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Sixth Sunday of Easter
May 5, 2024
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love." (John 15:9)
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In this edition:
First Holy Communions
C†YA Tuesday Happy Hour
May Book Club
Online Catholic Home Solar Workshop
Recital by French Organist
June Holy Hour for Priest Ordinandi
July Weekend Retreat along the Potomac
& more
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Masses
Saturday, May 4 at 5:30pm (Vigil)
Sunday, May 5 at 7am, 9am, 11am,
1pm (en español) (Bautismo en la Misa) & 5:30pm
Online Offertory: PayPal | Faith Direct
See Livestreams webpage for links.
26 children will receive First Communion at the 9am Mass.
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Love is who God is
"Love is the Holy Spirit, and so the love with which God loves the divine self is the very love that God showers upon us. It is the Holy Spirit. God delights in nothing so much as giving away this Holy Spirit to any who are open and willing." Read L.J. Milone's reflection, and check out the Mystical Word archive.
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Let us pray:
—for the sick, especially Catherine Parello, Luis Miguel Silva, Etelvina Martinez, Dan Evans, Maria da Silva, Paul Fry, Francisca Granados Flores, Soila Manchame, Margaret Judy, Sofía Valero, Dorianne Alvarado, Donald Klawiter, Simona, Halina Mielnik, Camilia Juber Carmona, John Guerriero, Elsa Henderson, Yvette Romero, Enmanuel Del Valle, Patricia Castro, Michael Harrill, Eileen Elvin, Geralda Masi, Katie Roland, Peter Tan, Mary & Carl Milewski, Therese Fergo, Maria Gianino, Yolanda Mendez Acevedo, Anne Rader, Robyn Nishimi, Paul Gruber, Sick of Mufide Rende Family, and Blanca Rose Juarez.
To add a name to the prayer list of the sick or recently deceased, email Msgr. Jameson. If asking for prayers for a person who is sick, please first get their permission.
This Sunday's Meetups —
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Easter Mission
Join us in Dupont Circle for the last Sunday of this year's Easter Mission, Sunday, May 5 in Dupont Circle at 2:30pm!
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The Cathedral Young Adult ministry (C†YA) serves the community of Catholic adults ages 21 - 39 who live and work in DC, supporting them in the continued growth of their faith, discernment of their vocations, and development as stewards of the Church through opportunities for socializing, community service and spiritual reflection.
Sunday Night with C†YA
Join us Sunday nights at 6:30pm, following the 5:30pm Mass, in the North Conference Room. Meet other Catholics, talk about the faith, and build friendships!
Tuesday Happy Hour
Come for a C†YA Happy Hour at 6:30pm on Tuesday, May 14 at Aslin Beer Company on 14th Street on Logan Circle, and every other Tuesday through the summer.
Upon this Rock
On May 20 we honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. Check out the special event featured on the Young Adults webpage — Upon this Rock, Celebrating Mary, Mother of the Church, with our own priests of the Archdiocese of Washington headlining at Pearl Street Warehouse in SW DC on May 20 at 7pm. See the Facebook event and buy tickets online.
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Eventos
- Picnic Familiar en Rock Creek Park - sábado 4 de mayo, para obtener más información, envíe un email a Fatima Aybar
- Cuarta de Cuatro Misiones en Dupont Circle - domingo 5 de mayo después de la Misa de 1pm
- Grupo de Oración en español - martes 7 de mayo a las 7pm, Misa y celebración de los cumpleaños del mes de mayo, salón de conferencias del oeste
- Grupo de Oración en español - martes 14 de mayo, Rosario a las 7pm y conferencia con P. Juan Noboa, Tema: La Liturgia, salón de conferencias del norte
- Clase de Bautismo en español - domingo 19 de mayo a las 9am, salón de conferencias del este, para inscribirse, envie un emaíl a Fatima Aybar
- Santo Rosario por teléfono en español - todos los días a las 3pm (347-378-0694, PIN 283 201 937#)
Colecta especial el próximo fin de semana
En las misas del 11 y 12 de mayo, habrá una colecta especial para conmemorar la celebración del centenario de la Primera Misa en la Basílica del Santuario Nacional de la Inmaculada Concepción. También puede contribuir en línea en adw.org/Shrine100.
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Peregrinación Eucarística Nacional
Le invitamos a registrarse en línea antes del 1 de junio para participar en la próxima Peregrinación Eucarística Nacional, que viajará a través de la Arquidiócesis de Washington durante el período del 7 al 9 de junio, con una Misa pública y Procesión en DC el sábado 8 de junio.
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Noticias de Ordenación
El diácono Isaac Sagastume será ordenado sacerdote por el Cardenal Gregory, junto con otros 15 diáconos de la Arquidiócesis de Washington, el sábado 15 de junio en la Basílica del Santuario de la Inmaculada Concepción.
El Diácono Isaac, quien está en formación en el Seminario Redemptoris Mater, ha ministrado este año en la Catedral tanto en español como en inglés, sirviendo y predicando en las Misas dominicales, presidiendo las Horas Santas, preparando a las parejas para el matrimonio y a los padres para el bautismo, celebrando bautismos, dirigiendo el Vía Crucis y enseñando RICA para los jóvenes.
¡Oremos por el diácono Isaac mientras se prepara para la ordenación!
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St. Paul's Letter to the Romans
Join us for the final class on St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, taught by L.J. Milone. Meet in the East Conference Room on May 7 at 7pm. READ MORE
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May Book Club Selection
Join the Cathedral Book Club on Thursday, May 23 in the West Conference Room, 7 - 8pm, to discuss "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America," by Boston College Professor of History Heather Cox Richardson. Fr. Jack Hurley leads the discussion.
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Weekend Retreat at Loyola Retreat House
Save the dates
Join us July 26 – July 28 for "Light of Christ," a weekend retreat for St. Matthew's parishioners and friends at Loyola Retreat House in Faulkner, MD. FIND MORE INFO AND LINK TO ONLINE REGISTRATION
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Christian Meditation
Drop in for a meditation session with instruction and practice, offered by L.J. Milone twice a week on Zoom (Sunday afternoons at 1:30pm and Wednesday evenings at 8pm), and in-person in the St. Francis Chapel (Mondays & Wednesdays at 12:45pm).
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National Eucharistic Revival
This year, the U.S. bishops are sponsoring a National Eucharistic Revival. The aim is to kindle love for the Risen Jesus in the Eucharist and revitalize the Catholic people’s participation in Sunday Mass. To this end, we present brief weekly meditations on the Eucharist until the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, June 2, 2024.
From the writings of Ilia Delio
Ilia Delio, "Making All Things New: Catholicity, Cosmology, Consciousness" 1
Baptism and Eucharist as Entanglement
A quantum understanding of the resurrection of Jesus Christ helps us renew a sacramental sense of participating in creative wholemaking underlying the emerging “kin-dom” of God. We might consider the sacraments of baptism and Eucharist as quantum entanglement with the life of Jesus. The term entanglement comes from quantum physics; it is based on the interaction of particles and the enduring bond between them after their separation. Entanglement is known as non-local action at a distance. It means that once two parties interact, they are bound together forever and can affect each other. Each particle can affect the other directly and reciprocally despite spatial distance.
Baptism is initiation into entanglement whereby human life enters into the theandric (divine-human energies) complex so that a person becomes part of the cosmotheandric whole. We are, in a sense, “grafted” onto God in a way that our life is now part of God’s life and God’s life is part of our life; we “put on” Christ. Melito of Sardis (c. 165) spoke of all creation participating in a “cosmic baptism” as part of the sacramental life:
"If you wish to observe the heavenly bodies being baptized, make haste now to the Ocean, and there I will show you a strange sight. If you look there you will see the heavenly bodies being baptized. At the end of the day, they make haste to the Ocean, there to go down into the waters, into the outspread sea, and boundless main, and infinite deep, and immeasurable Ocean, and pure water. The sun sinks into the sea, and when it has been bathed in symbolic baptism, it comes up exultantly from the waters, rising as a new sun, purified from the bath. What the sun does, so do the stars and moon. They bathe in the sun’s swimming pool like good disciples. By this baptism, sun, moon and stars are soaking up pure brilliance."
This “cosmocentric baptism,” as Linda Gibler calls it, becomes, on the human level, a conscious “yes” to Omega-love, bearing witness to this love, rendering love for love, and thus participating in the evolution of Christ. In this respect, baptism is not something done to us; it is done by us, a willing consent to be affected by God, as God seeks to evolve life toward greater unity in love. Through baptism we are to be more consciously aware of a new power at the heart of our lives and at the heart of the universe, the power of the risen Christ, the invasion of the present by what is yet to come. To be baptized is to give oneself wholeheartedly to this unfolding reality.
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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
You are invited to register online by June 1 to participate in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which will travel through the Archdiocese of Washington June 7 – 9, with a public Mass and Procession in DC on Saturday, June 8.
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Ordination Anniversaries
Let's keep all our rectory priests in our prayers as they approach their priestly ordination anniversaries:
Msgr. Jameson - May 18, 1968 (56th)
Fr. Hurley - May 29, 1982 (42nd)
Fr. Benson - June 18, 2019 (5th)
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Deacon Isaac Sagastume will be ordained a priest by Cardinal Gregory, along with 15 other deacons of the Archdiocese of Washington, on Saturday, June 15 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Let's keep Deacon Isaac in our prayers as he prepares for ordination, and also pray in thanksgiving for his ministry at St. Matthew's!
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June Holy Hour for ADW Ordinandi
Save the date for a Eucharistic Holy in the Cathedral on Monday, June 10 (6 - 7pm) to pray for the 16 men (including Deacon Isaac!) to be ordained this year as priests for the Archdiocese of Washington.
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Earth Day Lessons and Carols
If you missed it, check out the video of this year's Earth Day Lessons and Carols (click below), and visit our look-back webpage with links to Catholic Standard's photo gallery and article with interview of Tom Stehle, and reaction from the pews. Thanks to all who participated and attended!
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First Friday & First Saturday
All are welcome to adore Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament this Friday, May 3, 12:45 to 5pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, and to join in First Saturday Devotions on Saturday, May 4 following the 12:10pm Mass.
Celebration of the Word
Join us Wednesday evenings (next gathering, May 8) at 7:30pm in the East Conference Room for a simple liturgy: readings, a homily, and prayers.
Many Charisms, one Mission in Harmony with the Church
On Saturday, May 18 at 5:30pm, Cardinal Gregory celebrates the annual Mass in celebration of the Lay Associations, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities of the Archdiocese of Washington. All are welcome! LEA MAS EN ESPANOL
Eucharistic Holy Hour
Join us for a Eucharistic Holy Hour with Confessions, 6 - 7pm on Monday, May 20.
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May Recital by French Organist
St. Matthew's welcomes David Hirst, Organist of Notre-Dame Collegiate Church, Mantes-la-Jolie (Paris), France for a 40-minute recital on Wednesday, May 29. Join us in the cool of the Cathedral at 12:40pm for his performance of Symphony No. 5 in F minor for organ, Op. 42 No. 1 by Charles-Marie Widor.
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Liturgies & Events Calendar
Check out upcoming events on our website calendar or view the event listing.
May Parish Council Meeting
The Parish Pastoral Council meets on Monday, May 6 from 6:45 to 8:15pm in the Great Hall. All parishioners are welcome. Find out more about the council.
Special Collection Next Weekend
At Masses on May 11/12, there will be a special collection to commemorate the centennial celebration of the First Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. You also may contribute online at adw.org/Shrine100.
Always God's Children Meeting
Always God's Children holds a final meeting before summer break, in the West Conference Room on Sunday, May 19 at 3:30pm. READ MORE ABOUT AGC
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