Saturday 2/20  The First Sunday of Lent —Anticipated
4:00pm (S)     People of the Parish
Sunday 2/21  The First Sunday of Lent
9:00am (S)      †Matt Koch
6:00pm (S)      †Dr. James J. Monahan
Wednesday  2/24
9:30am (S)      †Percy and Mary Hager
 
DOWNTOWN MASSESSaturday 2/20  The First Sunday of Lent —Anticipated
6:00pm             †Chuck Dill
Sunday 2/21  The First Sunday of Lent
8:00am             †Alex Zyjewski
10:00am           †Ginger Pipoly
12:00pm           Spec Int of Joe Joseph
Monday 2/22  the Chair of St. Peter
8:00am             †Angie Kapalczynski
Tuesday  2/23  St. Polycarp
8:00am             †David McFall (annv)
9:30am (es) No Mass
Wednesday  2/24
8:00am †Douglas Allen
9:30am (lmc) No Mass
Thursday 2/25
8:00am †Joseph A. Gaipa
Friday 2/26
8:00am †Paul Landeck, Sr., (annv)
9:30am (lmc) †George Daday, Sr.
12:15pm †Stanislaw Gorski
Saturday 2/27
8:00am †Edward and Elizabeth Tomaszewski (wann)

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almight Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, recieve our prayer; your are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, your alone ar ethe Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. 
Amen.

First Sunday of Lent        Lectionary: 23
Reading I        Gn 9:8-15
A reading from the Book of Genesis.
God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 
“See, I am now establishing my covenant with you 
and your descendants after you 
and with every living creature that was with you: 
all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals 
that were with you and came out of the ark.
I will establish my covenant with you, 
that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed
by the waters of a flood; 
there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth.”
God added:
“This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come, 
of the covenant between me and you 
and every living creature with you: 
I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign
of the covenant between me and the earth.
When I bring clouds over the earth, 
and the bow appears in the clouds, 
I will recall the covenant I have made
between me and you and all living beings, 
so that the waters shall never again become a flood 
to destroy all mortal beings.”
The word of the Lord.
 
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R. (cf. 10) Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
    teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are God my savior.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
    and your love are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
    because of your goodness, O LORD.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
Good and upright is the LORD,
    thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
    and he teaches the humble his way.
R. Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant.
 
Reading II        1 Pt 3:18-22
A reading from the first Letter of St. Peter.
Beloved:
Christ suffered for sins once, 
the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, 
that he might lead you to God.
Put to death in the flesh, 
he was brought to life in the Spirit.
In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison, 
who had once been disobedient 
while God patiently waited in the days of Noah 
during the building of the ark, 
in which a few persons, eight in all,
were saved through water.
This prefigured baptism, which saves you now.
It is not a removal of dirt from the body 
but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, 
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who has gone into heaven
and is at the right hand of God, 
with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.
The word of the Lord.

Verse Before the Gospel
Mt 4:4b
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Gospel        Mk 1:12-15
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark.
The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, 
and he remained in the desert for forty days,
tempted by Satan.
He was among wild beasts,
and the angels ministered to him.
After John had been arrested, 
Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God:
“This is the time of fulfillment.
The kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
 

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salveation
he came down from heaven,
(At the words that follow, up to and including 'and became man', all bow.)
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crudified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son, 
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead 
and the life of the world to come. Amen.