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Serving the People of Rutland, Oakham and Hubbardston
April 19, 2020
258 Main St. Rutland, Massachusetts - Website: stpatricksrutland.org
St. Patrick Parish Parish Center: 9 Pommogussett Rd. 508-886-4984 FAX 508-886-2897 Rev. James Boland, Pastor Residence: 508-886-4309 290 Main St. Rutland E-Mail: [email protected] Deacon Pierre Gemme: E-Mail: [email protected] Deacon Brian Stidsen: E-Mail: [email protected] Denise A. Skrocki, Office Manager Office Hours for email and phone service only: 9:00 –2:00 Monday-Thursday
E-Mail: [email protected] Directors of Religious Education: Christine Mulry, Grades 1-5 508-886-2010 E-Mail: [email protected] Jean Urbanowski, Grades 6-11 508-886-2010 E-Mail: [email protected] Diocese of Worcester Office of Healing & Prevention Victim Services Coordinator Judith Audette, LICSW 508-726-2880 49 Elm Street Worcester, MA 01609
PUBLIC EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS Are Suspended Until Further Notice
You may view “Live streaming” Masses on Facebook: Search for St. Patrick Parish, Rutland
Saturday Live Streaming 11:00 am Sunday Live Streaming 9:30 am
Weekday Live Streaming Mass Monday through Thursday at 8:00 am
Baptism: Parents are asked to call the Parish Office to arrange for instructions and Baptismal date.
Marriage: Couples planning marriage should contact the Pastor at least one year in advance. Participation in a Marriage Preparation Program is expected.
Reconciliation: Saturday Drive Up 3:30-5:00 pm, see bulletin, or by Appointment, call 508-886-4309, or email: [email protected] Home & Hospital Visitation: Please notify us if you know of someone who is ill or homebound. New Parishioners: Welcome! We hope that you will become an active part of our parish family. Please introduce yourselves at your first opportunity, or call the Parish Center to register.
Prayer Request Line: Call with your requests. 508- 886-2206 Paula Stidsen or [email protected] 508- 886-4724 Jackie O’Brien
PROTECTING OUR YOUTH AND CHILDREN
If you or someone you know has been sexually abused by a priest, religious or lay person working for the Church, and you want to share feelings of hurt or betrayal, call Judith Audette, Victim Services Coordinator, Office of Healing and Prevention, 508-929-4363 (direct, confidential line).
Handicap accessibility by the elevator entrance on the left driveway side of the Church building.
We thank you for the unique gifts you have given us to foster your kingdom here on earth.
always placing you at the center of our lives.
Open our hearts to realize we are blessed and
entrusted to us, to share our time, our talent
St. Patrick’s Parish Rutland, MA
What is the status of Mass Intentions
that have already been scheduled? All Mass intentions will be offered by Fr. Jim
during one of the Live Streamed Masses. If you would like to reschedule your intention for a
future Mass when Public Masses resume, please call the Parish Office.
* Person is living
Saturday, April 18: Live Streaming Mass
11:00 am June Kane, 2nd Anniversary
Requested by her daughter Cindy Merchant
Sunday, April 19: Live Streaming Mass
9:30 am J immy Dunn, 2nd Anniversary
Requested by Jo-Ann and Katie
Monday, April 20: Live Streaming Mass
8:00 am * For the Clergy and Staff at St. Patrick’s
Requested by a Parishioner
Tuesday, April 21: Live Streaming Mass
8:00 am * The People of St. Patr ick’s
Wednesday, April 22: Live Streaming Mass
8:00 am All Souls in Purgatory
Thursday, April 23: Live Streaming Mass
8:00 am All Souls in Purgatory
Saturday, April 25: Live Streaming Mass
11:00 am Walter Lucier
Requested by the Family
Sunday, April 26: Live Streaming Mass
9:30 am Salvatore Morelli
Requested by the Family
Papal Tweet
This Face disfigured by wounds communicates great peace. His gaze is directed not to our eyes but to our heart, as if to say: Have faith, do not lose hope. The power of the love of
God, the power of the Risen One overcomes all things.
Weekly Schedule Sunday April 19
9:30 am Live Streaming Mass on Facebook 1:30 - 3:00 pm Drive-Up Confessions, Lower Parking Lot behind Parish Center
Monday April 20
8:00 am Live Streaming Mass on Facebook
Tuesday April 21
8:00 am Live Streaming Mass on Facebook
Wednesday April 22
8:00 am Live Streaming Mass on Facebook
Thursday April 23
8:00 am Live Streaming Mass on Facebook
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
11:00 am Live Streaming Mass on Facebook 3:30 - 5:00 pm Drive-Up Confessions, Lower Parking Lot behind Parish Center
April 20th: Adoration & Benediction
Modified to Live Streamed Holy Hour: 9:00 am – 10:00 am Live streamed Holy Hour from Fr. Jim’s Chapel. Includes the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and personal prayer time. The holy hour will be available all day for people to participate in, even though we cannot gather together.
May 9th: Beer, Brats and Blessings, CANCELLED
Mark Your Calendars
April 12, 2020 Mailed in/Electronic Collections
Higher Utilities $ 335.00 Easter Flowers $ 10.00 Easter Offering $ 2,280.00 Electronic Giving $ 1,304.90 Weekly Offering $ 2,458.00
$ 6,387.90
Catholic Relief Services $ 25.00
Holy Land - Good Friday $ 180.00
We are grateful to all who have been able to mail in their weekly offering or make use of on-line giving during this time.
It is a great help to us. Thank you!
Second Sunday of Easter—Sunday of Divine Mercy April 19, 2020
A Message from the Pastor... Dear Friends,
Today in the Church we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast instituted by St. John Paul II in which he re-sponded to Our Lord’s words to St. Faustina. What we are to do to obtain great graces on this feast
I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet (699).
One of the issues we can see with the feast day in this day is right now, what can we do when we can’t necessarily fulfill all the requirements of Divine Mercy Sunday to receive this grace. Fr. Chris Alar, the director of the National Shrine of Divine Mercy (only a couple of hours from us out in Stockbridge) wrote about this very topic – how we can receive if we are in a particular situation where we can’t receive communion and even possibly not receive the Sacrament of Confession.
“Do these three things on Divine Mercy Sunday with the intention to turn away from sin in your life:
Make an Act of Contrition
[If] you are unable to get to Confession, make an Act of Contrition, instead. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Among the penitent's acts contrition occupies first place. Contrition is 'sorrow of the soul and detestation for the sin committed, together with the resolution not to sin again'" (1451).
You thereby will be completely forgiven of all sins, even “mortal sins if it includes the firm resolution to have recourse to sacramental confession as soon as possible” (Catechism, 1452).*
[Fr. Jim Note: Please be aware, we will have confessions on Saturday 3:30-5pm and Sunday 1:30-3pm]
Make a Spiritual Communion
Since churches are closed and you cannot receive Holy Communion, make a Spiritual Communion in-stead, asking God to come into your heart as if you received Him sacramentally — Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. For instance, you can say this:
Act of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You were already there, I embrace You and unite myself to You; permit not that I should ever be separated from You. Amen.
Again, do this act of trust with the intent to return to the sacrament of Holy Communion as soon as possible.
Say a prayer like this:
Lord Jesus Christ, You promised St. Faustina that the soul that has been to Confession [I’m unable, but I made an Act of Contrition] and the soul that receives Holy Communion [I’m unable, but I made a Spiritual Communion] will receive the complete forgiveness of all sins and punishment. Please, Lord Jesus Christ, give me this grace.*
Have a Blessed Divine Mercy Sunday!
God Bless, Fr. Jim *-https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/what-do-divine-mercy-sunday
Sunday of Divine Mercy Readings First Reading: Acts 2:42-47 (43A) They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need. Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart, praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting.
Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say, “His mercy endures forever.” Let those who fear the LORD say, “His mercy endures forever.”
I was hard pressed and was falling, but the LORD helped me. My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. The joyful shout of victory in the tents of the just:
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it.
Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you who by the power of God are safeguarded through faith, to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the final time. In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, as you attain the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Alleluia, Alleluia: You believe in me, Thomas, because you
have seen me, says the Lord; blessed are they who have not seen me, but still believe! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel: John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said t o them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
Now, Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name.
Rutland
Food
Pantry
Many of our friends have been asking how to make a cash donation to the Food Pantry. Donations may be sent to:
Rutland Food Pantry c/o St Patrick Parish PO Box 939 Rutland MA 01543
We do not have a special list of needed food items, as we realize the shortages that are occurring in our local stores. Be assured that any donation received is greatly appreciated.
We are working with local suppliers to get exactly what we need to fill our shelves. Due to an over-abundance of cau-tion for the safety of our volunteers, we would prefer any food donations be dropped off at St Patrick’s Church ONLY. From the volunteers and staff of the Rutland Food Pantry, we wish you and your loved ones all the Blessings and Joy of this Holy Easter Season.
Distribution Dates
Date Time
May
Thursday, May 07, 2020 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 23, 2020 9:00 - 11:00 AM
June
Thursday, June 11, 2020 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 27, 2020 9:00 - 11:00 AM
A vision of St Faustina where she understood that God blessed the world for the sake of Jesus.
Note the image of the Trinity, Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of Fatima.
