Announcements
Sunday, April 19th - 2nd Sunday after Easter - St Elphege, BM
Monday, April 20th - Feria - St Agnes of Montepulciano, V
Tuesday, April 21st - St Anselm, BCD
Wednesday, April 22nd - Ss Soter and Caius, PpMm
Thursday, April 23rd - St George, M
Friday, April 24th - St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, M
Saturday, April 25th -St Mark, Ev - Greater Litanies
Sunday, April 26th - 3rd Sunday after Easter - Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Sisters' Breakfast: Join us the St Joseph Hall after the 9:30 AM Mass.
- Easter Duty: All Catholics are bound to receive a worthy Holy Communion between Ash Wednesday and Trinity Sunday.
- Recessional Hymn: Use the hymnals to sing along with the recessional hymn, Christ is Risen, page 24.
- Choir Practice: In the upstairs classroom at 8:45 AM for the 9:30 Mass.
2nd Sunday after Easter - Meditation & Propers
From the Marian Missel by Sylvester P Juergens, S.M.
This Sunday is often called Good Shepherd Sunday; the Gospel tells us of the Good Shepherd. Jesus is indeed the Good Shepherd of our souls. He came to give His life for us.
Introit: Ps. 32. 5, 6
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord, alleluia: by the word of the Lord were the heavens made, alleluia, alleluia. -(Ps. 32. 1). Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: praise is comely for the upright. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord, alleluia: by the word of the Lord were the heavens made, alleluia, alleluia.
Collect:
O God, who, by the humility of Thy Son, didst lift up a fallen world, grant unending happiness to thy faithful: that those whom Thou hast snatched from the perils of endless death, Thou mayest cause to rejoice in everlasting joys. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Gradual: Ps. 117. 24, 1
Alleluia, alleluia. V. (Luke. 24. 35). The disciples knew the Lord Jesus in the breaking of bread. Alleluia. V. (John 10. 14). I am the good Shepherd: and I know My sheep, and Mine know Me. Alleluia.
Offertory: Ps 62. 2, 5
O God, my God, to Thee do I watch at break of day: and in Thy Name I will lift up my hands, alleluia.
Secret:
May this holy offering, O Lord, always bring to us Thy healing blessing: that what it represents in a Mystery, it may accomplish with power. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Communion: John 10. 14
I am the good Shepherd, alleluia: and I know My sheep, and Mine know Me, alleluia, alleluia.
Postcommunion:
Grant unto us, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that having received the grace of a new life, we may ever glory in Thy gift. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen
My Daily Thought from the Following of Christ:
Son, thou canst not always continue in the more fervent desire of virtue, nor remain constantly in the higher degree of contemplation: but it must needs be that thou sometimes, by reason of original corruption, descend to low things, and bear the burden of this corruptible life, even against thy will and with wearingess.
Recessional Hymn
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Christ is risen from the dead, risen truly as He said.
Praise the Lord with grateful voice, Bless His Name, rejoice, rejoice!
(Chorus)
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Angels clad in snowy white, coming from the realms of light,
Bid us sing with grateful voice, bid us all rejoice, rejoice!
(Chorus)
Man was but a slave before, man is free forevermore.
Heaven and earth with grateful voice, bid us all rejoice, rejoice!
(Chorus)