Trinity Sunday

A well known speaker once said that while it may be important to know who you are, it is more important to know whose you are.  Knowing whose you are answers everything else.  We make the sign of the cross saying, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” we are making God’s logo on our body.  I have a logo on my car.  It tells people who designed and made the car.  God’s logo on my body tells me that I am a child of God.  When I was baptized, the priest made the sign of the cross on my forehead and on my chest with sacred oil to consecrate me as a member of God’s household. I entered into the community of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Later on, I would discover all those other people in that God community.  Saint Augustine would write in the 4^th century: “There are some people in the Church that the Kingdom of God does not have; there are some people in the Kingdom that the Church does not have.”  I have found so many God-people in and out of the Church.  Yet, each of us must strive to know whose we are.  As God’s children all must be a sign of belonging to God’s household by what we say and do.

In today’s Gospel (John 16:12-15) Jesus tells his disciples, “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.”  What was he referring to?  We don’t know for certain.  It could have been some spiritual truths they just were not ready for. Perhaps Jesus was thinking of sacrifices the apostles would have to make.  But these words of Jesus are meant for us, too, just as all of scripture is.   What is it that Jesus could tell us, but we cannot bear it right now? 

“When he comes,” Jesus says, speaking of the Holy Spirit, “being the spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth.”  Truth is not just the right answer to a religious question.  Truth also includes the reality of God’s plan in things that happen when we were hoping or planning otherwise.  In this feast of the Holy Trinity we are reminded that we belong to the household of God.  Sometimes plans and events are in the hand of God and out of our control.  Let us ask the Spirit to help us see that kind of truth because we need to at this time in our parish history.

9:00am – Monday, June 7^th    Virginia Gray

9:00am – Wednesday, June 9^th   Rev. Bernard Hoy, d.1982

9:00am – Saturday, June 12^th   Dorothy & Thomas Russell

Flowers this weekend are donated in memory of Mary & William Nolan by Louise M. Nolan.

Congratulations to the members of the Class of 2004 with us today at the 4:00 Mass.  We wish you blessings as you begin a new chapter in your life journey!

This week we ask you to pray for those who are ill, including, Brianna Cimino, Rosemary Harvey, Regina Jones, Andrea Hynes, Joyce Amos, James Reilly, Regina Wingard, Erin McMehon, Maria Aguis, George Beck, Dr. Kenneth Spengler, Josephine Murphy, Peter Bugda, Norma Berstein, Camille Michals, Rob Morway, Patricia Hassett, Paul McCann, William Francis, Lillian Davenport, James Fontaini, Henri Fradette, William Blair, Agatha Pals, Richard Gaudet, Kath Rodriegas, Estelle Szalajeski, Nancy Driscoll, Dante DiManna, Margie Levine, Ruth Pike, Doug Phillips, Ralph Tatro, Andrew Day,  Peggy Sue Grow, Mary Serpa, Deborah Miller, Dorothy Lee, William MacKinnon, Mary Jefferson, Elizabeth Conte, Dave Rissmiller, Violet Caldaroni, Chrysostom Blanchard, Frank Cote, James Bresnahan, Ann Mulray, Rita Mahan, Connie Perrotta, Jackie Sullivan, Jean Babbin, Gerard Sarno, Dorothy Grant, Gretin Cervantes, Marisol O’Brien, Matthew Gablor, Paul Pantano, Fran Ressetar, Elizabeth Landman, Cecelia Hines, Renee Chapman, Peter Bellini, Christine Gainer, Chris Ann Colletti, Jeff Kalil, Helen McLaughlin, Paul Doherty, Jorge Loayza, Joseph Brault, Lauren Forgette, Jim Galehouse, Bill Attaya, Margaret Bronson, Lea Vetter, John McCarthy, Don Sabatand, and Pauline Briggs.  Please also pray for James Galehouse, brother of Richard Galehouse and John Curro, brother of Frank Curro both of whom died this past week.

Offertory for May 29^th & 30^th                $3752.50

Envelope Offerings       $3257.50

Loose Cash                          $  495.00

St. John/St. Hugh                $103.00

The “Celebrating Our Parish”. festivity is June 12^th & 13^th.following each Mass.  Please plan to join us after Mass in the Parish Center.  To share a meal and friendship!  If you have not done so already, please RSVP to Claire, 781-862-4646

Pilgrimage

There will be a pilgrimage to Cap-De-Le Madeline and Ste. Anne’s Shrine July 19^th – 23^rd.  The cost is $425 per person and this includes bus fare, 4 nights accommodations, 10 meals and a side trip to the Old City of Quebec.  A deposit of $100 by June 12^th and a final payment by July 2^nd is necessary.  For more information, please call Kay at 978-433-3371.  The bus will leave from St. Brigid’s parking lot.

Young At Heart Chorus

The Young at Heart Chorus invites you to a concert of varied selections.  The concert will be held at the Lexington Senior Center.  Warm-up will begin at 1:30.  Refreshments will be served.

Thank you!

A big thank you to the Sacred Heart parishioners who donated items and money to the Marybeth Blouin Memorial Fund for the yard sale on May 15^th.  We sincerely appreciate the wonderful people who helped in any way to make this event a great success, especially Father Colletti. Bob DeCecca, our maintenance person and Claire, the office manager

Ordinary Time

by Paul Turner

Ordinary time, the longest season of the church year, fills the weeks "which do not celebrate a specific aspect of the mystery of Christ."  It's the "no particular reason" season.  The Christmas cycle honors the birth of Christ. The Easter cycle rejoices in the resurrection. Ordinary time is devoted to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects.

The number of the weeks of ordinary time replaces the old counting of weeks "after Epiphany" and "after Pentecost."  The old calendar suggested that Pentecost ran for six months.  The new calendar gives Pentecost a day.  Then we return to ordinary time.

At first glance the principles of ordinary time seem basic enough.  Start counting the weeks after the Christmas season.  Break for Lent and Easter.  Resume after Pentecost and keep counting till Advent.  Basically, that's how it works.  But we have a few quirks.

For example, there is no "First Sunday in ordinary time"; however, there is a first week.  Usually the Christmas season ends on a Sunday with the Baptism of the Lord. (Some years the baptism falls on a Monday, but that's another story.)  Ordinary time then begins on a weekday. When the next Sunday rolls around we start week two.

On the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, we see the last of ordinary time until after Pentecost.  Even then, it emerges only on weekdays.  Trinity Sunday always follows Pentecost Sunday, and The Body and Blood of the Lord comes the next Sunday in the United States.  (In countries where The Body and Blood of the Lord is a holy day, it falls on a Thursday.)  So when the numbered Sundays in ordinary time return in summer, we start out a little higher than where we left off.

Sometimes we skip one or two entire weeks of ordinary time during the Easter break.  We want to close the Sundays of the year with Christ the King, one week before Advent.  Christ the King always falls on the 34th Sunday in ordinary time.  So, we determine the week number after Pentecost not based on where we left off before Lent but counting backwards from Christ the King. One or two weeks may evaporate while ordinary time serves the mystery of Christ.

Copyright (c) 1997 Resource Publications, Inc., 160 E. Virginia St. #290, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 286-8505. Paul Turner, pastor of St. John Regis Parish in Kansas City, Mo., holds a doctorate in sacramental theology from Sant' Anselmo University in Rome. His e-mail is PaulTu@aol.com.

Coordinator of YM: Maureen McKeown

781-861-8385 X21 - email: nychick1@att.net

Greetings – The past year has been one of unprecedented (and unpredictable!) growth for the Youth Ministry program at Sacred Heart.  It is always amazing how the Spirit moves to bring about changes we could not foresee!

Due to the dedication of the T.L.C (and the continued commitment of the YM Adult Commission), we have much to rejoice and be proud about in our community.

Many adults and youth are realizing the opportunity that has been so newly spawned.  This gives us ground for building a strong community for young adults in the future.

Saint Brigid’s staff and in particular Kate Doherty, the Youth Minister, has extended a most gracious welcome.  Our leadership team will be meeting there next week, followed by an adult meeting shortly afterward.  A few adults have said they will work to help to maintain the continuity of our program.  I know this is what is needed.  The Church is the people.  Our young adults are looking to us to guide them on this unexpected journey.

They are excited about all they achieved here and are looking forward to continuing and expanding at Saint Brigid’s.

Please keep this in your prayers in the weeks ahead.

WE HAVE 3-4 CANDIDATES FOR C.L.I., 1 FOR CLIMB AND 3 FOR GOSPEL ROAD.  This would be noteworthy during the most ideal times!

Peace and prayers, Maureen

PLEASE NOTE:  Any adult willing to chaperone Gospel Road or the Middle school Harbor Cruise, please call or e-mail Maureen.  Thank you.

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