The Ascension of the Lord May 24, 2020

Guardian Angels Catholic Church & Our Lady of Hope Community

GUARDIAN ANGELS

CATHOLIC CHURCH TOGETHER WITH

OUR LADY OF HOPE COMMUNITY Mass Schedule

Saturday 4:00 pm Mass - Roman Missal Sunday 8:00 am Mass - Roman Missal 9:30 am Mass - Divine Worship Missal 11 am - Mass - Roman Missal (also live streamed on YouTube at Guardian Angels KC channel)

Monday to Friday

9:00 am Daily Mass - On YouTube at GuardianAngelsKC channel Month of Mary

The Ascension of the Lord May 24, 2020

Guardian Angels Catholic Church & Our Lady of Hope Community

Guardian Angels and Our Lady of Hope Staff and

Contact Information

Father Ed Wills Pastor ewills@guardianangelskc.org Deacon Scott McKellar Evangelization Sister Linda Barringer, MMB Associate lbarringer@guardianangelskc.org Dr. Hyunki Yoon Music Director hyoon@guardianangelskc.org Ms. Kathy McLouth Finance Coordinator kmclouth@guardianangelskc.org Ms. Kate Riha Administrative Assistant Guardian Angels Parish kriha@guardianangelskc.org Ms. Cristen Huntz Business Manager Our Lady of Hope Community Office.OLOHopeKC@gmail.com Mr. Leo Hernandez Maintenance Coordinator Ms. Linda Parkinson Volunteer Coordinator GAVolunteer@guardianangelskc.org Mr. Mark Masciovecchio Janitorial 1310 Westport Rd, Kansas City MO 64111 816.931.4351 Food Pantry: 816.768.6575 GuardianAngelsKC.org OurLadyofHopeKC.com Facebook.com/GuardianAngelsKC Facebook.com/OurLadyofHopeKC YouTube.com/c/GuardianAngelsKC

Pastor’s Corner

Beloved, It is such a joy and a privilege to be your pas-

tor. I don’t know if I can express how proud I am to

be connected with you at Guardian Angels and Our

Lady of Hope. Last weekend was our first public

mass in weeks. How wonderful to see so many in the

pews. As time goes on and restrictions and cautions

ease, more parishioners will be able to return.

As we move beyond the strict shelter-in-place

and begin to move about a bit, we will have some

catching up to do. First, of course, is visiting person

to person with one another! Baptisms, First Com-

munions, and Weddings that had been scheduled for

the Spring have been moved into the Summer. And

we face other challenges. For, though you have been

very faithful in your giving to the Church during this

difficult season, the parish finances have still fallen a

little behind, and our biggest fundraiser, the Westport

Community Festival had to be cancelled.

There are some challenges ahead of us to be

sure, but our community has faced challenges before

and has never shrunk from them.

Summer is typically a time in parish life

when things slow down. People go on vacation. At-

tendance is low. Not many meetings and events hap-

pen. Please pray with me that this summer will be

different. We need to come out of lock down with

determination and a burning desire to build the King-

dom of God in Westport. It is a time to be strong. A

time to be courageous.

Thank you for being the faith-filled people of

God that you are.

Yours in Christ, Father Ed For Fr. Ed Wills’ podcasts of homilies & studies: FatherEdWills.podbean.com and iTunes Podcasts

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Special Prayers & Intentions

Please pray for:

Rita Hernandez, Dena Lasater, Patty Regan, Pam &

George Abel, John Altman, Janet Altmann, Connie Chaf-

fin, Shirley Andrade, Angela & Henry Barbosa, Jeanne

Boucek, Kelly & Joseph Chambers, Livia Ciplea, Larry

Clark, Aurora Davis, Noree Hanson, Russ & Faith Hobbs

& Family, Bonnie King, Tom Lewis, Marian Lindberg,

Helen Marlow, Pete & Sondra Peterson, Jon Rouse, Crys-

tal Stephens, Roy & Eileen Surridge, Clint Trial, Carl

Walston, Trisha Whitehead, Mark Wilborne, Katrina

Worth, Nancy Dixon, Cathryn Dugan, Jose Padilla En-

riques, Marie Furlong, Shawn Gaupp, Charles Gurera,

Sylvia Harral, Frankie Hernandez, Nick & Rita Hernan-

dez, Adri Jordison, Freddie Juarez, Jackie Kallman, Mary

Komoroski, Eugene Lawhon, Delores Lopez, Ermaline

Lopez, Michael Lucas, Frankie Magana III, Michael

McCunniff, Andy McEachron, Wendy McKellar, Harper

McLean, Katie Mendoza, Fr. Joe Miller, Cathy Norbury,

James Norbury, Celia Padilla, Rose & Joe Padilla, Ashley

Parton, Margaret Reid, Guadalupe Reyes, Valeria Ricu,

Theo Stephen Ridenour, Teresa Rivera, Jessie Ruiz, Mi-

chael Schlueter, Amy Seferovich, Kelli Seiler, Kathleen

Stanton, Ben Studebaker, Genevieve Substine-Lewis, Su-

san Tarwater, Warren Toms, Beverly Tumberger, Soccor-

ro Velo, Michael Weaver, Jacob Wiltse, Jim Wood

Please pray for these serving in the military:

Ryan Asbury (Air Force), Sam Fair (Air Force), Carlos

Garcia III (Navy), Daniel Hitchcock (Army), Jonathan

Hitchcock (Army), Stephen Hitchcock (Army), Nate

Hitchcock (Army), Nick Malott, Michael Mathews

(Army), Joe Penniston, James Reyes (Marines),

Geoff Schultz (Air Force), Michael Sparks (Navy), Bill

Suellentrop (Army), Garrett Trowbridge (Army), Connor

Wiltse (Air Force).

The Week Ahead...

Saturday*

4 pm Mass - Roman Missal

Sunday*

8:00 am Mass - Roman Missal

9:30 am Mass - Divine Worship Missal

11 am - Mass** - Roman Missal

Monday to Friday 9 am - Daily Mass**

Friday 9:30am - One Hour of Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament**

Monday to Friday 3pm - Divine Mercy Chaplet***

all weekend Masses will be held at Guardian

Angels Church (see attendance guidelines within) **live streamed on YouTube at

GuardianAngelsKC channel ***To pray with us: go to Zoom.us then

click Join A Meeting with ID 137 914 446 Or call 1-312-626-6799

Readings for the Week of May 24, 2020 Sunday Ascension of the Lord Acts 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9; Eph 1:17-23; Mt 28:16-20 Monday Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6- 7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab; Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19 -20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5 and 7; Jn 21:20-25 29, 30; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39 Next Sunday Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23

Parish Income & Expenses - April 2020

Parish Operating Income $ 19,352.33

Ordinary Parish Expenses $ 24,252.51

Deferred Expenses $ 11.410.33

Net Income or (-Deficit) ($- 16,310.51)

Our Food Pantry

Not all parishes are able to sustain a viable help to

the public with food and other needs such as medica-

tions and even masks. We are blessed with parishion-

ers who go the extra giving

mile with money, time and

energy to serve. God is

good.

Scam Alert

Father Ed does not communicate needs via email or text

messages. Please do not click on links or reply to any

such communication. They are not from him.

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Sacraments & Other Information

Regarding Marriage Preparation, Baptism, Anointing

of the Sick, Reconciliation, & Quinceañera, please

contact Father Ed at the church office.

For information about Religious Education including

Confirmation & RCIA, please contact Sister Linda at

the church office.

To report the hospitalization of or death of a loved

one and/or for funeral arrangements, please first con-

tact the church office.

For Mass Intentions, hall & cafeteria rental, contact

the church office.

Church Office Hours

Church Staff is working from home during the city’s

Shelter in Place Order. Please call the office.

Sexual Abuse

The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph is committed to

combatting sexual abuse in the Church. If you are a vic-

tim of sexual abuse, or if you observe or suspect sexual

abuse:

1. Call the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline at

1.800.392.3738 (if the victim is currently under the age of

18), and

2. Contact your local law enforcement agency or call 911,

3. After reporting to these civil and law enforcement au-

thorities, report suspected sexual abuse of a minor or vul-

nerable adult to the Diocesan Ombudsman, Joe Crayon, at

816.812.2500 or crayon@ombudsmankcsj.org, if the

abuse involves a priest, deacon, employee or volunteer of

the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

The Diocese has a sincere commitment to providing care

and healing resources to victims of sexual abuse and their

families. Please contact the Victim Advocate, Kathleen

Chastain, at 816.392.0011

or chastain@diocesekcsj.org for more information.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks to Brigid Duffy. You may or may not be aware that Brigid moved to Dallas. Regardless, she sent hand sanitizer, disposable gloves and disposable masks for the Guardian Angels community. Our talented quilters, Mary Stanton, Mary O’Shea and Mary Montgomery have continued to make cloth masks for our Guardian Angels community, our food pantry patrons and many more individuals. Your kindness, sensitivity and selfless actions are incredi-bly appreciated. We love you. John Kenny Rodricks has been instrumental in the effort to reopen Guardian Angels Parish. He has pur-chased materials, assisted with streaming masses and really shown himself to be a leader. Linda Parkinson is another parishioner who has been selfless in cleaning the church, the Sacristy and the parish office. We thank her for her time and dedica-tion. Thanks so much to Mark Masciovecchio, Darren Walrod and Patrick Riha for unloading the Harvest-er's truck. This is no easy feat and it helps many!

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Reprint of Father Ed’s All-Parish Letter of May 13 Regarding New Attendance Guidelines

Beloved,

I so look forward to seeing you back at Mass. We have been unable to meet for Mass for eight weeks. It feels like much longer, to be sure. Thanks to some very hard working and tech-savvy volunteers, we are grateful to have been able to live stream Mass to all of you. But only these few volunteers have been able to receive our beloved Eucharist on their committed Sunday. At last, begin-ning this weekend, May 16 and 17, we will resume public masses. To say we are thankful is a gross understatement. However, attendance is limited to 10% of occupancy. For Guardian Angels, only 42 people can attend each Mass. Fortu-nately, we can still offer livestream of the 11 am Mass for those who cannot or should not join in public worship. I know everyone has a lot of questions, so I will try to answer them here. Mass Schedule Saturday Sunday

4pm 8am, 9:30 am (Divine Worship Missal), 11 am The pews and other areas will be disinfected between masses. Note new time for the Divine Worship Missal Mass to allow for that. Directions for Attending Mass

• National health directives forbid anyone who is ill or symptomatic (fever, cough, shortness of breath, etc.) from attending any public gathering, including Mass.

• Acting with public health guidelines, the diocese has recommended that those who are considered “at risk” (over age 60, under 5, immune compromised for any number of reasons, diabetic, asthmatic, or history of other respiratory illness such as bronchitis or pneumonia) should not attend public gatherings, including Mass. Please take this recommendation seriously.

• Bishop Johnston has dispensed all from the Sunday obligation to attend Mass.

• If you are ill, vulnerable to COVID-19, or are concerned about being in public, please do not come to Mass. We encourage you to participate in Mass via the live stream offered of the 11 am Mass.

• Everyone is directed to observe social/physical distancing – staying at least six feet from people not in your household, includ-ing in the communion line. While receiving Holy Communion from the Priest or Communion Minister that social distance is not enforced because, obviously, the people and minister cannot be six feet apart. In other words, only people who live together in one house should be together in a pew, but each entire ‘household’ is to remain six feet away from other households and indi-viduals. To ensure this, some pews have been marked off. Please sit in an open pew.

• Hand sanitizer should be used when entering and leaving the church.

• Everyone should enter the church either from the west facing door on the north side of the church (by the main parking lot), or the east facing main doors at the front of the church. Please allow an assistant to open the doors for you. This helps to prevent disease transference.

• Masks should be worn when entering or leaving the church or in line for communion. They may be removed when sitting in the pew due to social distance adherence. The priest will not wear a mask while saying Mass. However, he will consume all ex-posed elements himself and only distribute the host from a covered ciborium. He will wear a full face shield when distributing communion. The Precious Blood will not be offered to the faithful at this time.

• When you come forward to receive Holy Communion, please stay six feet away from the person in front of you. When you ap-proach the priest or minister of Holy Communion, please stretch your arm out to present one hand, open and as flat as possible, resting on the palm of the other. After receiving the Most Precious Body, please step aside to remove your mask and then con-sume the Precious Host. Next, immediately replace your mask. These instructions are in keeping with the United States Catholic Bishops’ directives for reception of Holy Communion in the hand. There will be no communion distributed on the tongue.

• Unfortunately, singing by the parishioners is discouraged during Mass at this time. Singing extends the social distance require-ment from six feet to 20 feet. Therefore, only the cantor will sing during Mass. The faithful are encouraged to recite the respons-es either mentally or spoken softly, unless the mask is worn at that time.

Volunteers Needed This time of transition involves the need for many volunteers.

• At the least, we need two healthy people under the age of 60 at each Mass to assist by performing the following functions: Hold the door open for those coming to and leaving Mass so they don’t have to touch door handles. Assist the faithful in finding safe seats that maintain proper social distance. Assist the faithful in maintaining a safe distance in the communion line. Disinfect the pews, bathrooms, hallways, etc. following each Mass.

We must soldier through this together. We are not out of the woods yet, and probably won’t be for quite some time. I real-ize that many should not or cannot attend. The most important thing is to stay healthy. For those who cannot attend, we will continue to live stream the 11 am Mass and offer the Act of Spiritual Communion. I pray for every parishioner daily.

Many of you are out of work during this time. Please contact the church office if you are in need of financial assistance or if there is anything else you need from the church or me, personally. I am here to serve you.

Yours in Christ, Father Ed

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On Mary by Saint Teresa of Calcutta

For her entire life, Mother Teresa of Calcutta looked to Our Lady for guidance, strength, and hope. Here are some of her thoughts and prayers of Mary, in her own words. All Things are Possible “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.” When Mary heard this greeting of the angel, she was troubled and wondered what it might mean. Even Mary, sinless and perfect, was troubled and wondered. She was not a statue without human feelings but was like you and me in many ways. And then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, for nothing is impossible with God. You shall bear a son and name him Jesus.” And Mary said, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to your word.” A Call and a Mission Mary had a call and a mission, and she went through a process of discernment to accept them. She responded to the angel in obedience and rejoiced, saying “yes.” All mankind rejoices with her in her “yes.” She had been chosen as the Queen of Heaven and Earth, yet she did not go in search of glory or even to tell Joseph. The first thing she did as the Mother of God was to go in haste to serve her cousin Elizabeth. Total Surrender Our lives are founded on Jesus and Mary and so we ask ourselves: What was their total surrender? Scripture tells us that Jesus, though he was God, “did not count equality with God something to be grasped at. Rather, he emptied himself and took the form of a slave, being born in the likeness of men.” This was complete surrender, but it can be difficult to understand Jesus because he is God. Mary, however, is completely one of us. She loved, she surrendered, she emptied herself. For the Love of Souls Mary, Mother of Jesus, and my Mother, you were the first one to hear Jesus cry, “I Thirst.” You know how real, how deep is his longing for me and for the poor. I am yours. Mother Mary, teach me, bring me face to face with the love in the heart of Jesus crucified. With your help, I will listen to Jesus’s thirst and it will be for me a Word of life. Standing near you, I will give him my love, and I will give him the chance to love me, and so be the cause of your joy and so to satiate Jesus’s thirst for love of souls. Amen.

From blog.franciscanmedia.org/Franciscan-spirit/mother-Teresa-on-mother-mary; quotes from Thirsting for God: Daily Meditations