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Parish Secretary — Angie Sturzl 715-824-3380 angie@stmaxkolbe.org

Financial Secretary — Doreen Krusick 715-824-3380

Pastoral Council — JoAnn Doyle 715-824-2011 Scott Hintz 715-572-7420 Finance Council — Pam Zinda 715-366-2185 Dennis Fay 715-824-5075

Building & Grounds Committee — Andy Guidry 715-347-7090 Parish Council of Catholic Women — Sherry Fay 920-636-5010 Pro-Life Committee — Cindy Gresl 920-566-2305 Elizabeth Ministry — Jennifer Hendrix 715-344-3099 Family Life Committee — Tasha Shurpit Prayer Chain — Helen Buckholt 920-622-4461 Judy Scholler 920-765-0419 Sacred Steps Program — Jane Bauer 715-258-9563 SCRIP — Terri Hoerter 715-340-9816 Karen Guidry 715-342-5945

Knights of Columbus — Andy Guidry

Garden Club — Peggy Root 715-498-1597

Religious Education (CCD) — Kim Auer 715-252-8745

Confirmation Program — Jeremiah Auer 715-281-9825 Guardian Angels Cemetery — Ken Trzebiatowski 715-498-6066 Hope Cemetery (Heffron) — Sharon Lorenz 715-366-4557 St. Martin Cemetery — Tom Guth 366-4104 St. Patrick Cemetery — Helen Helbach 715-824-5880

April 9, 2017 | www.stmaxkolbe.org | Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

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INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK Our liturgy, with its very dramatic and poignant readings, immerses into all of the raw emotions life can often bring. We hear of betrayal, fear, anger, disappointment, confusion, suffering, and even death. The veil of injustice is pulled over the life of the innocent Lamb and God, who walked with us, is called to face his death on the cross. Yet Jesus remains faithful and accepts the fate that is before him. In all of this, he never wavers from the truth and continues to speak of mercy, forgiveness, and a God who loves. When life gets the best of us and brings us to our knees, can we remain faithful to the truth and accept what we cannot control?

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The Passion Narrative is read on both Palm Sunday and Good Friday. On Palm Sunday the gospel is from the cycle of Gospels (Matthew, Mark or Luke). Good Friday’s reading is always from John. The first three teens who can tell me this will get a $20 gas card.

Please remember to keep this week HOLY. I understand that many of our children have conflicts due to sporting events and/or other activities. Parents lead busy lives. This is Holy Week. Can’t we put aside our regular schedules and put Jesus first this week? Let’s take time as adults and parents to be good examples to our children.

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Hopefully these days of Lent you have spent in prayer and fasting. Have you given to those in need? Looking to help locally? Please check out: Catholic Charities Diocese of La Crosse. Wish to help oversees? Check out St. Therese Foundation (the African Water project). Want to help out in the US? Check out Catholic Relief Services.

God’s blessings, Fr. Jim Trempe

Father’s Corner Welcome to Holy Week. There is a lot going on this week reflecting on the final days of Jesus before his Crucifixion and Resurrection. On Sunday (today), Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey to the shouts of Hosanna, fulfilling an old prophecy in Zechariah 9:9.

On Monday, He walked into the Jerusalem Temple overturning tables where money exchange occurred. Roman coins were not allowed. The image of Caesar was a violation of the second commandment, and the Temple authorities were using the Commandment as a means to cheat the people and making the Temple a place of profit rather than a place of prayer.

On Tuesday Jesus taught in parables, warned the people against the Pharisees, and predicted the destruction of the Temple.

On Wednesday, we know nothing. The Gospel writers are silent.

On Thursday, in an upper room, Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples. giving it a new meaning. No longer would His followers remember the Exodus from Egypt. Jesus gave us His Body and Blood in the Holy Eucharist. Later that evening in the Garden of Gethsemane, He agonized in prayer at what lay ahead for him.

On Friday, following betrayal, arrest, imprisonment, desertion, false trials, denial, condemnation, beatings and sentencing, Jesus carried His own cross to where He was crucified.

On Saturday, Jesus lay dead in a tomb bought by a rich man named Joseph.

On Sunday, the stone had been rolled away. Jesus rose from the dead. He appeared to Mary, to Peter, to two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and to the 11 disciples gathered in a locked room.

Back to today, when we celebrate Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is the first day of Holy Week. For the past five weeks of Lent we began Mass in silence with a penitential position of kneeling, simple silence, a tolling of the bell and the singing of the KYRIE (Lord Have Mercy, Christ Have Mercy). The Gloria was not sung during Lent. We sang the Latin Santus (Holy Holy) and Agnus Dei (Lamb of God). We focused on make the necessary changes in our lives. Today, this changes greatly. For example, Mass begins with triumphal joy with the blessing and procession of the palms, re-enacting Christ’s entry into Jerusalem and joyful singing.

The commemoration of the Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem is included at every Mass this weekend. We wave our palms in honor of our Lord and King, Jesus Christ. We must never waiver on this. We must always be proud to be a follower of Jesus. But are we? In our daily lives, do we act more like a follower of Jesus on Palm Sunday (honoring and worshipping him) or do we act like it is Good Friday (saying crucify him –

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Brandon Patoka 4/13 Trinity Mongan 4/13 Jeanette Landowski 4/14 Jaxon Zimmerman 4/14 Diane Zube 4/15 Robert Kulis 4/15 Amy Manske 4/15 Kendall Kirsling 4/15

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Holy Thursday 7:00 PM: This is the evening our Lord instituted two sacraments (Eucharist and Holy Orders) and commanded his Apostles to a life of service. Therefore, I will wash the feet of twelve parishioners. Other changes that will occur at the end of this Mass are: the crucifix, the Stations of the Cross and statues will be covered, the holy water will be removed, the altar will be stripped and the Blessed Sacrament will be brought in procession to a side altar to be adored. The crucifix will be laid on a red cloth. Oils blessed and consecrated by Bishop Callahan will be processed in. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament follows until 10:00 PM. Good Friday 12:30 PM and 7:00 PM: Christ died on the cross before He resurrected. I will invite you to come forward and bring to Jesus something you need to let die in your life--maybe some anger, hurt, mistrust that you have not been able to come to grips with. Give it to Jesus, let it die. Holy Saturday-Easter Vigil 8:00 PM: This evening we celebrate the greatest and oldest tradition in the Church dating to the first century when baptisms, confirmations and 1st Eucharist traditionally occurred. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend the Vigil. Hundreds of thousands will join the Catholic Church on the most Holy evening of the year, as we prepare to celebrate the Lord’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. Please pray for Clarissa Hintz, Taylor Helmuth and Paul Przybilski who will be brought into full Communion at the Easter Vigil. �

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