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. Paschal Baylon (May 17)

From a child Paschal seems to have been marked out for the service of God; and amidst his daily labors he found

time to instruct and evangelize the rude herdsmen who kept their flocks on the hills of Arragon. At the rage of twen-

ty-four he entered the Franciscan Order, in which, however, he remained, from humility, a simple lay-brother, and

occupied himself, by preference, with the roughest and most servile tasks. He was distinguished by an ardent love

and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. He would spend hours on his knees before the tabernacle—often he was

raised from the ground in the fervor of his prayer—and there, from the very and eternal Truth, he drew such stores

of wisdom that, unlettered as he was, he was counted by all a master in theology and spiritual science. Shortly after

his profession he was called to Paris on business connected with his Order. The journey was full of peril, owing to the

hostility of the Huguenots, who were numerous at the time in the south of France; and on four separate occasions

Paschal was in imminent danger of death at the hands of the heretics. But it was not God's will that His servant

should obtain the crown of martyrdom which, though judging himself all unworthy of it, he so earnestly desired, and

he returned in safety to his convent, where he died in the odor of sanctity, May 15, 1592. –Butler’s Lives of the Saints

Pastor: Rev. Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP Associate: Rev. Fr. Kenneth Walker, 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 11, 2014

Sunday Masses

Propers: Readings:

Third Sunday after Easter, Class II, White

I Peter 2:11-19; John 16:16-22

Intentions:

7:00am Low Mass; 9:00am Low Mass; 11:00am High Mass at Mater Misericordiae Mission

7:00am: Maximus Krysak; 9:00am: Pro Populo; 11:00am: Abigail Krysak

Intention:

9:00 am Low Mass at Saint Cecilia’s Mission, Clarkdale 9:00 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 12 Thursday, May 15

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

Sts. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, & Pan-

cras, Martyrs, Class III, Red

Wisdom 5:1-5

John 4:46-53 6:30am: In Thanksgiving

6:30pm: James Baumer

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. John Baptist de la Salle, Confessor

Class III, White

Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11

Matthew 18:1-5 6:30am: Paul Peralta+

6:30pm:Joseph Peralta+

Tuesday, May 13 Friday, May 16

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor

Class III, White

Wisdom 7:7-14

Matthew 5:13-19 6:30am: Joseph Peralta+

6:30pm: Mary Peralta+

Propers:

Readings: Intentions:

St. Ubald, Bishop and Confessor

Class III, White

Ecclesiasticus 44:16-27; 45:3-20 Matthew 25:14-23

6:30am: Mary Peralta+

6:30pm: Paul Peralta+

Wednesday, May 14 Saturday, May 17

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Boniface, Martyr

Class IV, Red

Wisdom 5:1-5

John 15:1-7 6:30am: Paul Peralta+

6:30pm: Joseph Peralta+

Propers:

Readings:

Intentions:

St. Paschal Baylon, Confessor

Class III, White

Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11

Luke 12:35-40 6:30am: Joseph Peralta+

8:00am: Mary Peralta+

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

Sundays: Between 7am & 9am Masses, between 9am & 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

First Communion will take

place next Sunday, May 18. We

will also have the May Crowning of Our Lady on this same day.

FSSP PRAYER REQUESTS

May 11: Fr. William Define

May 12: Fr. Kevin Young May 13: Fr. Anthony Uy May 14: Fr. Hugues Beaugrand May 15: Fr. Scott Allen May 16: Very Rev. John Berg May 17: Fr. Peter Bauknecht

Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide on

Today’s Gospel

A little while, and ye shall not see Me; and again, a

little while, and ye shall see Me, because I go to

the Father. For in a few hours I shall die on the

cross, and be buried, but in three days I shall rise

again, and manifest Myself to you with great joy,

for I shall shortly afterwards ascend into heaven,

and sit at the right hand of the Father. For I shall

not be detained by death, but shall conquer it in

My own Person, and with you overcome it also. So

S. Chrysostom, Cyril, Leontius, Theophylact, Eu-

thymius, &c., S. Augustine, Bede, and Maldonatus

explain it otherwise. I shall abide with you for forty

days only, and then after My ascension ye will see

Me no more, then after another “little time,” ye will

see Me again, in the day of judgment, and the gen-

eral resurrection, when I shall take you both in body and soul into heaven with Myself, I will bless

and glorify you. For I go to My Father, to reign with

Him in glory until that time. And this whole period,

though one of many thousand years, is but like a

small point compared with the eternity of God.

Hear St. Augustine: “The whole space which

the present age of the world passes through is but

a little while. As the same Evangelist says (1 John

2:18), ‘It is the last hour.’” And further on, “This

‘little while’ seems long to us, because it is yet go-

ing on. But when it is ended, we shall feel how

short it has been. Let not then our joy be like that

of the world, of which it is said ‘the world shall re-

joice.’ Nor let us be sorrowful, and without joy, in

our travailing with this longing desire, but as the

Apostle says, ‘Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribula-

tion,’ because she who is in travail (to whom we

are compared) rejoices more at the child which will be born of her, than she sorrows for her present

suffering.” Hence the Psalmist and after him II Pe-

ter 3:8, One day is with the Lord as a thousand

years.

SUNDAY COLLECT.

O God, who to those that go astray dost show the light of Thy Truth, that they may return to the path of justice:

grant that all who are enrolled in the Christian faith, may both spurn all that is hostile to that name, and follow after what is fitting to it. Through our Lord...

SUNDAY EPISTLE: I Peter 2:11-19

Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pil-

grims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul, Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against

you as evildoers, they may, by the good works which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visita-tion. Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling, Or to

governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of the good. For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance

of foolish men: As free and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Serv-ants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to

the good and gentle but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy before God: in Christ Jesus our Lord.

SUNDAY GOSPEL: John 16:16-22

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father. Then

some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me, and,

Because I go to the Father? They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he speaketh. And Jesus knew that they had a mind to ask him. And he said to them: Of this do you inquire among

yourselves, because I said: A little while, and you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me? Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall lament

and weep, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because

her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. So also you now in-deed have sorrow: but I will see you again and your

heart shall rejoice. And your joy no man shall take from you.

First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima (May 13, 1917)

High up on the slope in the Cova da Iria, I (Lucia) was playing with Jacinta and Francisco at building a little stone wall around the clump of furze. Suddenly we saw what seemed to be a flash of lightning.

“We'd better go home,” I said to my cousins, "that's lightning; we may have a thunderstorm."

"Yes, indeed!" They answered.

We began to go down the slope, hurrying the sheep along

towards the road. We were more or less halfway down the slope, and almost level with a large holmoak tree that stood

there, when we saw another flash of lightning. We had only

gone a few steps further when, there stood before us on a

small holmoak, we beheld the Lady all dressed in white. She was more brilliant than a crystal glass filled with sparkling

water, when the rays of the burning sun shine through it.

We stopped, astounded, before the apparition. We were so

close, just a few feet from her, that we were bathed in the light which surrounded her, or rather, which radiated from

her. Then Our Lady spoke to us:

"Do not be afraid. I will do you no harm."

"Where are you from?" "I am from heaven."

"What do you want of me?"

"I have come to ask you to come here for six months in suc-

cession, on the 13th day, at this same hour. Later on, I will

tell you who I am and what I want. Afterwards, I will return here yet the seventh time."

"Shall I go to heaven too?"

"Yes, you will."

"And Jacinta?" "She will go also."

"And Francisco?"

"He will go there too, but he must say many Rosaries."

Then I remembered to ask about two girls who had died recently. They were friends of mine and used to come to my home to learn weaving with my eldest sister.

"Is Maria Das Neves in heaven?"

"Yes, she is." (I think she was about 16 years old).

"And Amelia?"

"She will be in purgatory until the end of the world." (It seems to me that she was between 18 and 20 years of age.)

"Are you willing to offer yourselves to God and bear all the sufferings He wills to send you, as an act of

reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and of supplication for the conversion of sinners?"

"Yes, we are willing." "Then you are going to have much to suffer, but the grace of God will be your comfort."

As she pronounce these last words, "the grace of God will be a comfort," Our Lady opened her hands

for the first time, communicating to us the light so intense that, as is streamed from her hands, it's rays

penetrated our hearts and the innermost depths of our souls, making us see ourselves in God, who was that light, more clearly than we see ourselves in the best of mirrors. Then, moved by an interior impulse

that was also communicated to us, we fell on our knees, repeating in our hearts:

"O most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the most Blessed Sacrament!"

After a few moments, Our Lady spoke again: "Pray the Rosary every day, in order to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war."

Then she began to rise serenely, going up towards the east, until she disappeared in the immensity of

space. The light that surrounded her seemed to open up the path before her in the firmament, and for

this reason we sometimes said that we saw heaven opening. -Source: Lucia Speaks, printed by the World Apostolate of Fatima.