Fifth Sunday of Lent ~ March 21, 2021
Entrance: verses as needed
1. From ashes to the living font
Your Church must journey, Lord,
Baptized in grace, in grace renewed
By your most holy word.
2. Through fasting, prayer, and
charity
Your voice speaks deep within,
Returning us to ways of truth
And turning us from sin.
3. Unless, like grains of wheat, we
fall
Upon the ground to die,
We cannot share the gift of life,
Raised up, Like you, on high.
Psalm Response: Create in me, create in me a clean heart, O
God.
Gospel Acclamation:
Praise and honor to you,
O Lord, O Lord. Praise and honor to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Presentation: (for when Fr. Connolly is the celebrant)
1. O Sacred Head, surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn!
O bleeding Head, so wounded,
Reviled and put to scorn!
The pow’r of death comes o’er you,
the glow of life decays,
Yet angel hosts adore you
And tremble as they gaze.
2. I see your strength and vigor
All fading in the strife,
And death with cruel rigor,
Bereaving you of life;
O agony and dying!
O love to sinners free!
Jesus, all grace supplying,
O turn your face on me.
3. In this, your bitter passion,
Good Shepherd, think of me
With your most sweet compassion,
Unworthy though I be;
Beneath your cross abiding
Forever would I rest,
In your dear love confiding,
And with your presence blest.
Sanctus XVIII Chant
Sanctus, Sanctus,
Sanctus Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et
terra glória tua. Hosánna in excélsis.
Benedíctus qui venit in
nómine Dómini. Hosánna in excélsis.
Letra y música: Graduale
Romanum, 1974.
Agnus Dei XVIII Chant
1, 2. Agnus Dei, qui
tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis.
3. Agnus Dei, qui tollis
peccáta mundi: dona nobis pacem.
Letra y música: Graduale
Romanum, 1974.
Communion:
1. I am the Bread of life.
You who come to me shall not hunger;
and who believe in me shall not thirst.
No one can come to me
unless the Father beckons.
Refrain
And I will raise you
up,
and I will raise you
up,
and I will raise you up
on the last day.
2. The bread that I will give
is my flesh for the life of the world,
and if you eat of this bread,
you shall live for ever,
you shall live for ever.
3. Unless you eat
of the flesh of the Son of Man
and drink of his blood,
and drink of his blood,
you shall not have life within you.
4. I am the Resurrection,
I am the life.
If you believe in me,
even though you die,
you shall live for ever.
5. Yes, Lord, we believe
that you are the Christ,
the Son of God,
Who has come
into the world.
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EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTERS TO THE HOMEBOUND
We
continue to get requests for homebound visits. Would you like to join our ranks
of Extraordinary Ministers to the Homebound? We will train you. This is a very
rewarding and vital ministry. Call Father Michael at 227-8380 x16.
CARDINAL’S
APPEAL COMMITMENT WEEKEND
Last
weekend, we conducted our Commitment Weekend for the Cardinal’s Appeal. To
date, 234 parish households have responded allowing us to reach $ 68,242.00 toward our
Appeal Goal of $97,000.00. Thank you to
those parishioners for your early support. We are over 2/3 way to our goal! If
you took home a Cardinal’s Appeal envelope, please return it as soon as
possible. God bless you and thank you for supporting the Annual Cardinal’s
Appeal.
HOLY
WEEK AND EASTER WILL REQUIRE FREE TICKETS
A
reminder that we are requiring everyone to reserve for the Masses or
Services they would like to attend from Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday
(except Tenebrae on Good Friday morning). Tickets are be available on-line
at
https://stcolumbaonline.org/easter-masses or by going to the
parish homepage (www.stcolumbaonline.org) and clicking on the
“Easter Masses” link.
NOTE - If you do not have
access to the internet, please work together with a relative or friend to sign
up. If necessary, you may call the church office and our staff will help you.
SIGN
UPS SO FAR
·
Holy Thursday 7pm – FULL (Livestream in gym)
·
Good Friday 3PM – FULL (Livestream in gym)
·
Good Friday Stations 7pm– Tickets available
·
Easter Vigil 7pm – Tickets available
(Livestream in gym if needed)
·
7:30 Church – Tickets available
·
7:30 Gym – Not open yet
·
9:00 Church -- FULL
·
9:00 Gym – Tickets available
·
10:30 Church – FULL
·
10:30 Gym – Tickets available
·
12:00 Church – Tickets available
·
12:00 Gym – Not open yet
CONFIRMATION
WEEKEND
Bishop
Gerardo Colacicco, our former Pastor and now Auxiliary Bishop of the
Archdiocese of New York, will celebrate the Rite of Confirmation for our
Candidates on Friday, March 19 at 6:00 pm and on Saturday, March 20 at 10:00
a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Please pray for our Confirmandi.
CONSECRATION
TO ST. JOSEPH
Our
Parish will be Consecrated to St. Joseph on his Feast Day – Friday, March 19 –
at the 7:00 am Mass. All are welcome.
THIS
WEEKEND AT ST. COLUMBA
Friday,
March 19
No
Adoration – No Stations of the Cross
Consecration
to St. Joseph at 7:00 am Mass
Confirmation
at 6:00 pm
Saturday,
March 20
Confirmation
at 10:00 am & 1:00 pm
Catholic
Underground @ St. Joachim, Beacon at 7:30 pm
Sunday,
March 21
Please
return your Cardinal’s Appeal Envelope – Thanks!
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NO
STATIONS THIS WEEK - TRY THIS!
Here is the link to a downloadable
pdf as well as a digital version of the Stations of the Cross for Children and
Families put together by Father Connolly and Alexandra Sullivan.
