June 21st, 2020 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Please note your Mass Intentions ARE PRAYED FOR

DURING OUR LIVESTREAM MASSES. Thank you!

WEEK OF JUNE 21ST, 2020 Monday, June 22

ND, 2020

2 Kgs 17:4-8, 13-15a, 18; Mt 7:1-5

7:00 p.m. Mass – Repose of the Soul of: Joe Beltran

Tuesday, June 23

RD, 2020

2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Mt 7:6, 12-14

7:00 p.m. Mass - Repose of the Souls in Purgatory

Wednesday, June 24

TH, 2020- ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Is 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80

9:00 a.m. Mass - Intentions of: The Lyn Family

7:00 p.m. PARISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GRADUATION MASS LIVESTREAMED

Thursday, June 25

TH , 2020

2 Kgs 24:8-17; Mt 7:21-29

9:00 a.m. Mass - Repose of the Soul of: Fr. Jonathan

Robinson

FRIDAY, June 26

TH, 2020

2 Kgs 25:1-12; Mt 8:1-4

9:00 a.m. Mass - Intentions of the 90th

Birthdays of: Aurea

Miranda & Elsa Flores; Repose of the Soul of: Patrick Conroy

13TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday, June 27

TH, 2020

5:00 p.m. Intentions of our Parishioners & Benefactors Sunday, June 29

TH, 2020

2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42

9:00 a.m. Intentions of our Parishioners & Benefactors

11:00 a.m. Intentions of our Parishioners & Benefactors

HEALTH PROTOCOLS: STAY HOME, if you experience Elevated

Temperatures, Fever, Cough, Headache or feel unwell. WEAR A

MASK! Please bring your own. You will not be allowed in the Church

without one. You must wear a Mask in order to Receive Communion! You will be given a mask at a donation of $2.00 if you do not have one.

SANITIZE your hands frequently and on entering the Church;

PHYSICAL DISTANCE AT ALL TIMES – Keep 6 FEET from your

fellow parishioner; AVOID TOUCHING YOUR FACE AND

TOUCHING SURFACES WITH YOUR HANDS (Use your Elbows

for Prayer); Use the WASHROOM only if an Emergency. Wash your

Hands. One person allowed in washrooms at a time. WATER

FOUNTAINS AND HOLY WATER FONTS are out of service.

PLEASE FINANCIALLY SUPPORT MARY MOTHER OF GOD

PARISH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Offertory Baskets will be available in the church during Mass and at the doors on Exiting if you wish to drop you donation. Other options for offerings are posted on our website under ‘CHARITABLE GIVING’. Thank you.

PUBLICATION OF BANNS OF ORDINATION: Mr. Francisco J. Sordo is scheduled to be ordained to the Priesthood at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton, Ontario. If anyone knows of a serious cause why this ordination should not take place, please notify your Parish Priest. Let us all pray that Mr. Francisco J. Sordo will be a good and faithful servant of the Lord and His Church.

WELCOME BACK! Dear Parishioners, it is a joy to be with you

once again as a faith community and to receive our Lord in Holy Communion. The Provincial Government has directed a maximum of 30% occupancy. For our parish that represents 250-300 people per mass. Entrance to the parish is first come first serve. We will count parishioners and once our maximum number is reached, OUR DOORS WILL CLOSE.

We are following directives from the Diocese to start with this approach. We will reassess weekly and additional Masses may be needed to accommodate as many parishioners as we are able to. YOUR PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING IS APPRECIATED during these TIMES FOR ALL!

MASS & RECONCILIATION SCHEDULE & ADORATION Our Mass Schedule returns to normal, pre pandemic. For those who are elderly or whose immune system is compromised, and those who are hesitant to return to church at this time, know that the obligation to participate in Sunday mass is suspended until further notice, as directed by Bishop Crosby. PLEASE CONSIDER COMING TO ONE OF OUR WEEKDAY MASSES INSTEAD OF SUNDAY MASS. The numbers will be smaller. THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION will resume Saturdays beginning at 3:45 p.m. Please line up by the confessional and MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT will resume on Wednesdays from 9:30 am to 10:30 A.M.

CHURCH AND OFFICE HOURS – PERSONAL PRAYER The Church Building will be open Monday to Friday 8:30 to 2:00

p.m. for Personal Prayer. The Parish Office will slowly be

reopening as we prepare a safe environment for our staff and

parishioners. Please respect the Office Protocols which will be

posted on the door. Our Hours will be posted soon.

CLEANING PROTOCOL: Our church will be cleaned after each mass to ensure maximum safety and that health protocols are adhered to for all. We thank all those volunteers who have come forward to assist. TO

CONTINUE THE CLEANING PROTOCOL IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, WE ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CLEAN. The cleaning process is

light (no heavy cleaning), quick and efficient. We use professional Industrial Cleaning Solutions. If you can help, please contact the Parish Office.

VOCATION VIEW: “Have no Fear.” Considering a ministerial vocation is not popular, but it may be what God is calling you to. If God is calling you to the priesthood, contact Fr. Michael King, Vocation Director, Diocese of Hamilton at 905-528-7988. vocations@hamiltondiocese.com; www.hamiltondiocese.com.

June 21st, 2020 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

GOSPEL REFLECTION – 13th SUNDAY IN ORDRINARY TIME - June 21, 2020 Am I afraid of anything or anybody that I don’t say the truth? Jesus tells me not to be afraid of anybody to say the Truth, because: God knows me more than I know myself. He created me in His own image. He has great expectation about me when He called me to life. He expects me to know Him, His ways, and carry out the mission He has entrusted me with. What is my mission in this world? My mission, or the mission of anybody for that matter, first, is to know God as living Truth and my creator. Once I know my God as the owner of my life, I realise that my life-mission is to testify to the Truth. The goal of my life would be to fulfill my mission. There is no turning back. No power on earth would be able to stop me from carrying out my mission. On course in fulfilling my mission, there would be obstacles. People and philosophies, ideologies and selfish motives, worldly ambitions and wealth can come on my way. Would I be afraid of or desirous of these powers and turn back from carrying out my life-mission? Would I be afraid of persecution? Jesus tells us not to be afraid of any power that would stop us from testifying to the truth. He tells us not to be afraid of those who can only kill our body. He can bring us back to life eternal. He is the owner of life. He instills such courage in our heart and mind ensuring that He would take care of us in our difficulties as we stand on the side of truth. He tells us how He takes care of every living and non-living thing. We, His disciples, are of greater value and so, He would certainly take care of us. Prophet Jeramiah was a man who had the whole nation turning against him as He stood for God and His Truth. He was not afraid of anyone. He stood for Truth and spoke for God. He had no selfish ambitions but only one goal, to be the prophet of Yahweh. (First Reading) St. Paul tells us of the power of God’s grace that would save us from sin and death and so we don’t need to be afraid of anything. (Second Reading) Have we ever tuned away from Truth in order to have wealth, fame, power or any selfish gain? Have we retreated from carrying out our mission because of persecution? Has somebody silenced us from saying the truth threatening with death? If yes, we have failed to acknowledge Jesus before humans. Now, Lord Jesus wouldn’t be able to acknowledge us before His heavenly Father. How miserable would our lives be? It was the great literary Genius of all time, William Shakespeare who said, ‘Cowards die many times before their death, but the valiant never tastes of death but once. (Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2) How miserable would our lives on earth be if we deny Truth and choose to be on the side of Untruth? Remember the Gospel of St. John. ‘This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.’ (Jn.3:19) Let us therefore be courageous to be on the side of Truth. St. Paul said that no power on earth or anywhere can take us away from testifying to the Lord. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. (Roomans8:35) When Jesus was brought before Pilate, He asked, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a King. For this reason, I was born. For this reason, I came into the world, to testify to the Truth. All who belong to the Truth listen to my voice’. (Jn.18:37) Let us not be cowards. Let us be valiant to testify to the Truth all the days of our lives. Let us not be afraid of death but be afraid of only sin. Those who sin are slaves of sin and become subject to death. Let us receive the Grace of God and be courageous to say the truth and be on the side of Truth.

Fr. Issac Tharayil CMI

June 21st, 2020 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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