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The Easter Season begins on Easter Sunday (April 21, 2019) and ends with Evening Prayer on the Solemnity of Pentecost (June 9, 2019). Also known as Easter Time or Eastertide.  Eastertide is the period of fifty days.

While Paschal Time or Paschaltide is the fifty-six days from Holy Saturday to Vespers on the Saturday following Pentecost. It corresponds to the time of rejoicing that the risen Jesus spent with his followers on earth and the nine days he told them to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Liturgically it is a period of joy: white vestments are used, the Gloria is said at ferial Masses, the Te Deum is daily chanted, Vidi Aquam and the Regina Coeli replace the Asperges and the Angelus. Every Catholic is to receive the Holy Eucharist during this period. 

Saint Lambert Parish is a Roman Catholic Parish of the Archdiocese of Chicago. We are located in Skokie, a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois.  
     
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Month of May, Month of Our Blessed Mother, Mary.

Here is a document from on the "Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World" from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which was actually addressed to the Bishops but a very nice read for the month of May, the month of our Blessed Mother and this Mother's Day. 

In the Church, woman as “sign” is more than ever central and fruitful, following as it does from the very identity of the Church, as received from God and accepted in faith. It is this “mystical” identity, profound and essential, which needs to be kept in mind when reflecting on the respective roles of men and women in the Church.

[T]he figure of Mary constitutes the fundamental reference in the Church. One could say metaphorically that Mary is a mirror placed before the Church, in which the Church is invited to recognize her own identity as well as the dispositions of the heart, the attitudes and the actions which God expects from her.

It is from Mary that the Church always learns the intimacy of Christ. Mary, who carried the small child of Bethlehem in her arms, teaches us to recognize the infinite humility of God. She who received the broken body of Jesus from the Cross shows the Church how to receive all those in this world whose lives have been wounded by violence and sin. From Mary, the Church learns the meaning of the power of love, as revealed by God in the life of his beloved Son: “he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their heart... he has lifted up the lowly” (Lk 1:51-52). From Mary, the disciples of Christ continually receive the sense and the delight of praise for the work of God's hands: “The Almighty has done great things for me” (Lk1:49). They learn that they are in the world to preserve the memory of those “great things”, and to keep vigil in expectation of the day of the Lord.

Read More HERE

St. Lambert’s parishioners and all who are interested are asked to join a Pro-life Prayer Vigil on Saturday morning, May 25.  We will meet from 9-11:00am on the Golf Road sidewalk at the west driveway entrance to this building:

Carafem 
4711 Golf Road
Skokie

The abortion clinic is on the 9th floor there, but we will be praying on the public sidewalk some distance from the building entrance. It is not advisable to park in the clinic building’s lot. 

 
For more information, please contact:
Dee Dee Andrin
Ddkg29@gmail.com

Shout out to Ashley Faith and Jenny Vazquez for the fabulous St. Lambert community baby shower. They spent months planning this event. Also a big thank you to Missy Bilag and our Youth Church moms, Diana Dizon, Hazel Agcic, that cooked all the delicious food for this event. And our YC soon to be mom again, Naomi Fisher for the beautiful centerpieces. Through their efforts we were able to help some mommies to be with baby supplies and share in the celebration of their soon to be new additions. Most importantly we made new friends with some beautiful families. Thank you for all you do in His name. - Gina Roxas

The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion

The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. 

The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC: 

A - Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world. 

B - Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us. 

C - Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive. 

This message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God's mercy. Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread. (thedivinemercy.org)

Read More HERE.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation is one of the most unique and beautiful aspects of Catholicism. Jesus Christ, in His abundant love and mercy, established the Sacrament of Confession, so that we as sinners can obtain forgiveness for our sins and reconcile with God and the Church. The sacrament “washes us clean,” and renews us in Christ.

“Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained’” (John 20:21-23). (catholicscomehome.org)

Side Chapel, Sundays folowing the 12:00 Noon Mass

St. Lambert Intercessors’ prayer hour follows after the noon mass every Sunday in the chapel. Our prayer teams and members intercede for the needs of St. Lambert parish and individual parishioners.

Join us in prayer; drop your written petitions into our prayer box; or request of us immediate soaking prayer in private with you.

You may also email us your petition/s at kevinpatterson1@comcast.net

Blessings with affections in Christ, Intercessors of St. Lambert.