THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT – March 23, 2025

Please, check out the Hungarian section (link at the bottom) as well, as some Hungarian related news or information may be found only there.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM: The Lord is kind and merciful.

TODAY’S MASS INTENTIONS:

9:00 AM: Parishioners of St. Emeric Parish

11:00 AM: Miklós Peller, by Ildikó Peller

MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS FOR THE COMING WEEK:

FROM THE DESK OF FR. BONA: This week on Thursday, we will reach the midpoint of Lent. At the beginning of this penitential season, we made certain resolutions and promises (depriving ourselves of some good things, adding extra prayer time to our daily schedules, or pay more attention to practice our virtues and good deeds). Where are we now? Have we stopped with our Lenten observances? Have we forsaken Jesus in the wilderness? Have we forgotten that He is still in the desert preparing himself for the ultimate price of our salvation? The whole idea of making Lenten observances is to deepen our relationship with Christ, to unite ourselves in fraternal solicitude to the suffering Christ. His sufferings and all the hardships He endured are to free us from our sins and show us how to embrace suffering for salvific reasons. As we continue our Lenten journey, let us increase efforts to stay firm in our Lenten observances. Let us remember that those sacrifices and mortifications must be geared towards bringing us closer to Jesus Christ. Because of this noble reason, we must not entertain any distraction or discouragement in fulfilling our Lenten resolutions (source: https://spicathedral.org/blog/halfway-through-the-lent/; modified).

A Review of Lenten Regulations for Latin Catholics: 1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of abstinence from meat and also days of fast, that is, only one full meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one’s needs, but together they should not equal another full meal. 2. All Fridays during Lent are days of abstinence from meat. 3. The obligation to abstain from meat commences at 14 years old. 4. The obligation to fast commences at 18 years of age and ends at 59 years of age.

THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET AT THE SHRINE OF ST. ELIZABETH will be prayed in the afternoon during the Fridays of Lent. Prayers will begin at 3pm and last approximately 45 minutes. This would be interactive with all taking turns in leading the prayers at each station or decades if they desire. Although the prayers will be primarily in English, we will welcome some stations or decades prayed in Hungarian. Please R.S.V.P. Mark Yonke via text or phone call @ 440-822-7617

LEARNING ABOUT MASS: We will continue the Bp. Kornél Fábry series on the Mass, on March 30. As we did it the last time, after 11AM Mass in our hall, we will watch a short video, followed by my comments and Q&A. The plan is to keep it under half an hour. All of you are invited. This program is in Hungarian.

LENTEN PROGRAM: On April 4^th, in the evening at 5PM, we will have the Blessed Sacrament exposed for adoration, followed by 6PM Mass. Part of the Mass will be a talk on the spiritual life. This program is in Hungarian.

CHURCH CLEANING DAY: On Friday, April 4^th, if there is no funeral, we will have 9AM Mass and at 10am we will begin to do some light spring cleaning in and around the church. Please, call Marika Zsula 216-676-5863 by April and leave a message. We would like to plan accordingly. Thank you to all of you who help the mission of our parish in any shape or form.

PRESENTATION ON THE CATHOLIC SHRINES: “Pilgrims in a Foreign Land: A history of America’s Hungarian Catholic Shrines and Pilgrimage Traditions.” The story of Hungarian-American shrines and pilgrimage traditions will be presented by Nicholas Boros. He will share portions of the over 300-page pictorial history he recently completed showcasing the shrines erected during the last century by Hungarian-American Catholics: * Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Orange Village, OH), * Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted (Youngstown, OH), * Our Lady of Máriapócs (Burton, OH), * Our Lady of Máriapócs (Matawan, NJ), and * St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Cleveland, OH) designated as a shrine in August 2023. This hour-long program will be in English and will take place on Saturday, April 12^th at 2 p.m. in the Cleveland Hungarian Museum, in The Galleria, Lower Level, in Downtown Cleveland.

LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION: Sunday Collection: $1,584; Maintenance: $10. May God reward your generosity in supporting the church. Thank you for sending in your donations by mail or using our website https://stemeric.com/donations/.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK, especially for Bev Kimar, Teréz Kalász, Lajos Boday, Márta Takács, Kathy Szabó, Alex Szaday, Virginia Kachmar, Margaret Falk, Mária Hokky, and Balázs Bedy.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE DECEASED: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen

THIS SUNDAY the 11:00 AM Mass from St. Emeric church will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/saintemeric/ and https://stemeric.com/

LET US PRAY THREE HAIL MARYS FOR OUR PARISH EVERY DAY!

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