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Page Two St. Lambert Parish 4th Sunday of Lent Fourth Sunday of Lent March 18, 2012 God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. — John 3:17 Masses for the week Saturday, March 17 5:00 † Bernie Dentzer Sunday, March 18 8:00 † Kathryn Ruesch 10:00 † Hristo Devedjiev & Lidia Gard 12:00 People of St. Lambert Monday, March 19 7:15 † Josephine Genovaldi Tuesday, March 20 7:15 † Rolando Callangan Wednesday, March 21 7:15 † Epifanio & Rommel Llanos Thursday, March 22 7:15 † Rolando Callangan Friday, March 23 7:15 † Antonio Ong Saturday, March 24 8:00 Brunner family & Mary Johnson 5:00 † Marion Cascino & John Krump Sr. Sunday, March 25 8:00 † Stephen Radler 10:00 † Herb Raef 12:00 People of St. Lambert The Coffee Hour will be hosted by the FFOS and the contact person is Alice Melecio. She can be reached at 847-676-1069. As part of our own journey through Lent, St. Lambert will host a viewing of the movie The Way , today (Sunday) in Trainor Hall following the noon Mass. The Way, is a stirring presentation of a father ( played by Martin Sheen) making a pilgrimage in honor of his late son (played by Emilio Estevez). It is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage "The Way of St. James" to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact this trip will have on him. Through unexpected and often times amusing experiences along "The Way," Tom discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose.” The film has a running time of 121 minutes and is rated PG-13 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12; Jn 5:1-16 Wednesday: Is 49:8-15; Jn 5:17-30 Thursday: Ex 32:7-14; Jn 5:31-47 Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Saturday: Jer 11:18-20; Jn 7:40-53 Sunday: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20- 33 Alternate readings (Year A): Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130; Rom 8:8-11; Sunday Offertory Collection March 3/4 2012 Envelopes: $ 6,913.00 Loose: $ 1,368.35 Total: $ 8,281.35
March 18, 2012 St. Lambert Parish Page Three ENCYCLICAL LETTER HUMANAE VITAE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF PAUL VI TO HIS VENERABLE BROTHERS THE PATRIARCHS, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE, TO THE CLERGY AND FAITHFUL OF THE WHOLE CATHOLIC WORLD, AND TO ALL MEN OF GOOD WILL,ON THE REGULATION OF BIRTH Honored Brothers and Dear Sons, Health and Apostolic Benediction. The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. It has always been a source of great joy to them, even though it sometimes entails many difficulties and hardships. The fulfillment of this duty has always posed problems to the conscience of married people, but the recent course of human society and the concomitant changes have provoked new questions. The Church cannot ignore these questions, for they concern matters intimately connected with the life and happiness of human beings. I. PROBLEM AND COMPETENCY OF THE MAGISTERIUM 2. The changes that have taken place are of considerable importance and varied in nature. In the first place there is the rapid increase in population which has made many fear that world population is going to grow faster than available resources, with the consequence that many families and developing countries would be faced with greater hardships. This can easily induce public authorities to be tempted to take even harsher measures to avert this danger. There is also the fact that not only working and housing conditions but the greater demands made both in the economic and educational field pose a living situation in which it is frequently difficult these days to provide properly for a large family. Also noteworthy is a new understanding of the dignity of woman and her place in society, of the value of conjugal love in marriage and the relationship of conjugal acts to this love. But the most remarkable development of all is to be seen in man's stupendous progress in the domination and rational organization of the forces of nature to the point that he is endeavoring to extend this control over every aspect of his own life—over his body, over his mind and emotions, over his social life, and even over the laws that regulate the transmission of life. New Questions 3. This new state of things gives rise to new questions. Granted the conditions of life today and taking into account the relevance of married love to the harmony and mutual fidelity of husband and wife, would it not be right to review the moral norms in force till now, especially when it is felt that these can be observed only with the gravest difficulty, sometimes only by heroic effort? Moreover, if one were to apply here the so called principle of totality, could it not be accepted that the intention to have a less prolific but more rationally planned family might transform an action which renders natural processes infertile into a licit and provident control of birth? Could it not be admitted, in other words, that procreative finality applies to the totality of married life rather than to each single act? A further question is whether, because people are more conscious today of their responsibilities, the time has not come when the transmission of life should be regulated by their intelligence and will rather than through the specific rhythms of their own bodies. to be continued…...
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