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St. Andrew Catholic Church Stuart, Florida June 6, 2021
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Saint Andrew June 6th, 2021 The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
Catholic Church
2100 SE Cove Road Adult Education (RCIA)
Stuart, Florida 34997 & Lectors
772-781-4415 Christine Michaelian
Thursday 6:30pm-8:00pm
Adoration
June 5 Sat. 7:30am Gintoli Family+ (Resume April 14th, 2021)
Weds. Evenings 6-8pm
June 5 Sat. 4:00pm Joseph & Loretta Dawidiak+ in Church
June 6 Sun. 7:30am Edison C. Occhi+ Servants of the Eucharist &
Saturday Vigil: 4:00pm Care of the Sick
Sunday: 7:30, 9:00 & 10:30am June 6 Sun. 9:00am Erika Kleedela Cruz+ Kathleen Sullivan
Monday-Friday 7:30am
Holy Days: Vigil 4:00pm June 6 Sun. 10:30am Patricia Neman+ Annulments
7:30am & 6:00pm John Ginnetti
June 7 Mon. 7:30am Robert Markel+
Men of Saint Andrew
Confession:
June 8 Tues. 7:30am Tom+ & Phyllis Coté (Liv) Dave Olio
Saturday: 2:30pm Monday evening 6:30-8pm
Those wishing to receive the
June 9 Weds. 7:30am Rosa de la Cruz+ davidolio333@gmail.com
sacrament June 10 Thurs. 7:30am Joe Tonra+
should be here at 2:30 Prayer Shawl Ministry
June 11 Fri. 7:30am Patricia Neman+ Norma Olio
First Friday 1st Wednesday of each month
7:30am Mass followed from 8:30am–10am
June 12 Sat. 7:30am Father’s Day Novena
by individual confessions
June 13 Sun. 7:30am Father’s Day Novena Pro-Life Ministry
Michele Williams
First Saturday June 13 Sun. 9:00am Debra Ann Klein+
7:30 Mass followed by individual Bible Study
confessions Tuesday 10:00am
June 13 Sun. 10:30am Michael Magi+ Tuesday 6:30pm
Pastor June 14 Mon. 7:30am Fathers Day Novena Ignatian Spirituality
Reverend John Barrow
June 15 Tues. 7:30am Fathers Day Novena Prayer Group
Weds. 8:30am-10:00am
Retired Assisting Clergy June 16 Weds. 7:30am Fathers Day Novena (Lenten Retreat Thurs. 8:30am)
Monsignor Blase Gintoli
Monsignor James Moore
June 17 Thurs. 7:30am Fathers Day Novena Disciples of Prayer
Camille Lascari &
Deacons June 18 Fri. 7:30am Fathers Day Novena Bob Greeson
Deacon Louis Romero
Deacon Matthew Bartlett June 19 Sat. 4:00pm Fathers Day Novena Parish Website
Deacon Andre Boucher saintandrewcatholic.org
June 20 Sun. 7:30am Fathers Day Novena Webmaster;
Michael Brennan
Office Hours: June 20 Sun. 9:00am Bethanie Richards (Liv) Community Outreach
Monday-Friday June 20 Sun. 10:30am Anna Scotto+ APOSTLES OF
JOHN PAUL II
9am-12Noon Please call for an
June 21 Mon. 7:30am Jean Gonyou+
Saturday 2-4pm appointment
Sunday June 22 Tues. 7:30am Eugene Quinn+ 772-291-0002
9am-12Noon Rosary Maker’s Ministry
June 23 Weds. 7:30am Joyce Berry+
Kathleen Sullivan
June 24 Thurs. 7:30am Alex Richards (Liv) Wednesday 10:00am
Youth Activities
DRE: Mrs. Donna Hernandez June 25 Fri. 7:30am Dolores Holoubek + Ushers
Jane Engelbrecht
June 26 Sat. 4:00pm Raymond & Elennor Chychota+ ejanybrainy@yahoo.com
June 27 Sun. 7:30am Michael Sessions+ Legion of Mary Friday 8:15am
Registration CLOSED June 27 Sun. 9:00am John Brutvan+
June 27 Sun. 10:30am The McCoy Family
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Please join us in praying the Chaplet after the daily 7:30am Mass.
We pray for our Country, our Priests and for the Sanctity of Life.
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Prayers Before Mass
June 6th, 2021 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
All of the information needed for today’s liturgy is found in
this bulletin, including Readings, and Responses.
Prayer to
St. Michael
Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness
PRAYER FOR PROTECTION FROM STORMS
and the snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly
pray and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly Host, by the power God, our Father, Creator of the Universe and Lord
of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander over all creation, we humbly stand before you as your chil-
through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen. dren in thanksgiving for your loving care and protection. We
ask that you keep us safe from all hurricanes which may
threaten us in the coming seasons. Protect us from all fear
and anxiety of storms and give us an ardent trust and hope in
Penitential Act: A Your love and mercy. You alone have the power to com-
mand the sea, the wind and the rain. You alone bring peace,
calm, and safety. Father, we thank you in advance, for you
The Confiteor are our only Refuge. We ask this through Christ, Your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and forever and ever. Amen.
sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in
what I have done and what I have failed to do, through my fault,
through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask Mary, Queen of the Apostles, and
blessed Mary ever-virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my Patroness of Our Diocese, pray for us.
brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Gloria
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we
glorify you, we give you thanks, for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father, Lord Jesus
Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have
mercy on us, you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the
Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, All bow at the
words that follow, up to and including and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was cruci-
fied under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended
into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have
no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored
and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, I confess one Baptism for the for-
giveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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Gathering Hymn RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 33:4-5,6,9,18-19,20,22
R. (13) I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the
name of the Lord.
How shall I make a return to the LORD
for all the good he has done for me?
The cup of salvation I will take up,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of
the Lord.
Precious in the eyes of the LORD
is the death of his faithful ones.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid;
you have loosed my bonds.
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of
the Lord.
To you will I offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
My vows to the LORD I will pay
in the presence of all his people.
R. I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of
the Lord.
SECOND READING
A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews
Hebrews 9:11-15
Brothers and sisters:
When Christ came as high priest
of the good things that have come to be,
passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle
not made by hands, that is, not belonging to this creation,
he entered once for all into the sanctuary, not with the blood of
goats and calves but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal
redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprin-
kling of a heifer's ashes can sanctify those who are defiled
so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more will the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblem-
ished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works
to worship the living God.
For this reason he is mediator of a new covenant: since a
death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions un-
FIRST READING der the first covenant, those who are called may receive the
promised eternal inheritance.
A reading from the Book of Exodus Exodus 24:3-8
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordi-
nances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice,
"We will do everything that the LORD has told us." Moses then wrote Sequence
down all the words of the LORD and, rising early the next day, he
erected at the foot of the mountain an altar and twelve pillars for the Laud, O Zion, your salvation, Laud with hymns of exultation,
twelve tribes of Israel. Then, having sent certain young men of the Christ, your king and shepherd true: Bring him all the praise
Israelites to offer holocausts and sacrifice young bulls as peace offer- you know, He is more than you bestow. Never can you reach
ings to the LORD, Moses took half of the blood and put it in large his due. Special theme for glad thanksgiving Is the quick’ning
bowls; the other half he splashed on the altar. Taking the book of the and the living Bread today before you set: From his hands of old
covenant, he read it aloud to the people, who answered, "All that the partaken, As we know, by faith unshaken, Where the Twelve at
LORD has said, we will heed and do." Then he took the blood and supper met. Full and clear ring out your chanting,
sprinkled it on the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant Joy nor sweetest grace be wanting, From your heart let praises
that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words burst: For today the feast is holden, When the institution olden
of his." Of that supper was rehearsed. Here the new law’s new oblation,
By the new king’s revelation, Ends the form of ancient rite: Now
the new the old effaces, Truth away the shadow chases, Light
dispels the gloom of night. What he did at supper seated, Christ
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. ordained to be repeated, His memorial ne’er to cease:
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And his rule for guidance taking, Bread and wine we hallow, Closing Hymn
making Thus our sacrifice of peace. This the truth each Christian
learns, Bread into his flesh he turns, To his precious blood the
wine: Sight has fail’d, nor thought conceives, But a dauntless
faith believes, Resting on a pow’r divine. Here beneath these
signs are hidden Priceless things to sense forbidden; Signs, not
things are all we see: Blood is poured and flesh is broken, Yet in
either wondrous token Christ entire we know to be. Whoso of
this food partakes, Does not rend the Lord nor breaks; Christ is
whole to all that taste: Thousands are, as one, receivers, One,
as thousands of believers, Eats of him who cannot waste.
Bad and good the feast are sharing, Of what divers dooms pre-
paring, Endless death, or endless life. Life to these, to those
damnation, See how like participation Is with unlike issues rife.
When the sacrament is broken, Doubt not, but believe ‘tis spo-
ken, That each sever’d outward token doth the very whole con-
tain. Nought the precious gift divides, Breaking but the sign be-
tides Jesus still the same abides, still unbroken does remain.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven,
says the Lord;
whoever eats this bread will live forever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Mark 14:12-16, 22-26
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy gospel according to Mark Glory to
you, O Lord.
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they
sacrificed the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples said to him,
"Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the
Passover?" He sent two of his disciples and said to them,
"Go into the city and a man will meet you, carrying a jar of
water. Follow him. Wherever he enters, say to the master of the
house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room
where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
Then he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready.
Make the preparations for us there." The disciples then went
off, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them; and The Eucharist and Unity
they prepared the Passover. While they were eating, he took
bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and said,
"Take it; this is my body." Then he took a cup, gave thanks, Imagine a person who receives Commun-
and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. ion, accepts the Host when the priest
He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, says, "The Body of Christ," says "Amen,"
which will be shed for many. Amen, I say to you, and then breaks off a piece, hands it
I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine back, and says, "Except this piece, Fa-
until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
ther!" This is what the person who re-
Then, after singing a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives. jects other people may as well do. In re-
ceiving Christ, we are to receive the
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. whole Christ, in all his members, our
brothers and sisters, whether convenient or inconvenient, want-
ed or unwanted, born or unborn.
As St. John remarks, Christ was to die "to gather into one all the scattered children of God." Sin scatters. Christ unites. The word
"diabolical" means "to split asunder." Christ came "to destroy the works of the devil" (1Jn.3:8). The Eucharist builds up the human
family in Christ who says, "Come to me, feed on My Body, become My Body." Abortion, in a reverse dynamic, says, "Go away! We
have no room for you, no time for you, no desire for you, no responsibility for you. Get out of our way!" Abortion attacks the uni-
ty of the human family by splitting asunder the most fundamental relationship between any two persons: mother and child. The
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Pro-Life Reflections by Fr. Frank Pavone
Weekend Marriage Builders
ENCOURAGEMENT
The Sanctuary
Candles are for Couples can build their relationships by focusing on each
the intention of other’s needs, and championing their spouses’ self-esteem.
Here are four ways you could build trust and intimacy and
Denise E. Sullivan+ express your love and appreciation for each other would
encourage him or her most.
The Candles at the Shrine of Our 1, Don’t let your spouse neglect his or her own needs.
Rearrange your time—and, if necessary, your
Lady of Perpetual Help are for the financial priorities-to allow your spouse per-
intention of sonal time to pursue a hobby or other outside
Tony & Marge Vecchio interest.
2, Let your spouse’s past mistakes and fail-
ures stay in the past; don’t bring them up again.
The Candle in the Adoration 3. Emphasize the fact that we are all created by God; and re-
Chapel of the Two Hearts is mind your spouse of God’s tenderness and forgiveness toward
for the intention us.
of
4. Pray together about any problem areas or recurring difficul-
Leo Martinez ties in your marriage.
- The Marriage Partnership Staff
Revive
Adoration & Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Novena
Saturday: Ephesians 4:29-32
The Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help is held on Sunday: Philippians 3:12-21
Wednesday
evenings at 6:00pm;
May Christ Establish you and encourage your faith.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
followed by
Eucharistic
Exposition
and Benediction
At 8:00pm.
All are welcome. Come spend some time
with our Lord and Blessed Mother.
The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you
will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your
union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in
Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth. “ Blessed Teresa of Calcutta”
to help out after each mass for Community
Outreach APOSTLES OF JOHN PAUL II
Collection. Please call the office –772-781-4415
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The Prayer Shawl Ministry
will be meeting first Wednesday of every
month at 10:30am. We are happy to be
back in our regular meeting room A in the
CCD
church with social distancing and masks.
We have continued making shawls to give
Religious Education Enrollment
to parishioners, their family and friends. June 14th - June30th
Anyone needing a shawl to celebrate and or comfort loved
ones, please contact the person listed in this notice. We have
recently received requests from St. Andrew Flocknotes, which
Application Packets may be picked up at the
we are happy to respond to. We also thank donors who have church front reception desk or printed from the
supplied us with yarn. We welcome any new people who saintandrewcatholic.org website.
would like to join us in this giving ministry.
Complete packets are to be returned by
contact: Norma 772 919 5963 nolio91@gmail.com appointment only on M/W/F only.
"And they shall name him Emmanuel, a name that means 'God is with us'" Please call 772-781-4415 ext. 214 to make
Matthew 1:23.
Reflection: In the midst of the abortion tragedy, the Church does not point
your appointment .
fingers of condemnation. Rather, the Church extends hands of compassion
and help, to lift up out of despair those who are tempted to abort their chil- Include: Birth and Baptism certificates. And,
dren. The Church informs her people of the many alternatives to abortion, any other sacrament certificates.
and says "I am with you, and will enable you to say yes to life."
Prayer: Lord, so many are tempted to abort because they feel alone. May Incomplete packets will not be accepted.
we reach out to them, that they may know that we and you are with them.
Amen
Fees
APOSTLES OF JOHN PAUL II
Current registered families
2100 SE Cove Road, Stuart, FL 34997 (using weekly offertory envelopes):
First student –$80
Each additional student—$20
New registered families:
0PEN Friday 9-12Noon
Please call for an appointment First student –$125
772-291-0002 WE ARE HERE TO HELP
Each addition student—$30
There is limited space, so please register
within the above time frame.
We love having you as part of our Flock! Keep in touch with us via
email and text!
Text 4ANDREW to 84576 or connect with us online at
saintandrewcatholic.org/stay-in-touch
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Father’s Day
Disciples of Prayer
Novena of Masses St. Andrew’s Church has established a ministry of prayer,
“St. Andrew’s Disciples of
Prayer”. If you or a loved one, friend or neighbor, has a
For the intention of our Fa- need of prayer or, if you have a
thers’, living or deceased. generous spirit and can spend 5 to 10 minutes a day pray-
ing for special intentions,
Our Father’s Day Novena Masses consist of 9 consecutive days of please contact ;
Masses for the intention of our fathers, living or deceased. Camille at qtcatccl@gmail.com
On the outside of the envelope are printed lines for you to or
write down the names of the fathers you would like remembered in Bob at cobra12220@aol.com
our Novena Masses. They can be your biological father, husband,,
to place someone on the prayer list, or if you are called by
step-father, God-Father, etc. There are more lines on the back of the
envelope too. After writing their name, please insert your donation for the Holy Spirit to pray.
the Masses in the envelope and place it in the offertory basket next
weekend, or drop it off at the church office no later than Friday, JUNE
11, 2021, as our Novena Masses begin on Saturday, June 12, 2021. I would like to
thank the CCD
A novena means nine consecutive days of public or private prayer staff and parish-
for some special occasion or intention. Its origin goes back to the nine ioners for their
days that the disciples and Mary spent together in prayer between
help and support
Ascension and Pentecost Sunday.
To make a novena means to persevere in prayer asking for
for the Mother’s
some favor over a period of nine days in succession or nine weeks Day Rose Event.
in succession. It means fulfilling our Lord’s teaching that we must con- It was a huge suc-
tinue praying and never lose confidence. This confidence is based on cess. Many hours
our Lord’s words: “Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; and work went
knock and it will be opened to you. For whoever asks receives; who- into the weekend
ever seeks finds; whoever knocks is admitted. ( Lk 11: 9-10) and thanks to eve-
ryone it was a sold
out event.
This event will help our youth attend the Steuben-
ville Conference in Orlando this summer. They
will get a chance to experience the personal love of
Christ and know that there are many others that
love Jesus as they do. It is a life changing
Ushers Needed experience for them.
for all Summer masses Because of the generosity of our parishioners we
can provide the best and latest programs to our
Your willingness to serve God as an usher reflects your youth to teach our Catholic faith.
commitment to Christ, to be a friendly and a welcoming
presence to those coming to worship here at St. Andrew If anyone feels Jesus calling them to be a catechist
Catholic Church.
or to help with any of our future events please con-
tact me at the church. It is a very rewarding and
Please contact Jane Engelbrecht" at exciting experience to work with the future church.
ejanybrainy@yahoo.com or call the office 772-781-4415
Many thanks and
Blessings.
Donna Hernandez
DRE
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Mediation Why does the priest sprinkle
Food that Endures us with water at Mass?
In this ineffable mystery of
the Eucharist, Jesus Christ is During Easter a priest will often sprinkle his congregation with water
the true nourishment of our at Mass, recalling their baptism.
souls. When we receive his
Body and Blood, his life per- Instead of performing the normal Penitential Rite, a priest can
meates ours down to the choose to sprinkle his congregation at Mass with water.
depths of our heart. We Remain in him, and he remains in
us, not just in a spiritual manner by grace but substantially This may seem strange to some, but it is a practice that has a
rich symbolism.
and corporeally, to the point of becoming in a sort of way
one body and blood with us. After Communion, the savior The General Instruction of the Roman Missal highlights this option,
furthermore resides in us by his Virtue. He animates us, especially during the Easter season.
keeps us in the life of grace, fortifies us against the tempta-
tions of the devil and the violence of our passions, weakens From time to time on Sundays, especially in Easter Time, instead of
the ardor of our concupiscence, enlightens our souls, in- the customary Penitential Act, the blessing and sprinkling of wa-
creases the divine love in our hearts, consoles us in all our ter may take place as a reminder of Baptism. (GIRM, 51)
pains and afflictions, and finally gives a pledge of eternal This is revealed even more directly in the blessing of water that can
bliss for our souls and a seed of the resurrections an glori- take place before the priest sprinkles everyone at Mass.
ous immortality for our bodies.
Oh my Jesus, give me the grace to perceive the blessings of Dear brethren (brothers and sisters), let us humbly beseech the lord
our God to bless this water he has created, which will be sprinkled
the Bread of Angels descended from heaven for me! For as on us as a memorial of our Baptism. may he help us by his grace
you deign to be my nourishment, prepare my heart as well, to remain faithful to the spirit we have received.
that I may receive you worthily and frequently. Give me a Water has rich symbolism, as the Catechism of the Catholic
habitual disposition of living faith, firm hope, ardent chari- Church explains.
ty, profound humility, complete confidence, and perfect
gratitude. May the benefit of this food serve especially to The symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit’s action in
animate me entirely in your Spirit, so that I may live no Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes the
efficacious sacramental sign of new birth: just as the gestation of our
more except for you, by you, and through you. Amen. first birth took place in water, so the water of Baptism truly signifies
Blessed Hyachinthe-Marie Cormier that our birth into the divine life is given to us in the Holy Spirit. As
“by one Spirit we were all baptized,” so we are also “made to drink
of one Spirit.” Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water
welling up from Christ crucified as its source and welling up in
STRUGGLING AFTER us to eternal life. (CCC 694)
AN ABORTION OR A
MISCARRIAGE? The sprinkling rite, besides recalling our baptism, could also be
connected with Jesus’ actions at the Last Supper. Jesus washed
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
the feet of his disciples before celebrating the first Eucharist,
RACHEL’S VINEYARD performing an act of ritual cleansing before the feast. It is a
HEALING RETREAT beautiful option that priest’s can choose at Mass and has rich sym-
HOPE AFTER ABORTION and bolism that brings us deeper into the Paschal mystery.
MISCARRIAGE: Experience the
healing love of Jesus Christ during
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is also known as the
a Rachel’s Vineyard healing retreat. This retreat offers an Solemnity of Corpus Christi, which translates from Latin to "Body of Christ."
opportunity to deeply enter into the grieving process and This feast originated in France in the mid thirteenth century and was extended
identify the ways your abortion or miscarriage may have to the whole Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264. This feast is celebrated on the
affected you or a loved one. Discussions, spiritual exercis- Thursday following the Trinity Sunday or, as in the USA, on the Sunday follow-
es, prayer and reflection combined with the Sacrament of ing that feast.
Reconciliation, a Memorial Service honoring your child
and a beautiful Mass will help to heal the wounds of your This feast calls us to focus on two manifestations of the Body of Christ, the
past. Participation is strictly confidential and offers a Holy Eucharist and the Church. The primary purpose of this feast is to focus
our attention on the Eucharist. The opening prayer at Mass calls our attention
unique opportunity to experience God’s love, forgiveness to Jesus' suffering and death and our worship of Him, especially in the Eucha-
and tender compassion. Both men and women are invited rist.
to experience this healing for their soul.
At every Mass our attention is called to the Eucharist and the Real Presence of
Retreats are planned for this year 2021 Christ in it. The secondary focus of this feast is upon the Body of Christ as it is
present in the Church. The Church is called the Body of Christ because of the
For more information, call Donna Gardner, at intimate communion which Jesus shares with his disciples. He expresses this
in the gospels by using the metaphor of a body in which He is the head. This
561-602-4778 or Emily Babylonia-Gonzalez at image helps keep in focus both the unity and the diversity of the Church.
561-254-1728 for a retreat in Spanish.
The Feast of Corpus Christi is commonly used as an opportunity for public
All calls are CONFFIDENTIAL. For more information on Eucharistic processions, which serves as a sign of common faith and adora-
Rachel’s Vineyard, Check their website: tion. Our worship of Jesus in His Body and Blood calls us to offer to God our
Father a pledge of undivided love and an offering of ourselves to the service of
www.rachelsvineyard.org others.
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