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St. Paul the Apostle Church 18 Woodlawn Avenue www.stpauljoliet.com Joliet, Illinois 60435 Third Sunday of Easter April 18, 2010 INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Saturday, April 17 4:30 PM For The People of St. Paul the Apostle Sunday, April 18 7:30 AM Joseph Lukowski 9:00 AM Kunke & Karcz Families 10:30 AM Barney & Mary Bottino Monday, April 19 7:30 AM Jay Wheeler Tuesday, April 20 7:30 AM Mary Margaret Broderick Wednesday, April 21 7:30 AM George Lavazza,sr. Daniel & Agnes Maloney Thursday, April 22 7:30 AM Norma Noller Friday, April 23 8:30 AM Leanne Mudron Next Saturday, April 24 4:30 PM George & Evelyn Dohm Bob & Laura Shreffler-15th Wedding Anniv. Next Sunday, April 25 7:30 AM For The People of St. Paul the Apostle 9:00 AM Ann Pavnica Robert & Eva Chignoli 10:30 AM Eileen M. Murphy NEXT WEEKEND’S LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TIME LECTORS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS Saturday, April 24 4:30 PM - K Sawyer/ L Ermey G Wheeler, V/T Kohler, Sr Seeley, G Louch, R Lemke L Jenco, J Peceniak, J Simpson Sunday, April 25 7:30 AM - K Burla/ C Hinkelman L Hilke, C Lukowski, C Borio, L Deiss, S Stukel, P Stroud, M Schwerha, C Dernulc, A Prock 9:00 AM - M Marion/ A Theobald L Nichols, M/D Gross, T Ciesla, P Bowden, S Smith, M Walsh, C Sinwell, P Gimbel 10:30 AM - M Marion/ V Rand J Mangun, D Fonza, R DiGiulio, N Louck, S Hobbs, J Hatfield, B/P Bodach, M Crossen Next Weekend’s Servers: Saturday, April 24 4:30 PM - K Shreffler, R Kasheimer, N Gulas, K Drag Sunday, April 25 7:30 AM - J Prokuski, A Hylka, J Misischia, R Slattery 9:00 AM - E Cora, D Hinkelman, S Simpson, J Simon 10:30 AM - N Brozyna, A Bebar, T Taylor, L Vanisko Reflection on Stewardship Stewardship, it’s not giving from our surplus, but giving as the right thing to do. March 28 : $21,398.00 ( This amount includes Direct Donation.) Budgeted per week: $20,500.00 READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Jn 6:22-29 Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Jn 6:30-35 Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Jn 6:35-40 Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Jn 6:44-51 Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Jn 6:52-59 Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Jn 6:60-69 Sunday: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 100; Rv 7:9, 14b-17; SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Third Sunday of Easter Wednesday: St. Anselm; Administrative Professionals Day Thursday: Earth Day Friday: St. George; St. Adalbert Grace is necessary to salvation, free will is equally so; but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it. —-St. Bernard
Third Sunday of Easter April 18, 2010 “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing.” — Revelation 5:12 Invitation for a Picnic In today’s Gospel we see the Risen Jesus being a host at a picnic breakfast. His invited guests were His closest friends and disciples. The apostles were sad and were feeling the absence of Jesus and were trying to go back to their ordinary lives so they went out fishing without any success. Once Jesus came they caught a miraculous catch – 153 fish – possibly a symbolic number meaning all peoples. Some say at that time there were 153 known species of fish and 153 nations. On their own the apostles couldn’t catch anything. Was Jesus reminding His friends that without Him they could do nothing? There are probably many examples in our own lives that in hindsight we could say that Jesus was telling us you cannot just do it alone. Often Jesus gathered His friends around Him to feed them. This special lakeside meal of fish and bread reminds us of the Eucharistic presence of the Risen Jesus in the community. The gathering around the table is important for us as the family of believers – the Church- as well as the gathering of individual families –the domestic church. As a family of believers we are invited by our host, the Risen Jesus, to come, eat, live. Out of His great love for us our host becomes our food. The reception of communion is a very intimate act of love to us from God! It is so important that as families (the domestic church) to gather around the table in our homes to offer words of praise and thanks and to ask for God’s blessing on the food that nourishes our body and soul. Jesus comes to sit with us at our family table like he did many times with his disciples. So often we don’t recognize Jesus in our midst just like the apostles didn’t recognize Jesus standing on the beach. Why was it that the disciples didn’t recognize Jesus in the post-resurrection stories? In today’s gospel John is the first to say, “It is the Lord!” Is it because he is the one who seems to be more reflective, more attentive, and closer to the Lord? For us the attributes of reflection, attentiveness and closeness are surely needed to recognize the Lord Jesus who is always in our midst. At times our busy lives, the constant noise around us, and the lack of a personal, familiar relationship with Him may prevent us from seeing the Lord Jesus in our everyday lives. To grow in the awareness of God in our lives it helps if at the end of the day we stop to ask ourselves where was God in my life today? Where did I see Jesus helping me through other people? When I looked in someone’s eyes did I see Jesus? With some reflection we can discover how many times we see Jesus standing on the “beach” in our home, workplace, classroom, or at the store. And then … to what is He inviting us? Sr. Karen Marie Lanigan New Beginnings at St. Paul’s March 2010 Baptisms: Gabriella Celina Alejos Madelyn Marie Kilgore Mia Marie Maffeo Members Who Entered Eternal Life: (Buried from St. Paul’s) Joseph Kozar Robert Herbst Tony Filetti Fred Breen New Members: M/M Robert Monaco M/M Mark Vallera M/M Thomas Kowall
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