The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, by Cima da Conegliano, 1460-1518.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Mater Misericordiæ (Mother of Mercy) Mission glorifies God, uniting its members in faith, hope and charity through confession of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Faith and through participation in

the Sacraments and Traditional Rites of the Missale Romanum of 1962, under the governance of the

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP Assistant: Rev. Fr. John Shannon, FSSP

Office: 602-253-6090 Cell: 480-231-0573 (for urgent messages) Fax: 602-253-8013

Church: 1537 W. Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Mail: same as church address

Email: contact@phoenixlatinmass.org Website: www.phoenixlatinmass.org

Notitiæ May 1, 2011

Sunday Masses

Propers: Readings:

Low Sunday, Class I, White

1 John 5: 4-10; St. John 20: 19-31

Intentions:

9:00 am Low Mass; 11:00 am High Mass at Mater Misericordiae Mission, Monroe St. Church

9:00 am: Pro Populo; 11:00 am: Clarke McGalloway+

Intentions:

10:00 am Low Mass at St. Cecilia’s, Clarkdale 10:00 am: Pro Populo

Weekday Masses

At Mater Misericordiae Mission, Monroe St. Church

Monday - Friday: 6:30 am and 6:30 pm, Saturday: 6:30 am and 8:00 am

Monday, May 2 Thursday, May 5

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Joseph the Workman

Class I, White

Colossians 3: 14-15, 17, 23-24

St. Matthew 13: 54-58 6:30am: Joel Erickson+

6:30pm: Jay Abney+

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Pius V

Pope and Confessor, Class III, White

1 Peter 5: 1-4, 10-11

St. Matthew 16: 13-19 6:30am: Lebon Family

6:30pm: Emma Bright+

Tuesday, May 3 Friday, May 6

Propers:

Readings: Intentions:

Votive Mass for the Anniversary

of the Coronation of the Pope, White

1 Peter 1: 1-7

St. Matthew 16: 13-19 6:30am: Tim Abney+

6:30pm: Margaret Bright+

Propers:

Readings: Intentions:

St. John Before the Latin Gate

Class II, Red

Wisdom 5: 1-5

St. Matthew 20: 20-23 6:30am: Sr. Marty Ruth Dittman

6:30pm: Margaret Bright+

Wednesday, May 4 Saturday, May 7

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Monica

Widow, Class III, White

1 Timothy 5: 3-10

St. Luke 7: 11-16 6:30am: Walter Holsten+

6:30pm: Margaret Bright+

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Stanislas

Bishop and Martyr, Class III, Red

Wisdom 5: 1-5

St. John 15: 1-7

6:30am:Living and Deceased of Seminary, Class of 1949

8:00am: Holy Souls in Purgatory+

Confessions At MMM Monroe St. Church: Mon-Sat: 15 minutes before each Mass. Saturdays: 3:30-4:30 pm.

Sundays: 8am, before the 9am Mass, between the 9am and 11am Masses, and after the 11am Mass.

At St. Cecilia’s: Saturdays: 3-4 pm. Sundays: Before the 10am Mass. Other times by arrangement.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Potluck Next Sunday: There will

be a potluck next Sunday, May 8,

from 12:30 pm-2:00 pm. All are en-

couraged to attend.

Finance Council Looking for

Qualified Members: If you have

expertise in finance, accounting,

management or law, and are inter-ested in serving the Mater Misericordiae Mission, please

contact Fr. Terra. The Finance Council meets once per

quarter.

Prayer For Life in Reparation for Roe v. Wade:

God and Father of Life, You have created every hu-

man person, And have opened the way for each to

have eternal life. We live in the shadow of death. Tens of millions of your children have been killed because of

the Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Father,

have mercy on us. Heal our land And accept our offer-

ing of prayer and penance. In your love for us, Turn back the scourge of abortion. May each of us exult in

hearts full of hope and hands full of mercy and work

together to build a culture of life. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Upcoming Dates To Remember:

First Communion Mass: tentatively scheduled for

May 22, 2011, at the 11:00 High Mass. Reception to follow.

Confirmation: June 5, 2011 at the 11:00 AM High

Mass with Auxiliary Bishop Nevares. Reception to fol-

low.

Exposition and Adoration: The Most Blessed Sac-

rament will be exposed for adoration on Monday and

Thursday mornings following the 6:30 a.m. Mass until

11:00. All are invited to come and keep Our Lord com-pany and pray especially for the sidewalk counselors

that stand in front of two abortion mills, one on Eugie

in Glendale; the other on 7th St. here in Phoenix. Prayer is of the utmost importance in bring the scourge

of abortion to an end.

Those who cannot come to adoration are still encour-aged to remember this intention in their homes and

workplaces during these hours.

Bring hither thy hand and put it into My side,

and be not faithless but believing.

SUNDAY COLLECT.

Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who

have celebrated the Pascal solemnity, may by Thy

bounty show forth its effects in our life and conversa-tion. Through our Lord.

SUNDAY EPISTLE: 1 John 5: 4-10

Dearly beloved: Whatsoever is born of God overcometh

the world: and this is the victory, which overcometh

the world, our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of

God? This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus

Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth that Christ is the truth.

And there are three who give testimony in heaven: the

Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that give testimony on

earth: the Spirit and the water and the blood: and

these three are one. If we receive the testimony of men the testimony of God is greater: for this is the

testimony of God, which is greater, because He hath

testified of His Son. He that believeth in the Son of God

hath the testimony of God in himself..

SUNDAY GOSPEL: St. John 20: 19-31

At that time, when it was late that same day, the first of

the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples

were gathered together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst and said to them: Peace be to you.

And when He had said this, He showed them His hands

and His side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord. He said therefore to them again:

Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent Me, I also

send you. When He had said this, He breathed on

them, and He said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them:

and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. Now

Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples

therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he

said to them: Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the

nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.

And after eight days, again His disciples where within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being

shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to

you. Then He saith to Thomas: Put in thy finger hither, and see My hands, and bring hither thy hand, and put

it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

Thomas answered and said to Him: My Lord and my

God. Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen Me, Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that

have not seen, and have believed. Many other signs

also did Jesus in the sight of His disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that you

may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God;

and that, believing, you may have life in His name.

FSSP PRAYER REQUESTS

May 1: Fr. Dominic Gentile May 2: Fr. James Fryar

May 3: Fr. George Gabet

May 4: Fr. James Buckley

May 5: Fr. John Berg May 6: Fr. Erik Deprey

May 7: Fr. Philip Wolfe

My Dear People,

On the 7th of May the chapel of the monastery of the Poor Clares in Tonopah will be dedicated. Owing to the limited size of the chapel the dedication Mass is by invitation only. For that reason relatively few will be able to take part.

Nevertheless, I ask that we all remember the Poor Clares in our prayers. This new foundation is being made in the

face of difficulties and opposition. That should surprise no one. Monastic Religious life is to the Church what the heart

is to the body. While it is seldom visible (monasteries and the monks and nuns that live and prayer there are often in hidden, remote places), the body cannot long survive, much less prosper, without a heart. Many of the church's re-

cent misfortunes can be attributed to the fact that Her heart has suffered a diminution. The Church's growth and

prosperity depends on the expansion of the religious life. This fact has been repeatedly demonstrated through his-tory. It was St. Benedict and his monasteries that enable Europe to recover from the dark ages and achieve the

glory of Christendom in the thirteenth century. Our own barbaric age shows a need which is no less urgent. Thanks

be to God for the rebirth of monasticism.

Fr. Terra

Mass of Low Sunday, from Dom Gueranger's "The Liturgical Year"

The Introit repeats those beautiful words of St Peter, which were addressed, in yesterday's Epistle, to the newly bap-

tized. They are like new-born babes, lovely in their sweet simplicity, and eager to drink from the breasts of their dear

mother, the Church, the spiritual milk of faith -- that faith which will make them strong and loyal.

The Apostle St John here tells us the merit and power of faith: it is, says he, a victory, which conquers the world,

both the world outside, and the world within us. It is not difficult to understand why this passage from St John's Epistles should have been selected for to-day's Liturgy: it is on account of its being so much in keeping with the Gos-

pel appointed for this Sunday, in which our Lord passes such eulogy upon faith. If, as the Apostle here assures us,

they overcome the world who believe in Christ, that is not sterling faith which allows itself to be intimidated by the world. Let us be proud of our faith, esteeming ourselves happy that we are but little children when there is a ques-

tion of receiving a divine truth; and let us not be ashamed of our eager readiness to admit the testimony of God.

This testimony will make itself heard in our hearts, in proportion to our willingness to hear it. The moment John saw the winding-bands which had shrouded the Body of his Master, he made an act of faith; Thomas, who had stronger

testimony than John (for he had the word of the Apostles, assuring him that they had seen their risen Lord), refused

to believe: he had not overcome the world and its reasonings, because he had not faith.

The two Alleluia Versicles are formed of two texts alluding to the Resurrection. The second speaks of the scene which

took place on this day, in the cenacle.

We have said enough about St Thomas' incredulity; let us now admire his faith. His fault has taught us to examine

and condemn our own want of faith; let us learn from his repentance how to become true believers. Our Lord, who

had chosen him as one of the pillars of his Church, has been obliged to treat him with an exceptional familiarity: Thomas avails himself of Jesus' permission, puts his finger into the sacred wound, and immediately he sees the sin-

fulness of his past incredulity. He would make atonement, by a solemn act of faith, for the sin he has committed in

priding himself on being wise and discreet: he cries out, and with all the fervour of faith: My Lord and my God! Ob-serve, he not only says that Jesus is his Lord, his Master, the same who chose him as one of his disciples: this would

not have been faith, for there is no faith where we can see and touch. Had Thomas believed what his brother-

Apostles had told him, he would have had faith in the Resurrection; but now he sees, he has experimental knowl-edge of the great fact; and yet, as our Lord says of him, he has faith. In what? In this, that his Master is God. He

sees but the humanity of Jesus, and he at once confesses him to be God. From what is visible, his soul, now gener-

ous and repentant, rises to the invisible: `Thou art my God!' Now, O Thomas! thou art full of faith! The Church pro-

poses thee to us, on thy feast, as an example of faith. The confession thou didst make on this day is worthy to be compared with that which Peter made, when he said: `Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God!' By this profession,

which neither flesh nor blood had revealed to him, Peter merited to be made the rock whereon Christ built his

Church: thine did more than compensate thy former disbelief; it gave thee, for the time, a superiority over the rest of the Apostles, who, so far at least, were more taken up with the visible glory, than with the invisible divinity, of

their risen Lord.

The Offertory gives us another text of the Gospel relative to the Resurrection.

Divine Mercy Prayers

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Thy dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and for the sins of the whole world.

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy upon us and on the whole world.