6th Sunday after Pentecost 21 July 2019 6th Sunday after Pentecost 21 July 2019

Rev. Msgr. James T. Byrnes, Pastor Rectory (Friday-Monday): 484-480-4414 Priory (Tuesday-Thursday): 203-431-0201 ext.14 Email: j.byrnes@fsspx.email

Mr. Michael Sparks, Chapel Coordinator Tel. 856-223-0741

Mr. James Hayes, Chapel Treasurer

Mr. Gregory Golm, Choir Director

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass Friday 7 PM Saturday 9 AM Sunday 8 AM (Low Mass) 10 AM (Sung Mass) Monday 10 AM

Confessions Approximately 45 minutes before the start of Mass (except Monday)

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 3rd Sunday of the month following the 10 AM Mass.

St. Jude Roman Catholic Church

Society of St. Pius X 1402 E. 10th Street, Eddystone, PA 19022

Devotion True devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary consists in three things: VENERATION, CONFIDENCE AND LOVE. By simply wearing the Scapular, we can tell her every moment of the day that we venerate her, love her and trust in her protection.

The Scapular Is a Silent Prayer As Our Lord taught us to say the Our Father, Our Blessed Mother taught us the value of the scapular. When we use it as a prayer, Our Lady draws us to the Sacred Heart of Her Divine Son. It is good, therefore, to hold the scapular in the hand. A prayer offered while holding the Scapular is as perfect as a prayer can be. It is especially in time of temptation that we need the powerful intercession of God’s Mother. The evil spirit is utterly powerless when the wearer of a scapular faces temptation, calling upon the Holy Virgin in this silent devotion. “If you had recommended yourself to me, you would not have run into such danger,” was Our Lady’s gentle reproach to Blessed Alan de la Roche, one of her devoted servants.

Enrollment in the Confraternity To be eligible for the scapular promise, one must be enrolled in the Brown Scapular Confraternity. This is a simple ceremony which can be performed by any priest (see below). The members of the Confraternity have the added benefit of sharing in all the spiritual benefits of the Carmelite Order. According to a statement made by the Carmelite Fathers at the National Scapular Center, every priest now has the right to invest the faithful in the Brown Scapular and to substitute the rosary in lieu of the Little Office The scapular must be 100% wool without plastic casing and should not be pinned or affixed to clothing. It is worn over the head, under one’s clothes, with one square of wool hanging on the chest and the other on the back.

The Sabbatine Privilege The Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel has promised to save those who wear the scapular from the fires of hell; She will also shorten their stay in purgatory if they should pass from this world still owing some debt of punishment. This promise is found in a Bull of Pope John XXII. The Blessed Virgin appeared to him and, speaking of those who wear the Brown Scapular, said, “I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in purgatory I shall free so that I may lead them to the holy mountain of life everlasting.”

Our Lady assigned certain conditions which must be fulfilled:

1) Wear the Brown Scapular continuously. 2) Observe chastity according to one's state in life. 3) Recite daily the "Little Office of the Blessed Virgin." or: 3a) Observe the required fast of the Church as well as abstaining for meat on Wednesday and Saturday or: 3b) Recite the Rosary daily or: 3c) With permission, substitute some other good work.

Pope Benedict XV, the celebrated World War I Pontiff, granted 500 days indulgence for devoutly kissing your scapular.

6th Sunday after Pentecost 21 July 2019 6th Sunday after Pentecost 21 July 2019

SANCTUARY LAMP INTENTION

Week of July 21st: John Hughes

Please contact Victoria Foley at 215-380-5168 if you would like to place an intention.

STATUE OF OUR LADY

Month of July: Brzezicki Family

Please contact Janine Mullen at 215-804-5517 if you would like to host Our Lady.

St. Jude’s will be hosting a Blood Drive in the Church basement on Sunday, 1 September, after the Masses. Chris Ruhl’s wife Rita has let us know that she would be appreciative of blood donations to the Red Cross since Chris received so many pints of blood. We need to have 45 willing donors signed up before the day of the drive and non-parishioners are certainly welcome. A sign up sheet is posted in the basement with appointment times beginning at 8:45 and the process for each donor, from reception to conclusion, takes approximately 1 hour. More information will be forthcoming.

One of our elderly parishioners is in need of assistance taking care of lawn maintenance around his home. If you are able to help, either by your own labor or sponsoring a lawn service, please speak with Mike Sparks or Msgr. Byrnes.

July is the traditional month of the Most Precious Blood, the feast of which is 1 July. A laudable practice is to add the Litany of the Precious Blood to your daily personal and/or family devotions during July.

The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

History The scapular, the two small pieces of wool most people think of when they hear the word, is a sacramental based on an important piece of the monastic habit. A true scapular, in the original use of the word, is a piece of cloth, about shoulder width, that is worn over the shoulders and falls not quite to the wearer’s feet. It is the most important garment for those in monastic orders and has also been adopted by non-monastic religious orders for both male and female. In the past the scapular also had bands on the arm, connecting the front and back panel of fabric and thus forming a cross on the body of the wearer; this style of scapular is sometimes still used today. For this reason, the scapular was also simply called a crux, meaning ‘cross.’

The scapular is meant to be symbolic of an apron, indicating the wearer’s readiness and willingness to serve. That the scapular is a symbolic and not merely a practical apron is based on the point in the St. Benedict’s Rule, where he says that it is to be worn “for work.” Benedict uses a non-specific word for work here, not the word for manual work or labor, which he uses elsewhere in the Rule, and not the words specific to ‘God’s work,’ which he used elsewhere to include prayer. So it is believed that "scapulare propter opera" ("scapular for work") means a scapular to be worn always, whether while at prayer or while doing manual prayer.

In the middle ages, it was common for the lay faithful to join religious orders in an affiliate sense, as a tertiary. Since some did not take full vows, they would not wear the full habit. Some others who took private vows would wear almost the full habit. The non-monastic, one not taking full vows, would be granted a “reduced scapular” to wear. This was two pieces of wool, about 2 inches by 3 inches each, held together by a band or cord and worn over the shoulder with one rectangle in front and one in back. Still larger than the devotional scapular worn by many Catholics, the shape and small size of this scapular is closest in appearance to what may lay Catholics wear. They are still often worn by tertiary members of the Franciscan, Carmelite, and Dominican orders.

In the year 1251, in the town of Aylesford in England, Our Lady appeared to St. Simon Stock, a Carmelite. She handed him a brown woolen scapular and said, “This shall be a privilege for you and all Carmelites, that anyone dying in this habit shall not suffer eternal fire.” In time, the Church extended this magnificent privilege to all the laity who are willing to be invested in the Brown Scapular of the Carmelites and who perpetually wear it.

The term scapular (from Latin scapula , "shoulders") as used today refers to two specific, yet related, Christian Sacrementals, namely the monastic and devotional scapulars, although both forms may simply be referred to as "scapular." The "monastic scapular" appeared first, perhaps as early as the 7th century in the Order of Saint Benedict . It is a somewhat large length of cloth suspended both front and back from the shoulders of the wearer, often reaching to the knees. It may vary in shape, color, size and style. Monastic scapulars originated as aprons worn by medieval monks, and were later extended to habits for members of religious organizations, orders or confraternities. Monastic scapulars now form part of the habit of monks and nuns in many Catholic religious orders. The "devotional scapular" is a much smaller item and evolved from the monastic scapular. These may also be worn by individuals who are not members of a monastic order and the Roman Catholic Church considers them sacramentals. The devotional scapular typically consists of two small (usually rectangular) pieces of cloth, wood or laminated paper, a few inches in size which may bear religious images or text. These are joined by two bands of cloth and the wearer places one square on the chest, rests the bands one on each shoulder and lets the second square drop down the back. In many cases, both forms of the scapular come with a set of promises for the faithful who wear them. Some of the promises are rooted in tradition, and others have been formally approved by religious leaders. For instance, for Roman Catholics, as for some other sacramentals, over the centuries several popes have approved specific indulgences for scapulars.

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MASSES FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK

Friday, 26 July: St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, 27 July: Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Sunday, 28 July: 7th Sunday after Pentecost Monday, 29 July: St. Martha, Virgin