PRAYER TO THE RISEN LORD

Lord, we thank you for the Easter feast.

We thank you that after your death and

your descent into hell,

after tasting to the full every kind of abandonment,

you have returned to us;

that you have remembered our insignificant

abandonment

and overwhelmed it with the radiant fullness of your

presence.

Although you suffered the death

that we caused

by the burden of our sins,

you came back to us as our brother

with the gift of your redemption.

You do not make us pay for

having brought you to the Cross

but let us take part in your joy.

You celebrate a reunion with us

as if we had never been unfaithful,

as if we had always awaited you

with faithful trust,

as if we were capable of adding something

ourselves to your joy.

Lord, make us grateful.

Let the thanks we owe you and

your mother

always accompany us from now on,

let them bear fruit,

let them be the pervasive spirit of our service.

Let us be redeemed people who truly fill

their whole life with your redemption,

follow you wherever you go,

and attempt to do your will,

just as you do the Father’s will.

Do not let us merely enjoy the fruit of your Passion

and  of your redemption;

let us try, starting today,

to know you as our brother, as our true redeemer

ever in the midst

and always to bear in mind that you are present

and that you have repaid our unfaithfulness with

fidelity

and our unbelief with even greater grace.

Let every day, whether hard or easy,

dawn as a day

that holds the express, or even hidden, joy

of knowing that you have redeemed us

and, returning to the Father, have taken us back

with you.

We ask you now for your Easter blessing,

may it include the blessing of the Father

and of the Spirit.  Amen.

9:00am – Monday, April 19^th                        Arnold Colletti

9:00am – Wednesday, April 21^st                William Konopka

9:00am – Friday, April 23^rd                     Antonetta Aquaro

9:00am – Saturday, April 24^th                   Helen Petrucci & Bridget Comer

We Need Your Help!

On Sunday, May 16^th we are planning a Celebration of our Sacred Heart Community!  We need volunteers to work on a committee for this event.  Please contact Claire at the parish office, 781-862-4646.  This is slated to be a FAMILY EVENT. 

Book Drive

Wondering what to do with all those books (fiction, nonfiction, and children’s) and magazines that are lying around your house?  Bring them to the lower hall at the back of St. Brigid’s next weekend (April 24th and 25th) and the following weekend (May 1st and 2nd) any time between 10 AM and 2 PM.  As they did with the fall clothing drive, the students in the LABBB program at the high school will sort all your contributions.  They’ll even remove any address labels on your magazines.  Then they’ll deliver the books and magazines to senior centers, schools, and hospitals in the area.  So clear out your bookshelves and make meaningful work for the LABBB students by dropping those used books and magazines off at St. Brigid's.

Marisol O’Brien and her mother, Tricia, will be traveling to Lourdes, France on April 28^th.  They have provided a Novena prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes in order that all who would like to pray the nine days before they leave may do so.  Please consider this request and pick up a Novena packet as you leave the church and pray with the family for these nine days.

This week we ask you to pray for those who are ill, including, Brianna Cimino, Rosemary Harvey, Regina Jones, Andrea Hynes, Joyce Amos, James Reilly, Regina Wingard, Erin McMehon, Maria Aguis, George Beck, Dr. Kenneth Spengler, Josephine Murphy, Peter Bugda, Norma Berstein, Camille Michals, Rob Morway, Patricia Hassett, Paul McCann, William Francis, Lillian Davenport, James Fontaini, Henri Fradette, William Blair, Agatha Pals, Richard Gaudet, Kath Rodriegas, Estelle Szalajeski, Nancy Driscoll, Dante DiManna, Margie Levine, Ruth Pike, Doug Phillips, Ralph Tatro, Andrew Day,  Peggy Sue Grow, Mary Serpa, Deborah Miller, Dorothy Lee, William MacKinnon, Mary Jefferson, Elizabeth Conte, Dave Rissmiller, Violet Caldaroni, Frank Cote, James Bresnahan, Ann Mulray, Rita Mahan, Connie Perrotta, Gerard Sarno, Dorothy Grant, Gretin Cervantes, Marisol O’Brien, Matthew Gablor, Paul Pantano, Fran Ressetar, Lori Robbins, Cecelia Hines, Renee Chapman, Peter Bellini, Christine Gainer, Chris Ann Colletti Feener, Katherine Bingham, Helen McLaughlin, Paul Doherty, Jorge Loayza, Joseph Brault, Linda Riley, Lauren Forgette, Bill Attaya, John McCarthy, Don Sabatand, and Pauline Briggs.  Please also remember in your prayers Thomas Maher, father of Edwina Spillane, and Francis Clougherty, brother of Rita Mahan both of whom died this past week.

Offertory for April 10^th & 11^th                $9186.00

Envelope Offerings       $7015.00

Loose Cash                          $2171.00

St. John/St. Hugh                                             $232.00

The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, April 19^th in

celebration of Patriot’s Day!

Teacher Appreciation Liturgy

On Sunday, April 25 at the 9:00 Mass, we will acknowledge and thank all those who helped in the Religious Education program this year—teachers, aides, Retreat Team, office helpers—all of you have made our program a success and we want to thank you.

Last Classes

Sunday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 27 are the last classes for the year.  Registration forms for next year will be sent out in early June—with the request that they be returned by June 30  if you wish your choice of day for next year. 

First Communion

Our 53 candidates for First Communion are pictured in the Follen Road entrance to the church.  Please sign up to be prayer partners for them—and they will pray especially for you on their special day.

On Sunday, May 2 at the 11:30 Mass and on Sunday, May 9 at the 9:00 Mass, we will welcome these children to the Lord’s Table for the first time.  All are welcome to attend these Masses and the reception that follows, but we will need to reserve some seats for the children and their families.

St. Eulalia Christian/Muslim Dialog

Catholic and Muslim speakers will consider their faith’s belief’s on the institution of marriage, its history, faithfulness and permanence in marriage, children and family values on Thursday, April 29^th at 7:30pm in the Haddad Center, 50 Ridge St., Winchester.  After the presentations we will adjourn for cookies, juice and continued conversation.  For information contact Jim White, 781-646-7140.

Coordinator of YM: Maureen McKeown

781-861-8385 X21 - email: nychick1@att.net

C.L.I.    Letters will be mailed soon to teens who will be incoming Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors outlining the opportunity to participate in Catholic Leadership Institute at Merrimack College this July.  Several of our teens have participated in this program (as well as the next step:  CLIMB).  Their commitment, enthusiasm and leadership are very evident in the Sacred Heart faith community during this past year.  We need others who will be trained and willing to serve during the years ahead.  This is your parish – if you want an active community for young adults, the ball is in your court.  Dates for C.L.I.(at Merrimack College) are July 19-23 or July 26-30.  Call Maureen or speak to any member of our T.L.C. for more info.

GOSPEL ROAD Finally we have some dates for Gospel Road.  It will be the Week of August 9 - 13 at Oakhurst Retreat House in Whitinsville, MA.  More info will be on www.OYMBoston.org shortly!  This is a wonderful week of service, fun and growing

R2R LENTEN PRAYER GROUP:  During Lent, a group of 15 teens and several adults gathered once a week @ 6:30 A.M. to read and reflect on Sunday’s Gospel and share personal experiences.  For everyone who participated it has been a significant Lenten journey.  A trip to the Cathedral in Boston on this past Wednesday for the Tenebrae celebration was highlighted by a special audience with Archbishop O’Malley.  The 6 weeks ended with the group gathering to pray the stations on Good Friday.

We enjoyed a wonderful luncheon, prepared single-handedly by Jo Ciccarelli.  We were all so grateful for this enormous effort on her part!  Thank you – our faith community has been blessed to have this experience this year.

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