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This Week: United by the Spirit My dear brothers & sisters in Christ, Most all of us like spectacular fireworks. They are exciting, impressive, exhilarating! The Church's first Pentecost had some spectacular fireworks, the Apostles and other Christians were gathered “in one place together”. We don't know exactly where. It was probably somewhere inside or near the Temple in Jerusalem, since right after the fireworks, crowds started to gather. It may have been the same large room where Jesus and the Apostles had eaten the Last Supper. We are not certain. So, they were all in one place and a thunderous noise — like a strong wind, like a tornado —came from the sky and flames appeared. These flames of fire just appeared out of nowhere, spontaneously, hovering in the air! The flames then divided up and started floating through the air until they came to rest on each of the people gathered. The fireworks didn't stop there... All of a sudden the Christians started speaking in languages that they didn't know. A crowd had gathered by now, with visitors from all over the world who were in Jerusalem for the festival. Each one heard the Christians explaining the gospel in their own language. It was a dramatic, spectacular display! But we would be wrong to conclude from this that the Holy WE ARE DISCIPLES: LEARNING, LOVING & LIVING CHRIST’S MISSION Sunday, May 31, 2020 Spirit's normal way of acting in our life is through dramatic fireworks. In fact, it's just the opposite. God's action in our life is most often gentle and hardly perceptible at first. How does Jesus send the Spirit to His Apostles after His resurrection? He breathes on them - quietly and subtly. How does St. Paul describe the action of the Holy Spirit in the Church? Like the soul of a body - powerful, essential, but invisible and subtle. The Holy Spirit is the bond of unity between the Father and the Son and the Law of the New Covenant, the Law of the Church, is unity! As St. Paul says, the Church is a body with many parts, but it remains one, united body. It is the Church's mission to reunite the human family that has been torn apart by sin. That's why all of the visitors in Jerusalem heard the Apostle's words in their own languages. That's why as soon as the risen Jesus breathes on his Apostles, He instructs them to forgive sins and to unite the faithful in the heart of God. The Holy Spirit works quietly. This can be seen in the many ways the Holy Spirit produces its fruit in the lives of the community of believers. These fruits are identified in Galatians 5:22 as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Can you imagine a life that is full of and producing this type of fruit? This is the inner life of the most Holy Trinity (next week’s celebration) is the life God calls us each to, a life ordered to God and neighbor, a life worth living! 2224 Sacramento Drive • West Lafayette, IN • 47906 765-463-5733 • wwww.blessedsacramentwl.org Weekend Masses Saturday: 5:30 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Weekday Masses Tues. 5:30 PM Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. 8:30 AM Holy Hour (Eucharistic Adoration) First Friday of the Month 9:00 AM First Saturday Devotions Mass 8:30 AM Join us via Livestream https://www.youtube.com/c/ churchoftheblessedsacrament @CBS_WL @ChurchoftheBlessedSacrament @CBS_WL
Transcript of W D : L , L & L€¦ · My dear brothers & sisters in Christ, Most all of us like spectacular...
This Week: United by the Spirit
My dear brothers & sisters in Christ, Most all of us like spectacular fireworks. They are exciting, impressive, exhilarating! The Church's first Pentecost had some spectacular fireworks, the Apostles and
other Christians were gathered “in one place together”. We don't know exactly where. It was probably somewhere inside or near the Temple in Jerusalem, since right after the fireworks, crowds started to gather. It may have been the same large room where Jesus and the Apostles had eaten the Last Supper. We are not certain. So, they were all in one place and a thunderous noise — like a strong wind, like a tornado —came from the sky and flames appeared. These flames of fire just appeared out of nowhere, spontaneously, hovering in the air! The flames then divided up and started floating through the air until they came to rest on each of the people gathered. The fireworks didn't stop there... All of a sudden the Christians started speaking in languages that they didn't know. A crowd had gathered by now, with visitors from all over the world who were in Jerusalem for the festival. Each one heard the Christians explaining the gospel in their own language. It was a dramatic, spectacular display! But we would be wrong to conclude from this that the Holy
WE ARE DISCIPLES: LEARNING, LOVING & LIVING CHRIST’S MISSION
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Spirit's normal way of acting in our life is through dramatic fireworks. In fact, it's just the opposite. God's action in our life is most often gentle and hardly perceptible at first. How does Jesus send the Spirit to His Apostles after His resurrection? He breathes on them - quietly and subtly. How does St. Paul describe the action of the Holy Spirit in the Church? Like the soul of a body - powerful, essential, but invisible and subtle. The Holy Spirit is the bond of unity between the Father and the Son and the Law of the New Covenant, the Law of the Church, is unity! As St. Paul says, the Church is a body with many parts, but it remains one, united body. It is the Church's mission to reunite the human family that has been torn apart by sin. That's why all of the visitors in Jerusalem heard the Apostle's words in their own languages. That's why as soon as the risen Jesus breathes on his Apostles, He instructs them to forgive sins and to unite the faithful in the heart of God. The Holy Spirit works quietly. This can be seen in the many ways the Holy Spirit produces its fruit in the lives of the community of believers. These fruits are identified in Galatians 5:22 as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Can you imagine a life that is full of and producing this type of fruit? This is the inner life of the most Holy Trinity (next week’s celebration) is the life God calls us each to, a life ordered to God and neighbor, a life worth living!
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came from every period of history and every corner of the globe. They brought unity, in Christ, to the divided human family. This is the work of the Church, which began on Pentecost and won't stop till history ends! Let us always speak and act as saints inspired by the quiet working of the Holy Spirit in our lives, bearing beautiful and uniting fruit. Let us be intentional in our relationship with the Holy Spirit The Church has a beautiful prayer to invoke the Holy Spirit. Take some time this week to pray it in first person. Come Holy Spirit, fill my heart and kindle in me the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and you will renew me.
Help me to know what is right and to rejoice always in the Spirit’s consolation. Amen. My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Pentecost: United by the Holy Spirit! Come, Holy Spirit...Fire up! Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, pray for us.
Fr. Ted Dudzinski, Pastor
St. Peter’s Square is the Church’s dynamic sign of Unity This work of the Church is uniting in the heart of God with our neighbor! It is symbolized by the architecture of the Church's most famous plaza: St Peter's square, in Rome. Almost 100,000 people can fit inside that plaza, which is as wide as three football fields, and is located in front of St. Peter's Basilica, the heart of Vatican City. It is constructed in the shape of a rectangle, connecting the basilica's entrance with a huge oval space surrounded by almost 350 massive columns and pilasters. If you look down at the plaza from above, those curved lines of columns surrounding the oval look like huge arms spread in welcome. The artist who designed the plaza, Gianlorenzo Bernini, described this as a symbol of "the maternal arms of Mother Church". The arms of a mother are always ready to welcome all her children, both the ones who are already full members of the family and those still looking for their spiritual home. Those arms have indeed welcomed pilgrims from every continent, age group, and walk of life for the last 500 years (ever since this expanded plaza was first constructed) and the crowds are still coming! Almost every Wednesday and Sunday, the Pope welcomes pilgrims to the plaza, and most gatherings find between 20,000-100,000 pilgrims in attendance. The unity symbolized by this space even goes beyond the limits of time. Lining the columns and walls around the plaza are 140—taller than life sized statues of saints, men and women, peasants, kings, hermits, and housewives, who
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Phishing Attacks on the Rise
A Phishing Attack is when a cyber-criminal fakes the name and e-mail address of a person that you know, usually a priest, pastor, or bishop. They pretend to be a person they are not in order to lure you into a charitable donation, the purchase of gift cards or the electronic transfer of funds. These attacks come in the form of e-mail messages and text messages on your phones. There are no software defenses against these attacks available at this time. The best defense is awareness that they are happening, what they look like and the ability to not reply to the messages, simply ignore the message and delete it from your device. We are getting more reports of these kind of attacks. Please remember that clergy and staff will not solicit funds/donations by e-mail or text.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
PARISH STAFF
Sunday: Acts 2:1-11/Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf. 30]/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 Jn 20:19-23 Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Ps 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7 Jn 19:25-34 Tuesday: 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18/Ps 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14 and 16 [1] Mk 12:13-17 Wednesday: 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12/Ps 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef [1b] Mk 12:18-27 Thursday: 2 Tm 2:8-15/Ps 4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14 [4] Mk 12:28-34 Friday: 2 Tm 3:10-17/Ps 119:157, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168 [165a] Mk 12:35-37 Saturday: 2 Tm 4:1-8/Ps 71:8-9, 14-15ab, 16-17, 22 [cf. 15ab] Mk 12:38-44 Next Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9/Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 [52b]/2 Cor 13:11-13 Jn 3:16-18
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Pastor Fr. Ted Dudzinski In Residence Fr. Samuel Kalu
Deacon Mike Mescall, [email protected] Sacramental Records & Mass Intentions Disciple Wilma Brannan, [email protected]
Parish Counselor Liza Simental– Rudolph, Ph.D, 765-532-9084*
Licensed Online Therapist Dr. Timothy Heck, Ph.D, LMFT, 317-402-2139* www.drtimheck.com
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Part-Time Staff
Faith Formation Coordinator Kandi Wessel, [email protected] Hispanic Coordinator Epi Cabrera, [email protected]
Secretary Sarah Fassnacht, [email protected]
Full-Time Staff
Executive Director of Parish Life & Administration Missy Krockover, [email protected]
Director of Operations Katie Sanders, [email protected]
Pastoral Asst. for Music & Worship Caleb Schultz, [email protected] Maintenance Technician Randy Harrington, [email protected]
Father of goodness and love, hear our prayers for the sick members of our community and for all who are in need, may
they find consolation in your healing presence. May these special people find lasting health and deliverance, and so join us in thanking you for all your gifts. We ask this through the
Lord Jesus who healed those who believed. Amen.
Please pray an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be for the
following parishioners and their families, and always keep all
families in your prayers.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTS
“Jesus, Eternal High Priest, live in (Name of Priest), act in
him, speak in and through him. Think your thoughts in his
mind, and love through his heart. Teach, lead, and guide
him always. Let him live in you, and keep him in this
intimate union always. Amen.”
May 31 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
June 1 Pope Francis
June 2 Fr. Derek Aaron
June 3 Fr. Sean Aaron
June 4 Fr. Timothy Alkire
June 5 Fr. Kenneth Alt
June 6 Fr. Matt Arbuckle
PRAYER BOARD
This week, the Sanctuary Candle in the church will burn for Our Parish
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR PARISH FAMILIES
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Sunday, May 31 Pentecost Sunday
8:00am Mass † Patrick Fitzgerald
11:00am Mass ♥ For the Parish
7:00pm Livestream Rosary
Monday, June 1 The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of
the Church; 9th Week in Ordinary Time
8:30am Livestream Mass
† Br. Anthony Shaughnessy
Tuesday, June 2 SS. Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
10:00am Virtual Bible Study
5:30pm Livestream Mass
† /♥ Pastor’s Choice
Wednesday, June 3 St. Charles Lwanga and
Companions, Martyrs
8:30am Livestream Mass † Ken Katz
7:30pm Virtual Bible Study
Thursday, June 4
8:30am Livestream Mass
† /♥ Pastor’s Choice
6:00pm Livestream Fireside Chat with Fr. Ted
Friday, June 5 St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr,
First Friday
8:30am Livestream Mass
† Sandra Kay Clifton
9:15am Livestream First Friday Adoration
Saturday, June 6 St. Norbert, Bishop; First
Saturday
8:30am Livestream Mass
† /♥ First Saturday
Intentions
3:00pm Reconciliation; HC/JB
5:30pm Livestream Mass † James Ferringer
Sunday, June 7 The Most Holy Trinity
8:00am Mass † Chuck Smith
11:00am Mass ♥ For the Parish
Please note that you may not be able to attend Mass
every Sunday due to limited seating and keep in mind
that we have 800 families trying to come to church to
spend time with and receive Jesus. The dispensation is
in effect until August 15th and we will continue to
livestream our Masses. During this phase, the
livestream during Sunday Liturgy will conclude after the
final blessing. We Thank You for your continued
support and prayers and look forward to seeing you
soon! God Bless You!
THIS WEEK AT OUR PARISH Masses and Mass Intentions in Bold ♥ = Special intention † = Deceased
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Connie Haan John & Joan McLane Eric Garriott Martha Altschaeffl Neil Wagner Linda Post Healthcare workers First Responders Caregivers
Government leaders All that have been affected by the coronavirus For our parish and the universal church For our Diocese as we return to Sunday Liturgy
May 31 Ginny Wood
Steven & Nancy Wright
June 1 Tom & Jewell Wright
Greg & Kristine Wyrick
June 2 Brian & Elizabeth Yankauskas
Mike & Sara Yenor
June 3 Carol York
Dave & Helen Young
June 4 Jeanine & Trent Young
Kirk & Lori Young
June 5 Mike & Pat Young
Harry & Charlotte Zappala
June 6 Joel & Belinda Zarate
Rosalie Zelten
