Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church – Page 25 – Fifty-two years of service to God and his people

Knights of Columbus Designer Bag Bingo

Posted on March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 by Patrick Leyden

KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS

Father Gallen Council #5494

DESIGNER BAG BINGO

March 15, 2024

Tickets $35 in advance or $40 at the door

Doors open at 6 p.m. and games at 7 p.m.
Soda & water for sale – BYOB

50/50
Special Drawing for selling a table of 8 or more! Raffles, door prizes, bags, bags, bags and more!

St. Cyril Social Hall – 1410 Almshouse Road Jamison, PA 18929

Tickets available at www.saint-cyril.com www.saint-cyril.com or at the rectory!

Contact Cassie Dunn 215-343-1288 for more info

Help support single moms in our community!

Fourth Sunday of LENT

Posted on March 6, 2024March 9, 2024 by Cassie

Nicodemus appears only in John’s Gospel. A member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, he is attracted by Jesus’ miracles and recognizes Him as “a teacher who has come from God”. Yet Nicodemus seems unsure of any larger claims.

Jesus explains to him that He will bring salvation by being “lifted up” on the cross. “Lifted up” is another Greek word with two meanings: physically lifted up, and exaltation. Those who accept Jesus as the crucified/exalted revelation of God thereby receive eternal life (verse 15). John’s Gospel is a proclamation of this message, and an invitation to accept it.

Verse 16 sounds this message again, for emphasis. God “gave” His only Son in two senses: He gave Him as a gift to us through the word becoming flesh, and gave Him up to death for us on the cross. That fact is the measure of God’s love for us. God does not seek to condemn us, but to give us eternal life through His Son. Those who accept Jesus as God’s revelation receive eternal life; those who reject Jesus reject the eternal life He brings, and thereby condemn themselves to the death which is the fate of all those born of flesh alone.

Deciding for or against Jesus therefore has eternal consequences, but it also has consequences here and now. Rejecting Jesus and His message goes hand in hand with leading a wicked life, for that too is the way of all flesh untouched by grace.

God Bless

Msgr. Powell

Third Sunday of Lent

Posted on February 29, 2024March 2, 2024 by Cassie

Through the “cleansing” of the temple, Jesus was really symbolically replacing it. Without animals for sacrifice, sacrificial worship could not be offered at the temple. Jesus later in the Gospel of John tells the Samaritan woman at the well because of Him, worship will be offered to God not at special sites like the Jewish and Samaritan temples, but in Spirit and truth (4:23-25). The real temple of God—place of God’s special presence– is not a building in Jerusalem, but Jesus Himself. Thus Jesus can say, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” John explains to us that He is talking about the temple of His body.

Jesus’ action at the temple was thus another sign of who He was and of the momentous change He was making in the relationship between God and His people. His first disciples did not immediately grasp the full significance of the signs He worked, but their meaning became clearer after Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Signs such as the “cleansing” of the temple enabled people to believe in Him (Verse 11,23).