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SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturdays at 3:30 pm or by appointment.

SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Parish registration of six months is required.

Preparation session required. Contact the parish office for details.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Contact the parish office a minimum of six

months prior to the preferred wedding date. Marriage preparation sessions are required.

PARISHIONER MEMBERSHIP New members are always welcome to our Parish. Parishioner status is maintained by registration in the parish, active participation in weekend liturgies and full participation in the parish stewardship program. All family mem-bers 18 years and older should be individually registered with the parish. Parish membership and participation is required of those desiring the Sacraments of Baptism, First Eucharist, Confirmation and Matrimony.

PASTORAL COUNCIL Dan Armock, Chair.

Laura Ellis Mary Kahnoski

Jeremy Reed Brian Schaab

Kathy Schwartz Joe Townshend

Scott Ware Donna Wrona

FINANCE COUNCIL Charlie Goode, Chair. Jim Wila, Vice Chair.

Tim Callery Tammy Chartier

Bob Dean Jim Frey

Beth Eliopoulos Barb Lawrence

Terry Staskey

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH PAGE 2 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

BY GEORGE….

Sat, Apr 13 VIGIL: PALM/PASSION SUNDAY 4:30 pm Art Choma; Joe & Josephine Kozarski Sun, Apr 14 PALM/PASSION SUNDAY 9:00 am Bernie & Della Wrona 11:00 am Parish Family Mon, Apr 15 MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK **No Mass** Tues, Apr 16 TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 8:30 am Betty Jackson Wed, Apr 17 WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 10:30 am William Koepnick Thurs, Apr 18 HOLY THURSDAY 7:00 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Fri, Apr 19 GOOD FRIDAY - Passion of the Lord

1:30 am Liturgy of the Word; Veneration of the Cross; Holy Communion Sat, Apr 20 VIGIL: EASTER SUNDAY **8:30 pm** Parish Family Sun, Apr 21 EASTER SUNDAY 9:00 am Parish Family 11:00 am Parish Family

PASTORAL TEAM Father George E. Darling, Pastor…..…father@bsacrament.net

Darrell Beckwith, Business Manager ....dbeckwith@bsacrament.net

Lori Borek, Parish Secretary…………church@bsacrament.net

Jody DeGraw, Dir of Religious Education ….jdegraw@bsacrament.net Vicki Glynn, Religious Ed. Asst….…...vglynn@bsacrament.net

Marie LeMire, Ministry to the Sick & Elderly ….mlemire@bsacrament.net

Michael Debri, Principal ASA….……………..mdebri@asagr.org

STEWARDSHIP - Week of April 6 & 7

Week 41/52 Adult Envelopes (160 used) $10,620.50 Automatic Envelopes (60 used) 4,260.00 Youth 63.75 Loose Stewardship 593.00

Total Stewardship this week $15,537.25

YTD $572,404.59 Budget YTD $600,334.62 Last YTD $611,563.17

5% Tithe this week $776.86 YTD Tithe $28,620.23

When we come to our celebration of today I have been asked in the past if we are celebrating "Palm Sunday" or "Passion Sunday". The answer to that question is "yes". The technical title for today is "Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord". We celebrate both the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem as well as his suffering and death on the cross. At the beginning of the Mass with the blessing of the palms and reading of the Gospel of Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem we have the celebration of "Palm Sunday". Then in place of the normal Gospel read-ing with the reading of the Passion we have the "Passion Sunday" part of the celebration. So we are celebrating both - Palm Sunday and Pas-sion Sunday. What always strikes me about these two celebrations in one is the faithfulness of Jesus to God's will whether the people are chanting "hosanna" or "crucify him", and the fickleness of the people who quickly change their chant from "hosanna" to "crucify him". Wheth-er things are comfortable or not Jesus remains faithful to God while I doubt that the same can be said for those whose voices are chanting. For those who ask when does the season of Lent end, the answer is when the Mass of the Lord's Supper begins on the evening of Holy Thursday. When we begin this Mass we are no longer in the season of Lent but are now entering into what we call the "triduum" or "three days" in Latin. These three days are Holy Thursday (beginning at sunset or with the beginning of the Mass), Good Friday, and then Holy Saturday culminating with Easter morning. With Holy Thursday the focus is on the celebration of the Last Supper and what we call the "institution of the Eucharist" as it was at the Last Supper that Jesus "instituted" the Mass (i.e., created the celebration that we call today "the Mass" or "Eucharist"). Consider that the meaning of the Greek word from which we derive the word "Eucharist" means "to give thanks". Consider that knowing that he was to die Jesus paused with the Apostles to "give thanks" to God for what had happened and what was about to happen. On Good Friday we celebrate the "Passion of the Lord" in the afternoon as the focus of the service (not a Mass) is the death of Jesus and Jesus died in the afternoon. On Holy Saturday evening we begin our celebra-tion of Easter with the "Easter Vigil" which begins after dark on Saturday evening. This is the beginning of our celebration of Easter since accord-ing to the Gospels it was very early in the morning that the women went to the tomb and found the tomb empty and an angelic figure announcing to them that Jesus had been raised, and for the Jewish calendar a day began at sunset of what we would consider the prior day. I invite you to join us for the celebration of Holy Week this year. It is good this year that Holy Week doesn't fall during spring break. It is puz-zling to me how easily some can get time off to go away for spring break but how hard it is for them to find the time to celebrate what for us are supposed to be our holiest days of the year. But then that brings me back today to Palm/Passion Sunday. By what we do are we giving life to the fidelity of Jesus to God even in his suffering or the fickleness of the crowd when they become uncomfortable?

Sacred Scripture Readings for the Week of April 14, 2019 Sunday Palm/Passion Sunday Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18a, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-

11; Lk 22:14—23:56 or 23:1-49 Monday Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3, 13-14; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-4a, 5-6ab, 14, 17; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday Holy Thursday Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16c, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday Good Friday Is 52:13—53:12; Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25; Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1—19:42 Saturday Easter Vigil Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a; Ps 104; 1-2a, 5-6, 10,

12-14, 24, 35c or Ps 33:4-6, 12-13, 20, 22; Gn 22:1-8 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 16:5, 8-11; Ex 14:15—15:1; (Ps) Ex 15:1-6k, 17-18; Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b; Is 55:1-11; (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4; Ps 19:8-11; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Pss 42:3, 5bcd; 43:3-4; (Ps) Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-15, 18-19; Rom 6:3-11; Ps 118:1-2, 16:ab-17, 22-23; Lk 24:1-12

Sunday Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43, Ps 118:1-2, 16ab-17, 22-23; Col

3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9

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You can make your CSA donation online by visiting our parish website. On the main page there is a link to the Diocese of Grand Rapids web-site. Go to that link and it will tell you how to make your donation. Don’t forget to reference Blessed Sacra-ment when filling out the form.

~This Week in our Parish~ Sun/Apr 14: 6:30pm Confirmation Class, MPR Tues/Apr 16: 9:15am-3pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Church 6:00pm Zumba, Family Center 6:20-6:50pm Honor Choir rehearsal, MPR 6:50-7:20pm Children’s Choir rehearsal, MPR 7:30pm Adult Choir rehearsal, MPR Wed/Apr 17: 7:00pm Pastoral Council Meeting, Rectory conference room Thurs/Apr 18: 8:00am Via Dolorosa, ASA walk from St. Jude to B.S. 1:00pm Stitched with Love group, MPR Sat/Apr 20: noon Blessing the food baskets, Church

Sponsor of the Week This week’s sponsor is Mikula Chiropractic PC. Please see

this ad on the back of the bulletin.

These advertisers help to defray all publishing costs which the Church would otherwise incur. Please pat-ronize the sponsors on the back of this bulletin and thank them for their kind generosity.

~In Our Thoughts & Prayers~

Homebound Parishioner of the Week

2233 Diamond Ave./447-2997 4 Mile Rd./363-7725

Michael Debri, Principal www.asagr.org

Eat Pray Run This year’s event is on Sunday, April 28, 12:30-3pm at the elementary campus (2233 Diamond Ave NE). Our course has been laid out to be very close to a 5K, running along Dia-mond, Aberdeen, and Eastern ave-nues, and cutting through Aberdeen Park. We will have the same short-ened course for our younger students as in past years as well as games, activities and a community lunch. If you are interested in participating in the run, please contact the school office, 447-2997. ASA Community Partners and Sponsors All Saints Academy and businesses on the northeast side of Grand Rap-ids are working together to assist our students through the Community Partners Program. These businesses have made a donation to ASA and will make additional donations every time you make a qualifying purchase. Just mention All Saints when you make your purchase and let us know you shopped at a Community Partner by calling the school office at 363-7725 or e-mailing us at jma-tlak@asagr.org. You’ll get their best deal and All Saints Academy will get another contribution. You can see the full list of our Partners and all the pro-gram details on our website, www.asagr.org. Just click on the Community Partners page. Participating businesses right now include: Tony Betten & Sons Ford, Turning Point Builders, Van Andel & Flikkema Chrysler Jeep, Village Mo-tor Sports, Weatherhead and Sons, West Michigan Band & Instruments, Woodland Travel Center.

EASTER TRIDUUM SCHEDULE

Holy Thursday, April 18th Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00pm

Adoration following Mass until 10:00pm

Good Friday, April 19th Passion of the Lord begins at 1:30pm

(Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion)

Holy Saturday, April 20th

Blessing of the Food Baskets at noon in the Church

Easter Vigil Mass, 8:30pm

Easter Sunday, April 21st Masses at 9:00 and 11:00am

**Please note that there is no Mass Saturday,

April 20th at 4:30pm.**