Second Sunday of Lent
The month of March is traditionally dedicated to St. Joseph, Foster-father of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Prince and Patron of the Universal Church.
"Transfiguration" (Fra Angelico, 1440)
Dear Friends in Christ,
In all three years of the Sunday cycle of readings, the Gospel assigned for the Second Sunday of Lent is an account of the Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus (Matthew in Year A, Mark in Year B, and Luke in Year C). These texts are always read in Lent because the path of Christ’s glory is the Way of the Cross.
In all three years of the Sunday cycle of readings, the Gospel assigned for the Second Sunday of Lent is an account of the Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus (Matthew in Year A, Mark in Year B, and Luke in Year C). These texts are always read in Lent because the path of Christ’s glory is the Way of the Cross.
Standing in the transfigured glory of the Lord Jesus, Peter was filled with both fear and awe. He could scarcely look at the brightness of Christ’s glory, and yet he could not imagine leaving that sacred place.
We disciples of Christ are sometimes given brief glimpses of the glory to which we are heirs with Christ, and those moments of consolation can sustain us for many years of toil. But while such experiences are fleeting, the call to follow Jesus in the Way of the Cross is constant.
Fr. Justin
PS - Reminder that we have the Way of the Cross tonight (Fri) at SHJ @ 6:30pm
UPDATE: With the impending storm and predicted heavy snow fall, it is probably prudent to cancel tomorrow's First Saturday Mass & Holy Hour at SHM, as the snowfall is expected to start late this (Fri) this evening into late Saturday morning.
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Weekly Schedule
Sat, Mar 4 @ 5pm
Pro Populo
Sun, Mar 5 @ 11am*
Intentions of Susan McCauley
*Junior Liturgy
Lectors this Weekend
5pm: Aahron Swart
11am: Colleen Shannon
Mon, Mar 6 @ 9am
For the Terminally Ill
(req. SHM CWL)
Mon, Mar 6 @ 9:30-10:30am
** Holy Hour! **
Tues, Mar 7 @ 9am
Deceased Priests & Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Kingston †
(req. Fr. Brian Price)
Tues, Mar 7 @ 7-7:30pm
Fr. Justin Lenten Meditation
Wed, Mar 8 @ 9am
Virginia Haig †
(req. Eileen Haig)
Wed, Mar 8 @ 9:30-10:30am
** Holy Hour! **
Wed, Mar 8 @ 6:30pm
First Communion & Reconciliation Parent & Candidate Meeting
SHJ Hall
Thurs, Mar 9 @ 9am
Ed Shannon †
(req. Joe & Bev Maloney)
Fri, Mar 10 @ 9am
Dave Graf †
(req. Jim & Robin Woof)
Fri, Mar 10 @ 9:30-10:30am
** Holy Hour! **
Sacred Heart of Mary
Weekly Schedule
UPDATE: CANCELLED
First Saturday
Sat, Mar 4 @ 9am*
Bernard Bosley †
(req. The Bosley Family)
*Latin Mass (Novus Ordo)
UPDATE: CANCELLED
First Saturday
Sat, March 4 @ 9:30-10:30am
** Holy Hour! **
- Litany of Loretto
- Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sun, Mar 5 @ 8:30am
Stations of the Cross
Sun, Mar 5 @ 9am*
Mike & Francis Murphy †
(req. Anne Barry)
*Junior Liturgy
Lector this Weekend
Don Bailey
Mon, Mar 6 @ 2pm
Women's Series on Biblical Women #2
O'Neill Parish Hall
Wed, Mar 8 @ 9am
Ed Tobin †
(req. Margaret & Rob Kiddle)
Wed, Mar 8 @ 9:30-10:30am
** Holy Hour! *
Wed, Mar 8 @ 5pm
Combined SHM & SHJ Choir Practice
Fri, Mar 10 @ 6:15am
This Man Is You #18
The Shadow of the Father
O'Neill Parish Hall
The Shadow of the Father
O'Neill Parish Hall
Mass Intentions
If you'd like to schedule a Mass intention, fill out one of the envelopes at the entrance of the church or contact our secretary Pauline Davis at the parish office @ 613.472.2220 or rcmarmoramadoc@gmail.com
If you need a convenient way to make regular offerings or if you plan to make an additional gift before the end of the year, we encourage you to check out our electronic giving options.
shjpayments@gmail.com (SHJ)
shmpayments@gmail.com (SHM)
SHJ & SHM & St. Bernadette's is sustained by the generosity of our parishioners.
Confessions this Week
Mon: 8-8:45am & 9:35-10:15am
Tues: 8-8:45am
Wed: 8-8:45am & 9:35-10:15am
Thurs: 8-8:45am
Fri: 9:35-10:15am
Sat: 4-4:45pm
Sun: 8-8:30am
The Sacrament of Penance is a sacred mystery of conversion from sin, confession of guilt, forgiveness of the wrong done, and reconciliation with God and His Church. All Catholics over the age of reason should come to the Sacrament of Penance at least once each year during Lent or Eastertide and as often as necessary when conscious of serious sin, and anyone conscious of grave sin should not receive Holy Communion before being reconciled to God by sacramental confession and absolution.
Altar Flowers & Mass Intentions
Don't forget our Flower Sponsor initiative to beautify the sanctuary and churches especially for the high holy days. A one time yearly donation of $40 will cover your week, and you'll also get a Mass intention included in that. So a great deal if you think about it! As you've been seeing at Mass, the churches were beautifully decorated in large part to your flower donations. And when you see in the Flocknotes Masses being offered "For the X Family Intentions" - usually those are from the Family flower sponsor. So if you want to contribute, there are white Flower sponsor envelopes in the narthex - just fill it out and drop it in the collection basket.
7-Day Votive Candle Offerings
SHJ CHURCH
OUR BLESSED MOTHER
Susan Greensides †
[req: Tonya, Tara & Kerri Greensides]
SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Our Intentions
[req: Steve & Pauline Davis]
ST. JOSEPH
Susan Greensides †
[req: Tonya, Tara & Kerri Greensides]
ST. ANNE & OUR LADY
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Please contact Pauline at the parish office @ 613.472.2220 or rcmarmoramadoc@gmail.com for more information.
SHM CHURCH
SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Intentions of Fr. Price
[req: SHM CWL]
OUR BLESSED MOTHER
In Memory of Ruth Dawson †
[req: John & Maria Dawson]
You can put your $10 7-Day Votive Offering in a pink visitor offertory envelope. Make sure to mention...
1) For which church?
2) For which saint?
3) What's the intention?
4) What's your name & envelope #?
Recommendations, Links & Random Thoughts
- SHJ Parishioners: this weekend, please be generous in your use the restoration fund envelop found in your offertory boxes. We're 36% toward our goal of $110K.
- Special thanks to Bob Murphy, a member of SHJ's Property Committee, for figuring how why our Parish Hall is always so warm, and why the temp never seemed to correspond to the thermostat. It turns out that one of the controllers died, and so it will be replaced next week. Now the Junior Liturgy children won't roast, and we'll reduce our heating costs.
- UPDATE: CANCELLED. For the first time, this (First) Saturday we're going to have a Holy Hour after the 9am SHM Mass. The parish council thought that for those who had made the commitment to a weekly Holy Hour but couldn't make the existing times (M-W-F 9:30-10:30am) in the morning, this might be an occasion when you can fulfill your pledge. We'll try this for Lent (March & April) and see how it goes, but here are eight additional reasons for making a Holy Hour.
He is really there!
I am the Living Bread come down from Heaven (Jn 6:35).
Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of His love for you.
Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world because I have loved you with an everlasting love, and constant is My affection for you (Mt 28:20; Jer 31:3).
Jesus asks you to spend one quiet hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
Where your treasure is, there is your heart…. Could you not watch one hour with Me? (Mt 6:21; 26:40).
When you look upon the Sacred Host, you look upon Jesus, the Son of God.
Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, him I will raise up on the last day (Jn 6:40).
Each moment that you spend in his Eucharistic Presence will increase grace within you and deepen your personal relationship with him.
I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly. I am the Vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me and I in Him shall bear much fruit because without Me, you can do nothing (Jn 15:5).
Jesus is infinitely deserving of our unceasing thanksgiving and adoration for all he has done for our salvation.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honour, glory and praise (Rev. 5:12).
Each hour you spend with Jesus on earth will leave your soul everlastingly more beautiful and glorious in heaven!
They who humble themselves shall be exalted … All of us, gazing on the Lord’s glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed from glory to glory into His very image (Lk 18:14; 2Cor 3:18).
Each moment you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament brings joy, pleasure, and delight to his Sacred Heart!
My joy, My pleasure, My delight is to be with you (Prov 8:31).
So what are you waiting for?
Treyton Terrion receiving the Sacraments of Initiation (Holy Baptism, Confirmation, First Holy Communion) last Saturday from Fr. Price. Congratulations Treyon on a grace-filled day in which you were made a member of the Church and heir to the Kingdom, adorned with sanctifying grace and God's very Life.
- ...as I was saying at the end of my homily last week.....
- KofC FISH FRY: St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus in Campbellford are hosting a second Fish Fry tonight, Friday March 3rd. This event will be held in St. Mary’s School Auditorium from 5pm to 7pm. The menu is once again: haddock, fries, cole slaw, dinner roll and homemade dessert. Adults $15 each with 2 pieces of Haddock available. Those between 6 and 12 years of age will be $6 each. Those under 6 years of age are free. Note: Stations of the Cross will be prayed at 6:30 in the Church for those who are interested!
- Did you know that the pretzel has a deep spiritual meaning for Lent?
- Whoa - this is a beautiful crucifix.
- "Sending the Wounded to the Front" - this is an excellent article about how the battle against transgender ideology will be won by the detransitioners - that is, the wounded.
- Speaking of which, this is outstanding: "Loving Those Caught in Gender Ideology: The Ethics and Metaphysics of Sexual Identity."
- A super-important piece in the Globe & Mail you must read: "MAiD has become a matter of ideology." So disturbing. Please read.
- After Baptism, the only ordinary way in which grave sins are forgiven is by receiving the Sacrament of Penance, by going to Confession. Catholics are bound (remember the power of binding and loosing, given by the Lord Jesus to his Apostles?) to go to Confession at least once each year as part of their Easter duty, and any Catholic who has not been to Confession in at least a year is no longer in full communion with Christ and his Church. Please use these 40 Days of preparation for Easter to go to Confession.
- Project Rachel at St. Mary of Egypt Refuge is offering a retreat for women who suffer the loss of a child from abortion. The next retreat will take place in late April/early May 2023 at the Refuge, near Madoc. Fr. Justin will be the retreat chaplain for the weekend. If you are interested in this retreat, please e-mail projectrachel@stmarysrefuge.org, or phone 289.691.6840.
Don't forget: All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. On days of abstinence, meat should not be eaten at any meal. The law of abstinence binds all Catholics who have completed their 14th year. The obligation to observe, as a whole or “substantially,” the penitential days specified by the Church is a serious obligation. The Code of Canon Law states: “On these days (of Penance), the faithful are in a special manner to devote themselves to prayer, to engage in works of piety and charity, to deny themselves, by fulfilling their obligations more faithfully and especially by observing the fast and abstinence…”
Anchor of Hope Pregnancy & Family Care Center in Madoc is having their annual CHILOUP fundraiser this month, to be held at the Madoc Kiwanis Club on Sat, March 25th at 5pm. (This is the same evening of our Parish Mission). This is a worthy cause to support. If anyone wants to host a table, it's free and each table sits 8 people. The main source of funds comes in through the dessert auction. If anyone is planning on attending and/or bringing a dessert to please let Heather West the (interim) director know at 613.473.0606.
CWL Lenten Group
for Women
*All women welcome*
Begins Mon, Feb 27th @ 2pm and continues each Monday for five weeks, ending on Mar 27th.
This is a group for women of all ages and life stages to connect with one another
and grow in faith.
All sessions will be at SHM O'Neill Parish Hall and will last between 1-1.5hours.
Each session will focus on one biblical woman to help us discover new insight and provide a powerful witness to God’s gracious love that will leave you feeling challenged, encouraged, and deeply valued.
For more information, contact Cathy Massey @ 705-760-0138 or Debbie Wood @ 613-473-5413
FYI: The parish office will close on Friday, March 10.
You gotta watch this video...I think I just found a new intercessor I'm going to rely on this year.... try and get your kids/grandkids to watch this too. A wonderful role model for us.
Mrs Dallner's Grade 1 class leaving the rectory after wishing Fr. Price a happy birthday and dropping off beautiful birthday cards.
A birthday dinner at Antonia's Bistro in Campbellford.
Chris Lindsay, the Funeral Director of Burke Funeral Home in Belleville, wants to offer a choice of funeral service provider to Catholics in Marmora, Madoc & Tweed now that McConnells is no longer locally owned or operated, and to this end, he and his colleagues are visiting to present a 3-part seminar series which they hope will educate and empower individuals. The next one for us - a Q&A about choice of funeral providers - is Wed, Mar 29 from 1-3pm at the Marmora Community Center. This will be worth attending I would think.
Dysconnected
The Real Story Behind the Transgender Explosion
Over the past few years, a transgender tsunami has swept the nation, completely overtaking the medical, educational, and counseling industries, and forever altering hundreds of thousands of young girls’ lives. What is going on? How did it come to this? And who is behind it?
It plunges into the philosophical roots and sociological ideation that has brought us to this point. It gives a very solid Catholic view of the whole issue.
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PARENTS/GUARDIANS & CANDIDATES CONFIRMATION
The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on the Sunday, June 18th @ 11am at Sacred Heart of Jesus with Archbishop Mulhall conferring the Sacrament.
Preparation for the Sacraments has become the parish responsibility with the schools supporting what is being taught in the parish. Mandatory preparation for Confirmation starts this month at SHJ Hall. We will be using the Confirmation program "The Mark".
- Session 1: The One
- Sat, March 25 @ 10-11:30am
- Session 2: The Holy
- Sat, April 8 @ 10-11:30am
- Session 3: The Catholic
- Sat, April 22 @ 10-11:30am
- Session 4: The Apostolic
- Sat, May 6 @ 10-11:30am
- Session 5: The Church
- Sat, May 20 @ 10-11:30am
- Session 6: The Mark
- Sat, June 3 @ 10-11:30am
- Confirmation Retreat
All students in grade seven or eight or older, who have not received their Sacrament of Confirmation are encouraged to prepare to do so. If your son/daughter is in grades 5 or 6 and is particularly mature in their Faith and keen to be Confirmed they are warmly welcomed and encouraged to do so.
Confirmation candidates are required to be involved in the life of the Church by attending Holy Mass every weekend, a responsibility of Catholics flowing from the 4th Commandment of the Decalogue (10 Commandments).
Deadline for submitting registrations is March 9th.
MANDATORY
First Holy Communion
&
First Reconciliation
Parent & Candidate Meeting
Wednesday, March 8
6:30pm
6:30pm
SHJ Hall
Letters & Registration Forms are available in the church, below (attached) and sent out by SHJ school.
Parents - read this!: "2 Holy Habits to Prepare Children for First (and Regular) Reconciliation"
First Holy Communion
Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Sunday, June 11th, 2023
11am @ SHJ
"First Communion" (Pablo Picasso, 1896)
"Men will learn eventually, and if they insist on rejecting the received wisdom of generations past, they do not thereby succeed at invalidating it; they merely condemn themselves to learning it, time and again, by ever grimmer experience."
