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ST. BRIDE

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO

Parish Office: 773-731-8822

Church Hall: 773-734-9125

Fax: 773-721-0673

Email: stbride@

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MASSES THIS WEEK

Daily Mass is celebrated at 8 AM In the Parish House Chapel as scheduled

February 24, 2019

The Seventh Sunday of the Church Year

For the Intention of Paul Matuschek,

Al Piemonte and the

Good Health of Ryan Grybas

Monday: Weekday

Tuesday: St. Alexander

Wednesday: Weekday

Thursday: St. Hilary

Friday: Weekday

St. David’s Day

Saturday: St. Basileus

March 3, 2019

The Eighth Sunday of the Church Year

For the Intention of Barry McGowan and Matthew M. Skaro

Mass Intentions Available - If you have a special anniversary or family member or celebration that you want to remember at Mass, now is the time to arrange to reserve that date. Please be sure to include your intention as well as your phone number when submitting the request. The traditional stipend per Mass is ten dollars.

Electronic Giving for Weekly Offerings - Since we have started Give Central, more than $25,000.00 has been contributed through this electronic means of giving! Click on the “Donate Now” button on our web site.

Free Table – There are free books, tapes and other religious objects on the table in the rear of the Church. You are invited to share your used items, as well.

The St. Bride Food Pantry is enjoying another very successful year! We are OPEN every Thursday from 10 AM until 12 Noon. If you wish to bring food, you can still bring it to Church on Sunday or call the Church Hall to make delivery arrangements between 10 AM and 2 PM each day! Thank you!

Five Day Memorial Candles and

Mother Teresa Devotional Candles are available for placing at a side Altar or for home use! See Cate!

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MICKEY’S MINUTE

“Think simple. Reduce the whole of it’s parts into the simplest terms, getting back to the first principles.”

- Frank Lloyd Wright

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Sir 1:1-10; Ps 93:1-2, 5; Mk 9:14-29

Tuesday: Sir 2:1-11; Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28,

39-40; Mk 9:30-37

Wednesday: Sir 4:11-19; Ps 119:165, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175; Mk 9:38-40

Thursday: Sir 5:1-8; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mk 9:41-50

Friday: Sir 6:5-17; Ps 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35; Mk 10:1-12

Saturday: Sir 17:1-15; Ps 103:13-18; Mk 10:13-16

Sunday: Sir:27:4-7; Ps 92:2-3, 13-16;

1 Cor 15:54-58; Lk 6:39-45

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Mother Theresa Sundays 2019

March 17th

Veneration of her relic and Prayers for Vocations at Mass

March 3, 2019 – Mardi Gras Luncheon

A Menu of Ham, Fried Chicken, Red Beans and Rice, Salads and Dessert.

Please plan on bringing a dessert to share!

March 6, 2019 – Ash Wednesday

March 24, 2019

St. Joseph and St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

April 21, 2019 – Easter Sunday

Annual Luncheon – June 30, 2019

Dynasty Banquets in Hammond, IN

March 6, 2019 – Ash Wednesday Masses at 8 am and 12 Noon in the Church. A Day of Fasting and Abstinence

DO NO HARM

We listen quite a while before we get to the “punch line” of the first reading today: even though it would be an easy thing to do, David will not harm the anointed one of the Lord. We, of course, know that Jesus is the Messiah, the anointed one of God, but the Bible uses this term for many different people. It is scripture’s way of indicating who has been chosen by God for a special place and mission in salvation history.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus presents a greatly enlarged list of those who, as children of God, we should not harm, but love instead: our enemies, those who curse us or do us harm, those who owe us money, the ungrateful, the wicked. The point of Jesus’ teaching is not to encourage these kinds of behaviors in others, but rather to form us in the image of our heavenly Father by increasing our opportunities to love unconditionally, expecting no return; to be merciful and forgiving, even when it would be easier not to.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

When the Roman Empire turned a favorable eye toward the once-persecuted Christians, among the effects was a population explosion in the baptismal font, as Christian sympathizers stepped from the shadows. With more and more people becoming Christians, laws were passed to protect Sunday as a work-free day. Soon, it became possible to celebrate Mass later in the morning, rather than the older custom of gathering before dawn to celebrate Eucharist. Amazingly, despite the increasing numbers of Christians, there was great resistance to adding to the number of worship events; the Eucharist that began as a few friends around a table soon was transformed into a more formal event with throngs crowding a large hall. All the Christians in a city or town would gather around the bishop for the one Sunday Eucharist, and only when the crowds became unmanageable was there an impulse to divide the assembly by splitting off a new bishop and flock.

Now, sixteen hundred years later, many parishes see a need to trim or combine Mass schedules. This is often seen as tough surgery. Yet our forebears in the faith would see it as a gain: a filling up of the Eucharist with a large and vigorous assembly, a fullness of ministry, an opportunity to make the Church more fully visible and stronger for service.

Saint David's Day - The feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrated since the canonization of David in the 12th century (by Pope Callixtus II), though it is not a national holiday in the UK. Traditional festivities include wearing daffodils and leeks, recognised symbols of Wales and Saint David respectively, eating traditional Welsh food including cawl and Welsh rarebit, and women wearing traditional Welsh dress. Saint David was born in Caerfai, south west Wales into an aristocratic family. He was reportedly a scion of the royal house of Ceredigion,[3] and founded a Celtic monastic community at Glyn Rhosyn (The Vale of Roses) on the western headland of Pembrokeshire at the spot where St David's Cathedral stands today. David's fame as a teacher and his asceticism spread among Celtic Christians, and he helped found about 12 monasteries. His foundation at Glyn Rhosyn became an important Christian shrine, and the most important centre in Wales. The date of Saint David's death is believed to be 1 March 589. His final words to the community of monks were: "Brothers be ye constant. The yoke which with single mind ye have taken, bear ye to the end; and whatsoever ye have seen with me and heard, keep and fulfil."

Merciful and gracious is the Lord,

slow to anger and abounding in kindness.

— Psalm 103:8

+ + + Pray for peace in our World, our City and our Neighborhood! + + +

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Our Parish Staff

Reverend Robert J. Roll, Pastor

Ms. Laura L. Zbella,

Administrative Manager

Mr. Terry Rose, Youth Minister

Mr. Tommy Slay, Facilities Manager

Liturgy Schedule

Sunday at 10 AM

Monday thru Friday as scheduled

8 AM in the House Chapel

The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Before Mass and anytime by appointment!

The Sacrament of the Sick

Please make arrangements with

the Parish House to have the Sacraments brought to the sick and homebound.

The Anointing of the Sick should

take place early in any

illness and as often as necessary.

Please note: Hospitals are not allowed,

by law, to contact the parish.

Please have someone contact

the Parish House for a hospital visit.

New Parishioners

Please consider registering after Mass at the Activity Table in the Church or call the

Parish House at your convenience!

Welcome Visitors to St. Bride

We are honored to have you with us!

Please be sure to sign our guest book.

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