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Your Sunday Connection for March 29, 2020

Your Sunday Connection for March 29, 2020

Dear Friends,

During the “stay in place” order in the state of Illinois, we are providing you with a weekly email to foster your prayer life with you and your household.

There are numerous resources which offer video/streaming opportunities to see Mass such as www.thesundaymass.org. We also encourage you to take time, perhaps with your family, perhaps around the table, and share this  “Your Sunday Connection” Flocknote which we will send to you every week. As you scroll through, read and pray along. A homily message from Fr. Sergio is included.

If you have petitions that you would like to include in our weekly prayers, please click on the link found in the Prayers of the Faithful below and let us know. God bless!

Opening Prayer

By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God, may we walk eagerly in that same charity with which, out of love for the world, your Son handed himself over to death. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. AMEN.

The Readings

Reading 1                       EZ 37:12-14

Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

Reading 2                       ROM 8:8-11

Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.

The Gospel                            Jn 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.”
When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise.”
Martha said, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.”

He became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” And Jesus wept.
So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.” But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.”
Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

The Homily

Please click on the video link below to watch the homily for this week.

The Prayers of the Faithful

  • For the Church, that in proclaiming God as the source of life within us we may recognize the sanctity of life within us all. We pray to the Lord.
    • LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
  • That leaders of the world may grow in wisdom and good judgment as they consider and discuss ways to care for the planet and all the people on it. We pray to the Lord.
    • LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
  • For those who have committed terrible crimes, that they may be aware of God’s promise of redemption and respond with remorse and repentance, We pray to the Lord.
    • LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
  • For those who are affected by COVID19, that God will help them through this time and for the entire world as we face this pandemic. We pray to the Lord.
    • LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
  • For the departed, who remain with us in our prayers and our memories, and for the promise of a joyful reunion, and especially for Maureen Stailey, Marte Vinzons, Jack Stanton, Nellas Chirchirillo, Robert Ledvina and Julio Ramirez. We pray to the Lord.
    • LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
If you have a special intention that you would like us to include in the prayers of the parish, please complete the Special Intentions form found at the link below.

Sunday Offertory

Stewardship of Saint Andrew Parish is the responsibility of us all. Consistently throughout the year, we remind parishioners about stewarding the gifts of Time, Talent, and Treasure to support the mission of Saint Andrew Parish.
During this pandemic, there are many urgent needs, among those needs are caring for the financial obligations of Saint Andrew Parish. If you do not regularly contribute electronically ether weekly or monthly, please consider making a Sunday Offering online through Give Central through the link below.

Spiritual Communion

In many places in the world receiving Holy Communion is not possible. Catholics in these areas are encouraged to make “Spiritual Communion.” St.Teresa of Jesus wrote about this practice:

“When you do not receive communion and you do not attend Mass, you can make a spiritual communion, which is a most beneficial practice; by it the love of God will be greatly impressed on you”

You can make Spiritual Communion by the bringing this prayer to your heart…
“My Jesus, I believe that you are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I long for you in my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though you have already come, I embrace you and unite myself entirely to you; never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.”

Closing Prayer

We pray, almighty God, that we may always be counted among the members of Christ, in whose Body and Blood we have communion. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. AMEN.

Announcements

The church and all campus building are closed during the “stay in place” order in the State of Illinois. The practice of opening for private prayer and/or public Masses will resume when permissible by government and church authorities.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has already instructed all parishes to not hold public liturgies for Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Saturday, and Easter Sunday.

A copy of the parish bulletin can be read by clicking on the link below.

Contact Us

Church and Rectory

The church is located at the corner of Paulina and Addison
3546 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657  Office Phone: 773-525-3016
Office Hours: M-F 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Sat 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Sun 9:00 AM – Noon.

The chapel, auditorium, and social hall are located at the corner of Hermitage and Addison.

Saint Andrew School

The school and gym are located at the corner of Paulina and Addison
1710 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613  Office Phone: 773-248-2500

Mass Times

Saturday Vigil

3:00 PM Reconciliation (Church)
4:00 PM Mass (church)

Sunday

9:00 AM Mass (church)
11:00 AM Mass (church)
5:00 PM Mass (church)

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