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This Week at Ascension + April 17, 2024
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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Weekday Mass Schedule
12 p.m. on Monday & Friday
8 a.m. on Tuesday & Thursday
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
View the Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Live-stream Mass here
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
Weekday Offices
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
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From the Curate
Success isolates; failure invites connection. This was the general gist of a conversation I listened to on a podcast earlier this week. It is a compelling if not provocative idea that I’ve been turning over in my head the past few days. Having not three weeks ago viewed Christ on the cross, isolated and alone, I wasn’t so sure if I agreed. But then I read our gospel for this Sunday, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd, the one who lays down his life for his sheep rather than running away when danger lurks, and I understood. Too often, success in our world means climbing over others, getting yours while leaving others behind or empty handed. The drive to “succeed” is usually self-serving and, yes, isolating.
Jesus, the Good Shepherd rejected this notion of “success.” The world’s success stories, the politically powerful especially, were challenged by his message that the first should be the last and the last the first. They bristled at the idea that a farmer father would rejoice at the return of his wayward son, that a woman might seek a lost coin when she had several already, that a shepherd would search for a lost sheep, much less lay down their life for their sheep rather than cower and run away in fear and self-preservation at the deadly cost of their flock. These metaphors for the one who we call Lord and parables about the kingdom of God directly confront what the world tells us about success. But they are an invitation to us—broken, sinful, messy, failing people—to seek and find connection in our care and love for one another. Because we are imperfect people beloved of our Good Shepherd who seeks and finds each of us not in our personal glories and “self-made” successes but in our brokenness.
—Mtr. Murphy-Gill
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Art and Faith Eastertide Formation Series continues April 21
Come join us for a 3-week series following the Solemn High Mass where we’ll explore how visual art can deepen our spiritual understanding of what it means to be an Easter people who worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. A light lunch will be provided.
April 21: Our Lady of Chicago
Professor Matthew Milliner, an art historian who teaches at Wheaton College, will present a talk on appearances of Marian imagery in Chicago. Prof. Milliner is the author of a 4-part series of articles about local Marian images. Click on the following links to read part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.
April 28: He Ascended in Heaven
Often in fine art, the Resurrection and Ascension can look similar. We’ll view paintings—some that you can even visit in person in Chicago—to uncover and understand themes of the Ascension and its meaning for us.
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Young(ish) Adults Gathering, Sunday, May 5
Come up to the Library following the Solemn High Mass on Sunday, May 5 for lunch and conversation with Ascension’s fellow young adults. We’ll order Chipotle and discuss opportunities for fellowship and service. No need to RSVP, but if you have questions, please reach out to Mtr. Murphy-Gill.
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Consider being a Coffee Hour host
There are spots available for hosting Coffee Hour after either Sunday Mass! Look for the JULY & AUGUST sign-up sheets in Wheeler Hall.
If you are leary of what hosting a Coffee Hour might entail, speak to Hospitality Committee members Josh or Ellie Simpson, David Reeves, LaVerne Saunders or Carol Noren. They will be glad to help.
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The Prayers of the People
As part of our Sunday offering of the Mass, we bring to God our petitions and thanksgivings. As a community, we do this by bidding the parish’s intentions in the Prayers of the People. If you wish to have someone added to the Prayers of the People, please email Father de la Torre or Mother Murphy-Gill. You can also fill out the prayer request form in the link below. Names will remain on the prayer list for three weeks, unless otherwise requested.
Lord, hear the prayers of thy people; and what we have asked faithfully, grant that we may obtain effectually, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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For our prayers
Randy Thomas, Ruby Woods, Carolyn Wiggins, David Schrader, Kari Johnson, Malik Gillani, Marlea Edinger, Terrence Kumro, John Barry, Jeanne Fitzsimmons, Mary Sliwinski, Neha Nikita Andrade, Ken McPhillips, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Marilyn Labkon, Lee Gould, Robert Pischke,
Florence Jones Clanton, Rachel Smolinski, Suzanne Dines, MB Hwang, Juanita Malone,
David S. Jones, Richard Francis Tracz, Victor Fernandez, Claire Green, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Brenda Martins
Birthday
Shelley Hedley, 4/17; DiAnne Walsh, 4/20; Joshua Heath, 4/20; Sean Hansen, 4/20
Requiescat in pace
Ella Tarleton, 4/9/2024; George Whitman, 4/15/1993;
Carl Thomas Ginwright, 4/18/1990
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them;
May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Organ and Choral Repertoire for
April 21, 2024
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ORGAN
Zwölf Stücke für Orgel IMR 209
Johann-Maximilian Reger
(1873-1916)
IX. Benedictus (revised version, 1903)
Opening Hymn
478 MONK'S GATE
At the Offertory
645 ST. COLUMBA
At the Communion
334 ALLES IST AN GOTTES SEGEN
Closing Hymn
SICILIAN MARINERS
ORGAN
Improvisation on St. Columba
in the style of Reger
David R. White (b. 4/21/1959)
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Mass Setting
Francesco Feroci (1673-1750) Messa in Gisolreut
Offertory Solo
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840-1893)
The Lord is my shepherd,
adapt. and arr. Maxwell & Feibel
Text: Psalm 23 (alt.)
Chanted Mass Propers
from the Graduale Romanum
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Between Masses, please don’t forget that The Choir of the Ascension has recorded upwards of 60 tracks that you can listen to anywhere you have an internet connection. They can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/choir-of-the-ascension
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Ascension Connections
(with your click and God's help)
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Meeting ID:
792 031 7452
Password: 1133
Join-by-Phone Option: (312) 626-6799
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Weekly Ascension Schedule
For connections:
via Zoom (click here)
SUNDAYS
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
11:00 a.m. In-person and Live-Streamed Solemn Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
MONDAY-FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
Weekday Mass Schedule
12 p.m. on Monday & Friday
8 a.m. on Tuesday & Thursday
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday
View the Wednesday Mass here
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Wardens
David Reeves, Sr. Warden
David Reeves, Sr. Warden
David A. Robertson, Jr. Warden
David A. Robertson Jr. Warden
Vestry
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jay Peterson, Joshua Simpson
Ken Cozette, Elizabeth Simpson, Samuel Sommers (Clerk)
Vicki Dvonch, Nancy Pardee, DiAnne Walsh
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Finance@ascensionchicago.org
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
Office@ascensionchicago.org
Approved minutes of Vestry meetings are always available online to parishioners who request the link. If you would like Internet access to these Vestry Minutes, please email the Parish Office and request the link. Once you access the web page, you can read all recent Vestry meeting minutes.
The link remains live indefinitely. Any parishioner who has the link will not need to request a new link from month to month.
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