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March 20, 2016 PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION

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Lord’s Day Mass Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 8 & 10 a.m. Daily Mass Tuesday—Saturday 8 a.m. Adora on Sunday Noon—Saturday 3 p.m. Sacrament of Reconcilia on Tuesday—Friday 7:35—7:50 a.m. Wednesday 4:45– 5:30 p.m. Saturday 8:35 a.m. & 3:30—4:40 p.m. or by appointment Sacrament of Bap sm: Pre-bap sm mee ngs are held with Father Barnes. Please call for an appointment. Sacrament of Marriage: Arrangements must be made a minimum of six (6) months in advance. Communion Call: If you or someone you care for must receive communion at home or in the hospital, please call the parish office. Care Fund: Help is available for emergency situ-a ons & special needs. Please contact the parish office.

Pastor Fr. Patrick Barnes, FatherBarnes@stncc.net Parish Administra ve Assistant Jackie Berry, jberry@stncc.net Choir Director Deb Carlson, debc@stncc.net Director, LNMV Religious Educa on Kathy Chlan, kathyc@holycrossschool.net Administra ve Assistant, LNMV RE Lenae Addabbo, lenaea@holycrossschool.net Custodian/Maintenance Gerald Bedeaux Communica on & Mission Coordinator Karen Johnson, kjohnson@stncc.net

Parish Office Hours Tuesday—Friday 7:45 a.m.—4:15 p.m. Bulle n Deadline: Tuesdays by 4:00 p.m. In wri ng to the parish office or submit to kjohnson@stncc.net

General Informa on From the desk of Father Barnes “Acclaimed as son of David, as the one who brings salva on (Hosanna means ‘Save!’ Or ‘Give Salva on!’), the ‘King of glory’ enters his City ‘riding on an ass.’ Jesus conquers the Daughter of Zion, a figure of his Church, neither by ruse nor by violence, but by the humility that bears witness to the truth (Daily Roman Missal. Midwest Theological Forum. p. 373). The culture in which we currently live is becoming incredibly unhospitable to the Catholic understanding of life and our understanding that we need to be saved by God. Yet even as Catholics, have we come to the realiza on that we need to be saved? Is there that sense of sin or that sensi vity to sin in which we know we are in need of Jesus? Many of the people who lined the streets of Jerusalem were looking for a po-li cal hero who would save them in worldly terms. But Jesus came to save us from our sins, so we would be free to worship God, both in this world and in the next. Lent helps us to think deeply about what we need to be saved from in our own lives, it is a reality check! As we call out ‘hosanna’ and ask God for salva-

on, we realize that Palm Sunday is far more than a sen mental thing. We really need Jesus to save us! God bless, Fr. Barnes

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March 20, 2016 Palm Sunday

Lord, Let it be You who lives in me today,

Readings for the Week Readings for the Week of March 20, 2016 Sunday: Lk 19:28-40/Is 50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24/Phil 2:6-11/Lk 22:14--23:56 or 23:1-49 Monday: Is 42:1-7/Ps 27:1-3, 13-14/Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday: Is 49:1-6/Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17/Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday: Is 50:4-9a/Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34/Mt 26:14-25 Thursday: Chrism Mass: Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9/Ps 89:1-6/Rv 1:5-8/Lk 4:16-21 Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/Ps 116:12-13, 15-18/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15 Friday: Is 52:13--53:12/Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25/Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1--19:42 Saturday: Vigil: Gn 1:1--2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/Ex 14:15--15:1/Is 54:5-14/Is 55:1-11/Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Rom 6:3-11/Lk 24:1-12 Next Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 or Lk 24:13-35

St. Nicholas News & Events

Mon Mar 21 Parish office closed 7:00pm Choir Prac ce—Adult

Tue Mar 22 7:20am Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer) 7:35am Rosary 7:35am Confessions 8:00am Mass: Lillian Kost+ 8:35am Fa ma Rosary Group

Wed Mar 23 8:15am Mass at Holy Cross (Our parish school) 4:30pm Confessions 7:00pm Penance Service

Thu Mar 24 Holy Thursday 8:00am Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer) 11:00am-12:00pm Confessions 7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Fri Mar 25 Good Friday 8:00am Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer) 10:00am-12:00pm St. Nicholas at Planned Parenthood, 671 Vandalia, St. Paul, MN 11:00am-12:00pm Confessions 3:00pm Venera on of the Cross 7:30pm Sta ons of the Cross

Sat

Mar 26

Holy Saturday 8:00am Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer) 8:00pm Easter Vigil: Joyce & Stuart Russell+

Sun Mar 27 Easter Sunday 7:20am Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer) 7:35am Rosary 8:00am Mass: Merlin Merfeld+ 9:35am Rosary 10:00am Mass: For the Parish

Sun Mar 20 Palm Sunday 7:20am Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer) 7:35am Rosary 8:00am Mass: For the Parish 9:35am Rosary 10:00am Mass: Joseph & Rose Kunkel+

This week at St. Nicholas

Dead Theologians Society: Grades 9-12 are invited to a end the mee ng of the Dead Theologians Society. The next mee ng is Sunday, Apr. 10 from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the St. Nich-olas Campus. (Confirma on students, this will count for one Faith Enrichment event.)

LNMV Religious Educa on: Classes held at the Catholic Educa on Center (CEC) home of Holy Cross Catholic School

Easter Break: No classes on Wednesday, March 23 No classes on Wednesday, March 30

Classes will resume:

Wednesday, April 6 6:30 – 7:45pm First Communion Student Morning Workshop: 9:30am-11:00am April 2, 2016 This is a mandatory workshop for all our First Communion stu-dents. Students and parents will have a tour of the sanctuary & sacristy; they will also learn how to receive the Eucharist and lastly make their pew markers in the basement. This will be held at your parish church. Confirma on: Interviews for Confirma on students in Year 2 (10th Grade) will begin April 6 and con nue throughout April. Our 10th graders will be confirmed at the Cathedral in St. Paul on Tuesday, May 24 at 7:00pm. R.C.I.A. Please keep our RCIA candidates and elect in your prayers this week as they prepare to enter the church at the Saturday Vigil. If you know someone who is interested in becoming Catholic or would like to explore more about the Catholic Church, please contact Kathy Chlan at kathyc@holycrossschool.net

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Everyday Stewardship When I was younger I used a reflec on on youth retreats that depicted a disciple of Jesus and his concern about how much Jesus loved him. The disciple would several mes over his life ask Jesus the ques on, "How much do you love me?" Each me Jesus would simply shake his head, wondering why the disciple would ask such a ques on. Then Jesus was arrested and sentenced to death, driving the disciple crazy with his inability to get an answer from Jesus. He was inse-cure and needed reassurance that the Jesus he loved cared for him just as much. Finally, he met Jesus before the mo-ment of his execu on and cried out to him to please ease his soul over the concern of how much he loved the disciple. Jesus then answered, "I love you more than you know. I love you this much," holding his arms out to his side as far as they would go. Then Jesus was seized while in that posture and nailed to a cross, making that gesture a permanent one for the disciple and everyone else to see. I then would play a song en tled, "Thankful Heart," which contained the lyric, "I have a thankful heart, that you have given me, and it can only come from you." It was a moving reflec on every me. A er all that concern about how much the Master loved him, what else could he have but a pro-found sense of gratefulness? He received his answer, and with that answer, a symbol of the ul mate sacrifice of love. Gratefulness is a primary characteris c of an Everyday Stew-ard. On a day like Passion Sunday our gratefulness should overflow. Because of Jesus' death and resurrec on, all things are made new and all things are possible. We are called to be thankful for all the gi s in our lives because the only rea-son any of the gi s ma er is because of his ul mate gi : his life. Liturgical Publica ons, Inc.

Q & A What is the most important holiday on the Catholic calendar? In our day-to-day life, we o en refer to holidays. They are days set aside to commemorate special occasions or cele-brate feasts and anniversaries. Holiday comes from the words "holy day" which we take from our life of faith. More than a significant day, it connects us with God in a unique way, allowing us not only to remember, but also share in the events which are part of God's plan of salva on. Our humanity is joined to the divine and we are made holy. The most important "holy day" is Easter. When Jesus died and rose again, he destroyed the ul mate weapon of sin, which is death, and made it possible for us to have eternal life. There is not another day of more im-portance. Without the Resurrec on, St. Paul tells us, our faith is in vain. Easter is commemorated each me we cele-brate the Mass. It is the ritual-the making present again-that recalls to the present moment the paschal mystery. We proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. Some feasts may be celebrated with more fanfare or secular a en on, such as Christmas. But Jesus was born for Easter. Without Easter, there would be no Christmas. Easter is at the very core of what it means to be Chris an. Liturgical Publica ons, Inc.

40 Days For Life is a campaign of prayer and fas ng to end the evil of abor on. Please help to close these abor on mills with your prayers and join St. Nicholas as a group at Planned Parenthood, 671 Vandalia, St. Paul, MN on March 25 from 10 a.m. to Noon. For more informa on, please visit h p://plam.org/

Easter The Easter collec on has become a very important part of our parish’s annual income. This year, we invite our families to consider making a $77 gi . This will enable the parish to meet increased costs and to serve our people with many ongoing parish programs. We thank you for your generosity and ask for the con nued blessings of the Risen Christ on our parish this Easter Season.

Amount $ 77.00

March 20, 2016 Palm Sunday

Jesus, I trust in You!

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Area News & Events Good Friday Pon fical Collec on – March 25 Pope Francis has asked that parishes around the world support Chris-

ans in the Holy Land through the Good Friday Collec on. Through this collec on you join with Catholics everywhere to help sustain Chris anity in this troubled and challenging area of the world. Your support means that the Church is able to conduct parish ministries, provide Catholic educa on, feed the hungry, build housing, operate refugee centers and maintain shrines in the Holy Land. Please give generously on Good Friday and be an instrument of peace in the Holy Land. Men’s Discernment Group Jesus Christ, High Priest forever, s ll calls men to share in His priest-hood. Have you heard a call to the priesthood? Would you like to learn more about it? The remaining Saturdays are April, 9, 16 and 23 at 8 – 11 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Minneap-olis. No registra on or fee required. Includes Mass, refreshments and discussion, led by Fr. David Blume, Director of Voca ons. See www.10000voca ons.org or call the Office of Voca ons at 651.962.6890 for more informa on Women’s Discernment Retreat Join us for a retreat day focused to provide a deeper understanding of consecrated life. Women, ages 18 to 30 are invited! Saturday, April 2 at 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Na vity of Mary Catholic Church in Blooming-ton. Registra on is required. Lunch will be provided. Cost is a free will dona on. To register, please contact the Office of Voca ons by March 25 at 651.962.6890 or pa y.mcquillan@s homas.edu

Men, are you called to a Voca on as a Permanent Deacon? Four-part Permanent Diaconate Inquiry Series for married or single men between 30 and 59 years old: “The Living Icon of Christ the Servant in the Ministry of the Word, of Sacrament, of Charity.” The Saint Paul Seminary April 5, 12, & 19, 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. April 30, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. In this series, discerners and their wives, if applicable, will learn about the Voca on of the Permanent Diaconate, including: What is the diac-onate? Who can become a deacon? What does a deacon do? What roles do the wife and family have? How to discern and respond to the Lord’s call to Holy Orders? What is the applica on, discernment, and forma on process? Wives are encouraged to a end also. Ques ons? Contact Deacon Russ Kocemba at kocemba@msn.com or 952-933-3660. Registra on is required. Contact Shellee Leif at sjleif@s homas.edu or 651-962-6891. 2016 LiveFamily! Expo – A Mission of Mercy to the Family Friday, April 8, 6:30 – 10 p.m. & Saturday, April 9, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Church of St. Raphael, Crystal Learn and develop skills to transform your marriage, family and minis-try! This vibrant, deeply inspira onal and informa ve week-end includes engaging workshops to help you live out Divine Mercy first with your spouse and family. There are opportuni es to network with others, visit relevant exhibits, enjoy amazing food and music, and par cipate in recita on of the Rosary, Chaplet and Mass. For more informa on and to register, visit www.archspm.org/Events, or contact Sonya (651-291-4488). Early-bird registra on ends March 15. This event is presented by the Cana Family Ins tute, in partnership with the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Saint Cloud.

March 20, 2016 Have a great week! Palm Sunday

St. Nicholas, Pray for us!

Holy Week Schedule:

The Adora on Chapel will close on Thursday, March 24 at 6 p.m. and remain closed un l Tuesday, March 29 a er the morning Mass.

If you are interested in signing up to become a regular adorer or dedi-cated subs tute, please contact our temporary lead coordinator, Jean Moeller at 952-461-4552 or at maulor@msn.com. You may also sign up online at h p://www.stncc.net/available-adora on-hours.

Eucharis c Adora on

Mar 24 @ 7pm Lector: Kendra Caduff, Chuck Mathews Ministers: Julie Nelson, Chris Kuehl, Norleen Lane Dana Meyer, Mary Kay Forland Ushers: Ron Chlan, Mike Chlan Mar 25 @ 3pm Lector: Ma Damiani, Gail Mathews Ministers: Chuck Mathews, Chris Kuehl, Mike Cole Ushers: Ron Chlan, Gary Vosejpka Mar 26 @ 8pm Lector: Chuck Mathews, Gail Mathews Ministers: Dana Meyer, Chris Kuehl, Mike Cole Ushers: Doug Serie, Dan Heselton Mar 27 @ 8am Lector: Mike Moeller Ministers: Jolene Pierson, Larry Caduff, Joyce Anderson Ushers: Sco Steele, Gary Vosejpka Mar 27 @ 10am Lector: Tom McCabe Ministers: Julie Nelson, Tom Streefland, Denise Anderson Ushers: Richard Hanke, Dennis Anderson

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All preschool and kindergarten aged children and their parents are invited to Story Time and School Preview Day at Holy Cross on Tues-day, March 22, at 10 AM. Mike the Baker will present a 45-minute interac ve program that includes stories of his life as a baker, includ-ing a giant rolling pin, whisk and mixing bowl, and chocolate chip cookies. A me to explore our early childhood offerings will fol-low the program. The event is free and the public is welcome. Enrollment for 2016-2017 is now open. Holy Cross offers excellent academics, small class sizes, a nurturing environment, and values-based instruc on that develops character and virtue. Call Anne at 952-652-6100 for a tour or more informa on and find out how Holy Cross can benefit your child.

Why is Easter so Early this Year? By Daniel King and Tyler Langford As you all know, Easter celebrates the Chris an belief of Jesus’ Resurrec on, but how do they determine the date of this special occasion? Easter is set around the me of the March equinox. The dates of other Chris an holidays depend on the date of Easter. These in-clude: Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Ascension Day, and Pentecost. Some churches celebrate Easter on the day of Passover and some on the Sunday a er. It all depends on which calendar one follows; the Julian Calendar or the Gregorian Calendar. All in all, the date of Easter is determined by what year it is, what calendar one follows, and which religion one is a part of.

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