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OUR MOTHER OF MERCY THE TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME The Gospel is from St. Matthew 10:26-33. What Our Lord said to His Apos-tles applies to all Christians in the practice of their faith. By the very fact of living our faith openly and fully we are apostles by ex-ample. If we are al-ways truthful and faithful to our prom-ises, if we are honest in all our dealings, if as employers we pay a just wage and treat those working for us not as "hands" but as whole men and women, if as employees we give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, if we live chaste lives whether in single life or in marriage, we are true Christians. Above all, if we have true love of God and show our appreciation of all that he has done for us, and if we prove that love, by helping his other children, our neighbors, we are a light shining in the darkness, because we are helping others to see the true meaning of the Christian religion.
This true light is needed more today perhaps than ever before. Our world is three quarters pagan or neo-pagan. The neo-pagans are those who once were Christians but abandoned their religion, sometimes through their own fault, but more often than not, be-cause of the bad example they were given by their fellow Christians. These are worse off spiritually than the pa-gans who have never heard of Christ or the true God. These latter have at least some idols, some ancestral dei-ties, to whom they pay respect. The
neo-pagans have only themselves to venerate, and they can find little spir-itual uplift in this form of religion.
A large majority of today's teenagers, in most so-called Christian countries, have come to despise, or at least to neglect, the religion of their ancestors. In most cases the cause of this is that Christianity was never really put into practice in their own homes. There are cases of very black sheep coming out of very white Christian homes, but these are cases of weak personali-ty—they prefer to follow the mob ra-ther than try to force their way against it. On the whole, the decline of religion among today's youth is due to bad example from their elders.
In today's gospel message, our Lord is asking each one of us to be a fearless apostle. We will be, if we live up to our religion at home and abroad. "Have no fear of men," He tells us, "don't mind what your fellowmen think of you, if you object to obscene language in your work-place. Don't fear what will be thought of you if you say your grace before and after meals in a public restaurant or hotel. Don't take that extra drink just because your companions at the party might ridicule your control ..."
These acts and many others like them, may seem trivial to some but they are giving testimony to the faith that is in us. Those who scoff at such things at first, may begin later to look into their own hearts, and come to realize what it is to be a man of prin-ciple. Eventually they may become men of principle themselves.
Let us remember our Lord's promise "Everyone who acknowledges me be-fore men, I also will acknowledge be-fore my Father who is in heaven."
Excerpted from The Sunday Readings by
Our Mother of Mercy Page 4
Mass Schedule:
Monday-Friday — 7 a.m.
Saturday—8 a.m.
Saturday—5 p.m.
Sunday—10 a.m.
Holy Day--see bulletin
Reconciliation (Confession):
Friday & Saturday Confessions
9:00 a.m. noon
Office Hours:
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10 a.m.—3 p.m.
The Twelfth Sunday in Ordi-nary Time
So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden
that will not be known.
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Father Darrell Kelly, S.V.D.
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FATHER BART’S CORNER
My sisters and brothers:
This Sunday we are celebrating
Father’s Day. May we keep in
our minds that the best father
is our Heavenly Father.
Through Him with thanksgiving
and trust we place our prayer
for earthly fathers.
FATHER’S DAY !!!
God our Father, in your wisdom
and love you made all things.
Bless these men, that they may
be strengthened as Christian
fathers. Let the example of their
faith and love shine forth. Grant
that we, their sons and daugh-
ters, may honor them always
with a spirit of profound re-
spect. Grant this through Christ
our Lord.
Amen.
With prayers and love,
Fr. Bart, S..V.D
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Weekly Readings
06/22—2 KIN 17:5-8,13-15,18;
MAT 7:1-5
06/23— 2 KIN 19:9-11,14-21,31-
36; MAT 7:6,12-14
06/24—ISA 49:1-6; ACT 13:22-26
LUK 1:57-66,80
06/25—2 KIN 24:8-17; MAT 7:21-
29
06/26--2 KIN 25:1-12:; MAT 8:1-4
06/27— LAM 2:2,10-14,18-19;
MAT 8:5-17
06/28 —2 KIN 4:8-11,14-16;
ROM 6:3-48-11; MAT 10:37-42
SOLEMNITY OF
THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
JUNE 24th
This feast, a segment of Advent in the season of Ordinary Time,
makes us aware of the wonder-ful inner relationship between the sacred mysteries; for we
are still in the midst of one Church year and already a
bridge is being erected to the
coming year of grace.
Ordinarily the Church
observes the day of a saint's
death as his feast, because
that day marks his entrance
into heaven. To this rule there
are two notable exceptions, the
birthdays of Blessed Mary and
of St. John the Baptist. All oth-
er persons were stained with
original sin at birth, hence,
were displeasing to God. But
Mary, already in the first mo-
ment of her existence, was free
from original sin (for which rea-
son even her very conception is
commemorated by a special
feast), and John was cleansed
of original sin in the womb of
his mother. This is the dogmat-
ic justification for today's feast.
In the breviary St. Augustine
explains the reason for today's
observance in the following
words:
"Apart from the most ho-
ly solemnity commemorating
our Savior's birth, the Church
keeps the birthday of no other
person except that of John the
Baptist. [The feasts of the Im-
maculate Conception and of
the Nativity of the Blessed Vir-
gin had not yet been intro-
duced.] In the case of other
saints or of God's chosen ones,
the Church, as you know, sol-
emnizes the day on which they
were reborn to everlasting beat-
itude after ending the trials of
this life and gloriously tri-
umphing over the world.
"For all these the final day of their lives, the day on which
they completed their earthly service is honored. But for
John the day of his birth, the day on which he began this mortal life is likewise sacred.
The reason for this is, of course, that the Lord willed to announce to men His own
coming through the Baptist, lest if He appeared suddenly,
they would fail to recognize Him. John represented the Old Covenant and the Law. There-
fore he preceded the Redeemer, even as the Law preceded and
heralded the new dispensation
of grace."
In other words, today's
feast anticipates the feast of Christmas. Taking an overall
view, we keep during the course of the year only two mysteries, that of Christ's In-
carnation and that of His Re-demption. The Redemption mystery is the greater of the
two; the Incarnation touches the human heart more directly.
To the Redemption mystery the entire Easter season is devoted, from Septuagesima until Pente-
cost; and likewise every Sun-day of the year, because Sun-
day is Easter in miniature. The Christmas season has for its object the mystery of God-
become-Man, to which there is reference only now and then during the remaining part of
the year, e.g., on Marian feasts, especially that of the Annunci-
ation (March 25) and today's feast in honor of the Baptist. In a sense, then, we are celebrat-
ing Christ's incarnation today. The birth of Jesus is observed on December 25 at the time of
the winter solstice, while the birth of His forerunner is ob-
served six months earlier at the time of the summer solstice. Christmas is a "light" feast; the
same is true today. The popu-lar custom centering about "St.
John's Fire" stems from sound-est Christian dogma and could well be given renewed atten-
tion. St. John's Fire symbolizes Christ the Light; John was a lamp that burned and shone.
We Christians should be the
light of the world.
Excerpted from The Church's
Year of Grace, Pius Parsch
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Monday, June 22
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Mass: 7 a.m.
No Monday Night with Jesus
Tuesday, June 23
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Mass: 7 a.m.
Wednesday, June 24
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Mass: 7 a.m.
No Bible Study
Thursday, June 25
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Mass: 7 a.m.
Friday, June 26
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Mass: 7 a.m.
Confessions: 9:00 a.m.—noon
Saturday, June 27
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Mass: 8 a.m.
Confessions: 9:00 a.m.—noon
Mass: 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
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Mass: 10 a.m.
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