This Week at Ascension + March 9, 2022
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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March 9, 2022
Wednesday in the First Week of Lent
In-person and Live-streamed Said Mass at 6:30 p.m.
Image: Jonah preaches in the streets of Nineveh, 1877, Paul Gustave Dore
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Sunday, March 13, 2022
The Second Sunday in Lent
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
with Organ and Hymns
11:00 a.m. In-person &
Live-streamed
Solemn High Mass
The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary will be prayed immediately
following the Mass at the Shrine of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Image: Mosaic of broody hen and chickens
in the altar of Dominus Flevit church on the Mount of Olives
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Don't forget to move your clocks AHEAD ONE HOUR before going to bed on Saturday night.
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The Stations tell a Story
One of the reasons I love the Stations of the Cross is that they tell a story. Drawing both from gospel accounts and pious traditions and legend, they create a narrative of Jesus’ passion in rich detail and with compelling “characters.” There is, of course, Jesus, but also Pilate, Mary, Simon of Cyrene, and Veronica. There are the weeping women of Jerusalem, Joseph of Arimathea, and even “they” who divided Jesus’ garments and cast lots for them.
What a gift the Stations are to offer us so many entry points into the story of Jesus’ last days on earth. Are you among the weeping women of Jerusalem? Veronica, who wipes the face of Jesus, making him recognizable again? Or are you Simon of Cyrene, on whom the cross is laid? Or are you Mary, weeping at the foot of the cross in horror and despair at the fate of her beloved child? Perhaps you feel like a passerby catching only a glimpse of the brouhaha in the street, hurrying to get to your next appointment. Or do you feel like Jesus, bearing a burden, kicked while you’re down, laughed at, dismissed?
This Lent, have the opportunity to pray the Stations every Friday at noon in the church, accompanied by the organ. After conversation among staff and parish leadership, we’ve opted not to livestream this year. If you prefer to pray the stations from home, the national church has compiled a list of ways to pray the stations online that includes a variety of options (click here for that list). If you're not able to get to Ascension, I encourage you to explore options at nearby churches in your neighborhood and consider this an opportunity to get to know more about how others, even other denominations, engage this holy practice.
But if it’s the images and music of Ascension that you’re craving, I do hope you’ll be able to join us in the church during Lent. If you’re unable, our parish admin, Br. Nathanael, has compiled a PDF of the service bulletin that does have smaller images of the Stations found in the church for you to meditate on.
— Mtr. Murphy-Gill
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An Update On Interim and Rector Search
We have said our farewells to Fr. Raymond and have done it in the grand and unique way that only Ascension can! For that you have our most grateful thanks, and the gratitude of Fr. Raymond as well. It took our entire parish family to make it possible: the musicians, the kitchen crew, the volunteers who provided food, and those who set up and cleaned up.
Now we shift our focus to hiring an interim rector. We have been following a number of leads brought to us by fellow parishioners, friends of Ascension, and the diocese. We continue to make progress and will continue to keep you updated as our work continues.
It is also time to begin assembling a rector search committee. We have assembled names and are meeting to select members to serve on this important committee. We expect to have a committee of approximately seven members and look forward to presenting a panel to the parish within the next couple of weeks.
Please keep the vestry, the wardens, and the candidates for the rector search committee in your prayers as we prepare for the future of the Church of the Ascension. We cannot look to our future without recognizing our past, and yet we must allow ourselves to evolve into the next phase of our growth with faith and with prayer.
— Ken Kelling and Laverne Saunders, Wardens
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Coffee Hour Returns!
The entire church benefits from our gathering for fellowship following our worship together, and it is thanks to coffee hour hosts that we have food and coffee with which to celebrate our time together. We need hosts on Sundays after both the 9 and 11 am masses. Please contact Vestry member Seán Hansen to let him know your willingness and ability to serve. |
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Outreach Committee Meeting March 16
Next Wednesday, March 16, at 5 p.m., the Outreach Committee will meet on Zoom. This committee is in its nascent stages as we are assessing the ways in which Ascension can best reach out to and serve our neighbors here in the immediate area and across the city. All are welcome. Please contact Mtr. Murphy-Gill with questions.
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St. Anthony of Padua Food Pantry volunteers prepare to fill and distribute grocery bags to our neighbors in need this month.
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Faith Formation and Prayer Opportunities in Lent |
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Mondays - Lenten Lunches at Noon via Zoom
Join Mtr. Murphy-Gill every Monday at noon during Lent for conversation and reflection on preparing for Holy Week. We’ll be using the book Holy Solitude as our guide. We no longer have copies of this book at the church, but it is available on Amazon or IndieBound. If you are experiencing financial hardship and unable to purchase a copy, please contact the church.
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Fridays - Stations of the Cross at Noon
Come pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday at noon in the church. David White will accompany on the organ. If you’d like to be a lay officiant or assist, please reach out to our verger MB Hwang.
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Organ and Choral Repertoire for March 13, 2022 |
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ORGAN
By custom, organ voluntaries
are omitted on this day.
At the Entrance Procession
LEONI 11am
At the Offertory
LEONI 9am
UFFINGHAM 11am
At the Communion
UNDE ET MEMORES 9am
CHARTERHOUSE 11am
At the Retiring Procession
DUNEDIN 11am
Mass Ordinary
José de Torres (c. 1670-1738)
Mass for Four Voices “ad omnem tonum” (1732)
Offertory Motet
Tiburtio Massaino (c. 1550-c. 1608)
Salvatorem exspectamus
Communion Motet
Mattheus le Maistre (c. 1505–1577)
Intellige clamorem
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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:
SUNDAYS
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
11:00 a.m. In-person and Live-Streamed Solemn High Mass
MONDAY-FRIDAY
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. Said Mass
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Please give generously as you are able.
Treasurer Susan Schlough has asked me to remind you of Ascension's ongoing expenses at this time. To the extent that you are able, payment on your pledges or the offering of Holy Day or other special gifts will be greatly appreciated. You may still write a check and mail it to the church, or online payment is possible through the buttons at various places on our website. Thank you!
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For our prayers: The Rev. Canon Paula Clark, August 'Augie' Alonzo, Jim Berger,
Taffy Wehe, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Ben, David D. Jones, Gina, Tom Baer, Edward Minieka, Brenda Martins, Claire Green, Annie Picard, Marion Cantore, Georgia Schell
Birthdays: Dan O’Connell, 3/6; Luis Vargas, 3/9; Mary Jane Kowalski, 3/11;
Julie Kimani, 3/12
Requiescat in pace: Betty Jane Nordstrom, 3/9/1987; Kevin Perrizo, 3/10/2016;
Mary Jane Dyenson, 3/11/2008; Heather Downs, Carey Weiss
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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Don't forget to move your clocks AHEAD ONE HOUR before going to bed on Saturday night.
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The Rev. Meghan Murphy-Gill, Curate
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
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Vestry of Church of the Ascension
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jim Lo Bello, Ken Cozette, Marlea Edinger, Sean Hansen, George Pineda, Joshua Simpson, Sam Sommers, Enrique Vilaseco, Vestry
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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