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Church School 1582 Ferris Rd. 1566 Ferris Rd.

Columbus, OH 43224 Columbus, OH 43224 (614) 267-3406 (614) 268-3030

Easter Sunday April 12, 2020

St. Matthias Church | 1582 Ferris | Columbus, OH 43224 1

PASTORAL POST

God of undying life, by your mighty hand

you raised up Jesus from the grave

and appointed him judge of the living and the dead.

Bestow upon those baptized into his death

the power flowing from his resurrection,

that we may proclaim near and far

the pardon and peace you give us.

Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, firstborn from the dead, who lives

with you now and always in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.

AMEN. ALLELUIA.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the

morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So

she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved,

and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know

where they put him.”

So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran,

but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he

bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Pe-

ter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,

and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up

in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had ar-

rived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet under-

stand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ.

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Let us use this time to

reflect, grow in patience, and look

forward to spring time.

St. Matthias, pray for us.

Temporarily closed.

Parish Office: (614) 267-3406

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URGENT SACRAMENTAL REQUESTS

Please call the Parish Office with urgent

sacramental requests. Anointing will be

limited to last rites only. Family-only fu-

neral services/burials are permissible.

Private Masses are a part of the Catholic tradition, especially before Vatican II. Mass

intentions will be honored because the spiritu-

al benefits of the Mass are not dependent on

attendance.

Tuesday, April 14

No Mass

Wednesday, April 15

Roy Jordan

Thursday, April 16

Fred Maloof

Friday, April 17

Genevieve Rudik

Saturday, April 18

People of Our Parish

Sunday, April 19

Bryan Callaghan

Machinsky Family

Tues-Fri 8:30 AM

Saturday 5:00 PM

Sunday 9:00 AM

11:00 AM

1:30 PM (Haitian)

3:00 PM (Nigerian)*

7:15 PM (Brazilian)

* 3rd Sunday of the month only

Reconciliation: First Saturday of the Month

3:45 PM-4:45 PM

Parish Office

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Easter Sunday April 12, 2020

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NO PUBLIC MASSES THROUGH MAY 3

The Ohio Bishops have extended the suspension of all public masses through May 3. Please continue to make time to worship at home, and stay connected

with St. Matthias on Facebook. We look

forward to our reunion!

FIRST COMMUNION POSTPONED

First Communion, which was scheduled for May 3, will take place at a later date,

to be determined.

RICE BOWL DONATIONS

Please hold on to your Rice Bowls and

continue to contribute as you are able. We will collect Rice Bowls once public

masses resume.

WEEKLY COLLECTION

Please consider mailing your offering to St. Matthias, or keeping all your enve-lopes and offerings together for deposit once masses resume. We want to con-tinue to pay all our employees as long as possible, and continue to support our monthly charities. Thank you to every-one who has continued to support our

parish during this time of no public mass!

FAITH ON 8TH ON HOLD

Our monthly trips to Faith Mission are on hold for April and May. We have given a financial contribution in place of our usual prepared meal for those months. We look forward to the return

of this ministry.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

We had planned to have members of the Parish Pastoral Council speak at the

weekend of April 18-19, thus opening self-nominations for Parish Pastoral Council with the results being announced by the May 14th Feast of St. Matthias mass. Due to the church being closed for the time being, we are moving this pro-cess back, and hope to have our new members by the end of summer. St. Mat-

thias, pray for us!

UPDATED LOGO

A big thank you to Rebecca Sutton of Rebecca Sutton Designs for our updated logo and design, on display on our new

bulletin cover.

Where Can I Find You, Lord?

Easter Sunday (Year A)

April 12, 2020

Fr. Tony Davis

Mary Magdalene, upon being the first one to discover the empty tomb, cried out,

“they have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put

him?” Not yet realizing that he had been raised, she wanted to know where he

was. We constantly ask ourselves that same question: ‘Where is Jesus?’ We usually

ask it out of frustration: ‘Jesus, why aren’t you doing what I asked you to do?’ But

this question should be asked much more often out of genuine curiosity: ‘Where

can I find you, Lord?’

Today, we celebrate Easter Sunday. It is important to remember that there was a

real change in Jesus at the resurrection. Beforehand, he was a human being like us

in all things but sin. He was born in Bethlehem, travelled from town to town, was

crucified, died, and was buried. This is all somewhat predictable. After his resur-

rection, however, he wasn’t merely resuscitated. He rose into a new life, much

stronger and more universal than human life as we know it. He was now the Risen

Christ! The Risen Christ was no longer subject to time and space. He could dis-

guise himself as a gardener to Mary Magdalene or as a stranger to the two disciples

on the road to Emmaus. He could walk through locked doors to greet his disci-

ples. Finally, he could ascend into heaven in the sight of all. In short, the Risen

Christ could take on more forms than the historical Jesus. While Jesus was limited

to a body in time and place, the Risen Christ, who still includes Jesus, was and still

is unbounded. Now, he is much less predictable.

Whenever we ask the question, ‘where can I find you, Lord,’ we should know that

we are asking about the Risen Christ. Obviously, we cannot find Jesus anymore.

He lived 2,000 years ago and the tomb he was buried in is empty. He is not here.

Whenever we ask the question, we are opening ourselves up to much more than

we initially realize. Where is the Risen Christ? The answer may seem too good to

be true, but the answer is everywhere. That’s what ironically makes him so unpre-

dictable!

Whenever we think we know where the Lord is, we usually get tunnel vision. We

focus so much on that one point to the exclusion of all the others. While we may

find him, as soon as we lose our focus, we fall back into asking the question,

‘where are you?’ out of frustration, as if it was the Lord’s fault for not being where

we needed him to be. Or, if we look for him too narrowly, we become dismissive

of other people’s experiences of God, even if they are valid and legitimate. When

this happens, we are missing out on the fullness of his presence.

The Risen Christ is everywhere, so we better not isolate him in any one place.

Do I see the resurrection on Easter Sunday as the great expansion of the presence

of our Lord across space and time?

Jesus did live in one place and was one historical person. After the resurrection,

however, the Risen Christ is revealed as the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and

the end. If that is the case, whenever we ask, ‘where are you, Lord?,’ we should be

able to find him anywhere in between.

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