PAGE TWO «Scheduled for Blessed ‘Sacrament Chapel, Mercy Adppolito, S.C.C., and the Mary's Dunmore, Fr. Lorenzetti was ordained to Currently at St. i As we draw closer to Holy Week, our attention will become fixed upon the Passion and death of Our death by crucifixion; or hours watching the victims die. So scourging sapped the strength of the criminal and if the person didn’t die would be thrust into the its weight hung on the nails would send sharp pain through the arms and into the shoulders..the pain in (Center, Tuesday, March the priesthood in 1974. He Lord, Jesus Christ. I think = on the cross within a few the wrists (where Christ 21, a Lenten renewal holds a master’s degree in that we sometimes fail to hours after being nailed to was probably nailed and ‘program will feature theology from Fordham realize the pain and it, the legs of the criminal not the hands as speakers Sr. Rosemarie University. violence that is involved in would be broken or a spear customarily believed) would become unbearable. «Rev. Dominick J. Nicholas-St. Mary’s perhaps we have gone body to finally kill him. The ~~ Cramps would set into the «Lorenzetti. Wilkes-Barre, Sr. through so many Good soliers would then be free muscles of the forearms The program, hs Bessmaris Eee her Fridays that we fail to be to go after a few hours. and upper arms. The iCross of Christ--My master’s egree In i impressed anymore with Another = aspect of muscles at the sides of his a 5 + : -COVERED DISH COMMITTEE-Gate of Heaven Altar Dp y Sa ag @ theol from Villanova. Se aCross,” is the last in a cology . and Rosary will hold a covered dish supper, April 3. Rev. what the crucifixion really crucifixion was the chest would become sthreepart Lenten series of She has spent six years entailed. humility and nudity paralyzed and the person lectures and prayer ex- “periences for women ‘religious. Sr. Rosemarie and Fr. Lorenzetti will present a psychology and a spirituality of recon- ciliation, in light of the daily experience of life serving as director of religious education. The program will con- clude with the celebration of the sacrament of reconciliation. According to Sr. Ann Horgan, RSM, coordinator of programs at Mercy Rebar) Crucifixion was a violent and painful form of death. For Christ it would not only mean physical pain but also the mental anguish of knowing that within a few hours, one of His Apostles betrayed Him; one of His Apostles denied involved in such a public death. Christ, also wore the crown made out of a type of firewood that abounds in Jerusalem and was probably used by the soldiers to make fires in the cool of the night. This wood has sharp spikes or thorns. found that he could draw air into his lungs but was powerless to exhale. The result was a continuous struggle on the part of the hanging victim to push upwards off his nailed feet in order to breathe. But unable to withstand the within the religious Center, the talk will begin Him three times and a For Christ the reidicule pain in the feet and community and the at 7:30 p.m. All sisters are crowd of people released a attached to the crowning weakened in strength the celebration of the invited to participate in the The Altar and Rosary what dish they will prepare Committee members common criminal, was perhaps more painful victim would once agin sag sacrament of recon- evening of renewal. Society of Gate of Heaven when they call to make include Mary Beth Schall, Barabbas, and condemned than the physical pain of until he needed air again ciliation. Further information can ~~ Church will have the reservations. Janice Mattioli, Ellen Him to death. The very the crown itself. and the process would be Assistant pastor at St. be obtained by contacting annual covered dish Mrs. Robert Scruitsky, Casterline, Rose Wolensky, things Christ preached Jesus carried His cross repeated. The victim was Mercy Center. supper, Monday, April 3, at general chairman, has about, love, justice and from the praetorium until actually suffocating. : 6:30 p.m. in the school announced that a musical Hale. forgiveness, were denied the procession left the Through all this agony. cafeteria. program is being prepared Mrs. Arthur Segrave- Him at the mock trial. town. The distance from Christ would speak from Kunkle UM church Reservations will be by the Shalom Singers, Daly is president; Rev. Consequently, Jesus was the praetorium to golgotha the cross. He would a accepted until March 22. youth group of the parish, William Cusick is pastor condemned to death. (Skull-Place) where promise Paradise toa thief holds Lenten Service Mrs. Robert O’Konski, under the direction of Rev. = and moderator. Prior to the Crucifion, it Christ was crucified was dying next to Him; He The Kunkle United this Thursday, March 16, at All are invited to come and remain after the service for a time of fellowship sponsored by reservations chairman has asked that women specify Stephen McGough, assistant pastor. Parents of was customary to have the victim. scourged or whipped. According to Jewish law a person was scourged or whipped 40 about 3000 feet (over a half- mile). The scripture writers tell us that a man by the name of Simon was employed by the soldiers to would ask John to care for His mother; but the most astonishing words that come from the cross when we consider the pain and @ ; : ; times minus one. A belt- help Jesus carry the cross, agony and torment that { dl t pastor for th he | Unlien - Moshiodist Kunkle women meet teens type whip was used. because they wanted to be was inflicted upon Christ; e su) bey - oe e Women of the church. However, the Romans had assured that he would not the most astonishing words Rotor rie: 5 ro min: a more painful scourging die-on the way. that come from the cross ? i th ti i ine the 5% the Huntsville United MYF se q since the executioner used One can imagine when we consider the Methodist Church. Fudgaglsaasasi egg hunt Church Women met for a Program entitled “James, A Parents-of-Teens Program will be conducted ‘8:30 p.m. First meeting will be held on Monday, March 27 and others will follow on Monday evenings until May 1. Program is open to all parents in Wyoming Valley. Those wishing to attend are to make reservations by calling the Wyoming Valley Council of Churches, 35 South Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Rent A Kid Need windows washed, screens put up for summer, lawns raked? Hire a Xid! The Lehman UMYF group will gladly do chores for a price. Money will be used to help pay the way to Sky Lake summer camp. For further information, call Mrs. Gordon Dawe, 675-3557. a short piece of wood to small piece of metal which would have been ripped by the bones and metal every time the leather whip smashed against His back and rib cage. During the scourging, the condemned person was tied to a post or thick stone column which had two rings attached to it. The prisoners both hands would be tied to the rings on the post. After Christ's scourging at the pillar, he eventually was made to carry His cross. The Phoenicians were the first to devise crucifixion. They wanted a means of punishing criminals slowly and inexorably. Boiling in oil was too quick of a death. The Romans adopted the cross as a means of deterring crime. They wanted the death to be slow, but not that slow that they would waste too many excruciating pain involved to the cross it was put in the violence of crucifixion and come from the cross to aii The well-known musical group, “The Master’s”’ will appear at the Emmanuel Assembly of God Church, Harveys Lake, on Sunday, March 19, for the morning worship service beginning at 10:45 a.m. This group is well-known for their Gospel music and each have had the personal experience of Jesus Christ, which they share with others in word and song. The group consisting of Mark and Dusie Dreistadt, Tom and Bonnie Hess, and Anne Emma have traveled many miles throughout the Northeast, appearing at churches, banquets, concerts, revivals, and camp meetings sharing the love of Christ with others. The ‘‘Masters’” will be appearing only in one service, so plan to attend. For further information, contact the church office at 639-5858. Because of the inclement weather, the seafood dinner sponsored by the Kunkle United Methodist Church Women on March 18 will be held in the Kunkle Fire Hall instead of the Kunkle Community Hall. The dinners will be served from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tickets for the dinner may be purchased from any of the members. %) . For Candylovers Everywhere an : : . which was attached in the driving in of the the physical and mental Rev. Reid is the final sponsors Seminar will be conducted geyeral strips of leather. At nails. Christ was nailed to pain that Christ un- | ne speaker in the Series which ! at the Trucksville United = the end of the leather strips the cross hands and feet. derwent: the most «is concerned with the The members of the = Bonning, presented a Methodist Church, Church 9 5 piece of bone or Once the person was nailed astonishing words that .» theme, ‘“Lent-A Time for Kunkle United Methodist Devotional Easter Road, Trucksville. . or A would rip into the flesh of upright position and the of hrist's 5 ' CRAFT SUPPLIES short business meeting in the Son of the Lord,” They by the staff of Family the person being whipped. painful death started. od a Sn | \ oy The MYF of the Lehman the church annex on also showed slides. The Service Association of Unlike the Jewish law, Usually the head of the to amend our lives and MACRAME, BASKETRY United Methodist Church Wednesday, March 8, at 7 public was invited to this Wyoming Valley and the the Roman law had no set person would lower, with continue to live in sin: the SPINNING, WEAVING will sponsor an Easter Egg pm. with Mrs. Dorothy meeting and The Rev. Wyoming Valley Council of number of stripes to be chin touching chest. Moved most astonishing words pa libinds ‘ Hunt for children ages one Dodson presiding. Michael Bealla gave Churches. Discussions will administered. The idea by sudden spasms, his head Hat Comrie. from the Croc to 12 years at the Lehman Each member was communion to those center on topics relating to was to weaken the criminal would move from side to are ‘Father Forgive 20% off Church, March 18,at2 p.m. requested to bake two pies present, after which parent-teen relationships to the point of death side gasping for air. 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