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Second Sunday of Easter
Sunday of Divine Mercy
April 7, 2024
"Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed." (John 20:29)
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In this edition:
Happy Easter!
Bilingual Divine Mercy devotions
Cookie baking for prisoners
Pascua Juvenil / Easter Youth Celebration
Easter Mission at DuPont Circle
New series on Letter to the Romans
Earth Day Lessons & Carols
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Happy and Blessed Eastertide
A blessed and joyful Easter season to all our parishioners and friends, from Msgr. Jameson and all the priests, deacons and staff of St. Matthew's Cathedral. Congratulations to the 25 people who celebrated Sacraments of Initiation and were welcomed into the Church at the Easter Vigil!
Check out the extensive coverage of the Easter Vigil in the Catholic Standard and in El Pregonero with a photo gallery capturing the celebration of Baptism, First Eucharist and Confirmation by our elect, candidates and catechumens.
Catholic Standard also published a Lenten series, "Easter Journeys of Faith," that includes an interview with Rachel Lincoln, one of the elect who entered the Church at the Cathedral's Easter Vigil.
Please pray for our 25 brothers and sisters in Christ as they continue their journeys of faith.
Read Pope Francis' Message for this year's Easter Sunday Urbi et Orbi blessing ("for the City and for the World").
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Thank You from the Rector
Gracias del Rector
On behalf of the entire parish community, I want to express my sincere appreciation to the volunteers who decorated the Cathedral for Easter, the lectors, hospitality ministers, servers, Eucharistic ministers, musicians, sacristans, RCIA sponsors, parish staff, priests, deacons, and all who contributed time and talent to the Cathedral during Holy Week and Easter. Please be assured of my gratitude and best wishes for a very blessed Easter season.
—Msgr. Jameson
En nombre de toda la comunidad parroquial, quiero expresar mi más sincero agradecimiento a los voluntarios que ayudaron a decorar la Catedral, lectores, ujieres, monaguillos, ministros de la Eucaristía, músicos, sacristanes, padrinos del RICA, el personal de la Catedral, sacerdotes, diáconos y a todos los que contribuyeron con su tiempo y talento durante la Semana Santa y Pascua. Su esfuerzo hizo una gran diferencia. Estoy muy agradecido y les deseo una feliz época de Pascua.
—Monseñor Jameson
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At the Easter Vigil, Cardinal Gregory lights the Paschal candle from the Easter flame. (Catholic Standard photo/Mihoko Owada) | |
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Accept God in all Things
"To accept God in all things we have to become blind. Reflecting Jesus’ blessing on those who believe but do not see, Eckhart tells us, 'Whoever sees nothing else and is blind sees God.'" Read the full reflection, and check out the Mystical Word archive.
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Coronilla Bilingüe de la Divina Misericordia
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Jesucristo es la misericordia divina en persona. (Papa Benedicto XVI)
Jesus Christ is divine mercy in person. (Pope Benedict XVI)
Únase a su familia parroquial para la devoción de la Divina Misericordia en la Catedral, el domingo 7 de abril a las 2:30 de la tarde. Venga a la Exposición del Santísimo Sacramento y la recitación de la coronilla de la divina misericordia (alternando en español e inglés), concluyendo con la Bendición.
Join your parish family for Divine Mercy Devotions in the Cathedral this Sunday, April 7. Come for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the praying of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy (alternating in Spanish and English) at 2:30pm, concluding with Benediction.
Let us pray:
—for the sick, especially Maria da Silva, Paul Durrett, 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.
This Sunday's Meetups & more—
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Pope Francis' April Prayer Intention | |
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Pope Francis released a video (click above) to accompany his prayer intention for April.
"Let us pray that the dignity and worth of women be recognized in every culture, and for an end to the discrimination they face in various parts of the world."
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Misa del II Domingo de Pascua, La Misercordia, en español
7 de abril a la 1pm
Vea nuestra página web de transmisiones en vivo para obtener enlaces.
Pascua Juvenil
Únete a la Celebración de Pascua Juvenil el sábado, 6 de abril a las 5pm en la Iglesia Católica de Santa María en Landover Hills, MD. El obispo Menjívar lidera esta celebración con el apoyo de la Oficina de Diversidad Cultural y Enlace. Lea más y regístrese para asistir (adolescentes de 13 a 17 años y adultos jóvenes, de 18 a 30 años).
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Liturgias del Triduo Pascual y Otros Eventos
- Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia (bilingüe en ingles y español) – domingo 7 de abril a las 2:30pm, después de la Misa en español
- Retiro de Voluntarios Españoles para todos los Ministerios con el P. Jaime Robledo – domingo 7 de abril a las 10am, salón de conferencias del norte
- 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
- Clase de Bautismo en español – el domingo 21 de abril a las 9am en el salón de conferencias del este (para inscribir, envíe un email a Fátima Aybar)
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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.
Clase de Bautismo
La clase de Bautismo en español será el domingo 21 de abril a las 9am en el salón de conferencias del este. Para inscribirse, envíe un email a Fátima Aybar.
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Earth Day Lessons & Carols
Join us in the Cathedral on Sunday, April 21 at 3:30pm for our second Earth Day Lessons & Carols featuring the Cathedral Schola Cantorum in cooperation with St. Matthew's Creation Care Green Team. Music will include the works of renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, contemporary Scottish composer Chris Hutchings, as well as a French carol, a Welsh hymn, two Shaker tunes, a 9th century Gregorian chant and a 12th century chant of Hildegard of Bingen, all giving us another window into Earth Day themes and the writings of Pope Francis in his letters on the environment, Laudato Si’ (2015 and Laudate Deum, 2023).
READ MORE
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First Friday & First Saturday
Join us for First Friday Adoration on April 5, with the Blessed Sacrament exposed in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel from 12:45 to 5pm. All are also welcome for First Saturday Devotions on April 6 following the 12:10pm Mass.
Easter Youth Celebration
Join the Youth Easter Celebration on Saturday, April 6 at 5pm at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Landover Hills, MD. Bishop Menjivar leads this celebration with the support of the Office of Cultural Diversity and Liaison. Read more and register to attend (teens ages 13-17 and young adults, ages 18-30).
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Cookie Baking for Prisoners
Bake for Collection of Cookies this Weekend
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
CALL FOR BAKERS
COOKIE GUIDELINES
Rectory Office Holidays
The rectory office will be closed on the following dates:
- Sunday, April 7
- Saturday & Sunday, April 13/14
- Tuesday, April 16 (DC Emancipation Day)
- Saturday & Sunday, April 20/21
- Saturday & Sunday, April 27/28
Blessing of Engaged Couples
On Sunday, April 14 at the 11am Mass, Cathedral Rector Msgr. Jameson confers a blessing of engaged couples. All engaged couples scheduled to be married at the Cathedral or being prepared by a Cathedral clergy member, are welcome to receive the blessing.
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Easter Mission
Fr. Benson gives an Easter Mission on Sunday afternoons at 2:30pm, beginning April 14 in Dupont Circle. Come out and enjoy it in the spring weather. Who knows who you may meet, or what wisdom is in store for you?
Always God's Children
Always God's Children, the Cathedral ministry to persons who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual, as well as their friends and family members, meets on Sunday, April 14 at 3:30pm in the West Conference Room. READ MORE
Emancipation Day Holiday
On Tuesday, April 16, DC Emancipation Day, Masses will be celebrated at 7:30am and 12:10pm, with no Confessions or Eucharistic Adoration. The Cathedral closes after the 12:10pm Mass.
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St. Paul's Letter to the Romans
Join us for a NEW Tuesday evening series of classes on St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, taught by L.J. Milone, beginning April 16. READ MORE
Eucharistic Holy Hour
Come for silent adoration, with Confessions available, from 6 to 7pm on Monday, April 24.
SJC Meeting
St. Matthew's Social Justice Committee meets Monday, April 24 at 6:15pm in the North Conference Room. Interested parishioners are welcome to attend.
May Book Club Selection, Let's get reading
Join the Cathedral Book Club on Thursday, May 23 in the West Conference Room, 7 - 8pm, to discuss "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America," by Boston College Professor of History Heather Cox Richardson.
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.
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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.
From the writings of Brian Robinette
Brian Robinette, Grammars of Resurrection: A Christian Theology of Presence and Absence (2)
The church must live eucharistically. “The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread” (1 Cor. 10:16–17). In the communal celebration of the Eucharist, the presencing/absencing Spirit of the risen Christ forms a corporate personality out of its individual communicants — forms a constituted body or “complex person.”66 This happens at all levels. “It is performed,” writes Ward, “through the reception, the eating, the digestion of the elements: the physiological absorption of the one Body of Christ within the body of the believer, so that the two become one flesh.” The Eucharist brings about a “complex corporeality,” or a “transcorporeality.” The Eucharist signifies the mutual subsistence of bodies in a most remarkable way. The wine and bread are symbols of the earth’s nourishing bounty as food and drink. Our relationship to the earth is one of dependence. We hunger. We thirst. The earth provides, yielding itself in the fruit of grain and grape. But bread and wine also reflect human activity. They come to be through human ingenuity, through techne. Hand and instrument plow, knead, prepare, break, and serve. Hand and instrument gather, press, store, bless, and pour. We do not just eat; we humanize what we eat. Bread and wine are “humanized nature,” symbols of the creative interaction between cosmos and anthropos. These are the gifts we bring to the altar: the gifts of the earth, the gifts of our labor, the gifts of ourselves. And because this altar is also a table, the Eucharist is a meal sharing. It is a communal event, a microcosm of the social macrocosm. The Eucharist institutes communitas, even if, at times, its celebration brings inequities within the human community, and the ecclesia more particularly, to light (1 Cor. 11:20–22).
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