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Mass Schedule April 4, 2021 ● EASTER SUNDAY
Lord’s Day:
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm Our lady of the lakes
Sunday: 9:30 am
12:00 pm (Español) C A T H O L I C C H U R C H
Weekday: DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE-IN-INDIANA
Monday: 12:00 pm 543 S. MAIN ST., MONTICELLO, INDIANA 47960
Tuesday: 12:00 pm
Wednesday: 5:30 pm website: www.ourladyofthelakesmonticello.com
Thursday: 9:00 am
Friday: No mass (Expect first Friday .... Fr. Christopher Miller, Pastor
9:00 am)
Fr. Alejandro Paternoster, Parochial Vicar
Confessions
Wednesday 5:00-5:30 pm
Saturday 3:15-4:00 pm
By appointment
Parish Office & Staff
Office Phone………………………574-583-6790
Rectory Phone……………………574-583-5724
Fax…………………………………….574-583-4112
E-Mail…adyofthelakes@lightstreamin.com
Pastor………………...….Rev. Christopher Miller
E-Mail ………………..frchris93@yahoo.com
Parochial Vicar …Rev. Alejandro Paternoster
E-Mail……………paternostera@olmc1.org
Director of Operations……..…..Cassy Mackey
E-Mail………..cmackey@parish.dol-in.org
Maintenance………………...…….Richard Griggs
Bulletin Secretary…….......Reynalda Martinez
E-Mail...rmartinezramos@parish.dol-in.org
Director Religious Education
Ary Nelson
E-Mail .............................. aryjnel@gmail.com
Phone ..................................... 574-583-6790
Ministries & Organizations
Finance Council..…..Randy Mitchell, Paulette
Waymouth & Sharon Clawson
Altar & Rosary Sodality……………Donya Tirpak
Prayer Chain………...….……….………Pat Golden
Email……………….golden9090@yahoo.com
Parish Information
New Parishioners and Guests
We offer a warm welcome to all who are
celebrating with us this weekend. If you are
new to the parish, please contact the office
so we may greet you properly. 4 de abril DE 2021 ● DOMINGO DE PAScUA
2 Welcome to Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church
Seeking to enrich your spiritual life? Interested in the life of St.
Francis of Assisi? Want to know more about becoming a Third
Order Franciscan?
Monday, April 5 @ 12:00 PM The St. Boniface Secular Third Order Franciscans are holding
† Richard Schottenloher a “Come and See” gathering. It will be held on April 18, 2021
Monday, April 5 @ 3:00 PM at the St. Michael Center at 2:15 pm. The St. Michael Center
is located at 816 North Street, across from St. Boniface
Divine Mercy Novena
School in Lafayette. You are invited to come and learn more
Tuesday, April 6 @ 12:00 PM about the Secular Franciscan Third Order and the life of St.
† Doughlas Williams Francis and how we live the Gospel life in the footsteps of St.
Tuesday, April 6 @ 3:00 PM Francis. We will be social distancing and masks are required.
We look forward to seeing you. If you have any questions,
Divine Mercy Novena
please call Vanda Sullivan 765-418-7212 (email vsul-
Wednesday, April 7 @ 3:00 PM ly04@yahoo.com) or Carolyn Pruitt 765-586-8721.
Divine Mercy Novena
Wednesday, April 7 @ 5:30 PM Divine Mercy: Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021
† John & Anna Wilder
Thursday, April 8 @ 9:00 AM The 2021 GREAT NOVENA of DIVINE MERCY continues at 3
pm, each day, in the church at Our Lady of the Lakes, Monticello.
Int. of Michelle Kyser In this powerful intercessory prayer we immerse
Thursday, April 8 @ 3:00 PM everyone in the world into the ocean of God’s mercy. Each day
Divine Mercy Novena has a separate petition. If you can’t attend, go to: mer-
cy.olol2stjoes.com – (That’s OLOL for Our Lady of the Lakes.)
Friday, April 9 @ 9:00 AM Lois has recorded all the prayers of the Novena for you. Please
† Lee Cronch join us in this incredible grace- filled devotion. It takes only a few
Friday, April 9 @ 3:00 PM minutes each day.
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY CELEBRATION:
Divine Mercy Novena 3 -4 pm next Sunday (April 11) at Our Lady of the Lakes
Saturday, April 10 @ 3:00 PM Church, Monticello Our Lor d said to St. Faustina: I desire
that the Feast of Mercy... be solemnly celebrated on the first
Divine Mercy Novena
Sunday after Easter... The soul that will go to Confession and
Saturday, April 10 @ 4:30 PM receive Holy Communion (in a state of grace on this day)
† Don Rollheiser shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.
(Diary, 699) Father Chris will expose the Blessed Sacrament and
Sunday, April 11 @ 9:30 AM hear Confessions. We’ll pray the concluding novena prayers and
† Brent Faker sing the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Divine Mercy images will be
Sunday, April 11 @ 12:00 PM (Spanish) available to take home, and we’ll include Entrustment to the Di-
vine Mercy. Benediction and blessing of holy images will con-
Our Lady of the Lakes Parish clude our celebration.
Sunday, April 11 @ 3:00 PM
Divine Mercy Novena
LIVE THE LITURGY
First Friday Adoration, April 9 INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK
There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament beginning ALLELUIA! Christ is risen! About today’s feast, St. Augustine
after the 9 a.m. Mass on Thursday, and ending Friday at 8:45 writes: “And he departed from our sight that we might return to
a.m. with Benediction. A Mass will follow on Friday at 9 a.m. our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is
There is a sign-up sheet in the entryway, if you can commit to here.” Christ’s resurrected presence lives not only in the high-
a half-hour of adoration. It is a wonderful gift to our world, that est heaven but in the fragile human hear. Christ’s life inspires
we spend time here in silent adoration before our God. us to see a future for ever human being and discover our true
purpose and meaning. Every human being has a desire to live,
and this cry can be heard within. There is a longing for a con-
Parish Office Closed nection with Someone greater than ourselves that gives an
The parish office will be closed important to our existence that we cannot supply. Today, our
Easter Monday, April 5, in ob- deepest questions find answers.
servance of Easter.
The office will
re-open on Tuesday, April 6. Last Week’s Collection
April 4, 2021
Due to early submission not available.
Position Open for Hire Adults interested in becoming Catholic or in just learning
We are currently seeking applicants for the position of Director more about the Faith are invited to RCIA-(Adult preparation to
of Evangelization. The Director of Evangelization, Family Life, join the Catholic).
and Pastoral Ministries is a new position mandated by our When: Wednesday Evening: 6:30 PM—8:30
Bishop for every pastorate of the Diocese. PM
Where: Fosselman Hall
For more information, contact:
If you would like to apply for this position, please con- Fr. Chris 574-583-5724
tact Fr. Chris as soon as possible. Molly Clark has been as- Sharon Clawson: 574-583-8180
signed by the Bishop to interview and hire this new position. Amy Herman: 574-870-1261
You can contact her directly at: mclark@dol-in.org . Please
pray that we find the right person for this important position. GOSPEL MEDITATION
Encourage Deeper Understanding of Scripture
DO WE NEED TO FAST FOR
ONE HOUR BEFORE MASS,
OR ONE HOUR BEFORE COM-
MUNION?
The practice of fasting before
receiving the Eucharist is a
centuries-old act of devotion
that was once very different Who are you? This question was not assuredly asked of Jesus
that it is today. In the 1917 on the day of resurrection and it is a question asked of each
Code of Canon Law, for ex- of us. Our identities can be described in so many ways. We
ample, anyone who wanted can start with our gifts and our talents, expertise and unique
to receive the Eucharist had personality expressions. We can describe things we like and
to fast from midnight until things we prefer to set aside. As descriptive and captivating as
the time of communion (even water and medications were these can be, none come close to our essence, our real and
forbidden). Over the following decades, the rules for the Eu- true self. While accurate in their own right, the self who lives
charistic fast were relaxed, first Pope Pius XII and, later, by and interacts with the world is the self we want others to see,
Pope Saint Paul VI. the one we project. But there is much more to us just as there
is much more to Jesus.
The current Code of Canon Law (1983) states very clearly: “A
person who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain Jesus could describe himself based on all of the same criteria
for at least one hour before holy communion from any food we use for ourselves. After all, Jesus is totally human. With all
and drink, except for only water and medicine” (Canon that people witnessed and all that Jesus knew about his physi-
919,51). And, in the case of those who are ill and the elderly, cal human self, his divinity also shined forth. There was so
the rules are even more accommodation, “The elderly, the much more to know about him. Whereas once Jesus was
infirm, and those who care for them can receive the Most Holy transfigured on top of a mountain before his disciples’ eyes,
Eucharist even if they have eaten something within the pre- so today he is transfigured before our eyes as he reveals his
ceding hour (Canon 919,53). resurrected self as the Christ. Alleluia, Christ is risen! His glori-
fied presence stands before us showing us that we are all
So, if we strictly follow the “letter of the law,” the fast is calcu- much more than we see ourselves to be and show to others.
lated from the time of Holy Communion and not the start of We have a depth, purpose, and essence that go way beyond
Mass. However, when we remember why we fast-it is a re- the superficial treasure of our existence to the very core of
minder of the deeper hungers of the spirit that our physical who we are.
thirst or hunger symbolize-we see that the issue is much big-
ger than simply fulfilling what is called for by Church Law and Within each one of us is a spark of Divine Love where creature
tradition. Joining fasting to our prayer and reflection before and Creator meet, and we are known uniquely by the name
Mass is an opportunity to really center ourselves and to pre- God whispers to us. It is not the earthly name that was given
pare our minds, hearts, and bodies to welcome the One we to us but the one that flows from Divine Power and claims us
receive in the Eucharist. as one who is special and chosen in God’s eyes. This is the
self that will rise one day with the eternal Christ of God and
live eternally as God provides. This is the self that when free
from all superficial constraints layered upon it in this life can
discover and know freedom in a way never possible before.
This is love lifting us up and transforming us into who we real-
ly are, not who we want or need ourselves to be. Who are you?
A special, unique child of God who has been fashioned in
To publish an announcement in the bulletin, send
God’s image, sustained by the power of God’s love and kept
submissions by email to Reynalda no later than Monday
eternally with the Blessed Trinity in heaven. Get to know this
noon. Email: rmartinezramos@parish.dol-in.org
deeper, truer self as it is who you really are.
Thank you!
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