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THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 2 JUNE 7, 2020
From Fr. Jack Jura
“The Trinity is the answer to the questions of Plato.
If there is only one God, what does He think about?
He thinks an eternal thought:
His eternal Word, or Son.
If there is only one God, whom does he love?
He loves His Son, and that mutual love is
the Holy Spirit.
The great philosopher was fumbling about for the
mystery of the Trinity, for his noble mind
seemed in some small way to suspect that an
infinite being must have relations of thought and love.
But it was not until the Word became Incarnate that
man knew the secret of those relations and
the inner life of God, for it was Jesus Christ, the Son
of God, Who revealed to us the inmost life of God.”
- Fulton J. Sheen
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy
Trinity declared by Pope John XXII as a feast of the Uni-
versal Church in 1334.
The Most Holy Trinity might be the first way we learned
to talk about God. It began when our parents taught us
to make the Sign of the Cross when they prayed “In the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.” Yet, as stated by Pope Paul VI, the dogma of
the Blessed Trinity is “infinitely beyond all that we can
humanly understand.” Why isn’t God just one Person
instead of three Persons?
As we read in his First Letter to the Corinthians, Saint
Paul mentions the Most Holy Trinity by writing about
the grace of Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit. This mentioning of the
Trinity created a problem for the early Church. They
knew that there is only one God. They also believed
that Jesus is God but He is not the Father and the Holy
Spirit.
In order to be able to solve this dilemma, the early
Church had to rethink their understanding of God. Even-
tually the Church came to understanding that there is
only One God but there are Three Persons: the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit. Each is truly God, whole and
entire and yet each is distinct from the other.
Fr. Johnny Go wrote that “For centuries, prophet after
prophet, God precisely tried to convince the Jews to do
away with their contemporarys’ pantheons of gods and
to believe in one and only one God. The way Yahweh
put it to Moses and the Israelites in the Book of Exo-
dus is: “You shall have no other gods before me.” Now,
after finally getting the Jews to subscribe to monothe-
ism, here comes Christianity complicating things by
claiming that by the way, in that one God, there are
actually three Divine Persons. Wouldn’t it be less mys-
terious to say that there is just one Person in one God?
Besides, if God is truly all-powerful, wouldn’t it be best
that there is only one Person in one God because after
all, He should be totally self-sufficient and can simply
isolate Himself completely from others?”
It would be simpler to have one Person in one God but
our God is not a loner. God is one but not solitary. His
very nature as a Trinity makes us aware that our God is
a God who always relates and shares even within Him-
self. God is not self-absorbed or self-centered and
God’s brand of love is not exclusive.
As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity,
we are being reminded that our faith in the Most Holy
Trinity has to be realized and expressed in our person-
al lives. True and divine love requires partners. For us,
it means love among God, ourselves, and our neigh-
bor. This communal way of loving is truly Trinitarian.
Just like our God, we are not meant to isolate our-
selves from others. We are not meant to be self-
centered and to think only of our own needs and our
own interests. Instead, we are meant to live with and
for other persons.
The recent events in our country show once again that
there are people among us who are “craving to be
heard and to be seen, and to have their humanity rec-
ognized.” They are longing for a time when we all be-
come equal not just on paper but in real life. They are
hoping for a society that treats every one with respect
and dignity.
The Solemnity that we celebrate this weekend makes
us aware that ALL LIVES MATTER. Therefore, as the fol-
lowers of the Triune God, we must respect every person.
Discrimination is evil. Racism is evil. Prejudice is evil.
Violence is evil. Treating others unfairly is evil. And so, it
is stealing, looting and destroying others’ property.
The Three Divine Persons are distinct yet equal. Each
of us is called to reflect that love and relationship in
the world. May our world, our country and every com-
munity be filled with the Trinitarian atmosphere of
love, sharing, unity, and peace.
Fr. Jack
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 3 JUNE 7, 2020
Infant Jesus of Prague Church Opening
We will begin our reopening as follows:
Saturday, June 6th:
Eucharistic Adoration from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Sunday, June 7th:
Private Prayer from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday, June 8th:
Eucharistic Adoration from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Sunday, June 14th:
Private Prayer from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
We are thrilled to announce that Infant Jesus of
Prague Parish has achieved Phase 1/1A reopening
certification from the Archdiocese of Chicago. This
certification allows us to reopen for Baptism,
Reconciliation, weddings, and funerals with a limit of
10 attendees. It also allows parishes to reopen for
private prayer and Eucharistic Adoration.
We will limit individuals in the church to 10 beginning
at the scheduled time, and they will be allowed 20
minutes of prayer/adoration. We will ring a bell at the
15-minute mark to alert those in the church that they
have 5 minutes left. Ushers will come to the pew to
escort everyone out. This will allow 10 minutes of
cleaning before the next group would be let in at half
past the hour. This process will continue until the last
group is let in 30 minutes prior to the end time. No
appointments needed during Phase 1/1A.
Our hope is to be Phase II certified soon with the goal
to begin daily Mass on Monday, June 15th. There will
be more information to follow.
We would like to thank the volunteers who have
stepped up to help already, but we are still in need of
more assistance. If you are available to help, please
contact Darla Draus at ddraus@ijpparish.org or 224-
622-1966.
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 4 JUNE 7, 2020
Infant Jesus of Prague Church Opening
Thank you to all of our volunteers who have worked
tirelessly this past week getting our church ready for its
reopening. We so appreciate you!
Here are some photos from the first day, which was for
Eucharistic Adoration on Saturday, June 6.
Kudos to the few parishioners that showed up to help
us move forward to Step 2 of the process!
Ken and Darla Draus
Khyati and Tim Bailey
John Yast
Sara Cogswell
Beth Maclin
Tammy McMahon
Jeff Janaszak
Mike and Jenice Deimer
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 5 JUNE 7, 2020
IJP Graduation Parade
Because IJP’s Graduation Ceremony is postponed, we decided to hold a special IJP Graduation Parade on May 29,
2020, which was the original date of the 2020 Graduation Ceremony. Graduates wore their 8th grade class t-shirts
and were driven through the parking lot honking and waving at the staff and teachers. They seemed to love it so
much that some of their younger siblings asked Mrs. Kelly if they could have a parade for every graduation class!
That morning the graduates were treated to teachers delivering Class of 2020 congratulations signs to each of
their houses...boy were they surprised and excited to see their
teachers in front of their houses!
You
Are
Loved
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 6 JUNE 7, 2020
Congratulations Class of 2020!
Rest in Peace, our IJP Angel
Genine Algenio Class of 2020
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 7 JUNE 7, 2020
A Reflection from Bishop Joseph Perry
What a disturbing video cap-
ture, in view of the world’s
eyes, of George Floyd detained
by a police officer kneeling on
his neck till life was crushed
from him; a frightening em-
blem of relations white-and-black reinforced by
similar atrocities embedded in memory of recent
days; lest we forget other black men, young and
old, grandfathers, great grandfathers, great-great
grandfathers, ancestors whose necks were locked
in chains during the Middle passage, then by
ropes from a tree, a litany of men our brothers
demeaned and emasculated. Is this the message
of America towards its black citizens? Is this the
fundamental assessment of whites towards
blacks? Is this the closeted attitude of a nation
calling itself free towards blacks and other groups
this nation throws to the sides? And, so we pray,
and we pray some more, and we pray still, hoping
for deliverance in this vale of tears.
Reflections on George Floyd
Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, on the murder of George Floyd
Released May 31, 2020
The past nights I have watched in great personal pain
as the pent-up anger of our people caught fire across
our country. I saw the city where I was born, the cities
where I have lived, the city I pastor now, catch embers
from the city where I was educated and burn. Was I
horrified at the violence? Yes. But was I surprised? No.
As the saying goes, if you’re not outraged, you’re not
paying attention. What did we expect when we learned
that in Minneapolis, a city often hailed as a model of
inclusivity, the price of a black life is a counterfeit
twenty-dollar bill? When we added another name to
the list of those murdered for being black or for caring
about the marginalized?
I will not pretend to speak with any authority about the
challenges people of color experience in our society. I
do not share the fear they put on when they and their
children leave their homes every day. I do not know
what it means to be “other.” But I know there is a way
to fix it. And the fix begins when we stop talking about
the proportionality of “their” response and start talking
about the proportionality of “ours.” Surely a nation that
could put a man in space, his safety assured by the
brilliance of black women, can create a fair legal sys-
tem, equitable education and employment opportuni-
ties and ready access to health care. Laws do not solve
problems, but they create a system where racism in all
its forms is punished and playing fields are leveled.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been called a great
equalizer. It has been even more a great revealer of
societal cancers as deadly as the virus. As others have
pointed out, health insecurity kills, and poverty is poi-
son. We can and must make a society that views the
soaring of a child’s potential with more joy than the
soaring of a rocket.
I stand ready to join religious, civic, labor and business
leaders in coming together to launch a new effort to
bring about recovery and reconciliation in our city. We
do not need a study of the causes and effects. Those
answers can be found on the shelves of government
offices and academic institutions across our burning
nation. No, we need to take up the hard work of heal-
ing the deep wound that has afflicted our people since
the first slave ships docked on this continent. And we
need to start today.
It’s time for a national reconciliation When news came that this past Memorial Day week-
end was Chicago’s bloodiest in five years, most of the
violence affecting communities of color, we had no
idea how much worse the week would get.
Eight hundred miles east, a white woman walking her
dog though Central Park was asked by a bird-watcher
to leash the pet, as required by posted signs. The man
happened to be black. She responded by promising to
call the police and say that an “African-American man
is threatening my life,” treating 911 as a customer-
service line.
Twelve hours later and 400 miles northwest of
Chicago, a Minneapolis man was arrested for allegedly
trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. He also happened
to be black, but his encounter with a white person on
Memorial Day, a police officer, ended differently. He
died, after the officer knelt on his neck for about 9
minutes — despite the man’s desperate cries for air,
and, heart-breakingly, for his late mother.
The man’s name was George Floyd. We must never
forget it.
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 8 JUNE 7, 2020
Confirmation / First Communion / RCIA
Please also keep these students in your prayers. They participated in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
They are anxiously awaiting their First Holy Communion.
Kameron Bixenman
Robert Bixenman
Chloe Brown
Stella Brush
Lydia Casillas
Addison Collins
Leo D'Astici
Joshua Davis
Madison Davis
Tinbit Dogisso
Derek Edwards
Chito Emechebe
Isabella Figueroa
Bryce Glass
Sean Haggerty
Kennedy Hamilton
Maura Hanley
Arielle Hilton
Simon Howard
Natalie Ibarra
Andrea Kearns
Jack Keigher
Ysabel Konecki
Anya Ledesma
Colin Lewis
Daniel Mahorney
Nick Mascolino
Marley Melone
Thomas Mick
Raquel Mote
Alexander Murray
Destiny Ndubuisi-Obi
Logan Nelson
Henry Ormsby
Oliver Paredes
Julian Perdomo
Violet Quirke
Luke Romans
Jaden Shillingford
Christian Smith
Jeremiah Sykes
Aubrey Testroet
Nancy Valdivia
Amy Ward
Xavier White
Jalen Williams
Terriell Williams
Ben Zamkin
Ella Zeman
Maeve Antonsen
Minah Bobb
Jordan Boese
Connor Boyko
Riley Curran
Liliana Davia
Rose Doherty
Stephen Gilbert Jr
Gerald Karl
Liam Kinsella
Sarah Lawal
Jaiden Logan
Emelii Matthys
Oluwafisayo Olaniyan
Natasha Rinella
Nora Wachtel
Graysen Woodbury
As we all await the reopening of the Church. Please keep the following students in your prayers.
These students worked very hard towards their Confirmation. Please continue to pray for them as
we await the openings of the Church so they may be sealed with the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and
complete their Confirmation.
Please keep in your prayers our RCIA Elect, who are awaiting to come into full communion with the
Catholic Church as Roman Catholics.
Jessica Johnson Kenneth Copeland Myia Higgins
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 9 JUNE 7, 2020
Our Prayers / Scripture / Readings / Music
If you would like to send in a
prayer request, please email
chope@ijpparish.org or call the
Parish Office at 708/799-5400
and leave a message. Your prayer
requests are important to us.
Louis Chermak
Harriet Carlson
Adrianna DeLuca
Mary Anita Repel
Richard Carlson
Judy Mason
Lili Max
Greg Pease
Chuck Janel
Cindy Chiappori
Ericka Schingoethe
Janine Boyle
Janet Hernandez
Veronica Deer
Carol L. Ehret
Lee Taylor
James Garcia
Anne Lintner
Anne Speitel
Marty Domansky
Niels Lauersen
Eileen Schumann
Patrick Patterson
Pat Curran
Michaelle Garraud
Tone Repking
Judy Mitrick
Kenneth Convall
Anne Fink
Noreen Oosterbaan
David Sinwelski
Sue Miller
Tony Zalewski
George Zalewski
Kathy Leitelt
Gertrude Malum
Matt Schury
Ludovic Aristil
William Zalewski
Barry Collins
Please pray for our sick...
Please pray for
our faithful departed
Patricia Bonaguro
Eternal rest grant unto them,
O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Each week we would like to have parishioners
reading Scripture to us. Please contact Darla
Draus at ddraus@ijpparish.org if you are inter-
ested in participating.
This Week’s Readings & Gospel
1st Reading (read by John Yast)
Responsorial (read by Liliana Draus)
2nd Reading (read by John Yast)
Gospel (read by by John Yast)
“We Shall Overcome”
sung by Christal Luster
accompanied by
Justin DeAngelo on piano
IJP
Music
Ministry
Corner
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 10 JUNE 7, 2020
Readings / Prayer
CORONAVIRUS PRAYER
Lord Jesus Christ, you travelled through towns and
villages curing every disease and illness. At your
command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid
now, in the midst of the global spread of the corona-
virus, that we may experience your healing love.
Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they re-
gain their strength and health through quality medi-
cal care.
Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from
working together and neighbors from helping one
another. Heal us from our pride, which can make us
claim invulnerability to a disease that knows no bor-
ders. Lord Jesus Christ healer of all, stay by our side
in this time of uncertainty and sorrow.
Be with those who have died from this virus. May
they be at rest with You in Your eternal peace. Be
with the families of those who are sick or have died.
As they worry and grieve, defend them from illness
and despair. May they know Your peace.
Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all
medical professionals who seek to heal and help
those affected and who put themselves at risk in
the process. May they know Your protection and
peace.
Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the
foresight to act with charity and true concern for the
well-being of the people they are meant to serve.
Give them the wisdom to invest in long-term solu-
tions that will help prepare for or prevent future out-
breaks. May they know Your peace, as they work
together to achieve it on earth.
Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by
many people suffering from this illness or only a
few, Lord Jesus Christ stay with us as we endure
and mourn, persist and prepare. In place of anxiety,
give us Your peace. Lord Jesus Christ, heal us.
AMEN.
The Most Holy Trinity TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — The LORD, merciful and gracious, rich
in kindness and faithfulness (Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9).
Psalm — Glory and praise for ever! (Daniel 3).
Second Reading — Brothers and sisters, rejoice. Live
with one another in peace, and the God of peace will
be with you (2 Corinthians 13:11-13).
Gospel — God did not send the Son to condemn the
world, but to give it abundant life (John 3:16-18).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for
Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English
in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: 1 Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1bc-8; Mt 5:1-12
Tuesday: 1 Kgs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-5, 7b-8; Mt 5:13-16
Wednesday: 1 Kgs 18:20-39; Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab, 8,
11; Mt 5:17-19
Thursday:T Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3; Ps 65:10-13;
Mt 5:20-26
Friday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-9abc, 13-14;
Mt 5:27-32
Saturday: 1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-10;
Mt 5:33-37
Sunday: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20;
1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 11 JUNE 7, 2020
Parish Registration: Please call the Parish Office at
708-799-5400 for registration information.
Accessibility: Assistive listening devices are
available for parishioners who have difficulty hearing
during liturgies. Contact Joanne Meyer of the Open
Hearts/Minds/Doors Committee at 708-922-9455.
Bulletin Submissions: Articles are due by 10 am on
Wednesdays (10 days prior to publication date).
Electronic submissions required, e -mai l
bulletin@ijpparish.org Please include “Bulletin” in
the e-mail subject line.
PHONE & WEBSITE:
Phone: 708-799-5400
Fax: 708-799-5462
www.ijpparish.org
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
9:30 am to 2:30 pm
Closed Friday
Infant Jesus of Prague Parish 1120 Douglas Avenue Flossmoor, Illinois 60422
SACRAMENTS
Reconciliation: Saturday 4:00 to 4:30 pm
Baptism: Baptisms are scheduled on the first and third
Sunday of the month at the 11:00 am Mass. The entire
Rite of Baptism is celebrated during the Mass. Please
call the Parish Office at least four weeks in advance.
Prior to the Baptism, both parents would need to attend a
Baptismal Preparation Class. At least one parent needs
to be a registered parishioner.
Marriage: Arrangements are to be made through one of
the priests at least six months prior to your wedding date.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): For unbap-
tized persons or baptized persons interested in learning
more about the Catholic faith and the process of
becoming a Catholic. Please call Darla Draus at 708-799-
5400, x209.
Sick Calls: Call the Parish Office at 708-799-5400 to
arrange for a hospital visit or for Communion to the sick
or homebound.
MASSES:
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 9:00, 11:00 am
Monday-Saturday: 9:00 am
ST. VINCENT de PAUL SOCIETY
708-799-5400 x350
IJP FAITH FORMATION
1101 Douglas Avenue Flossmoor, IL 60422
Cathy Hughes, Faith Formation Coordinator
chughes@ijpschool.org - 708-799-5200 x339
Diane Klupchak, Faith Formation Office Coordinator
re@ijpparish.org - 708-249-6307
IJP SCHOOL 1101 Douglas Avenue Flossmoor, IL 60422
Phone: 708-799-5200 Fax: 708-799-5293
Mrs. Charlotte Kelly, Principal
ckelly@ijpschool.org
PARISH STAFF
Fr. Jack Jura, Pastor
Fr. Ron Kondziolka, Associate Pastor
frron@ijpparish.org
Peggy Dull, Director of Operations pdull@ijpparish.org
Deb Bohne, Bereavement Ministry Coordinator
dbohne@ijpschool.org
Justin DeAngelo, Music Coordinator jdeangelo@ijpparish.org
Darla Draus, Ministry Coordinator ddraus@ijpparish.org
Cindy Hope, Parish Secretary chope@ijpparish.org
Trish Ladner, Youth Minister tladner@ijpparish.org
PERMANENT DEACON Deacon Jim Janicek jimdeacon@msn.com
PASTOR EMERITUS Fr. Michael A. Hack, J.C.D.
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