Chapel Bulletin
Bulletin for the week of May 5, 2013
Finals Week & Graduation Mass & Confession Schedule
- Monday, May 6th—Masses at 6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m., and 4:45 p.m. in CTK Chapel. Confessions 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, May 7th—Masses at 6:30 a.m., 12:05 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. in CTK Chapel. 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. LAST DAY FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONFESSIONS.
- Wednesday, May 8th—Masses at 6:30 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. in CTK Chapel.
- Thursday, May 9th—Mass at 12:05 p.m. in CTK Chapel.
- Friday, May 10th—6:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Mass in Finnegan Fieldhouse – (ONLY MASS OF THE DAY).
- Saturday, May 11th—No daily Mass due to Commencement. Sunday Vigil Mass at 4:00 p.m. in CTK Chapel.
- Sunday, May 12th—Masses only at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. in CTK Chapel.
Regular Mass and Confession Schedule
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This week's readings
- 5 Sun: 6th Sunday of Easter—Acts 15:1-2, 22-29/Rv 21:10-14, 22-23/Jn 14:23-29 or Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20/Jn 17:20-26.
- 6 Mon: Easter Weekday—Acts 16:11-15/Jn 15:26-16:4a.
- 7 Tues: Easter Weekday—Acts 16:22-34/Jn 16:5-11.
- 8 Wed: Easter Weekday or Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces—Acts 17:15, 22-18/Jn 16:12-15..
- 9 Thurs: Easter Weekday—Acts 18:1-8/Jn 16:16-20.
- 10 Fri: Easter Weekday or St. Damien de Veuster, Priest—Acts 18:9-18/Jn 16:20-23a.
- 11 Sat: Easter Weekday—Acts 18:23-28/Jn 16:23b-28.
- 12 Sun: Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord—Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10:19-23/Lk 24:46-53.
Solemn Vespers & Benediction
The final Solemn Vespers and Benediction for Spring Semester will be held this evening Sunday, May 5th at 7:00 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel.
Baccalaureate Mass
The Baccalaureate Mass will held on Friday, May 10th at 6:00 p.m. in the Finnegan Fieldhouse. This is the only Mass of the day.
Attention Liturgical Ministers
Any trained liturgical ministers that will be on campus over the summer, and available for a liturgical ministry, please sign up in the Chapel Foyer.
Summer Mass Schedule
Beginning on Monday, May 13th, the summer Mass Schedule will be as follows in Christ the King Chapel:
- Monday – Friday - 12:05 p.m.
- Saturday – 10:00 a.m.
- Sunday – 10:00 a.m.
Any changes to this Mass schedule will be posted in the weekly Chapel bulletin.
Summer Confession schedule
Confessions during the summer will begin on Tuesday, May 14th and will held on each Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Adoration in the Portiuncula
Adoration in the Portiuncula has closed for Spring Semester. The Blessed Sacrament will remain reserved in the Port from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for those who wish to pray. Thank you to all of you who made another semester of perpetual adoration possible.
Attention Liturgical Ministers
Any trained liturgical ministers that will be on campus over the summer, and available for a liturgical ministry, please sign up in the Chapel Foyer.
Easter Season: March 31st – May 19th
The fifty days from Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day, indeed as one “great Sunday,” (St. Athanasius, Epistula festalis). These the days above all others in which the Alleluia is sung” (Universal Norms, 22).
The first eight days of the Easter season make up the octave of Easter and are celebrated as solemnities of the Lord. The days of the Easter octave form the “early hours” of this “great Sunday,” with accounts of the Lord who rose early in the morning, and the early preaching of the disciples who were witnesses to his resurrection.
The paschal candle, a symbol of the presence of the risen Christ among the people of God, remains in the sanctuary near the altar or ambo through Vespers on Pentecost Sunday. Its use is encouraged at all liturgical celebrations, especially Mass and the liturgy of the Hours.
(Taken from “The Order of Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours and Celebration of the Eucharist 2013” Paulist Press.)
From The Chaplain's Desk…
Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult all creation around God’s throne! Jesus Christ, our King is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation! With these beautiful words we began the Easter proclamation, (Exultet), proclaiming aloud the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Resurrection of Christ is the very cornerstone of our faith. “If Christ has not been raised from the dead…then our faith is in vain (1Cor 15:14).
Indeed St. Paul could proclaim this with full conviction because he did not see the resurrection of Christ merely as an historical fact, at which we gaze admiringly, but as a present reality in which, through baptism, we are all intimately involved (1Cor 20-34).
As a matter of fact, the day of Easter is a finale, an act of rejoicing in the reality that has already been celebrated through the liturgy of the Lenten season. Throughout the Lenten Eucharists, the Church has emphasized the presence of the risen Lord in word and sacrament. Now her response is total rejoicing. She welcomes her risen Lord, not as who is simply a figure of history or one who has been absent, but as one she has come to know and love more fully in her Lenten worship. Easter, therefore, is a grand summation of all the themes of the Lenten liturgy. It brings them to a climax in the baptismal affirmation of faith, and above all in the Eucharistic sacrifice. It is the final amen to the Lenten liturgy. Now we continue with this same spirit throughout the Easter season.
All of this should have a profound influence upon our lives. Our sharing in the crucifixion – Resurrection of Jesus should bring about a mysterious change in our very being. As we live out this Easter mystery day by day, Christ now lives in us and this intimate union now calls for a new way of life. Because we share in this new life of Christ we must, therefore, change our way of living. All corruption and wickedness has to yield to sincerity and truth. Much more is demanded of us then mere external festivity. While Christ has indeed risen, many of us spiritually remain behind the times, comfortable with our daily moral compromises, our selfishness and little cruelties. St. Paul tells us to get over our lethargy and move to make some concrete changes so that our lives can become more in line with the risen Lord rooted in sincerity and truth. He invites us to put a greater amount of commitment into our annual renewal of baptismal promises (1 Rom 1:12-18).
Being able to do this will challenge each of us in different ways. Our overall goal should be to live in the Easter spirit all year long. As baptized Christians, then, we have a certain hope that we, too, shall rise glorious with Christ on the last day. This will indeed happen if we do our reasonable best to be faithful to our Baptismal promises. In addition to Baptism, we have the Holy Eucharist through which we receive a pledge of future glory. In the Eucharist we receive the Christ who promised: “He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up on the last day” (John 6:54).
We are a resurrection people, and alleluia is our song!
I would like to extend all God’s blessings upon our graduates who will now be leaving us and going out into the world carrying their faith with them. We will keep you in our prayers that the good Lord will bless all of your endeavors and grant you every success. We have been called to great hope in Christ. In him our frail human nature has been raised to glory. One day his glorious heritage will be ours. As we go forth we need fear only the disruptive power of sin which alone can destroy us. Today as we look toward heaven, toward Jesus in glory at the right hand of the Father, we do so with the belief that he will come again to raise us to a sharing in the fullness of life, the life of glory.
May the risen Lord continue to bless us all throughout this blessed and joyful Easter season.
Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Dominic Scotto, T.O.R.