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This Week at Ascension + February 7, 2024
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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Wednesday, February 7
Feria Mass
Evening Prayer on ZOOM at 6 p.m.
In-person and Live-streamed
Said Mass at 6:30 p.m.
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Wednesday, February 14
Ash Wednesday
Spoken Liturgy at 7am & 12pm
Sung Liturgy with Choir at 7pm
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Stations of the Cross
& Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
on the Fridays in Lent at 6 p.m.
February 16 & 23 and March 1, 8, 15 & 22
Following Stations & Benediction a vegetarian soup and bread supper will be offered in Wheeler Hall
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New Weekday Mass Schedule
Be present, be present, O Jesus, our great High Priest,
as you were present with your disciples,
and be known to us in the breaking of bread.
On Monday, February 19, we will institute a new weekday mass schedule. We hope you will make our new weekday mass schedule part of your Lenten journey.
Monday – 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday – 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday – 6:30 p.m.
Thursday – 8:00 a.m.
Friday – 12:00 p.m.
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From the Curate
I love the gospel passage appointed for Sunday for so many reasons, one of which is the description of Jesus as “moved with pity.” Often, the Evangelists are so focused on emphasizing the point of their particular narratives that they seem to forget that the hero of the story they tell is a human being with real feelings. Luke’s details and events point back to the earlier saving works of God in history. Matthew is always proving why Jesus is the true inheritor of the throne of David. Mark hurries us to the cross. John is intent on making sure we understand the relationship between the Son and the Father. But here in Sunday's passage, when Mark says Jesus was moved with pity, we are offered a glimpse into the interior life of Jesus, one who beholds a man diseased with leprosy simply asking for healing.
People often describe Mark’s Jesus as secretive. I tend to see him as shy or introverted, wanting to preserve his energy for the important work he has to get done (but perhaps I’m projecting). But in this moment, his feelings, a sense of compassion for the man, lead him to give of himself. It’s a remarkably pastoral moment, because after healing the man, Jesus advises him on what to do next, but not before telling him to keep this healing to himself. But who can keep such an intimate moment with Jesus to themselves?
Pay attention this week to what moves you. “Follow the affect,” we like to say in my house. Often, it points to the places where God invites us to give freely of ourselves.
—Mtr. Murphy-Gill
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Ordination of Christopher Michael Poore
Thursday, February 8
By the grace of God and with the consent of the people of God, the Rt. Rev. Paula Clark will ordain Christopher Michael Poore to the Sacred Order of Deacons in Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on February 8 at 7 p.m. at Church of the Ascension.
Your prayers and presence are requested. Clergy are invited to vest and process. The festival color is red.
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Images of Pilgrimage
2024 Lenten Program led by Fr. Robert Petite
Our Lenten program will explore Images of Pilgrimage as they inform the practice of Christian love throughout the Christian’s life journey. A pilgrimage is a journey to visit holy places: historical churches, religious shrines, or other sacred sites in a particular country. We can also speak metaphorically of the whole of life as “a pilgrimage”, a metaphor for the spiritual journey we all take, with all the challenges, demands and hardship that accompany it. Please join us for this rich formation program led by Fr. Petite, following the 11:00 a.m. Solemn High Mass. A hearty lunch will be provided.
Sunday, February 18 – Images of Pilgrimage in Holy Scripture (The Creation Story, The Exodus, the Prodigal Son, and Christ’s Journey into the Wilderness.)
Sunday, February 25 – Images of Pilgrimage in the theology of St. Augustine of Hippo (The Restless Journey toward Divine Love)
Sunday, March 3 – Images of Pilgrimage in the poetry of Dante Alighieri (The movement of Romantic love to love of neighbor and God).
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About our Written Resource: Images of Pilgrimage; Paradise and Wilderness in Christian Spirituality by Rev. Dr. Robert Crouse, one time professor of Classics at Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fr. Crouse was a respected spiritual director, an authority on St. Augustine (354-430) and on Dante (1261-1321). He died in 2011. His book can be found on Amazon in hardcover and Kindle: https://a.co/d/0DVRdcs
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Lenten Quiet Morning Saturday, March 9
What’s so good about a crucified God?
Mtr. KJ Oh, priest associate at St Paul and the Redeemer, Hyde Park and Emerita Professor in Practical Theology at Bexley Seabury Seminary, Chicago, will lead us as we reflect on what it means to follow a savior who was so easily exterminated and how Jesus’ sacrificial act results in our salvation. Our conversations, while framed by theology, are offered as a time for personal, spiritual exploration rather than as a theological exercise.
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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 NEW MARCH & APRIL 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
Lynn Wilber, Ellen, Kenneth Phillips, Amy & Amanda Boemer, Elizabeth McLaughlin,
Greg Nigosian, Ellen Penrod, Andrew Carlin, Marilyn Labkon, Robert Baily, Lee Gould,
Robert Pischke, Derrick Petite, Florence Jones Clanton, David Schrader, Leslie Smebak Gormley, Rachel Smolinski, Sarah & Reece, Suzanne Dines, MB Hwang, Juanita Malone,
David S. Jones, Richard Francis Tracz, Victor Fernandez, Claire Green, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Brenda Martins
Birthdays
Jonathan Galliher, 2/7; Adriana Luery, 2/8; Alexia Rivera, 2/8;
Arthur Kreymer, 2/9; Patricia Johnston, 2/10
Requiescat in pace
Alison Henderson; Kiyomi Kakiuchi, 2/4/2020;
Robert Jeffrey Arnold, 2/6/2018; William Louis Gaines, 2/8/2005;
Emil Avimalq Malick 2/9/2013; Walter S. Schlough, 2/10/1979
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
February 11, 2024
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ORGAN
Partita: Sei gegrüßet, Jesu güti
BWV 768
Chorale; Var. I: à 2 Clav.;
Var. II: Andante;
Var. III: Allegretto; Var. IV: Andante;
Var. V: à 2 Clav. Var VI: Andante;
Var. XI: à 5 voci, in Organo pleno
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
At the Entrance Procession
137 WAREHAM
At the Offertory
ORIEL
At the Communion
MARYTON (9 a.m.)
133 ELMHURST (11 a.m.)
At the Retiring Procession
559 DULCE CARMEN
ORGAN
Pièce d'Orgue BWV 572
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Mass Setting
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
(1839-1901)
Messe in Es, JWV 57 (1856)
Offertory Motet
Peter Philips (c. 1560-1628)
Hodie in monte à8
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 High Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
MONDAY-FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
Beginning February 19
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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