June 28th, 2020 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Please note your Mass Intentions ARE PRAYED FOR

DURING OUR LIVESTREAM MASSES. Thank you!

WEEK OF JUNE 28th, 2020 Monday, June 29

th, 2020

Acts 12:1-11; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19

7:00 p.m. Mass – Repose of the Souls of: Misha Davoodie;

Intentions of: Danny Marchand & Melissa Quismoro

Tuesday, June 30

th, 2020

Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12; Mt 8:23-27

7:00 p.m. Mass - Repose of the Souls of: Joseph Danny

Bondoc, Leon Murray & Pauline Tucker

Wednesday, July 1

st, 2020 – CANADA DAY

Am 5:14-15, 21-24; Mt 8:28-34

9:00 a.m. Mass - Repose of the Souls of: Bob Fisher,

Joanne Young & Ron Nagle.

Thursday, July 2

nd , 2020

Am 7:10-17; Mt 9:1-8

9:00 a.m. Mass - Repose of the Soul of: Rita Mott

FRIDAY, July 3

rd, 2020

Eph 2:19-22; Jn 20:24-29

9:00 a.m. Mass - Intentions of: Andrea Norris

14TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday, July 4

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5:00 p.m. Intentions of our Parishioners & Benefactors Sunday, July 5

th, 2020

Zec 9:9-10; Rom 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30

9:00 a.m. Intentions of our Parishioners & Benefactors

11:00 a.m. Intentions of our Parishioners & Benefactors

HEALTH PROTOCOLS: STAY HOME, if you experience Elevated

Temperatures, Fever, Cough, Headache or feel unwell. WEAR A

MASK! Please bring your own. You will not be allowed in the Church

without one. You must wear a Mask in order to Receive Communion! You will be given a mask at a donation of $2.00 if you do not have one.

SANITIZE your hands frequently and on entering the Church;

PHYSICAL DISTANCE AT ALL TIMES – Keep 6 FEET from your

fellow parishioner; AVOID TOUCHING YOUR FACE AND

TOUCHING SURFACES WITH YOUR HANDS (Use your Elbows

for Prayer); Use the WASHROOM only if an Emergency. Wash your

Hands. One person allowed in washrooms at a time. WATER

FOUNTAINS AND HOLY WATER FONTS are out of service.

PLEASE FINANCIALLY SUPPORT MARY MOTHER OF GOD

PARISH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Offertory Baskets will be available in the church during Mass and at the doors on Exiting if you wish to drop you donation. Other options for offerings are posted on our website under ‘CHARITABLE GIVING’. Thank you.

PUBLICATION OF BANNS OF ORDINATION: Mr. Francisco J. Sordo is scheduled to be ordained to the Priesthood at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton, Ontario. If anyone knows of a serious cause why this ordination should not take place, please notify your Parish Priest. Let us all pray that Mr. Francisco J. Sordo will be a good and faithful servant of the Lord and His Church.

WELCOME BACK! Dear Parishioners, it is a joy to be with you

once again as a faith community and to receive our Lord in Holy Communion. The Provincial Government has directed a maximum of 30% occupancy. For our parish that represents 250-300 people per mass. Entrance to the parish is first come first serve. We will count parishioners and once our maximum number is reached, OUR DOORS WILL CLOSE.

We are following directives from the Diocese to start with this approach. We will reassess weekly and additional Masses may be needed to accommodate as many parishioners as we are able to. YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING IS APPRECIATED during these TIMES FOR ALL!

MASS & RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE & ADORATION Our Mass Schedule returns to normal, pre pandemic. For those who are elderly or whose immune system is compromised, and those who are hesitant to return to church at this time, know that the obligation to participate in Sunday mass is suspended until further notice, as directed by Bishop Crosby. PLEASE CONSIDER COMING TO ONE OF OUR WEEKDAY MASSES INSTEAD OF SUNDAY MASS. The numbers will be smaller. THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION will resume Saturdays beginning at 3:45 p.m. Please line up by the confessional and MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT will resume on Wednesdays from 9:30 am to 10:30 A.M.

CHURCH AND OFFICE HOURS – PERSONAL PRAYER The Church Building will be open Monday to Friday 8:30 to 2:00

p.m. for Personal Prayer. The Parish Office will slowly be

reopening as we prepare a safe environment for our staff and

parishioners. Please respect the Office Protocols which will be

posted on the door. Our Hours will be posted soon.

CLEANING PROTOCOL: Our church will be cleaned after each mass to ensure maximum safety and that health protocols are adhered to for all. We thank all those

volunteers who have come forward to assist. TO

CONTINUE THE CLEANING PROTOCOL IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, WE ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CLEAN. The cleaning process is

light (no heavy cleaning), quick and efficient. We use professional Industrial Cleaning Solutions. If you can help, please contact the Parish Office.

VOCATION VIEW: “Have no Fear.” Considering a ministerial vocation is not popular, but it may be what God is calling you to. If God is calling you to the priesthood, contact Fr. Michael King, Vocation Director, Diocese of Hamilton at 905-528-7988. vocations@hamiltondiocese.com; www.hamiltondiocese.com.

June 28th, 2020 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

GOSPEL REFLECTION – 14th SUNDAY IN ORDRINARY TIME - June 28, 2020 Everyone would like to be truthful but circumstantial pressure might make one think of deviating from Truth. Think of your father or spouse or son or daughter, who happens to be involved in a criminal act. Would you not try to defend? Would you think of being truthful and not save him or her from being arrested and punished if he or she has committed a crime? Would your love for your dear family member force you to deny the Lord? The Lord is the Truth. Would you be on the side of Truth at all times? This is the challenging situation Lord Jesus presents before us today. If our love for a person dear to us would make our love for Jesus sidelined, we are not worthy of Him. We all love ourselves and try to protect our lives, don’t we? But if we cannot consider love of God above our urge to protect our own lives, we are not worthy of Him. St. Peter committed this mistake when he denied Jesus three times. But he repented and proclaimed in public his love for Jesus three times later (John21:15) We all need money, wealth, and possessions. We have to live a decent life. But would our love of wealth and money force us to deny Jesus? If our denial of Jesus or denial of our Christian faith or denial of the teachings of the Church would help us amass wealth and possessions would we deny? If we do so we are not worthy of Him. Judas committed the same mistake and we know what happened to Him (Mt. 27:5). If we examine the history of early Christian community, we have tens of hundreds of saints who denied everything, even their own lives in order to keep their love of Truth and love of the Lord intact. The biography of St. Sebastian tells us such a heart touching story. He was forced by Diocletian, the Roman Emperor to deny faith in Jesus by offering him great position in the empire and much wealth but Sebastian said, ‘No’. He did not deny the Lord but considered his faith and love of Jesus supreme. As a result, he lost all that was promised and his own life. He was martyred. But what he gained was life, life that lasts forever. Jesus expects radical discipleship, not just following Him as a side business. A true disciple has to deny his own self, pick up his cross and follow Him. Once you choose to be His disciple, it must be the Lord who lives in You. ‘It is not I but Christ who lives in me’, said St. Paul (Gal. 2:20) A true disciples has to crucify his selfishness on the cross after carrying it daily and following the Lord to the Calvary. Once we die with Him, we would surely rise with Him and possess live everlasting. Let us always be on the side of Truth. Let us welcome those who live for Truth and righteousness. All little things we do to welcome those who are on the side of truth would surely be rewarded by the Lord. Even a glass of cold water offered to a true disciple of Jesus (Truth) would not go unrewarded. Let us be a true disciple of the Jesus. Nothing – death or suffering – shall separate us from the love of Christ. (Romans 8:39)

Fr. Issac Tharayil CMI

June 28th, 2020 13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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