minister could come because they were all busy Sunday morning. It was years later that I learned the Church was in the throes of changing to a new Mass and new way of doing things. Everyone, it seemed went to church. But all was not well. There were dark undercurrents in the Church that were swirling and gathering energy; and their story would not come out for another 20 or more years later. And in those 20 plus years, the Church regains its foundation and bearing, and offers to the world two extraordinary popes, proposing a church purified, cleansed, and eager to seek and reclaim its identity as truly and distinctly Cath-olic, but this time, hopefully, without the baggage of the Catholic enclave. And now for the second Sunday of Lent, we have the story of the transfiguration. Why this story in Lent? As St. Leo the Great, Pope and one of the Church Fathers, wrote, “the marvel of the transfiguration contains another lesson for the apostles, to strengthen them and lead them into the fullness of knowledge.” The fullness of the knowledge is to admit to ourselves the reality that there are high points in our lives and there is suffering and weakness. Why was the dark side of the catholic enclave re-vealed to me? Because they don’t want that to happen again. They don’t want future children have to pick and choose which yards to cross and which to avoid. They don’t want such an ob-vious hypocrisy; they want to see redemption and salvation, they don’t want to see hurt carry on for years. They wanted as young children to have that cloud of light overshadow them and protect them as they said their prayers at the side of the bed, and now, as adults, with the years gone by, they want that same cloud to make it right, for their families and for their friends. Our readings today invite us, as Pope Benedict says, “to take a distance from the noisiness of everyday life in order to immerse oneself in God’s presence.” There is much to admire of the “good old days,” and there is much not worthy of repeating. Each day is a new day. Yes, there will be times of glory and moments of suffering and weakness. There is always time to redeem what is past and look forward to salvation, which is that day when all is right with the Lord and heaven is a cleared run-way. Lent continues to be that time of invitation to take some time and reflect. If the past is all that defines you, there are grac-es to make it better. And may the cloud of light overshadow you, now and always. Ad Jesum per Mariam (to Jesus through Mary) Fr. Dean