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"Coming Full Circle - Bring Me Your Song Again"...International opera star, and St. James parishioner, Jennifer O'Loughlin, will present a 50-minute program of vocal selections, assisted by Donna Amato on piano, on April 28th at 3:00pm, in the church. A Sewickley native, Jenny was a 2013 winner of the Maria Callas Award at the Paris Opera Awards. She has sung in the major opera houses of Europe and beyond, and has lived in Vienna for most of that time. Many of us remember her singing at St. James from the time she was in junior high school! This will be a memorable concert that will warm your heart. Her website is www.jenniferoloughlin.com At 2:30pm, a pre-show concert will be presented by the Quaker Valley High School Choir, with Matthew Boice conducting. Mr. Boice was one of Jenny's teachers when she was at Quaker Valley, and was pleased to be able to be part of this concert. A free-will donation will be gratefully accepted, and a reception will follow the concert. Don't miss this one! Come and enjoy Jenny's God-given talent.


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The Sacred Triduum
Lent ends at sunset on Wednesday, March 31. We then begin the Triduum, a word meaning “3 days in one.” The liturgies celebrate the most profound mysteries of the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
 
On Thursday, the only Mass celebrated in the Diocese is in St. Paul Cathedral where the bishop gathers with all his priests. All the ordained renew their commitment of service and the oils used during the year are blessed. Every parish sends representatives to the Chrism Mass to receive the oils. We are looking for anyone from the parish who would like to represent St. James. If you would like to do this, please call the rectory at (412)741-6650, extension 310 to let us know.
 
These oils will be brought forward at the evening Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper at our parish. During this mass we also wash feet in obedience to Christ’s command to follow his example. All parishioner’s are invited to fully participate in that ceremony by having their feet washed.
 
Something New
"See, I am doing something new!" (Isaiah 43:19).
All during this Lenten season, the scriptures have revealed the truth of these words, proclaimed in today's first reading from the prophet Isaiah. We have heard about a bush in the desert aflame but not consumed. We have listened to a parable about a father, the depth of whose love for his prodigal son was almost inconceivable. Today, instead of condemning a woman caught in the act of adultery and joining in stoning her to death, the Lord Jesus sends her on her way, away from what would have been certain death, admonishing her to sin no more. Indeed, God has been doing something new in our midst. Even when we are trapped in sin, with no perceivable way out, we are offered forgiveness when we turn to the Lord with repentant hearts. Let us remember that God has done something new in the heart of each of us.
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The Heart of Conversion
Today's scriptures bring us to the heart of the meaning of the Christian journey of conversion. Saint Paul sums it up beautifully: "Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away" (2 Corinthians 5:17). The Gospel passage, the parable of the prodigal son, shows us just what this new creation is like. It is all about reconciliation. Just as God removes the yoke of slavery from the shoulders of the Israelites--see today's first reading--so, too, does the father in the Gospel remove the yoke of guilt and shame from the shoulders of his wayward son. That son first needed to turn away from his sin and seek out and ask forgiveness of his father. That is precisely what we have been doing during this season of repentance. We can only begin to imagine the kind of reconciliation feast that awaits us when we are embraced by our forgiving God.
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The Mysterious One
Last Sunday we gathered with Peter, John, and James at the mountain of Transfiguration and were summoned to listen to God's chosen Son. This week the scriptures draw us into the mystery of just who that God is. The first reading, perhaps one of the best known in the Bible, recounts the story of Moses and the burning bush, when the mysterious divine name is revealed. The responsorial psalm is a hymn extolling the attributes of God. Saint Paul and the Lord Jesus describe a God who judges and metes out punishment. No matter the lengths to which the scriptures go, we know that no amount of words will ever come close to capturing who God is. Our lives and our Lents are really journeys toward that mysterious One who will one day welcome us into the heavenly home that awaits those who put their trust in God alone.
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All About Change
On this Second Sunday of Lent the scriptures remind us that when we have an encounter with our God, things are bound to change. In the first reading God tells Abram to raise his eyes to the sky, promising descendants as numerous as the stars. Abram's act of faith in the Lord is sealed in covenant, forever changing the course of salvation history. In the Gospel story of the Trans- figuration, always proclaimed on this Lenten Sunday, the Lord Jesus changes in appearance before the eyes of the apostles who, like Abram, raise their eyes to the spectacle in the sky. It is Saint Paul who brings it all together for us: "He will change our lowly body to conform with his "glorified body" (Philippians 3:21). Lent is all about change, all about conversion. Let us cast our own eyes to heaven, awaiting that day when we will be changed-- when we will share in Christ's glory.
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