Mass Schedule - Week of March 30th, 2025
4th Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 30
4th Sunday of Lent
St. John Climacus, Ab
8:00 am Low Mass (Special Intention from Cleo Speckert)
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Server: Trent Smith
9:30 am Stations of the Cross
10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)
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Server: MC: Paddy Omlor.
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Thurifer: Clayton Wright.
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Acolytes: Xavier Wright & Peter Clayton.
Monday, March 31
Lenten Feria
St. Benjamin, Ab
**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (RIP Czestawa Keller from Patrick Omlor)
Tuesday, April 1
Lenten Feria St. Hugh, BC
7:00 am Low Mass (RIP Enrique Bayer from Patrick Omlor)
Wednesday, April 2
St. Francis of Paola, C
8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Frank Beaver from Patrick Omlor)
Thursday, April 3
Lenten Feria
St. Richard, BC
6:00 pm Low Mass (RIP Kirby Bischel from Patrick Omlor)
Friday, April 4
St. Isidore, BCD
6:00 pm Stations of the Cross
6:30 pm Low Mass (RIP Judy Tancreti from Patrick Omlor)
Saturday, April 5
St. Vincent Ferrer, C
8:30 am Low Mass (RIP Fr. James Thielen from Patrick Omlor)
Sunday, April 6
Passion Sunday
St. William, Ab
8:00 am Low Mass (Poor Souls from Jamie Kennedy)
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Server: Wheldon Sellers
9:30 am Stations of the Cross
10:00 am Low Mass (Pro Populo)
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Server: Michael Peck
Announcements
† On Palm Sunday (4/13), there will only be ONE MASS at 10 a.m. There will be no 8 a.m. Mass on Palm Sunday.
† Rules of Abstinence & Fast during Lent (Handbook of Notes on Theology):
Abstinence:
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Everyone over seven years of age is bound to observe the law of abstinence during Ember Days.
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Complete abstinence is to be observed on Fridays, Ash Wednesday, and Holy Saturday. On days of complete abstinence, meat and soup or gravy made from meat may not be used at all.
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On days of partial abstinence, meat and soup or gravy made from meat may be taken only once a day at the principal meal.
Fast:
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Everyone over 21 and under 59 years of age is bound to observe the law of fast.
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The days of fast are the weekdays of Lent (except Sundays), including Holy Saturday (Fast ends at Midnight on Easter Sunday).
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On days of fast, only one full meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one’s needs; but together they should not equal another full meal.
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Meat may be taken at the principal meal on a day of fast except on Fridays, Ash Wednesday, and Holy Saturday.
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Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices (we also think vegetable juices), are allowed. Malted milk, milkshakes etc., are not permitted.
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Where health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. In doubt concerning fast or abstinence, a priest should be consulted.
† Easter Duty: Confession: All the faithful who have reached the use of their reason must sincerely confess their sins at least once a year (C.906). One’s obligation is not fulfilled by a sacrilegious confession (C. 907). Easter Communion: All the faithful who have attained the use of their reason must receive Holy Communion at least once during the Easter season. The obligation is not satisfied by a sacrilegious Communion (C.861). If someone has not made his Easter duty for a long time, and this be publicly known, he is thereby a public sinner who loses his right to ecclesiastical burial. (C.1240).
† There will be Catechism for the children after Mass today. If you have any questions, please contact Sr. Josepha at 719 342 9131.
† Please keep in your prayers the sick and those who Father goes to see: Jackie Kroger, Connie Sellers, Megan Mann, Hope Wright.
† 14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP: is burning for the weeks of (3/19 to 4/1) for the INTENTIONS of Connie Sellers. If you would like to donate to light the 14 day sanctuary candle for your intention, please let Father know. The donation for each candle is $25 (candles generally last 14 days, but sometimes they burn faster than expected).
Reflection: The Catechism Explained By Stories and Examples
by Fr. Francis Spirago
Fourth Lesson: On Creation
Question: Were the angels created for any other purpose?
Answer: The angels were also created to assist before the throne of God and to minister unto Him; they have often been sent as messengers from God to man; and are also appointed our guardians.
The School Children Out in a Storm: Children are often favored by the miraculous protection of their guardian angels. In the year 1890 the children of a village school near Reichenberg in Bohemia were taken on an excursion into the woods for a treat. While they were at play a heavy storm came up and the rain came pelting down. A party of children—thirty one in number—sought shelter under a gigantic fir tree. All at once one of them—a little girl—felt irresistibly urged to leave the shelter of that tree; she ran away, dragging two or three others with her, while the remainder followed of their own accord. They had scarcely got a few feet from the tree when it was struck by lightning, and torn asunder with a terrific crash. Singularly enough, the tree thus struck formed a kind of cross. The parents of the children piously ascribed their rescue from death to the kind protection of their guardian angels, and out of gratitude they erected a cross on the spot where the tree had stood. (This incident is record in the Reichenberger Zeitung of 17th of May, 1890).
Pope Leo Confronts Attila: In the fifth century the Huns, an Asiatic tribe of barbarians, overran Europe, wreaking havoc and devastation wherever they went. They extended their ravages to Italy; after having burnt several towns, Attila, their king, determined to pursue his conquests farther south and destroy Rome also. Indescribable was the terror of the inhabitants when they heard that the Huns were advancing upon their city. But Pope Leo the Great was not intimidated; He relied on the divine protection, and called upon all the inhabitants of the Eternal City to pray fervently for assistance from on high. When Attila, with his five hundred thousand soldiers, was seen approaching, Pope Leo, arrayed in his pontificals and attended by a long train of clergy, went out to meet him. He boldly confronted the king of the Huns, threatening him with the divine judgments if he ventured to enter the city. The dignified bearing of the Pope and his forcible words made so deep an impression on the barbarian monarch that he promised to keep the peace, and immediately withdrew his forces from the neighborhood of Rome. It is said that a shining figure appeared to Attila behind the Pontiff, wielding a sword with a menacing gesture, and that determined him to accede so readily to the Pope’s request.