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February 8, 2015

Sexagesima

Vol. 7, Number 11

1009 North 8th Street

Quincy, Illinois 62301

Phone: (217) 222-2511

Fax: (217) 223-1579

Email: st-rose-quincy@att.net

Web: www.saintrosequincy.org

Office Hours: Mon.—Fri. 9-12; 1-4

Church Secretary: Anna Renner

Altar Servers:

Fr. Robert Fromageot

Chuck Zanger (217) 653-3863

Choir Director: Fr. Robert Fromageot

Music Coordinator/ Organist: Charlotte Stroot (217) 222-2251

Mass Schedule

Sunday Masses: 8 & 10:30am

Weekday Masses: 7am & 12:10pm

Holy Days: 12:10 & 6pm

Confessions & Rosary: 30 min. before Mass

Adoration Thursday: 12:50pm-6pm

Visitors

Welcome to historic St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church!

Built over a century ago, we all owe a debt of gratitude

to the Irish faithful who were the first to call this church

their parish. For apart from the countless sacrifices

made by that first generation of faithful to build a

suitable house of prayer and divine worship for the

greater glory of God, this beautiful church would not

exist.

Many of the beautiful stained glass windows, perhaps

the most stunning feature of the church, have been

newly restored. Rendered in the Munich Pictorial style,

they depict scenes from the life of Christ as well as

images of various angels and saints. By the end of this

year, we hope to complete this restoration project.

The careful observer will discern elements from the

Gothic, Romanesque, and Byzantine styles which

together make up the style known as Venetian Gothic.

When the church was entrusted to the care of the priests

of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter in 2008, the

sanctuary was renovated and restored for the celebration

of the usus antiquior (more ancient usage) of the Roman

rite. Bishop Paprocki consecrated the new main and

side altars in 2012 and established the church as a

personal parish on New Years Day, 2014.

After both Sunday Masses, visitors are invited to meet

and greet some of our parishioners in the parish hall and

socialize over coffee and donuts. If interested in joining

the parish, simply call the office.

ST. ROSE OF LIMA PARISH

Quincy, Illinois

A Personal Parish for the Extraordinary Form

of the Roman Rite or

Traditional Latin Mass

Staffed by the Priests of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

Fr. Arnaud Devillers, FSSP Pastor

Fr. Robert Fromageot, FSSP Assistant Pastor

From the Parochial Vicar’s Desk

Today’s Mass was originally celebrated at the Basilica of St. Paul

Outside the Walls (of Rome), the shrine dedicated to the ‘Apostle

of Rome’. Given this traditional location for the celebration of

Sexagesima Sunday, it makes sense why today’s epislte was

chosen: in hearing about the travails of St. Paul, we honor the

memory of this great Apostle to the Gentiles. But by calling to

mind the truly astounding tribulations St. Paul suffered for the

sake of the Gospel, we are given an example of a man who fought

the good fight to the end, who persevered and bore lasting fruit.

We are also given to understand what being a sower of the Good

News might entail. Indeed, St. Paul’s travails for the sake of the

Gospel may be said to epitomize the man in the gospel who heard

the Word, held it fast, and bore fruit in great patience.

Given that Lent precedes and prepares us to celebrate the Good

News that St. Paul and the apostles preached, it behooves us to

look to St. Paul our model and ask, How did he do it? If I am

supposed to pattern myself after him so as to fight the good fight,

bear fruit in great patience, and persevere unto the end, I should

very much like to know what was his secret. The pithy answer

may be found in today’s gospel: He had a “right and good heart”.

That is, he was filled with the charity of God — the charity of

God, which “is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit, who

is given to us” (Rom. 5:5).

This divine love which the Holy Spirit enkindles within our

hearts enabled St. Paul — and enables us — to love God after the

example that Christ gave us to follow. What was that example?

St. Peter will remind us two weeks after Easter Sunday: “…when

He was reviled, [He] did not revile; when He suffered did not

threaten, but yielded Himself to him who judged Him unjustly;

who Himself bore our sins in His body upon the tree, that we,

having died to sin, might live to justice”. Now, if it was by the

charity of God that Christ mounted the Cross and died for our

sins, it will be by the same charity of God that we pick up our

crosses and follow Christ. It is this charity of God that enables

us to recognize and be attracted by the sheer beauty of the Way,

the Truth, and the Life which is Christ. Apart from that charity,

the Cross, in whatever form it takes, will always appear

distasteful and repulsive.

Why, then, do we need Lent? We need Lent to purify our love,

lest the goodness of created things begin to appear more

beautiful to us — and hence more loveable — than the infinitely

more beautiful Creator and Redeemer Himself. We need Lent to

learn to love the Cross, to follow our crucified Savior to Calvary

and beyond.

Ah, love! How ironic it is, that such a hackneyed, tritely used

word should convey a reality, the depths of which not even the

saints in heaven will ever manage to fathom fully. To better

understand love’s depths as we make our way towards our

heavenly home, we would do well to consider some of St.

Augustine’s thoughts on it. In Book XIII of his Confessions, the

saint famously compares love to the weight of bodies, and the

tendency of weight to incline a body downwards (or upwards) to

its natural place. Depending on what sort of love drives a

person, he argues, determines whether he will find his true

resting place.

“By its own weight, a body strives towards its own place. Weight

tends not toward the depths only, but to its own place. Fire

tends upward; a stone downward. They are driven by their own

weights, they seek their own places. Oil poured under water is

lifted up above the water; water poured over oil is submerged

under the oil. They are driven by their own weights; they seek

their own places. Remove their order and they are restless.

Restore their order and they come to rest. My weight is my love.

By it I am borne, wherever I am borne. By Thy gift [O God] we

are enkindled and are borne upwards; we burn inwardly and we

go forward. We ascend the flight of stairs [Ps. 82:6] in the heart

…. By Thy fire, by Thy good fire we burn inwardly and go

forward, because we go upwards to the peace of Jerusalem,

because I rejoiced in those things, which they said to me: we

shall go unto the house of the Lord. There will a good will place

us, and we shall desire nothing other than to remain there unto

eternity.”

(continued on page 3 following the announcements)

MASS SCHEDULE & INTENTIONS

Sunday 8: Sexagesima Sunday; Alice Wand † 8:00am Low Mass

Pro Populo 10:30am High Mass

Daily Mass:

Monday 9: St. Cyril of Alexandria; Servitores 7:00am Mass

Sean Hogan † 12:10pm Mass

Tuesday 10: St. Scholastica; Carol Brown † 7:00am Mass

Pope Francis 12:10pm Mass

** Our Lady of Perpetual Help Devotions

Wednesday 11: Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes; The family of Carol Brown 7:00am Mass

James Smeed 12:10pm Mass

Thursday 12: Seven Holy Servite Founders; Mari Gares 7:00am Mass

Mary Powell † 12:10pm Mass

**Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament—Benediction 12:50pm-6:00pm

Friday 13: Votive Mass #17 for religious vocations; The Mack family 7:00am Mass

Arturo Olivera † 12:10pm Mass

Saturday 14: St. Valentine; James Ulm 12:10pm Mass

Sunday 15: Quinquagesima Sunday; Arthur and Viola Gibson † 8:00am Low Mass

Pro Populo 10:30am High Mass

Confessions and Rosary 30 minutes prior to Mass

Church News

Sunday, February 8: Sexagesima Sunday

Counters: Vincent Wernowsky & Mark Rankin

Coffee & Donuts: Derek & Katherine Peter

Sunday, February 15: Quinquagesima Sunday

Counters: Philip Kemner & Stephanie Rankin

Coffee & Donuts: Brian & Jennifer Drew & family

Fatima Rosary: 15 Decades after 8:00 a.m. Mass.

N.B.: No 7 a.m. Mass until Monday 9 February.

CD of the week: The Four Last Things

“What happens when I die?” In this presentation, Fr.

Michael Schmitz answers that question, taking up the

subjects of Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell.

Website of the week: www.catholicity.com. A website

containing lots of links to other (generally) good websites.

Desserts for St. Pat’s: We need desserts for St. Patrick's

Dinner! These must be non-refrigerated desserts. Sign-up

sheet in the vestibule. This sheet is only for those who plan

to bring desserts. Please bring four (4) desserts. People

prefer pie. Too busy to bake? You can pay $25 for pies at the

church office or by placing your payment in the collection

basket. Please write on the envelope Pies for St. Patrick’s

Dinner, and make your check payable to St. Rose. We’ll

order & pick them up for you. Checks must be received

before March 2nd.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

11, 18, 25 February (Wed.): Sue Zanger will be conducting

training sessions for 1) all non-certified volunteers.

Clarification: Regarding those who took the

Protecting God’s Children training more than

five years ago need only renew their

background checks. To do so, please see Ann

Renner or Sue Zanger to obtain the requisite

paperwork. There is no charge to anyone for

this service.

18 Feb (Ash Wed.): Second collection: Aid to the Church

in Central & Eastern Europe.

Fridays from 20 Feb. through-27 March: Fish Fry held

alternately at St. Dominic School and St. Anthony of

Padua parish hall. See flyer in vestibule for details.

8 March (Sun): Second collection: Quincy Notre Dame

Commitment Sunday.

17 March (Tue): ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER from 11 a.m.

to 7 p.m. This is the largest event of our parish. Soon flyers

will be available to give to your friends and

acquaintances or to post in public places and

businesses. We will need everybody’s help! Please consider

taking a day off work to help in the kitchen or dining room, or

with the entertainment! Naturally, you must be

“certified” to serve in this or any other volunteer

capacity.

24 March: First St. Rose Card Party of the year!

(From the parochial vicar’s desk, continued from page 2)

Is it wrong, then, to love anything else besides God Himself?

Does a pure love shun all created goods and desire only God?

Should created goods, though good and desirable, never be

desired or loved? This would seem not to be the case, since

God Himself so loved the world, and we are to love one

another. How, then, is it possible to love created goods and

God, the uncreated Good, at the same time? In his work, On

Christian Doctrine, St. Augustine provides a solution by

distinguishing between the love of use and the love of

enjoyment. When we love created goods with the love of use,

we do so as a means to and end. But when we seek our

happiness in created goods, we treat them as an end in

themselves, not a means to a higher – indeed, our highest –

end. Thus, if we are to love with a “right and good heart”, we

will “use” all created things for the sake of God and seek to

“enjoy” God, knowing that our ultimate happiness depends on

Him alone. The problem, of course, is that we tend to love

created things with the love of enjoyment rather than with

the love of use. Instead of the charity of the Holy Spirit —

caritas — ours quickly becomes the love of cupiditas. We

become inordinately attached to created things; that is, we

get “choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life” —

with the result that our fruit does not ripen unto eternal life.

Sadly, instead of our celestial home, we tend to prefer the

terrestrial inn along the path of our Pilgrimage. Instead of

tending upwards through the fiery flame of the Holy Spirit,

we tend downwards with the weight of our own disordered

love. That is why St. Paul reminds St. Timothy that “in a

great house” (that is, the Church), “there are not only vessels

of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth: and some

indeed unto honour, but some to dishonour” (2 Tim. 2:20).

Put another way, in the Church we shall find both wheat and

tares.

And so, the season of Lent is a time of conversion: an

opportunity for us all to recalibrate our aims, desires, and

loves, that we might love our Creator and Redeemer, as well

as created things, as we ought. Lent is a time of penance and

repentance, the better to believe in the Gospel. It is a time to

wage war against our disordered inclinations that lead our

souls downwards into oblivion. The better we do violence to

ourselves in the pursuit of holiness,, the better shall we

dispose ourselves to be renewed in the power of the Spirit

come Pentecost.

In all too many parishes, liturgical committees work overtime

in a misguided effort to help the faithful by composing

saccharine themes and jingles for Lent and other liturgical

seasons and feasts. Fortunately, St. Rose has no such

pablum-spewing committees. Instead of such tinny prattle,

let me offer you a simple prayer composed by the great St.

Augustine. I encourage you to pray it daily during Lent both

to obtain the object of the prayer and to remind yourselves of

the lesson of Sexagesima Sunday, even the overarching

purpose of Lent: “Give Thyself to me, O my God, restore

Thyself to me! See, I love Thee; and if it be too little, let me

love Thee still more strongly.”