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The 1st Sunday of Lent February 21, 2021
ND-V Church, 18 Pearl St., Schuylerville NY 12871 (518)695-3391
Mass Intentions for the Week SATURDAY 2/20/2021 4:00pm
Luke & Mary Blake ~By Gail Blake and Family
Raymond Tilley, Sr, birthday remembrance
~By Ron & Anne Petersen
El Cummings ~By Kevin Cummings
SUNDAY 2/21/2021 11:15am
Agatha White ~By Peter & Vickie Healy
Liturgical Ministries
Saturday, 2/20: Lector- Deb Brophy
CM- Marilyn Park
Sunday, 2/21: Lector- Anna Welfley
CM- Chuck Cadwallader
MASS ATTENDANCE
SATURDAY, 2/13- 33
SUNDAY, 2/14- 19
Our Gifts of Treasure Reg. collection: $1073.26
Maintenance: $60
Heat: $248
Ash Wednesday: $68
Black & Indian Missions: $10
The total from Saturday was $348. The total from
Sunday was $533. The total mailed in/dropped off
was $472.21. Online giving was $106.05.
$$$ DOLLAR –A-WEEK CLUB $$$
Drawings will resume on March 5th, 2021. Are
you in it to win it? If you’d like to join the
Dollar A Week Club or continue in the drawings
please contact your captain or the Parish
Office. Your $20 for 20 weeks of drawings can
be dropped off at the Parish Office.
FAITH FORMATION Faith Formation Facilitator: Stephanie Andrejcak
UPCOMING EVENTS: First Reconciliation, March
27th, 9:30am and First Eucharist, April 24th, 9:30am.
HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO GETTING A
PASTOR? Word is there’s movement. Keep praying for
all our priests! Remember Fr. Ed especially, who has been
able to service our pastoral needs in the absence of a
pastor! When you see him, say,”Thank you!”
STATIONS OF THE CROSS We will have Stations of
The Cross on Friday evenings at 7pm during Lent. Please
remember that you will need to wear a facemask on church
properties. Seating will only be on the center aisle, not the
sides, for social distancing.
CRS RICEBOWLS Each Lenten season Notre Dame-
Visitation parish participates in the Operation Rice Bowl
Project for the benefit of the Catholic Relief Services. All
the funds collected from your generosity serve the poor
countries of the world, with 25% of your donations staying
in the United States to fund local Diocesan hunger and
poverty needs. We encourage everyone to think about, and
pray for, those individuals, especially the children, in the
poor countries, who are hungry, who do not have clean
water to drink, or even adequate shelter to live in. Make a
small daily sacrifice, just the loose change in your pocket
or purse. Make it for the less fortunate. The Rice Bowls
are available in the back of the church, or you can pick one
up at the parish office. Your Rice Bowl with your donation
can be returned at the end of Lent.
NEWS FROM YOUR FAMILY I heard that ND-V
Church property had a visitor: a nice muskrat was happily
chomping on the little bit of grass not covered by snow.
He stayed for a couple of days, sunning himself and
snacking. His tracks were seen taking a tour around the
Parish House as well! All creatures, great and small…!
Readings for the Week
Feb 22- 1 Pt 5:1-4 & Mt 16:13-19
Feb 23- Is 55:10-11 & Mt 6:7-15
Feb 24- Jon 3:1-10 & Lk 29-32
Feb 25- Est C:12,14-16,23-25 & Mt 7:7-12
Feb 26- Ez 18:21-28 & Mt 5:20-26
Feb 27- Dt 26:16-19 & Mt 5:43-48
Sun Feb 28- Gn 22:1-2,9a,10-13,15-18 & Rom 8:31b-34
& Mk 9:2-10
HOLIDAY MASSES: GETTING READY! The
schedule of services for Palm Sunday and Holy Week are
as follows:
-PALM SUNDAY regular Sunday Mass schedule, 10am
St. Joseph’s and 11:15am ND-V.
-HOLY THURSDAY at ND-V at 7:00pm,
-GOOD FRIDAY at ND-V at 7:00pm, Stations of The
Cross at St. Joseph’s at 3:00pm
-EASTER VIGIL at St. Joseph’s, Greenwich at 8:00pm
-EASTER SUNDAY will follow the regular Sunday Mass
schedule of 10am St. Joseph’s and 11:15am ND-V.
With limited seating due to social distancing, we
need to prepare ahead of schedule. Information on the
procedure and reservations will be coming soon. We’re
happy to see more parishioners coming back to regular
Masses!
The 1st Sunday of Lent February 21, 2021
FROM THE INTERIM PARISH ADMINISTRATOR These Forty Days of Lent… You have always learned that Lent commemorates
the 40 days that Jesus spent praying in the desert before his
public ministry, as we heard in this Sunday’s Gospel
reading. If, however, you count the days from Ash
Wednesday to Easter Sunday, you’ll realize there are
actually 46 days! What? Yes, there are 46 days between
Ash Wednesday and Easter. Because each Sunday of the
year, however, is a grand celebration and commemoration
of the Resurrection of Jesus, we don’t count them in the 40
days of penance. There are six Sundays between Ash
Wednesday and Easter Sunday, so, by subtraction, we are
left with 40 days. Lent is a time of penance and preparation, so that
the faithful may share in the joys of Easter Sunday with
purity of heart. The three traditional forms of penance
which are fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, “express
conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others”
(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1434). For those
adults preparing for Baptism at the Easter Vigil, Lent
focuses on inner and outer scrutiny. For the baptized, Lent
calls us to contemplate the redemption wrought for our
sake by Christ’s passion; and it admonishes us to
contemplate the effort we put into accepting that
redemption. In our Baptism, this redemption was planted
in us when we promised to renounce sin and Satan and to
live a chaste, holy life in devout service to Christ. Our
salvation depends on our fulfilling those promises. People often don’t look forward to Lent.
Childhood memories of giving up candy or sitting through
weekly Stations of the Cross come immediately to mind.
Words like “sacrifice,” “discipline,” and “self-denial” are
often used and suggested that Lent is something to be
endured rather than a time of grace and spiritual growth. So why not look at Lent as your yearly second
chance? Each year the Church gives us six weeks to take a
long, loving look at our lives to see if our values and
priorities are in line with God’s desires for us. Since most
of us find that we’ve wandered from God’s path, Lent
becomes that second chance, or do-over, to “return to God
with our whole heart.” Granted you can give something up that distracts
you from your important relationships – including your
relationship with God. But Lent can be so much more.
There are many things that we can do to help make Lent a
meaningful time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving for
ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities. You can
consider adding in something that helps you connect to
God, such as reading a book of the Bible or adding a
devotional practice as part of your daily routine. You can
start a new routine of service, step up to volunteer. You
can also share what you are doing with others – not to
blow your own horn for praise and accolades that you are
such a “holy” person – so that they, too, can turn back
towards the Lord with all their heart. Notre Dame-Visitation’s website has a special
page of Lenten-related resources, covering customs and
traditions, liturgical resources, and prayers & devotions
(including a variety of video and audio versions of the
Stations of the Cross). If you want to see what’s out there
and get some ideas about what you can do this Lent, check
the page out at www.tinyurl.com/ndvschuyler-2east. As was the case back in December, during
Advent, we sometimes attempt to bite off more than we
can chew in revitalizing our spiritual lives, and then
abandon the effort when we fall far short of the goal. I’d
like to conclude this week’s reflection with three quotes,
two from saints and the third from Pope Francis.
St. Therese of Lisieux, who stressed that we all
approach God and holiness in a “little way”, also said,
“Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being
just what God wants us to be.” St. Francis de Sales said
that we should “be who you are and be that perfectly
well.” And our current Holy Father, Pope Francis, told us
in “Gaudete et Excultate”: “We should not grow
discouraged before examples of holiness that appear
unattainable. There are some testimonies that may prove
helpful and inspiring, but that we are not meant to copy,
for that could even lead us astray from the one specific
path that the Lord has in mind for us. The important thing
is that each believer discerns his or her own path, that they
bring out the very best of themselves, the most personal
gifts that God has placed in their hearts, rather than
hopelessly trying to imitate something not meant for
them.” This Lent, and always, seek the Lord where he
may be found. Follow Him in his ways with your words
and deeds. May this Lenten season be spiritually fulfilling
to you.
- Stephen Mawn, Interim Parish Administrator
ND-V Church, 18 Pearl St., Schuylerville NY 12871 (518)695-3391
