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𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝟰/𝟳𝘁𝗵, 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿, 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝘀𝗶𝗻, 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹; 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 “𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱” 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆. And so the Easter Triduum continues, what is liturgically the one-day unfolding of the three most powerful days that have forever changed our world.
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Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church is located between Waubonsie Valley High School and the Eola Community Center at 701 South Eola Road, Aurora
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Here are three Scripture passages (among many that could be chosen to be sure) that help us better see what is going on as we prepare to focus our attention on the Passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, King of the universe.
Isaiah 49:24-26 bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/49
Luke 11:21-22 bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/11
John 14:30 bible.usccb.org/bible/john/14
Given all of this, what is Jesus doing on the cross? Yes, doing. Okay, it sounds like a crazy question. After all, it doesn’t look like He’s doing anything. It looks like He’s a helpless victim, humiliated, naked, beaten, crucified, defeated, His life slowly ebbing away. But in the passages, we read: “The ruler of this world,” the devil, has “no power” over Him. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝟰𝟲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗛𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴…?
www.olmercy.com/holyweek2023/
Parish Mission Recap — 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻! 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗙𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 for accompanying us in diving deeper in our identity in Christ and lifting the veil on the complexities of the human heart. The talks are on our Lent Page and also resides on our YouTube channel. Check them out and share with a friend!
Parish Mission Night 1 - Your True Identity www.youtube.com/live/okO9D9-brPg?feature=share
Parish Mission Night 2 - What is this Thing We Call the Heart? www.youtube.com/live/DGdBggfDpkY?feature=share
You can also find them on our Lent page
olmercy.com/lent2023/
Tonight at TRP Thursday @ OLM is "𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 6 - 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙄𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚?"
which delves into the many ways a person's life can be changed right now because of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Please keep all the participants and the team in your prayers for the grace of unshakeable confidence in Jesus.
“𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩. 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘢𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘠𝘰𝘶, 𝘖 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸.’ 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳- 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘖 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘖 𝘏𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺?” —𝘚𝘵. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮
As we head into Holy Week and Easter, here is a link to "The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection" CCC 651—655 which we will also be reflecting on this evening www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/172/
Come Holy Spirit to all of us as we stay with Jesus in the garden and head to Calvary in these coming days.
Here is the recap from last week's TRP @ OLM.
