Dear Parishioners and Friends -
Happy Friday! Great things coming up in the parish, and I am excited to share with you!
First, today is again Friday! This afternoon is Fish Fry at 4:30, followed by Stations of the Cross at 6:00, and Bingo at 7:00. We look forward to seeing you there! See how you can help by checking out the poster below.
Remember and Rejoice is coming up again! But first, this Tuesday, stop by Culvers between 5:00 & 8pm to support our fundraiser for this event. More information is on the poster below.
Next week, on Wednesday, we have Gospel Discussion with Deacon Tom! 6:00pm in the St. Anne Chapel
Have a great week!
-Victor and the St. Gabriel Staff
Lenten Opportunities!
Pray, Fast, Give Alms
See the flyers below for all of the Lenten opportunities at our 5 parishes!
Pray with us this Lent!
Stations of the Cross is held each Friday from now until Good Friday in the Church at 6:00pm. Come join us to pray together, or check out the prayer guides in Stingle Hall to pray them at any time!
As we continue Lent, we have a few more musicians joining us for the next few weeks at our Tuesday Holy Hour. Join us before Mass to pray with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
TONIGHT is the first of five St. Gabriel Fish Frys this Lent. Join us for your favorite meals from years past plus desserts, bingo at 7pm, and great fellowship!
New this year, we invited St. Gabriel students to take part in our Fish Fry Logo Contest! We'd like to thank all the kids that submitted unique and thoughtful drawings. DRUMROLL PLEASE... the winner is 4th grader, Itzel! You will find her logo on our menu and volunteer T-shirts this year. We've ordered a few extra T-shirts, too (first come first serve) so purchase yours tonight!
Lastly, we cannot do this without the help of many amazing volunteers. Thank you to those who have already committed their time and talents. Help is still needed, even for tonight, so please sign up if you are able, by clicking on the image below.
Conversations with Sara and Father Bob
20 Top Reasons Why People Leave the Church: There is simply no evidence for God. Is this a logical objection? Listen to Father Bob and Sara to find out more.
Music Notes
Oftentimes, while walking along, a song comes to mind which really seems to express how we are feeling. This is also true for the life of faith, which is a pilgrimage toward the light of the Risen Lord. The Sacred Scriptures are steeped in song, and the Psalms are a striking example: the prayers of the people of Israel were written to be sung, and it was in song that the most human events were presented before the Lord. The tradition of the Church has continued this, making music and song one of the lungs of its liturgy.
The Jubilee, also uses song as one of the ways of expressing its motto, “Pilgrims of
Hope”. With each step of our daily pilgrimage believers trustingly rely on the source of Life. The song that arises spontaneously during the journey is directed to God. It is a song charged with the hope of being freed and supported. It is a song imbued with the hope that it will reach the ears of the One from whom all things flow.
Christian hope is dynamic and enlightens the pilgrimage of life, revealing the faces of brothers and sisters, companions on the journey.
This excerpt is from Peregrinantes in Spem MMXXV (Official Jubilee Website)
We will introduce this song for communion the weekend of Laetare Sunday (March 29th & 30th). Throughout the Jubilee Year we will incorporate the Pilgrims of Hope Hymn.
Tim Laurin, Music Director
Pilgrims of Hope (Jubilee Hymn)
Refrain
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
Like a flame my hope is burning,
may my song arise to you:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life’s path I trust in you.
Ev’ry nation, tongue, and people
find a light within your Word.
Scattered fragile sons and daughters
find a home in your dear Son.
God, so tender and so patient,
dawn of hope, you care for all.
Heav’n and earth are recreated
by the Spirit of Life set free.
dawn of hope, you care for all.
Heav’n and earth are recreated
by the Spirit of Life set free.
Raise your eyes, the wind is blowing,
for our God is born in time.
Son made man for you and many
who will find the way in him.
for our God is born in time.
Son made man for you and many
who will find the way in him.
Kwik Trip Scrip Tip
Available for purchase at the Scrip Desk in Stingle Hall at weekend
Masses or in the parish office during the week! The parish buys these cards
at a discount so each purchase you make generates a profit of 5-40%.
This is an easy fundraiser for our parish that costs you nothing extra!
Masses or in the parish office during the week! The parish buys these cards
at a discount so each purchase you make generates a profit of 5-40%.
This is an easy fundraiser for our parish that costs you nothing extra!
Closing Prayer
This Tuesday is the second great feast we celebrate in the Lenten Season. After this past Wednesday's Solemnity of St. Joseph, we celebrate on Tuesday the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. As almost a break from the Lenten season, we will have major celebration in our prayer.
If you join us for Mass on Tuesday, we will sing the Gloria at Mass, which we don't even sing on Sundays during Lent. We will also have the Creed, which isn't even included in many important feast day Masses. As well as being one of the 2 days between Ash Wednesday and Holy Week that the liturgical color will not be violet.
All to say, this is an extremely important celebration. Even more special for us here at this parish, the day we recall the important mission of our own patron, St. Gabriel to proclaim the Good News of Salvation for the first time to Our Lady.
For our prayer today, I took an excerpt from the Hymn proper to Morning Prayer on Tuesday.
O light that brings salvation's dawn,
an angel to the Virgin says:
Soon prophecies will be fulfilled
and treasured joys shall fill the earth.
A Victim to atone our sins,
he girds himself with mortal limbs,
to cleanse the sinful of their guilt
with innocent and purest blood.
To you, Lord Jesus, glory be,
who are the Virgin Mary's Son,
with God the Father ever-blest,
and loving Spirit, ever one.
Amen.