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5th Sunday of Lent
March 17, 2024
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In this edition:
Holy Week & Easter schedule
Hospitality Ministers needed
Book Club on Raising of Lazarus Thursday
Register for Adult Confirmation
Sign up for Kingman Island Earth Day cleanup
Lessons & Carols for Earth Day
Kairos Prison Ministry service opportunity
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Mystical Word: The Gospel is about losing more than winning
"Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life." (Jn 12:25)
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"We still don’t really get the Gospel. ... There is an old Franciscan saying, 'Nudus nudum Christum sequi.' It means, 'naked I follow the naked Christ.' We must follow Jesus into nakedness, weakness, insult, humiliation, and suffering. When we experience these realities in God, there lies freedom. This is a way of embracing God in humiliations, in failure, and in weakness. It is a way of thorough and even severe letting go. This is how we hate our lives in this world. We renounce the values of this world for the values of the Gospel. We stop reciting the story of conventional American culture and start telling the story of Jesus crucified and his divine path of nothingness." READ THE REFLECTION | |
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Let us pray:
—for the sick, especially Maria da Silva, Paul Fry, Francisca Granados Flores, Soila Manchame, Margaret Judy, Sofía Valero, Dorianne Alvarado, Donald Klawiter, Simona, Halina Mielnik, Camilia Juber Carmona, John Guerriero, Elsa Henderson, Yvette Romero, Enmanuel Del Valle, Patricia Castro, Michael Harrill, Eileen Elvin, Geralda Masi, Katie Roland, Peter Tan, Mary & Carl Milewski, Therese Fergo, Maria Gianino, Yolanda Mendez Acevedo, Anne Rader, Robyn Nishimi, Paul Gruber, Sick of Mufide Rende Family, and Blanca Rose Juarez; and
—for the recently deceased, especially Bishop Francisco González
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This Sunday's Meet-ups
- Meditation on Zoom – 1:30pm
- Always God's Children – 3:30pm, West Conference Room
- Young Adult Coffeehouse – 6:30pm, North Conference Room
CHECK THE WEBSITE CALENDAR FOR DETAILS
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Eucharistic Holy Hour
All are welcome to adore our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament at a Eucharistic Holy Hour on Monday, March 18 from 6 to 7pm, with Confessions during the hour.
Hospitality Ministers Needed
We need your help at our Holy Week and Easter liturgies! If you can volunteer as a hospitality minister – greeting and assisting visitors and taking up the offertory collection – please email Ana Triaureau...
SEE LITURGIES SCHEDULE
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2023 Contribution Statements
Contribution statements for 2023 have been mailed to all registered parishioner donors. If you have not received your statement, please email Ana Triaureau. Thank you for your support.
Adult Confirmation
Register now for preparation classes for Confirmation that begin in late March. Confirmations will be celebrated on Pentecost Sunday, May 19 at a 3pm Mass with Cardinal Gregory. FIND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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Register for Earth Day Clean-up
St. Matthew's Creation Care Green Team joins the annual Earth Day Clean-up (April 20) sponsored by the Anacostia Watershed Society at Kingman Island in Northeast DC. Register to participate by March 29. FIND INFO & REGISTRATION LINK
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Cookie Baking for Prisoners
St. Matthew’s Social Justice Committee invites you to bake cookies for the Kairos Prison Ministry, to be delivered to prisoners at the Greenville Correctional Center in Jarratt, VA. Cookies will be collected at Masses on the weekend of April 6/7.
READ MORE
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Prayer & Confessions
Way of the Cross
- Fridays of Lent | 6pm (English)
- Sundays of Lent | 2pm (en español)
Confession
- Monday – Friday | 11am – Noon
- Saturdays | 4 – 5pm
- Monday, March 18 | during Eucharistic Holy Hour, 6 - 7pm
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Tuesday, March 26, Lenten Communal Penance Service | 12:10pm
- By appointment | call the rectory office at 202-347-3215
Eucharistic Adoration
Rosary for Life
- Saturday, March 23 | 12:45pm
Meditation
Meditation Group meetings led by L.J. Milone are offered each week:
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In-person in St. Francis Chapel | Mondays & Wednesdays at 12:45pm
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On Zoom | Sundays at 1:30pm, and Wednesdays at 8pm (find link)
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Mini-Retreat on Mystical Unity
Come to pray, meet fellow parishioners, and experience a way of living mysticism in daily life. The final session of this Lenten series has spiritual talks, discussion, and contemplative practice.
Session 5 | Mystical Unity
Tuesday, March 19 or Thursday, March 21
(Tuesday session repeated on Thursday; come to either)
7 – 9pm in the North Conference Room
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Lenten Reading on the Raising of Lazarus
Plan to join the Cathedral Book Club discussion on Thursday, March 21 in the West Conference Room, 7 - 8pm, of "Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle" by Fr. James Martin, SJ, led by Fr. Jack Hurley.
"This is a great read (or a great listen, if you're an Audible user) for Lent, especially if you're following The Chosen in theaters!"
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Friday Simple Lenten Meals
Join us Fridays of Lent at 6:30pm, following Stations of the Cross for a simple meal in the North Conference Room. Each Friday the meal is prepared by a different parish group, with the opportunity to donate to these guest organizations.
VIEW THE SIMPLE LENTEN MEALS FLIER
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Donating to Guest Non-profits
Can't attend a Friday meal but would like to donate to the guest organization? Drop off a check to the rectory office (organization name on memo line) or donate via PayPal or on the Social Justice Committee webpage (organization name in Note field). Thank you!
CRS Rice Bowl
You may pick up a Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl in the Cathedral or the rectory office and download the CRS Lenten Rice Bowl calendar of reflections and prayer intentions. Add alms to your bowl throughout Lent; rice bowls and donations will be collected after Lent. You also may join in our parish online community giving.
Are you unsure about how to observe Lenten obligations of fast and abstinence? Here's a reminder.
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Make plans to join us in the Cathedral for Holy Week and Easter!
View the Cathedral schedule ⇒ (English) (en español).
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Schola Auditions
There are limited openings for experienced singers in all voice parts of the Schola Cantorum. Please contact Tom Stehle for an audition.
Celebration of the Word
Join us Wednesday evenings (next meeting, March 20) at 7:30pm in the East Conference Room for a simple liturgy: readings, a homily, and prayers.
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Upcoming Music Events
Much to anticipate and enjoy as the Office of Music Ministries shares a list of choral and organ music events for Spring 2024!
If you missed St. Matthew's inaugural Earth Day Lessons & Carols in 2023, save the date (Sunday, April 21) for this year's vibrant and moving presentation. Through carols, chants and choral music, coupled with meditative readings of poetry and scripture, we call to mind the gifts of creation and explore the current threats to the fragile health of the earth.
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Misa en español del Domingo V de Cuaresma
17 de marzo a la 1pm (Coro Hispano)
El Vía Crucis en español a las 2pm
OBTENER ENLACES A YOUTUBE Y AL PROGRAMA
FOLLETO DE CUARESMA & SEMANA SANTA
¡Haz planes para unirte a nosotros
en la Catedral para Semana Santa y Pascua!
Ver el horario ⇒ (English) (en español).
Clases de Confirmación para Adultos
A partir de abril se ofrecerá clases en español de preparación para recibir el sacramento de la Confirmación, para adultos católicos activos y bautizados que ya han recibido su Primera Comunión. Las clases serán los domingos 21 y 28 de abril y 5 de mayo. Las personas interesadas deben enviar un email a Fátima Aybar y deben acudir a una entrevista.
Clases de Bautismo
Las clases de Bautismo en español serán los domingos 17 de marzo y 21 de abril a las 9am en el salón de conferencias del este. Para inscribirse, envíe un email a Fatima Aybar.
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Grupo de Oración en español
- Rosario y Conferencia — martes 19 de marzo, Rosario a las 7pm y conferencia a las 7:30pm con Padre John Benson, “La voluntad del que me envió,” salón de conferencias del oeste
- Rosario y Conferencia — martes 16 de abril, Rosario a las 7pm y conferencia a las 7:30pm con Mons. Evelio Menjivar, Obispo Auxiliar, “El que crea en mí no tendrá hambre," salón de conferencias del norte
- Santo Rosario por teléfono en español — todos los días a las 3pm (347-378-0694, PIN 283 201 937#)
Plato de Arroz de CRS
Recoge tu Plato de Arroz de Catholic Relief Services en la catedral o la oficina de la rectoría y vea el Calendario de Cuaresma de Plato de Arroz de CRS. Agregue limosnas a su tazón durante la Cuaresma; los tazones de arroz y las donaciones se recolectarán después de la Cuaresma. También puede unirse a las donaciones de nuestra comunidad parroquial en línea.
¿No está seguro de cómo cumplir con las obligaciones cuaresmales de ayunar y abstenerse? Aquí hay un recordatorio.
Contacto
Para más información sobre el Ministerio Hispano, envíe un email a Fatima Aybar o Padre John Benson o llame la oficina de la rectoría al 202-347-3215.
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National Eucharistic Revival
This year, the U.S. bishops are sponsoring a National Eucharistic Revival. The aim is to kindle love for the Risen Jesus in the Eucharist and revitalize the Catholic people’s participation in Sunday Mass. To this end, we present brief weekly meditations on the Eucharist until the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, June 2, 2024.
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