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Thank you and God bless you always for your generosity!

Dependemos totalmente de sus generosas donaciones de la oferta semanal.

Con su ayuda, que podamos continuar ayudando a llevar el amor misericordioso de Jesucristo a un mundo que necesita curación.

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¡Gracias y que Dios los bendiga siempre!

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ST. MONICA 10:30 MASS Living & Deceased Members of the Parish ST. MONICA 12:30 MASS As announced at Mass ST. PETER 9:00 MASS Paula Slinger Fr. Albin Jarivnas ST. PETER 10:30 MASS Gyvieji ir mirusieji parapijieciai Living and deceased Members of the Parish May 23 Offertory: St. Monica’s $1,045.00 St. Peter’s $943.00 April Online Giving Totals: $1,138.98 $3,611.95

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Reflection on the Eucharist by Fr. Peter

Last Sunday on the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity we were reminded how God draws us into a familial relationship with Him, through Jesus, and by the Spirit. Not only does God the Father create and provide for the living things that he has created, but he sends His Son to bring us into a communion of love, whereby, filled by the Holy Spirit, God renews us, calls us His children, and continues to teach and strengthen us.

To the Christian, Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross for the sal-vation of all humankind is the central event of history, and as Catholics we see the Eucharist as bound up with this pivotal event. This Sunday, the Church shines a spot-light upon the Eucharist, with the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ag-es until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet ‘in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.’” (N. 1323)

This is a lot to comprehend. According to the Catechism the Eucharist is all of these things:

● Memorial

● Sacrifice

● Real Presence of Christ

● Meal

● Bond of Charity

● Sign of Unity

● Thanksgiving and Praise to God

The Church teaches that the Eucharist is “the Source and Summit of the Christian life.” (N. 1324) Through this Sacrament, “we already unite ourselves with the heav-enly liturgy and anticipate eternal life, when God will be all in all.” (N. 1326)

In the rectory the other day, a priest mentioned that in the early years of his priesthood, there had been an emphasis on the communal meal as-pect of the Eucharist. I noted that in my own time, there was more of an emphasis on the sacrificial aspects of the Eucharist. Certainly in the last twen-ty-five years, there has been a renewed focus on the language of sacrifice regarding the Eucharist, updating prayers and translations, renewed us-age of Thomistic terminology, increasing Holy Hours (Eucharistic Adoration), etc. Obviously, I am not knocking any these things. But when we shine a spotlight upon any one aspect of the Eucharist, we invariably deemphasize another aspect.

The Catechism’s detailed treatment of the Eucha-rist ends with these three points:

● The Church warmly recommends that the faith-ful receive Holy Communion each time they par-ticipate in the celebration of the Eucharist; she obliges them to do so at least once a year. (1417)

● Because Christ himself is present in the sacra-ment of the altar, he is to be honored with the worship of adoration. “To visit the Blessed Sacra-ment is . . . a proof of gratitude, an expression of love, and a duty of adoration toward Christ our Lord.” (Pope Paul VI, 1418)

● Having passed from this world to the Father, Christ gives us in the Eucharist the pledge of glory with him. Participation in the Holy Sacrifice identi-fies us with his Heart, sustains our strength along the pilgrimage of this life, makes us long for eter-nal life, and unites us even now to the Church in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the saints. (1419)

By receiving Holy Communion, we unite ourselves to Jesus Christ to form one body, and then going forth to fulfill God’s will in our daily lives, and in the lives of others. May we seek to ever deepen our understanding of this sacred mystery that is so central to our life as Catholics.

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...Devo on to the Sacred Heart of Jesus brings the mystery of the Incarna on close to us. It gives us direct contact with the love of God in the bea ng heart of His Son… [The Sacred Heart] is “a symbol and a sensible image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love one anoth-er” (Annum sacrum, 8). In Jesus, we are called to respond to God’s love with our en re being, as individual and social persons… © USCCB

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