HOLY WEEK

Mon-Wed: Regular Masses + 12:10pm Holy Thursday Mass: 6:30pm

Good Friday Liturgy: 3pm (Remember to fast and abstain from meat on this day)

Easter Vigil, Apr 15: 8pm (No 4pm) Easter Sunday Masses: 6:30am, 8am, 10am

(No 5pm)

Clergy Fr. Mark Derise, Pastor

Bishop Emeritus M. Jarrell, In Residence Deacon Cliff Tanner

Trustees John Allen Prejean

Elsie Smith

Parish Office Hours Mon.-Thurs. 10am-4pm

and Fri. 10am-12pm

For information on contacting par ish staff see page 7, and for Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic

School information see page 5.

April 9, 2017 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s

Passion Increase the faith of those who place their hope in you, O God, and graciously hear the prayers

of those who call on you, that we, who today hold high

these branches to hail Christ in his triumph,

may bear fruit for you by good works accomplished in him.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Mail us: P.O. Box 610 Visit us: 1110 Old Spanish Trail

Scott, LA 70583 Call us: (337) 235-2433 Fax us: (337) 233-4868

STS. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH Est. 1904

Contact or Visit Us Virtually: Email: stspeterandpaulscott@hotmail.com Web-site: www.stspeterandpaulscott.org

Diocesan Website: www.diolaf.org And like us on Facebook!

CONFESSION TIMES

Saturdays 3:00-3:45pm; Sundays 6:00-6:15am, 7:30-7:45am,

9:15-9:45am, & 4:15-4:45pm; 30 minutes before weekday Masses

and by personal appointment.

If a temporary illness or permanent disability keeps you or someone you know from Sunday Mass: Please contact the par ish office to inquire about Holy Communion visits for the homebound.

Religious Education of the Youth: Contact the CCD office for inquires and registration of new students grades 1-8. Contact the parish office for inquiries and registration of new students grades 9-11.

New Parishioners should complete the form found in church and on our website (Policies and Forms, Census Form) then return it to the office.

Please contact the office to donate an Easter Lily in memory of a loved one for

the Easter Season.

Pick out your socks SLOWLY this Holy Week

This Lent has been a whirlwind. The circus-like atmosphere of the election season, travel-ing, and work has kept me busy and distracted.

The other day a local L’Arche community came to our convent and gave a presentation. L’Arche is a worldwide movement founded by Jean Vanier in which people with develop-mental disabilities or “core members” live together with “assistants” in a familial, homey atmosphere.

During the presentation, one of the assistants, Emma, shared an experience she had help-ing a core member named Katie pick out a pair of socks for the day.

Shamrocks? No.

Purple socks with yellow polka dots? No.

Katie examined the socks and then carefully put them to the side.

Emma said, “As I was standing there, I thought …”

Before she finished, I filled in the blank in my mind: How annoying! How long is this go-ing to take? Arghh!

But that is not what she said. “I thought, I am really lucky to be here, to be present to the world, even for a second, like Katie is,” Emma finished.

To be present to the world.

I was home recently and spent some time with my three-year-old niece, Ella. One day, as we were rushing out the door, Ella insisted on buckling the four buckles on her shoes by herself.

“We are in a hurry, Ella!” I said, irritated.

Ella looked at me completely serene, as if we had all the time in the world, and said firm-ly, “I do it myself.”

This Holy Week, I am taking a cue from Ella and Katie, two people who approach life in a way that allows them to savor each moment.

The clouds of incense on Holy Thursday, the dark, bare drama of Good Friday juxtaposed with the gold and white of lilies crowding the sanctuary on the Easter Vigil.

I want to taste and touch and feel every moment of this Holy Triduum, this pause in our year, this gift that allows us to celebrate the fact that we have been saved.

We may feel lost in the whirlwind of our lives and crazy current events, but we have been saved.

We have been saved.

Just for this week I refuse to be derailed. I will enter the silence of salvation, the pause in our liturgical cycle, the epicenter of history with Jesus. The circus will continue, but in the meantime hopefully you can find me, like Ella and Katie, being present, being with Jesus.

(This article was selected by Max, SPP Youth Minister, written by Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble and can be found out: http://aleteia.org/2016/03/22/pick-out-your-socks-slowly-this-holy-week/)

Commentary Corner This week’s commentary explains the significance of the Jewish Passover Seder.

The synoptic evangelists identify the Last Supper as a Passover supper, traditionally called a Seder meal. This is significant because the Passover Seder is a liturgical feast resonant with themes of redemption and thanksgiving. It commemorates Israel’s exodus deliverance from Egypt and the covenant forged between the Lord and his people. In ancient Israel, these events were celebrated with a meal of lamb, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs (Exod 12:8). The lamb was sacrificed and eaten in memory of Israel’s escape from death (Exod 12:21-27). Unleavened bread symbolized the haste with which Israel fled from bondage on Passover night (Exod 12:33-34), and bitter herbs reminded them of the bitterness of slavery left behind (Exod 1:13-14). In later centuries the Seder developed into a more elaborate ritual feast. The meal of the lamb, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs remained central, but the menu was expanded with other items too, such as wine, green herbs, and a mixture of fruits and nuts mashed together with cinna-mon and wine called haroset. Hymns of praise also became a regular fea-ture of the paschal liturgy (Pss 113-118, called the Hallel Psalms), as did a formal retelling of the exodus story (called the Passover Haggadah). Jewish participants were to regard the Passover as more than just a time to remember their history They were to think of themselves as reliving the exodus, as coming forth again from Egypt and tasting the Lord’s salva-tion anew. It was to be a liturgical memorial in which the past and present come together as one (Exod 12:14).

From Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture

Minute Meditation “Prayer joined to sacrifice

constitutes the most power-ful force in human history”

-Pope St. John Paul II

Catechism of the Catholic Church Jesus' ascent to Jerusalem: 557 “When the days drew near for him to be taken up [Jesus] set his face to go to Jerusalem.” By this decision he indi-cated that he was going up to Jerusalem prepared to die there.

558 Jesus recalls the martyrdom of the prophets who had been put to death in Jerusalem. Nevertheless he persists in calling Jerusalem to gather around him: “How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!” When Jerusalem comes into view he weeps over her and expresses once again his heart's desire: “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.”

Jesus' messianic entrance into Jerusalem: 559 How will Jerusalem welcome her Messiah? Although Jesus had always refused popular at-tempts to make him king, he chooses the time and prepares the details for his messianic entry into the city of “his father David”. Acclaimed as son of David, as the one who brings salvation (Hosanna means “Save!” or “Give salvation!”), 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. And so the subjects of his kingdom on that day are children and God's poor, who ac-claim him as had the angels when they announced him to the shep-herds. Their acclamation, “Blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord”, is taken up by the Church in the “Sanctus” of the Eucharistic liturgy that introduces the memorial of the Lord's Passover.

560 Jesus' entry into Jerusalem manifested the coming of the kingdom that the King-Messiah was going to accomplish by the Passover of his Death and Resurrection. It is with the celebration of that entry on Palm Sunday that the Church's liturgy solemnly opens Holy Week.

Rome Sweet Home Today’s liturgy teaches us that the Lord has not saved us by his triumphal entry or by means of powerful miracles. The Apostle Paul, in the second reading, epit-omizes in two verbs the path of redemption: Jesus “emptied” and “humbled” himself (Phil 2:7-8). These two verbs show the boundlessness of God’s love for us. Jesus emptied himself: he did not cling to the glory that was his as the Son of God, but be-came the Son of man in order to be in solidarity with us sinners in all things; yet he was without sin. Even more, he lived among us in “the condition of a serv-ant” (v. 7); not of a king or a prince, but of a servant. There-fore he humbled himself, and the abyss of his humiliation, as Holy Week shows us, seems to be bot-tomless.

-Pope Francis, Homily 3/20/16

Please pray for those in our parish who suffer mental and physical ailments and disabilities

If you are interested in becoming Catholic or receiving Confirmation as an adult, or if you simply want to learn more about your faith, contact the office to inquire about RCIA. “Jesus said to them, ‘Come, and you will see’” (John 1:39).

Parish Announcements

Time, Talent, or Treasure

Jesus enters Jerusalem and, for the first time, permits the crowd to give him the homage owed to a king. The crowd takes the cloaks from their backs to cover the path taken by the ass and colt Jesus rides. To the people of a democratic nation, this act of reverence for one man might seem shocking and even repulsive. But Jesus is not merely a man, and he is not merely a king, but, indeed, he is the God-man and, therefore, the King of kings. When Jesus appears in our midst disguised as the poor; or when he dwells in our homes wear-ing the faces of our children and spouses; or when he acts through the person of the priest at Holy Mass; how do we respond? Do we lay down our cloak for him who died to be King of our lives? Do we offer him our time, talent, and treasure befitting a Lover who was fir st so generous as to give us his life?

Collection Report Apr 1/2

Regular Total: $12,239.75 Renovation: $ 5,684.00 Total: $17,923.75

That Man is You: A Peace Not of this World: Peace is the presence of God: this week we learn to bring peace into the world. Tues. Apr. 11 @ 5am in the parish hall; optional breakfast available for $7.

The Come, Lord Jesus Bible Study meeting Wed. at 6:30pm in the CCD Bldg. will be using a special Lenten edition aimed to help us deepen our awareness of Jesus' sacrificial life and death and the victory He claimed for each of us. All are welcome.

On Sun. Apr. 23 at the 10am Mass, children from our parish will receive Holy Communion for the first time. Their families are likely to also be in attendance. If you usually attend the 10am Sunday Mass please consider attending Mass at another time on this Sunday as seating will be limited.

WEEKLY EXPENSES: $17,000.00 MONTHLY EXPENSES: $68,000.00

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PUT OUR CHURCH AND SCHOOL IN YOUR

WILL.

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

GENEROSITY! 

On Holy Thursday Jesus washes the feet of the disciples and our feet:

“He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ‘Master, are you going to wash my feet?’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will un-derstand later.’ Peter said to him, ‘You will never wash my feet.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Unless I wash you, you will have no inher-itance with me.’...So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, ‘Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me “teacher” and “master,” and rightly so, for in-deed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teach-er, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.’” (Jn 13:6-8,12-15)

The Spiritual Care Unit (SCU), a mobile confessional operated by the Community of Jesus Crucified, will be available Apr. 10, 2-4 pm @ Red’s Health Club (Lafayette); Apr. 12, 2-5pm @ St. Pius Church Park-ing Lot (Lafayette); Apr. 19, 12-1pm @ Our Lady of Lourdes RMC Parking Lot (Lafayette).

Chrism Mass is Thurs., Apr. 13, 10:30am. At the annual Chrism Mass priests from the around diocese gather to witness the bishop bless the oils used in the sacraments of Baptism, Anointing of the Sick, and Confirma-tion. All the lay faithful are invited.

Companions Along the Journey is a bereavement suppor t group meeting in the Kather ine Drexel Room of the Immaculata Center, 1408 Carmel Dr., 70501, every second Monday of the month. For more info call the Office of Pro-Life Apostolate, 337-261-5607. CAJ also meets the second Thurs. of every month from 6:30-8:30pm in Rm #1 of the new CCD bldg. at Sts. Peter and Paul in Scott.

For a complete list of where you can find Catholic programming on television and radio, please visit https://www.diolaf.org/rtv

Pray for Our Priests & Seminarians

Apr 9 Rev. Joseph Hund, OFM & Rev. Mr. Matthew

Hebert

Apr 10 Rev. Godwin Imoru & Nicholas Hebert

Apr 11 Bishop Sam Jacobs & Sal Istre

Diocesan Announcements

Apr 12 Rev. Thomas James, SVD & Andrew Killeen

Apr 13 Rev. Johnathan Janise & Luke Kirk

Apr 14 Rev. Rofinus Jas, SVD & Hayden Lacour

Apr 15 Rev. Stanley Jawa, SVD & Joshua LaFleur

A Prayer for Priests by St. Therese of Lisieux God our Father, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

I ask You to bless and strengthen the spiritual renewal and vitality of all priests so that your Church may shine more resplendently and bear witness to Your presence in our world today.

I recommend to You the priests dearest to me especially [Name priests]. O Jesus, keep them all close to Your Sacred Heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School

Living Way of the Cross – Please join us for the Living Way of the Cross on Tuesday, April 11th at 6:00pm in the cafeteria.

Easter Break – Students will dismiss at 11:00am on Holy Thursday (4/13) for the Easter Break. Classes resume on Monday, April 24th.

International Dress Spirit Day – In celebration with Festival International de Louisiane, we will have an in-ternational dress spirit day on Friday, April 28th. Students are invited to wear native dress attire representative

of any country.

Teacher Appreciation Week – We will celebrate our teachers and all the gifts they share with our students the week of May 1-5, 2017. Dismissal on Friday, May 5th will be at 11:00am.

Save the Date: The 11th annual Knights Classic Golf Tournament is scheduled for Monday, May 8th. Please save the date and register early. Registration/Sponsor forms can be found on the school website.

Our Catholic School News

Teurlings Catholic

The Teurlings Athletics App can be purchased in the iTunes store and is designed to give users up-to-date game schedules.

Teurlings participates in the FundingFactory® Recycling Program which earns cash for the school when they recycle printer inkjet and laser cartridges. Support TCH by bringing your

cartridges to the front office.

Thanks to the RABC moms, the Swap Shop is now open every Thurs. from 7-7:30am. Uni-forms can be purchased for $5 or trade one-for-one of your gently used uniforms.

Visit them: 139 Teurlings Drive Lafayette, LA 70501

Call them: (337) 235-5711 Fax them: (337) 234-8057

Contact or Visit Them Virtually: Web-site: www.tchs.net

Email: feedback@tchs.net And Like Them on Facebook!

Sts. Peter and Paul & Teurlings Catholic

Visit them: 1301 Old Spanish Trail Scott, LA 70583

Call them: (337) 504-3400 Fax them: (337) 504-4995

Contact or Visit Them Virtually: Web-site: www.sts-peter-paul.org

Email: info@sts-peter-paul.org And Like Them on Facebook!

Dr. Robert Richard, Principal Jim Andrepont, Advisory Council Chair

Fr. Hampton Davis, Chancellor Mr. Michael Boyer, Principal

To Channel His Spirit for the Glory of God

Sacramental Information

Baptism: Expectant parents should contact the office four to six (4 - 6) months before the birth of the child.

Marriage: Couples planning marr iage need to make an appointment with one of the pastor at least six months before the intended wedding date to begin the preparation process. A wedding date cannot be scheduled without approval of the pastor.

Anointing of the Sick: Contact the office to schedule an appointment, home or nursing home visit, and, if death is immanent, contact the office for immediate action.

First Communion and Confirmation: Contact the Elementary DRE or High School DRE respectively.

Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Staff

Secretary & Bookkeeper Monica D. Laperous

Dir. of Religious Ed. for Elementary School Students Janet Hebert

Dir. of Religious Ed. for High School Students & Youth Minister A. Max Harrington

Choir Director Yvette Weber Broussard

Weekly Parish Calendar

April 15/16 Eucharistic Ministers, Readers, and Altar Servers*

PAGE SEVEN

Weekly Events: Sun - Come, Lord Jesus Bible Study@6pm in CCD Bldg.; AA @ 8pm in Rm 11; Tues - 9am Rosary in Cry Room; Come, Lord Jesus Bible Study@9:30am in CCD Bldg.; AA @ 7pm in

Rm 11; Wed - 10am Prayer Group in Cry Room; 6pm Choir Practice; Come, Lord Jesus Bible

Study@6:30pm in CCD Bldg.; AA @ 8pm in Rm 11; Thurs - AA @ 7pm in Rm 11; Fri - AA @ 8pm in

Rm 11; Sat - AA @ 7pm in Rm 11 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Mon-Fri after the morning Mass until 5pm

SUN 9 MON 10 TUES 11 WED 12 THURS 13 FRI 14 SAT 15

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

IS 50:4-7 PS 22 PHIL 2:6-11 MT 26:14- 27:66

Bible Time-line@6:30pm in Hall

IS 42:1-7 PS 27 JN 12:1-11

TMIY@5am in Hall

Knights of Columbus @7pm in the hall

IS 49:1-6 PS 71 JN 13:21-33, 36-38

IS 50:4-9A PS 69 MT 26:14-25

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper @ 6:30pm

EX 12:1-8 PS 116 1 COR 11:23- 26 JN 13:1-15

Good Friday of the Lord’s Pas-sion; Litur-gy@3pm

IS 52:13-53:12 PS 31 HEB 4:14, 16;5:7-9 JN 18:1-19:42

Easter Vigil

GN 1:1-2:2 [Several read-ings on the vig-il are optional] ROM 6:3-11 PS 118 MT 28:1-10

Masses Eucharistic Ministers Readers Altar Servers

Sat. Apr 15 @ 8pm

Tommie & Susan Ducharme, Dn. Tanner

Jay Cormier Jackson Andrepoint, Damon Apple, Luke Broussard, Jackson Lastrapes

Sun. Apr 16 6:30am 8am 10am 5pm

Louise Credeur, Stephanie Hendrix

JoAnn Tanner, Debbie Boudreaux, Carral Menard, Elsie Smith, Brenda Reemer Glenn Landry, Jeanie Sullivan, Dn. Tanner No Mass

Warren and Ginger Sensat Cindy LeBlanc Stacey Thibodeaux No Mass

Adrienne Hendrix, Isabelle Sabatier, Mary-Ester Leblanc, Abigail Mahne Colin Benoit, Conner Benoit, Madison Lenox, Lily Luneau Addison Harrington, Mallory Harrington, Hayden Vice, Megan Whittington No Mass

*Please remember: if you are unable to attend your scheduled Mass, you are responsible for finding a substitute

Holy Sacri ice of the Mass Offered For: Saturday, April 8 @ 4:00pm: DupreHebert,CaritaCredeur,Adley&BeverlyScrantz,EmetileDBourque&EdwardBourqueSr.(L),DavidL.“Boo”Prejean,MollieDomingue,Dol&DonMontoucet,Ri-taBroussard,JoeAlleman,Evan&LouiseDomingue,Paul&LeaBrown,WalterHebert,SybilAllemanSunday, April 9 @ 6:30am: ForthePeople

Sunday, April 9 @ 8:00am: AudreyMenard,SpiritualHealingSunday, April 9 @ 10:00am:RayfordG.Domingue,DeannaSonnier,LauriceDubuc,Gene&LouisProvost,CharlieProvost,Waver&SostheneGuidry,CarlGuidry,Adrian&EulaliaVega,PaulSr.&Clari-neMartin,WilliamR.Martin,LeliaDoucet,SylviaComeaux,RickyBriggs,DonaldC.Richard,Ida&LeeBergeron,DeceasedFlyofDudleyLan,Dr.TomHernandezSunday, April 9 @ 5:00pm:Carrol&ShirleyLavergne,LauraCredeur

Monday, April 10 @ 12:10pm: DanaD.Boutin(Anniv.Death)Monday, April 10 @ 5:30pm: N/A Tuesday, April 11 @ 8:30am: PaytonSavoy(L)(HB)Tuesday, April 11 @ 12:10pm:N/A

Wednesday, April 12 @ 6:30am: HadenSavoy(L)(HB),RitaThibodeauxWednesday, April 12 @ 12:10pm: MarkPitre,Sr.(Anniv.)Thursday, April 13 @ 6:30pm: JedMoon,Jr.,Ryan&LaurenLeBlanc(L)(Anniv.),M/MLouisBearb,MadelineStoute,CoraMeche,EmmaBearb,LauraCredeur

Prayer for Palm Sunday and Holy Week

This prayer is designed to be said within the family before a Crucifix on Palm Sunday and during Holy Week.

Mother or a child: Dear ly beloved, in Holy Week, when the most bitter suffer ings of Jesus Christ are put before us by the liturgy, the Church invites us to come to Calvary and follow in the blood-stained footsteps of the Divine Redeemer, to carry the Cross willingly with Him, to repro-duce in our hearts His spirit of expiation and atonement, and to die together with Him.

Father: We ought to glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ

Family: in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection.

Father: Let us pray. All-powerful, eternal God, You have chosen to give mankind a model of humil-ity; our Savior took on our flesh, and subjected Himself to the Cross. Grant us the grace to preserve faithfully the lessons He has given us in his Passion and to have a share in His resurrection. This we ask of You through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.

Family: Amen. Favor this dwelling, Lord, with Your presence. Far from it repulse all the wiles of Sa-tan. Your holy angels, let them live here, to keep us in peace. And may your blessing remain always upon us. This we ask of You through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.

Father: Let us bless the Lord.

Family: Thanks be to God.

Father: May the almighty and merciful Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless and keep us.

Family: Amen

CHURCH NAME AND ADDRESS Sts. Peter and Paul Church #525201 1110 Old Spanish Trail Scott, LA 70583 TELEPHONE 337 235-2433 CONTACT PERSONS Max Harrington EMAIL: harrington.alexander@gmail.com SOFTWARE MSPublisher 2016 Adobe Acrobat X Windows 10 PRINTER HP Laserjet 6P TRANSMISSION TIME Tues. Apr. 4 @ 12:00pm SUNDAY DATE OF PUBLICATION April 9, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES SENT 1 through 9 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS