March 22, 2020Fourth Sunday of Lent

Corpus Christi Catholic Church6300 McKenna Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36608

Email: Church@CorpusChristiParish.com ! Website: www.CorpusChristiParish.com

PARISH OFFICE HOURSMonday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Parish Office: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313School Office: 342-5474, ext. 1 • Fax 380-0325Rel. Ed. Office: 342-5474, ext. 7 • Fax 380-0325Full-Day Care: 342-2424 • Fax 343-3119Youth Ministry: 342-1852 • Fax 342-6313

PASTORAL STAFF

Very Reverend James F. Zoghby, V.F.Reverend John S. BoudreauxDeacon Arthur W. RobbinsMrs. Kristy F. Martin, School PrincipalMrs. Jennifer S. Pritchett, Parish Catechetical LeaderMr. Peter J. Stoyka, Youth Ministry Director

TO REGISTER AS A MEMBER OF THE PARISH

Please fill out a Census Form. Census Forms areavailable in the church vestibule and parish office.

COMMUNITY CENTER RENTALS & SERVICES

For rental information and catering services, pleasecall the parish office at 342-1852 or 342-1420.

SUNDAY MASSES

Vigil: 5:30 p.m. SaturdayMorning: 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.

WEEKDAY MASSES

6:30 a.m. Mass: Monday through Friday8:15 a.m. Mass: Monday through Saturday

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday: 5:00 p.m. and by request, particularlyafter the 6:30 & 8:15 a.m. weekday Masses.

BAPTISM, MARRIAGE, ANOINTING OF SICK

Please call the parish office (342-1852) for informationand scheduling baptism, marriage, anointing of sick.

ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (R.C.I.A.)

Please see published schedule for specific dates andtimes, or call the parish office (342-1852).

SUNDAY SCHOOL: Grades K–12, Sundays duringschool year, 10:05-10:55 a.m. in school bldgs.

SCHOOL Grades PreK2 through 8. Info: 342-5474,ext. 1, or email kmartin@CorpusChristiParish.com.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

LentFriday Stations of the Cross – 6:30 p.m.

Friday Evening Mass – 7:00 p.m.Through April 3

Communal Reconciliation ServiceMonday, April 6, 7 p.m.

ADULT RELIGIOUS

EDUCATION and R.C.I.A.

Continuing EducationFor Catholic and other Adults

to learn more aboutand/or join the Catholic Church.

Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.In the Adult Ed. Room in the Community Center

Presented by Fr. James F. Zoghby

Info: Speak to one of the priests at 342-1852 oremail Church@CorpusChristiParish.com

Women of MaryThursdays, 3 p.m. in the Parish House

All women are welcome to meet for prayer, reading the Gospel, and discussion.Facilitator: Sr. Deborah Kennedy, R.S.M., 753-4872.

MEN OF ST. JOSEPH All men are welcome to meet for prayer, Gospel reflection, fellowship.

Tuesdays, 7 to 8 a.m. in the Family RoomWednesdays, 7-8 p.m. in the Parish House

Tues. Info: Jay Cox, 401-6070 or Auburn50@hotmail.comWed. Info: David Sheffield, 423-5666 or David.sheffield@uniti.com

Thursday Morning Women’s Bible Study9:15 to 10:45 a.m. in the Conference Rm, 2nd floor of Community Ctr.Nursery. Info: Patti Hughes, 401-9623 or pm.hughes@comcast.net.

Tuesday Night Bible Study6:30 p.m., Tuesdays in the Parish House.

Dave Burchette, 367-6660 or davebur1955@gmail.com.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul Meetings: 1st & 3rd Mon. of month, at 6:30 p.m., The Parish House. Poor Box, Food, Clothing donations and “In-Need” Drop Box at the SVDP table in the vestibule. To seek help, call 251-366-6443. For further info, please visit our website: SVDPCCC.org.

Easter Sunday, April 12 Followed by Easter Egg Hunt at 1:30 p.m.

Jazz Brunch

in the Banquet HallWith Jazz Musicians Performing Live!

2nd Sunday of the Month(Every month except June, July, August)

Buffet Served from 12 Noon to 1:30 p.m.$15 for Adults ! $7 for Children (Age 12 & under)

No reservations required. Just pay at the door.

h Menu hBananas Foster French Toast

Maple Glazed Pit HamScrambled Eggs h Bacon and Sausage

Cheese Grits and Traditional GritsMacaroni and Cheese

Honey Roasted CarrotsDeviled Egg Display

Honey Lime Fruit SaladCarrot Cake

hOmelet Station:

Cheddar, Swiss, Jalapenos, MushroomsSpinach, Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes, Bacon, Ham

hCoffee, Tea, Orange Juice

Spa Waterh

Mimosas with Orange Slice(available for a donation)

Sing with the Choirat the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass

Practice in the church 30 minutes before 11 a.m. Mass. Instrumentalist? Check with director, Stephanie Callan.

Who wants to be an Altar Server?

Notify the parish office at 342-1852 or emailChurch@CorpusChristiParish.com.

You may also contact Mike Martin, Director ofAltar Servers at 251-391-8666.

Once a month3rd Sunday 5:30 p.m. Mass

During the school year (Sept. to April), we have an extra SundayMass the 3rd Sunday of each month. Youth Ministry students serve.

No Sunday School Classes until after Easter.Sunday School Classes will resume on April 19.

CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH, MOBILE, ALABAMA MARCH 22, 2020

Come and See

St. Joseph Seminary CollegeCome and join 100 other young men

from around the southeast

to learn more about the seminary,

to grow in your faith

and consider God’s plan for you.

Friday, April 3 – Palm Sunday, April 5Meet at 400 Government St. on Friday, April 3, at 11 a.m.

Return there on Sunday, April 5, at 4 p.m.

No CostTransportation from Mobile to the Seminary and return trip free.

In order to register, you must be at leasta Junior in High School and 16 years old to 35 year old.

Fr. Victor Ingalls will be leading the group.

Contact Margie Lilly to register:Mlilly@MobArch.org or 251-415-3871.

40 DAYS FOR LIFEThrough Palm Sunday, April 5

We want to cover the abortion site in prayer from 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.through Palm Sunday, April 5. To sign up for vigil hours, visitwww.40daysforlife.com/mobile,contact Steve Pierre at 458-6188, or Mae Rehm, 251-554-2032 or maemouse@aol.com..

Year-round Baby Showerfor newborn babies through 2B Choices for Women

Place new diapers and items for newborns in the box in the vestibule.

2B Choices for WomenWalking With Moms In Need: A Year of Service

Kickoff EventWednesday, March 25, 4:30–6:00 p.m.

Catholic Social Services188 S. Florida St..

Light Refreshments Provided

For more information visit:www.WalkingWithMoms.org

Rice Bowls for LentRice Bowls and instructions are in the vestibule.

Visit CRSricebowl.org for more infoPlease return your Rice Bowl by Tuesday, March 27,in or at the giant Rice Bowl in the church vestibule.

Do you have a vocation to thepriesthood or religious life?

Pray and ask for God’s guidance.Contact Fr. Victor Ingalls, Director of Vocations at 251-415-3871 or vingalls@mobarch.org. or 400 Government St., Mobile, AL 36602.

BAPTIZED IN CHRISTParker Nicole Brown

Grayson Cooper Brown(children of Wilfred Arcard Brown & Portia Nicole Smith Brown)

MARRIED IN CHRISTRyan Andrew Rogers & Casey Theresa Prince

REST IN PEACECharles “Chuck” Weyman Harrison

FlowersThe flowers before the altar this weekend

are placed in memory ofToufic Saade

on the 2nd anniversary of his death.Given by his family.

FIRST COLLECTION: Tithing Offerings.SECOND COLLECTION: Catholic Relief Services.

FEB. 16TH BUILDING FUND ONLINE & COLLECTION: $3,876.34FEB. 16TH TITHING ONLINE & COLLECTION: $20,866.62

Thank You and God Bless YouGod bless all for tithing, contributions, bequests, remembrancesin wills in support of God’s work here at Corpus Christi Parish.To make a donation of stock, ask your financial manager, or

contact Sadee Snedigar at 470-1084 or atSadee.Snedigar@MorganStanley.com.

Receive a detail listing of your contributionsby mail, email or fax at any time:

Call 342-1852 or email Church@CorpusChristiParish.com

To set up Online Giving: Please go

to www.CorpusChristiParish.com; click “Church”; thenclick the green Online Giving icon on the left side of thechurch’s homepage. Follow the instructions to eithermake a one-time contribution, or set up a recurring

withdrawal, from a checking, saving or credit card account to tithingor building fund, school annual fund or other special collection. Forassistance, call 800-348-2886, ext 1, or the parish office, 342-1852.

Offering EnvelopesIf you wish to use Offering Envelopes, just notify the parish office (342-1852). An initial set will be sent toyou right away, and then, every two months, you willreceive a two-month’s supply of envelopes

Repent andBelieve

the Good News

Strong Enough To Be Kind Few virtues are more misunderstood or less appreciated

than that of Christian kindness. Unfortunately we tend to associate kindness with being “soft,” or “weak,” or even “a wimp.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Only the strong can be kind. Genuine kindness demands that we are sure enough in ourselves to forget ourselves and remember others. The truly kind person is one who is big enough to overlook the slights of others. Kindness is a virtue by which we meet the needs of others as well as our own. Jesus was strong enough to be kind to the children, the prostitutes, the public sinners, to the learned who came by night out of fear, to the mighty soldier who wanted his servant healed, and the countless men and women who were burdened by daily life. They knew they could find in Jesus a strength to be kind and a willingness to share the burdens of others. We each express kindness according to our gifts. Yet of this we can be sure: when we are strong enough to be kind, we are most like Jesus.

Fr. William F. Maestri, My Way Of The Cross Journal

God’s Fatherly/Motherly LoveGod’s love has many aspects. God loves us as our Father.

God’s love for us as our Father is a strong and faithful love —a love that is full of mercy. It is the reality of God’s love forus as our Father that explains why Jesus told us when we prayto address God as “Abba, Father.”“Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for thechild of her womb? Even should she forget, I will neverforget you. See, upon the palms of my hands I have writtenyour name.” (Isaiah 49:15-16)It is also true to say that God’s love for us is like that of aMother. God’s love is tender and merciful, patient and full ofunderstanding. In the scriptures and also in the living memoryof the Church, the love of God is indeed depicted and has beenexperienced as the compassionate love of a Mother. Jesushimself expressed a compassionate love when he wept overJerusalem, and when he said: “O Jerusalem ... how often haveI longed to gather your children as a hen gathers her chicksunder her wings ....” Pope John Paul II

The image of a mother and child is a sign of thetender and maternal love of God. Pope Benedict XVI

Nothing is so strong as gentleness;

nothing is so gentle as real strength. St. Francis de Sales

I would rather make mistakes in

kindness and compassion than workmiracles in unkindness and hardness. St. Theresa of Calcutta

Who has ever seen people persuaded

to love God by harshness? St. John of The Cross

I have never, never in all my life,

succeeded when I spoke with thefaintest trace of harshness. I havealways noted that if one wishes to moveanother’s mind one must be ever socareful not to embitter that person’sheart. St. Vincent de Paul

Do you want to know one of the best

ways to win over people and lead themto God? It consists in giving them joyand making them happy. St. Francis of Assisi

The more holy someone is, the more

cordial they should be with others. Although you may be pained becausetheir conversation is not what you wish,never keep aloof if you want to helpthem and win their love. St. Teresa of Avila

To love a human being means to

accept him, to love him as he is. If youwait to love him until he has got rid ofhis faults, until he is different, you areonly loving an idea. Blessed Julian of Norwich

The glory of Christianity is to conquer

by forgiveness. William Blake

May I be noman’s enemy,and may I be the friend ofthat which is eternal andabides. May I never quarrelwith those nearest me: andif I do, may I be reconciledquickly. May I love, seekand attain only that which isgood. May I wish for allpeople’s happiness, and envy none. May I neverrejoice in the ill-fortune of one who has wronged me. When I have done or said what is wrong, may I neverwait for the rebuke of others, but always rebukemyself until I make amends. May I win no victorythat harms either me or my opponent. May Ireconcile friends who are angry with one another. May I never fail a friend who is in danger. Whenvisiting those in grief, may I be able, by gentle andhealing words, to soften their pain. May I respectmyself. May I always keep tame that which rageswithin me. May I accustom myself to be gentle, andnever be angry with people because of theircircumstances. May I never discuss who is wickedand what wicked things he has done, but know goodmen, and follow in their footsteps. Prayer of St. Eusebius, c. 283-371

Take, O Lord,and receive my entireliberty, my memory, myunderstanding and mywhole will. All that I amand all that I possess youhave given me. I surrenderit all to you to be disposedof according to your will. Give me only your love andyour grace; with these I willbe rich enough, and will desire nothing more.

St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556

My Lord God,I have no ideawhere I am going.I do not see the road aheadof me. I cannot know forcertain where it will end. Nor do I really knowmyself, and the fact that Ithink I am following yourwill does not mean that I amactually doing so. But I believe that the desire toplease you does in fact please you. And I hope I havethat desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I willnever do anything apart from that desire. And I knowthat if I do this, you will lead me by the right road,though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I willtrust you always, though I may seem to be lost and inthe shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are everwith me, and you will never leave me to face myperils alone. Thomas Merton, 1915-1968

O merciful God,fill our hearts, we pray,with the graces of yourHoly Spirit: with love, joy,peace, patience, gentleness,goodness, faithfulness,humility and self-control. Teach us to love those whohate us; to pray for those who despitefully use us;that we may be children of your love, our Father,who makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good.And sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Inadversity grant us grace to be patient; in prosperitykeep us humble; may we guard the door of our lips;may we lightly esteem the pleasures of this world,and thirst after heavenly things; through JesusChrist our Lord. St. Anselm, c. 1033-1109

I have been all things unholy. If Godcan work through me, he can workthrough anyone. St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226

What Does “Hosanna” Mean?

Encyclopediasof the Bibleindicate that the “Hosanna!” wasa word whichwas a cry forsalvation. It canbe translated as“Do save us!” or“Save, we ask”or “Lord, grant

salvation!” That is its sense as it appears in Psalm118:2. On the Feast of Tents the people made aprocession with palms while singing hosanna. Theseventh day was called the Great Hosanna. Usedby crowds in the Gospels as Jesus entersJerusalem, “Hosanna!!” is a cry of praise, homage,supplication and joy used to recognize Jesus’ royalmessianic dignity. The cry of hosanna passed fromuse in the liturgy of the synagogues to our use inthe Christian liturgy where it continues to be ashout of praise and honor. A sk A Franciscan, © St. Anthony Messenger Press

When does Lent end? The start of the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supperon Holy Thursday marks the end of the Season of Lentand the beginning of the Easter Triduum (the ThreeDays: The 1st day, from Holy Thursday evening toGood Friday evening; the 2nd day, from Good Fridayevening to Holy Saturday evening; the 3rd day, fromHoly Saturday evening to Easter Sunday evening). Most people continue their Lenten penances untilafter their celebration of either the Easter Vigil or EasterSunday Mass. Also note, Good Friday is a day of fastand abstinence in anticipation of the Resurrection feast.

Is it true that the weekdays of HolyWeek were once holy days of obligation? Yes. In the proliferation of feast days during theMiddle Ages, the weekdays of Holy Week were indeedincluded as holy days of obligation. In fact, there wereso many holy days on the calendar that there were 85days of the year when no servile work could be doneand 95 days when no court sessions could be held. Itwas a problem just to get the routine work of Churchand society done. Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644)simplified the arrangement in 1642. Among the holydays eliminated were those of Holy Week.

What does “INRI” mean? Crucifixion was a method of capital punishmentcommon among the ancient peoples in the area of theMediterranean Sea. It was a dreadfully cruel and painfulform of execution, designed to be a severe punishmentfor the victim and a compelling deterrent to others. As was customary in crucifixions, the crime withwhich the victim had been charged would be written ona placard, and the placard would be affixed to the top ofthe cross. After Jesus was condemned to death by theSanhedrin (the supreme council of the religiousauthorities) for blasphemy, he was handed over to theRoman authorities for execution. When Pilate ordered Jesus to be executed, a placard,then, was prepared to be placed on the cross with theinscription which read, JESUS THE NAZOREAN, THEKING OF THE JEWS. According to the Gospelaccounts, this inscription was written on the placard inHebrew, Greek and Latin. In Latin the inscription isIesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum. The initial letters ofthose four Latin words are INRI. Thus, we now often see these four letters (from theLatin rendering) placed at the top of crucifixes orpaintings depicting the crucifixion of Jesus. Fr. Paul Ziegler, C.SS.R., Liguori Publications

Through the Palms or the Wrists?Some crucifixes show Christ nailed through the wristswhile others show him nailed through the palms. Perhaps it’s because the Gospel accounts do not make adistinction between “hands” and “wrists” that in manyof the renderings of the crucifixion, the nails are in thepalms. What has been recognized, however, is that it isphysically impossible for an adult’s body weight to besupported by a nail through the palm. The weightwould cause the nail to tear through the rest of the hand. But a wrist bone could provide some support.