Good day, St. James Community.
Palm Sunday begins with a procession starting at Gleed Park (Harrison Parkway & Charlotte St.) at 10 am. (weather permitting—we will notify you by email and FaceBook) to bless Palms with other local churches. Following the blessing, St. James members will process to St. James for Mass.
Mass will start around 10:20 am. Everyone is asked to wear RED.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE ST JAMES WEBSITE REGULARLY AT www.
This Sunday is THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT.
WE WELCOME ANYONE WHO CAN ATTEND SUNDAY MASS AT ST. JAMES AT 10:00 A.M. Fr. Garry Richmeier will be our celebrant.
Considering that many parishioners are still suffering the effects of the COVID-19 virus and other infections, if you plan to join us in person, we recommend masking if you exhibit symptoms or are immune compromised.
WE CONTINUE TO LIVE STREAM OUR 10:00 AM SUNDAY MASS, reaching out to parishioners and friends who can’t attend in person. Here is the link to the live stream on our Facebook page for St. James Midtown, KC. A recording of the live-streamed Mass can also be accessed at https://stjkc.org/sundays-
The next PARISH SYNODAL MEETING is on the fourth Sunday of April, April 27th. Our regular meeting Sunday is the third Sunday of the month, which is Easter. Please plan to attend. We will discuss the parish budget.
MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ AND REFLECT ON THE READINGS BEFORE MASS.
READINGS FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 13 – Palm Sunday, 2025
FIRST READING – IS 50:4-7. Isaiah bears witness as one who did not lose his faith despite persecution and ridicule. Can you discuss a time when your faith was put to the test?
SECOND READING – PHIL 3:8-14. Paul teaches the Philippians that Jesus was humble and obedient to God even to the point of death by crucifixion. Why do you think humility and obedience are important virtues in following Jesus?
GOSPEL – LK 22:14—23:56 OR 23:1-49. In his passion narrative, Luke is the only evangelist to highlight that both Pilate and Herod (Antipas) find Jesus innocent of the charges against him. Is there a friend or co-worker you could help this week who is being treated unfairly?
Fr. Don Farnan has a wonderful weekly podcast that addresses important issues of the day and how they intersect with our faith.
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ENCOUNTER LENT HANDOUT
Bonnie Haghirian, our Faith Formation Director, has provided ENCOUNTER LENT handouts each week. Here is the most recent one.
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We still need wrapped candy and plastic Easter Eggs for our Easter Egg Hunt after Mass on Easter. Please bring your candy and eggs to the back of the church. Youth, sixth grade and up.
If anyone knows Patricia Fisher’s family or her daughter, Mea Fisher, and knows how to reach them, please send their contact information to Parish@StJKC.org. We would like to return items left behind after a funeral at St. James in October 2023.
St. James will not be staffing an aid station for the Hospital Hill Run this year.
Offering by Biagio Mazza
Christian Jewish Relations Through The Centuries
Four Monday Evenings, beginning April 28 to May 19, 2025, 6:30-8:30pm. Held in person at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road,
Prairie Village, KS 66208 Facilitated by Biagio Mazza, Theologian and Scripture Scholar
These sessions examine the backdrop that led Christians and Jews to be at great odds with one another over the centuries. The conflict began among Jews who were divided over the acceptance of and belief in Jesus, a first century male Jew, as Messiah and Lord. The groups split when the Jesus community affirmed Jesus as God, while welcoming more and more Gentiles. Animosity soon developed between the Jews and the followers of Christ. The accusation of Jews as Christ-killers by the Jesus community resulted in conflicts and tension which intensified into outright persecutions and deaths once Christians came into power with Constantine in the year 312. The rest is a matter of historical record, and not a good record at all.
These sessions examine some of that record, along with where we are today, especially in light of the Vatican II document on the church’s relationship to non- Christian religions, Nostra Aetate. Current church teaching concerning Jewish Christian relationships and their implications for our times will conclude our reflections.
Sessions facilitated by Biagio Mazza, Theologian and Scripture Scholar.
To register, email Biagio at biagio46@gmail.com.