UntitledREV. ANTHONY J. MEDAIROS - Pastor REV. PAUL D. COUGHLIN -
Deacon
Carver/Plympton • 130 Main Street • P.O. Box 68 • Carver, MA
02330
Website: ourladyoflourdescarver.weconnect.com Email:
[email protected]
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Pre-Cana courses required.
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parish office no later than Tuesday, 10:00 A.M.
Mission Statement This Roman Catholic, God-centered community of
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish seeks to be
compassionate and faith-filled, empowered by the Holy Spirit
through the grace of the Eucharist and the sacraments to proclaim
and live the gospel as believers in the risen Christ. Therefore, we
commit to
share joyfully our time, talents and treasure in works of mercy and
justice both within and beyond our parish.
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
March 25, 2018
Sat., Mar. 24 5:00 Harold & Ruth Maxfield Sun., Mar. 25 10:00
Rev. George Bergin Mon., Mar. 26 9:00 For the People
No Morning Mass Wednesday, March 28 through Saturday, March
31
Next Week Sun., Apr. 1 10:00 For the People Wed., Apr. 4 9:00 Edgar
McAloon (12th Anniv.) Thu., Apr. 5 9:00 NO MASS TODAY Fri., Apr. 6
9:00 Purgatorial Society and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12:00 Benediction
Readings for the Week of
March 25, 2018
50:4-7/Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
[2a]/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1--15:47 or
15:1-39
14 [1a]/Jn 12:1-11
5ab-6ab, 15 and 17 [cf. 15ab]/Jn 13:21-
33, 36-38
-22, 31 and 33-34 [14c]/Mt 26:14-25
Thursday: Chr ism Mass: Is 61:1-3a,
6a, 8b-9/Ps 89:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 [2a]/Rv
1:5-8/Lk 4:16-21
Ex 12:1-8, 11-14/Ps 116:12-13, 15-
16bc, 17-18 [cf. 1 Cor 10:16]/1 Cor
11:23-26/Jn 13:1-15
13, 15-16, 17, 25 [Lk 23:46]/Heb 4:14-
16; 5:7-9/Jn 18:1--19:42
24, 35 [30] or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20
-22 [5b]/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-
13, 15-18/Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Ex
14:15--15:1/Ex 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18
[1b]/Is 54:5-14/Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12,
13 [2a]/Is 55:1-11/Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 [3]/
Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4/Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
[Jn 6:68c]/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/Ps
42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 [42:2] or Is 12:2-3,
4bcd, 5-6 [3] or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18
-19 [12a]/Rom 6:3-11/Ps 118:1-2, 16-
17, 22-23/Mk 16:1-7
118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 [24]/Col 3:1-4 or
1 Cor 5:6b-8/Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7or
Lk 24:13-35
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The Week Ahead
Monday, March 26, 2018 6:30 p.m.—Girl Scouts #68266 7:30 p.m.—PPC
Meeting Wednesday, March 28, 2018 5:30 p.m.—Daisies #62623 6:30
p.m.—Bingo 7:00 p.m.—Boy Scouts Troop #48 Thursday, March 29, 2018
3:00 p.m.—Rosary Group 6:00 p.m.—Brownies #86035
Income for 03/18/2018 Offertory: $3,188.00 St. Vincent de Paul:
$1,678.00
Attendance at Mass: 215
Sunday, March 25, 2018—8:30—11:00 a.m. 7th & 8th Grade class
Sunday, March 25, 2018 8:30—11:00 a.m. Confirmation I & II
class Sunday, April 8, 2018—8:30—11:00 a.m. First Communion class
Monday, April 9, 2018—6:00—7:15 p.m. Family Program
Holy Week Services will be held on: Holy Thursday, March 29, at
7:00 p.m. Good Friday Service, March 30, at 7:00 p.m. The Easter
Vigil, March 31, at 8:00 p.m. (only) Easter Sunday, April 1, at
10:00 a.m.
Opportunities for Confession:
heard in the chapel
Sunday, March 25, 2018 12:00—12:30 p.m. Monday, March 26, 2018
7:00—7:30 p.m.
Theology on Tap: An Event for Adults over 21 on Tuesday, April 3 at
7:00 p.m. at the New World Tavern in Plymouth. Why Catholi- cism
Remains Relevant: Professor, Father Rick Gribble, C.S.C. will
speak. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, served as a nuclear
submarine officer and was an engineer for Bechtel and Hughes Air-
craft. He later joined the Congregation of Holy Cross, earning a
Masters of Divinity, Masters of Sacred Theology and Ph.D. in
history
and authored over 30 books and 350 articles on history and
spirituality. Invite your friends and family members who might want
to ask questions about our Church in an open, non-judgmental
format. Bring a friend or 2 and enjoy a great burger.
The Parish Pastoral Council will meet this Monday, March 26 at 7:30
p.m.
All parishioners are welcome to attend.
Next week, our Easter collection will once again benefit the Clergy
Health and Retirement Trust which cares for the health and
well-being of our priests. Our priests are always there for us,
sharing Christ’s good news, performing good works, and building
communities of faith. All are welcome to learn more and make a gift
online at clergytrust.org or donate $25 through your cell phone by
texting the word PRIEST25 to 20222 (msg. & data rates may
apply). And don’t forget to follow the Trust on Facebook by
searching “@ClergyTrust.” Our priests thank you for your prayers
and support.
Army: LT Jared Kayajan, SGT Brian Cole, SFC Dale Covel, 1LT Patrick
O’Donnell, PVT Frank Baker, Chaplain Ira Houck, SGT Martin McIsaac,
CPT James Giddens, WO2 An- drew Cunningham, SPC Jason Madden, PFC
William Mueller, LTC David Lynch, MAJ Patricia
Anne Keefe, MSG William Costa, SGT Thomas Nar- cotta, PVT
Christopher Galley, Marine Corps: SGT Patrick Ennis, CPL Derek
Monroe, LCPL Richard Fla- vell, Air Force: TSGT Matthew Leopardi,
MSgt Wil- liam Brogan, TSGT Tim Kennedy, Navy: LT Paul Daniel
Fuery, Seaman Ryan Crowley, CDR Joseph Gilmore, Coast Guard: PO3
Paul Mills.
Palm Sunday
Our humanity bleeds through today's Gospel passages in more ways
than one. We see both elation and fall, hope in the midst of the
darker sides of our natures. If we allow it, these Gospels hold a
mirror to our own fickle hearts. The crowds cry "Hosanna" and the
Apostles profess allegiance unto death. In a matter of days -- even
hours -- Jesus is betrayed, abandoned, denied, con- demned,
tortured, and executed. As God, he could have stopped this horrific
narrative from unfolding, but he doesn't. He allows free will to
play itself out. There are nearly two millennia between this
spectacle and us. We can stand safely removed, if we choose. But
Lent invites us to return to this story. Lent invites us to find
ourselves in the people we encounter there. Are we the repentant
woman at Bethany? Are we naysay- ers of such lavish piety? Have we
acted in a way that betrays those we love or denies what we know to
be good and true? Have we fallen asleep in our faith? Have we
unfairly accused others of a crime or immorality we imagine, though
perhaps they didn't commit? Do we help others carry their burdens?
Do we stand in solidarity with those who suffer? Do we care for the
dying? This week, take up today's Gospel again. Look carefully at
the Passion narrative and sit with it in silence. Find yourself in
the story and ponder its meaning for your own life. Journey with
Jesus to the foot of the Cross so that you too may say, along with
the faithful centurion, "Truly this man was the Son of God!" ©
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