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.

St. Luke Painting the Virgin by Giorgio Vasari, 1511-1574

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP Assistant Pastor: Rev. Fr. David Kemna, FSSP

Church Address and Mail: 1537 West Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85007

Office: 602-253-6090 Fax: 602-253-8013 Sacramental Emergency Cell: 480-236-8867

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

Notitiæ October 12, 2014

Sunday Masses

Propers:

Readings:

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Class II, Green 1 Corinthians 1: 4-8; St. Matthew 9: 1-8

Intentions:

9am Low Mass; 11am High Mass; 5pm Low Mass (in lieu of 7:00am, today only)

9:00 am: Shirley Conners +; 11:00 am: Frank Conners+; 5:00 pm: Pro Populo

Weekday Masses

At Mater Misericordiae Mission, 1537 West Monroe St. Phoenix, AZ 85007

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

Monday, October 13 Thursday, October 16

Propers: Readings:

Intentions:

St. Edward King and Confessor, Class III, White

Ecclesiasticus 31: 8-11

St. Luke 12: 35-40 6:30am: Frank Conners +

6:30pm: Frank Conners +

Propers: Readings:

Intentions:

St. Hedwig Widow, Class III, White

Proverbs 31: 10-31

St. Matthew 13: 44-52 6:30am: Edward Girsch + 6:30pm: Robert Master Joseph

Tuesday, October 14 Friday, October 17

Propers: Readings:

Intentions:

St. Callistus I Pope and Martyr, Class III, Red

Proverbs 8: 22-24, 32-35

St. Luke 1: 26-38

6:30am: Sr. Marie Dennis, OP +

6:30pm: Sr. Marie Dennis, OP +

Propers: Readings:

Intentions:

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Virgin, Class III, White

Ephesians 3: 8, 9, 14-19

St. Matthew 11: 25-30 6:30am: Robert Master Joseph

6:30pm: Caleb Insco

Wednesday, October 15 Saturday, October 18

Propers: Readings:

Intentions:

St. Teresa Avila

Virgin, Class III, White 2 Corinthians 10: 17-18; 11: 1-2

St. Matthew 25: 1-13 6:30am: Sr. Marie Dennis, OP + 6:30pm: Robert Master Joseph

Propers: Readings:

Intentions:

St. Luke Evangelist, Class II, Red

2 Corinthians 8: 16-24

St. Luke 10: 1-9 6:30am: Caleb Insco

8:00am: Caleb Insco (Sung Mass)

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

Sundays: Before the 7am Mass, between the 7am, 9am, and 11am Masses, and after the 11am Mass.

At St. Cecilia’s: Saturdays: 3-4 pm. Sundays: Before the 9am Mass. Other times by arrangement.

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS

CCD Religious Education: Wel-

come to all of the new students and parents to the 2014-2015 CCD school year. Classes continue today be-

tween the 9:00AM and 11:00AM Masses. We have an enrollment this

year of 95 students already! We are still taking registrations for CCD, so if anyone would still like to enroll their children, please come by the parish hall after the 9:00AM Mass. Tuition for each family is $25. As in the past, textbooks will be loaned for the students' use during class. Those who would

like to purchase a book will be able. The teachers for this school year are as follows: Leslie Brennan - Kindergarten Theresa Duarte - First Communion Hannah Mundattuchundayil - Grade 2 Andrew Ellison - Grades 3-4

Daniel Spiotta - Grades 5-6

Bill Haley - Grades 7-9 Ed Grenelle - Grades 10-12 Should you have any questions for Kathy Nemeth, CCD Director for 2014-2015 academic year, please feel free to get in touch with her at wnemeth@msn.com or her

mobile phone at 602-809-0424.

Fr. Kemna on Vacation: Please keep Fr. Kemna in

your prayers as he will be on vacation through next weekend.

Ladies’ Social: All ladies of the Parish are invited to

a Potluck Luncheon at the Mater Misericordiae Hall on Saturday, October 18. The event will begin at 11:30 AM with the praying of the Rosary and then followed by the Luncheon. The event is open to all single or mar-

ried ladies of the parish 16 years old and up.

Parish Potluck: All are invited to enjoy the com-

pany of other parishioners at the monthly potluck Sun-day, October 19, after the 11:00 AM High Mass.

Men’s BBQ: There will be a BBQ for the men of the

parish Saturday, October 25 at 7:00 PM at the church hall. Games will follow the dinner. Ages for this event are 21 years and older. Please note that you must pro-

vide your own meat to cook, beverage to drink, or an-other dish to share.

Book Seminar: All are invited to attend the next

meeting of the parish book discussion group, which will take place on Saturday, November 8. The book to be read is Edmund Campion by the eminent English novel-ist and Catholic convert Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966). Written with a novelist’s style and skill, this

biography of a Catholic hero and priest-martyr is a viv-idly engaging page-turner. The edition published by

Ignatius Press is recommended. The discussion will be led by Andrew Ellison. For more information or to RSVP, please call Kenneth Lashutka at 602-920-3971 or send him an email at kennylashutka@hotmail.com.

FSSP PRAYER REQUESTS

October 12: Fr. Daniel Geddes October 13: Fr. Dennis Gordon October 14: Fr. Joseph Hearty October 15: Fr. Benoit Guichard October 16: Fr. Rhone Lillard October 17: Fr. John Lyons

October 18: All FSSP Members

SUNDAY COLLECT. In Thy tender mercy, direct our hearts, we beseech Thee, O Lord, because without Thee we are not able to

please Thee. Through our Lord

SUNDAY EPISTLE: 1 Corinthians 1: 4-8 Brethren, I give thanks to my God always for you, for the grace of God that is given you in Christ Jesus, that in all things you are made rich in Him, in all utterance and in all knowledge, as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for the manifestation of our Lord

Jesus Christ. Who also will confirm you into the end without crime, in the day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ..

SUNDAY GOSPEL: St. Matthew 9: 1-8 At that time, Jesus entering into a boat, passed over the water and came into His own city. And behold

they brought Him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. And behold some of the scribes said within them-

selves: He blasphemeth. And Jesus seeing their thoughts said: Why do you think evil in your hearts? whether is it easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise and walk? But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (then said He to the man sick of the palsy): Arise, take

up thy bed, and go into thy house. And he arose, and went into his house. And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God who had given such power to men.

Pray for Our Parish Vocations:

Please pray for our young men: FSSP Seminarians Caleb Insco, Martin Garcia, Elijah Mundattuchundayil; as well as Raymond Sciotta, Postulant of the Benedic-tines in Norscia, Italy. Pray also for our young ladies: Sr. Mary Thomas

O.Praem of the California Norbertines, Allegra Bisbee, Postulant of the Gower, Missouri Benedictines, and Brittany Allen, Postulant of the New York Franciscans. Pray also for those who are still discerning their voca-tion.

October 13.—ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR. EDWARD was unexpectedly raised to the throne of England at the age of forty years, twenty-seven of which he had passed in exile. On the throne, the virtues of his earlier years, simplicity, gentleness, lowliness, but above all his an-gelic purity, shone with new brightness. By a rare inspiration of God, though he married to content his nobles and

people, he preserved perfect chastity in the wedded state. So little did he set his heart on riches, that thrice when he saw a servant robbing his treasury he let him escape, saying the poor fellow needed the gold more than he. He loved

to stand at his palace-gate, speaking kindly to the poor beggars and lepers who crowded about him, and many of whom he healed of their diseases. The long wars had brought the kingdom to a sad state, but Edward's zeal and sanctity soon wrought a great change. His reign of twenty-four years was one of almost unbroken peace, the country grew prosperous, the ruined churches rose under his hand, the weak lived secure, and for ages afterwards men spoke with affection of the "laws of good St. Edward." The holy king had a great devotion to building and enriching

churches. Westminster Abbey was his latest and noblest work. He died January 5, 1066. Reflection.—David longed to build a temple for God's service. Solomon reckoned it his glory to accomplish the work. But we, who have God made flesh dwelling in our tabernacles, ought to think no time, no zeal, no treasures too much to devote to the splendor and beauty of a Christian church.

October 14.—ST. CALLISTUS, Pope, Martyr. EARLY in the third century, Callistus, then a deacon, was intrusted by Pope St. Zephyrinus with the rule of the clergy, and set by him over the cemeteries of the Christians at Rome; and, at the death of Zephyrinus, Callistus, ac-cording to the Roman usage, succeeded to the Apostolic See. A decree is ascribed to him appointing the four fasts of

the Ember seasons, but his name is best known in connection with the old cemetery on the Appian Way, which was

enlarged and adorned by him, and is called to this day the Catacomb of St. Callistus. During the persecution under the Emperor Severus, St. Callistus was driven to take shelter in the poor and populous quarters of the city; yet, in spite of these troubles, and of the care of the Church, he made diligent search for the body of Calipodius, one of his clergy who had suffered martyrdom shortly before, by being cast into the Tiber. When he found it he was full of joy, and buried it, with hymns of praise. Callistus was martyred October 14, 223.

Reflection.—In the body of a Christian we see that which has been the temple of the Holy Ghost, which even now is precious in the eyes of God, Who will watch over it, and one day raise it up in glory to shine forever in His kingdom. Let our actions bear witness to our belief in these truths.

October 15.—ST. TERESA. WHEN a child of seven years, Teresa ran away from her home at Avila in Spain, in the hope of being martyred by the Moors. Being brought back and asked the reason of her flight, she replied, "I want to see God, and I must die before I can see Him." She then began with her brother to build a hermitage in the garden, and was often heard repeating "Forever, forever" Some years later she became a Carmelite nun. Frivolous conversations checked her progress to-wards perfection, but at last, in her thirty-first year, she gave herself wholly to God. A vision showed her the very

place in hell to which her own light faults would have led her, and she lived ever after in the deepest distrust of self.

She was called to reform her Order, favored with distinct commands from Our Lord, and her heart was pierced with divine love; but she dreaded nothing so much as delusion, and to the last acted only under obedience to her confes-sors, which both made her strong and kept her safe. She died on October 4, 1582. Reflection.—"After all I die a child of the Church." These were the Saint's last words. They teach us the lesson of her life—to trust in humble, childlike obedience to our spiritual guides as the surest means of salvation.

October 17.—SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE. MARGARET MARY was born at Terreau in Burgundy, on the 22d July, 1647. During her infancy she showed a wonder-fully sensitive horror of the very idea of sin. In 1671 she entered the Order of the Visitation, at Paray-le-Monial, and was professed the following year. After purifying her by many trials, Jesus appeared to her in numerous visions, dis-

playing to her His Sacred Heart, sometimes burning as a furnace, and sometimes torn and bleeding on account of the coldness and sins of men. In. 1675 the great revelation was made to her that she, in union with Father de la Co-lombière, of the Society of Jesus, was to be the chief instrument for instituting the feast of the Sacred Heart, and for spreading that devotion throughout the world. She died on the 17th October, 1690.

Reflection.—Love for the Sacred Heart especially honors the Incarnation, and makes the soul grow rapidly in humil-ity, generosity, patience, and union with its Beloved.

October 18.—ST. LUKE. ST. LUKE, a physician at Antioch, and a painter, became a convert of St. Paul, and afterwards his fellow-laborer. He is best known to us as the historian of the New Testament. Though not an eye-witness of Our Lord's life, the Evan-

gelist diligently gathered information from the lips of the apostles, and wrote, as he tells us, all things in order. The acts of the Apostles were written by this Evangelist as a sequel to his Gospel, bringing the history .of the Church down to the first imprisonment of St. Paul at Rome. The humble historian never names himself, but by his occasional use of "we" for "they" we are able to detect his presence in the scenes which he describes. We thus find that he sailed with St. Paul and Silas from Troas to Macedonia; stayed behind apparently for seven years at Philippi, and, lastly, shared the shipwreck and perils of the memorable voyage to Rome. Here his own narrative ends, but from St. Paul's Epistles we learn that St. Luke was his faithful companion to the end. He died a martyr's death some time af-

terwards in Achaia.

Reflection.—Christ has given all He had for thee; do thou give all thou hast for Him.

Source: Lives of the Saints, by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. ed. [1894], at sacred-texts.com