FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 03/22/20 VOL. 37 NO. 30

STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE

WEEKLY ATTENDANCE 240 ;Carville – 48

WEEKLY BUDGET $7,975.66

AMOUNT COLLECTED $3,783.00

NUMBER OF DONATIONS 69 There will be 2 envelopes on 04/4-5, reg. & Holy Land.

Your weekly donations help meet our immediate needs, repairs and

improvements. We thank all who give of their time, talent and

treasure to our parish community.

We always appreciate your generosity.

As we did last week, we are reading

today from the Gospel of John. In

today’s Gospel, the healing of the man

born blind invites us to focus on the

physical and spiritual aspects of sight and light. In the first

part of today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus’ response to a

prevalent belief of his time: that misfortune and disability

were the result of sin. That belief is why Jesus is asked the

question of whose sin caused the man’s blindness—his own

or his parents’. Jesus does not answer directly, but instead

gives the question an entirely different dimension—

through this man’s disability, God’s power will be made

manifest. Jesus then heals the man.

The healing is controversial because Jesus heals on

the Sabbath. The Pharisees, the religious authorities of

Jesus’ time, understood that the law of Moses forbade

work (including healing) on the Sabbath. They also have

trouble believing that Jesus performed a miracle. To

determine whether the man was really born blind, the

Pharisees question him and his parents. The

man challenges the leaders of the synagogue

about their assessment of the good that Jesus

has done. In turn, they expel the man for

questioning their judgment.

The final revelation and moment of

enlightenment comes when the man born blind

encounters Jesus again. Having heard the news of his

expulsion, Jesus seeks out the man born blind and reveals

himself to him as the Son of Man. In this moment, the man

born blind shows himself to be a man of faith and worships

Jesus. Jesus replies by identifying the irony of the

experience of many who encounter Jesus: Those who are

blind will now see, and those who think they now see will

be found to be blind.

As in last week’s Gospel about Jesus’

encounter with the Samaritan woman,

today’s reading has many allusions to

Baptism. The washing of the man in the pool

of Siloam is a prototype for Christian

Baptism. Through the man’s encounter with

Jesus, the man born blind is healed, his sight is restored,

and his conversion to discipleship begins. The man born

blind gradually comes to a greater understanding about

who Jesus is and what it means to be his disciple, while the

Pharisees (those who should see) are the ones who remain

blind.

Are you feeling the need to make a

commitment to a liturgical ministry? Listen for

God’s gentle push to a particular ministry. We know

you can do it. Call the office if you need some gentle

persuasion.

2019 tax statements are in the office for pick-up.

There are extra Pictorial Directories. If you

would like a copy please pick up a copy from the

table in the vestibule of church.

REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR HANDS!

Our Lenten Mission and Penance Service are on hold

until we receive further notice. We will advise when

we have notice.

Everything is on hold concerning the bus trip.

As we have the information necessary we will

pass it on to you.

There is sheet with various resources

listed and packets in the vestibule of

church. The church will be opened for

private individual prayer from 8 a.m. –

3 p.m.

The Ladies Altar Society is cancelling all activities. There will be no Easter Baskets made, and no meeting in April or May. Thanks to the LAS for all it does in our community. We will resume our activities when it is safe.

ALL MASSES AND CHURCH

ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE. THIS PRACTICE

WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL WE

RECEIVE FURTHER NOTICE FROM

THE BISHOP.

Read: Pope Francis’s prayer to Mary

during coronavirus pandemic

Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican March 11, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

O Mary, you always shine on our path

as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,

who at the cross took part in Jesus' pain, keeping your faith firm.

You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need,

and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee,

we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial.

Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father

and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings

and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross,

to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.

Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver

us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.

Sat. 21 9:00 a.m. 1st Eucharist Class

4:00 p.m. VIGIL

4th

Sunday of Lent

Sun. 22 7:00 a.m. MASS

8:30 a.m. MASS @ Carville

10:15 a.m. MASS

5:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Novena

5:00 p.m. Youth Group in PAC

Mon. 23 8:00 a.m. No Mass

6:30 p.m. Rel Ed Gr. 1-12

Tues. 24 7:00 a.m. Men’s Reflection Group

8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church

8:30 a.m. Adoration

6:00 p.m. RCIA

Wed. 25 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church

8:30 a.m. Divine Mercy Novena

6:30 p.m. Baptismal Seminar

Thurs. 26 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church

Fri 27 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church

6:00 p.m. Way of the Cross

Sat. 28 4:00 p.m. VIGIL

5th

Sunday of Lent

Sun. 29 7:00 a.m. MASS

8:30 a.m. MASS @ Carville

10:15 a.m. MASS

5:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Novena

Mon. 30 8:00 a.m. Fr. Gallagher will say Daily

Mass 6:30 p.m. Rel Ed Grades 1-12

6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N

Tues. 31 7:00 a.m. Men’s Reflection Group

8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church

8:30 a.m. Adoration

6:00 p.m. RCIA

6:00 p.m. KCs in PAC

6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N

APRIL FOOLS DAY

Wed. 01 8:00 a.m. Mass @ St. Gabriel

(church)

8:30 a.m. Divine Mercy Novena

6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N

Thurs. 02 8:00 a.m. Daily Mass in Church

6:30 p.m. M-I-S-S-I-O-N

DAILY READINGS

4th

Sunday of Lent

1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ephesians 5:8-14;

John 9:1-41

Monday, March 23 Daily Readings

Isaiah 65:17-21; John 4:43-54

Tuesday, March 24 Daily Readings

Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; John 5:1-6

Wednesday, March 25 Daily Readings

Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10; Hebrews 10:4-10;

Luke 1:26-38

Thursday, March 26 Daily Readings

Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47

Friday, March 27 Daily Readings

Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Saturday, March 28 Daily Readings

Jeremiah 11:18-20; John 7:40-53

5th

Sunday of Lent

Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11;

John 11:1-45

Pray for our Sick and Homebounds: Frank Banta, Sr.,

Betty Jean Barbay, Phyllis Babin, Joan Chapman, Melissa

Conrad, Joyce Crochet, Ruby Edmonston, Lily Fairchild,

Eunice Fairchild, Carolyn Harelson,

John Johnson, Mary Belle

Landaiche, Michael & Carolyn

(Punkin) Landaiche, Genie LaPlace,

Eugene LeBlanc, Sr., Anthony &

Bessie Pizzolato, Flory Reynolds,

Allen Reynolds, Sheryl Rodeillat,

Charles Spedale, and Louise Thibodeaux. Include in your

prayers all of the sick & suffering in our families especially

those living in nursing homes. Also, pray for peace in the

world, & for all men and women in our armed forces.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR NAME REMOVED FROM

THIS LIST, PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE.

WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

03/23 8:00 a.m. No Mass 03/24 8:00 a.m. Special Intentions 03/25 8:00 a.m. Jeanne Johnson; Brennan Rube; Templet-Blanchard Families; David Templet 03/26 8:00 a.m. Dewey Hymel Family & Betty 03/27 8:00 a.m. Roy-Duhon-Broussard Families 03/28 4:00 p.m. For the Parish 03/29 7:00 a.m. Deceased of Father Charlie’s Family 10:15 a.m. Marjorie Acosta; Ourso Family; Pauline Jeansonne; Herman Warthen, Jr. 03/30 8:00 a.m. In Thanksgiving