St. Thomas More Church May 27, 2018

Sunday, May 27, 2018 LITURGY SCHEDULE The Most Holy Trinity (English Mass) Weekend : Saturday Vigil, 4:30 pm (Readings, page 690 red book) Sunday, 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (Tridentine) Trinity Sunday (Tridentine Mass) Weekday : Monday-Friday, 12:00 pm Saturday, 8:00 am Sunday, June 3, 2018 The Most Holy Body & Blood Of Christ Reconciliation (English Mass) Saturday, 4:00-4:20 pm (Readings, page 701 red book) Sunday, 7:30-7:50 am, 9:30-9:50 am, 11:30-11:50am External Solemnity of Corpus Christi Thursdays, 1:00-2:00 pm (Tridentine Mass) Also, you may request an appointment with a priest for confession.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament The Parish Office will be closed Memorial Day, Thursdays, 12:30-2:00 pm.

Monday, May 28th. The Parish Office will re-open Devotions Tuesday, May 29th at 9:00 am. First Friday, 12:00 pm Mass, followed by adoration, First Friday Prayers and the Rosary. The Memorial Day Mass will be celebrated Mon- First Saturday, 8:00 am Mass, followed by adora- day, May 28th, at 9:00 am. tion, First Saturday Prayers and the Rosary.

Sunday, June 3rd, we will have Eucharistic adoration and devotions following the 12:00 Noon Mass in honor of Corpus Christi. The Pastor’s Page THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT

Today is the celebration of God in Three Persons —Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. This is also a celebration of a doctrine as the Holy Trinity is a foundation of the Christian Church. This feast takes us back to its beginning in the 4th Century. There was a priest named Arius who taught that Jesus was a created being rather than God. Athanasius was the theologian who fought against this teaching and eventually overthrew Arius’ teaching to establish forever that Jesus is God and the Second Person of the Trinity. Immediately various prayers were written to cele- brate the Trinity. Trinity Sunday began to be celebrated in England and in the 14th century Pope John XXII extended this celebration to the entire Church throughout the world. Conse- quently, this Solemnity of The Blessed Trinity is celebrated on the First Sunday after Pentecost every year.

This great feast gives us the opportunity to reflect on the importance of the Trinity in our faith and in our lives. The very notion of Three persons in One God is a mystery which continues to this day. This is one aspect of Christianity that must simply be accepted in faith. Of course, we can imagine a set of triplets in our minds who have the same parents but they are still born moments apart from each other and stand as three separate individuals. The Trinity is a unity that has existed as such for all eternity. Some might ask: well, what about the human birth of Jesus in time and space? The answer to that question is that Jesus preexisted our notion of time and space and was already present in the Father’s act of creation. The Father chose to send Jesus through the Incarnation to share our lives and restore our humanity through His Death and Resurrection. This allows us to share in His divinity after death. This act of the Incarnation did not separate Christ from the Trinity but rather points to the fact that God chose to take on our humanity as part of Himself. While Jesus was on earth he also never left heaven. This is another of the mysteries that we Catholic and Christians accept on faith.

We should use this opportunity to give thanks to God for caring for us from the beginning. God preexisted creation and from that place has loved us even before we were created and each of us was born. God is always present to us and to the millions of persons born in this world each year. This is another mystery that many of us learned years ago in the Baltimore Catechism which stated that God is everywhere. How is this possible? Only by divine grace can I realize that God in three Persons is equally present to us and to every other human being walking the earth. In fact, because there are Three Persons in One God, the Trinity is present to us at all times. In the words of our psalm response for today: “Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.”

Finally, if summer ever comes, please take the time to enjoy it!

In Christ,

Msgr. Richard Zborowski

Page 2 Parish Information SUNDAY, May 27 The Most Holy Trinity Parish Office 8:00 am † Anna Mae & Chester Olichwier † Harry Bulger (Kay & Vincent McInerney) 2825 West 81st St., Chicago, IL 60652 10:00 am Birthday blessings for Ifeanyi & Chudi Aguanunu Phone 773-436-4444 - Fax 773-778-9087 In thanksgiving for graces received (Tony Philbin) Email address: [email protected] 12:00 pm For the parishioners Website: www.stmrcchicago.org Visit our official Facebook page at: MONDAY, May 28 St. Thomas More Chicago Memorial Day 9:00 am † Matthew MacDonald (MacDonald Family) Office Hours Health & blessings for Mary Tadda (Family) Monday - Thursday 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Friday - Closed TUESDAY, May 29 Saturday - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Weekday Sunday - 9:00 am to 2:00 pm 12:00 pm † Poor Souls in Purgatory (Parishioner) † Christine Zervos (Daughter) Rectory Rev. Msgr. Richard Zborowski, Pastor WEDNESDAY, May 30 Rev. Matthew Compton, Associate Pastor Weekday Deacon George Borha 12:00 pm † Mary O’Neill (Family) Health & blessings for Mary Tadda (Family) Business Manager THURSDAY, May 31 Pat Lave The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

12:00 pm † Poor Souls in Purgatory (Parishioner) Secretary Health & Blessings for Jack Kettering (Diane Zervos) Kathleen Siniawski FIRST FRIDAY, June 1 Director of Music St. Justin, Martyr Michel Domingue 12:00 pm † Anna Kelly (Family) Health & blessings for Mary Tadda (Family) Coordinator of Religious Ed Debbie Ksycki FIRST SATURDAY, June 2 S.S. Marcellinus & Peter, Martyrs Registration 8:00 am † Anna Kelly (Family) New parishioners should register at the parish office. Health & blessings for Mary Tadda (Family)

Religious Goods Store (Vigil Mass) Third weekend of the month. 4:30 pm † Luigina Maria Fanelli (Len & Gina Reilly) † Mike, Anne & Marty Dwyer (Family) Sacraments SUNDAY, June 3

The Most Holy Body & Blood Of Christ Visitations 8:00 am For the parishioners Hospital or Homebound; Please contact the Rectory at 10:00 am Living & deceased of Lahart & Lustig Families 773-436-4444 as soon as possible for Communion, Confes- Blessings for Msgr. Richard Zborowski on his 40th Anni- sion or Anointing of the Sick. versary of Ordination (Trudy Maskin) 12:00 pm For the intentions of Ron & LuAnn Bloom (Friend) Marriage Arrangements should be made at least 6 months in ad- vance. Please contact the Rectory before you plan your wedding so as to avoid possible conflicts.

Baptism Please contact the Rectory. Catholic Charities: General Number 312-655-7000 Counseling Center 312-655-7725 Catholictherapists.com http://www.purityispossible.com/ Project Rachel (post-abortion healing): 888-456-4673 Suicide Prevention: 800-273-8255 Aid for Women (crisis pregnancy): 312-621-1100 Page 3 PROJECT RACHEL To encourage and continue to enrich your spiritual journey throughout the Easter season, listen to Catholic radio, 88.1 FM. Programming includes daily Holy Mass, the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, live call-in shows, local programming and much more. For a program schedule, please call (314) 752- 7000 or toll-free (877) 3051234. Short Tidbit from Project Rachel: Addressing Anger at God – Some women who find it difficult to recon- cile with God may first deepen their relationship with the Blessed Mother, as a first step in developing a relationship of loving trust in God. Be aware that while this can be an excellent first step toward trusting in God for many women, there are others who also struggle to connect with Mary because their own mothers were emotionally unavailable to them or, perhaps, did not protect them from abuse in the home due to their own emotional struggles. (Project Rachel ministry manual pg. 19) Diocesan Project Rachel number: 1-877-RACHEL-5. CATHOLIC Page 4 World Meeting of Families 2018-August 22 to 26, 2018 This year, the World Meeting of Families will take place in Dublin, Ireland from August 22 to 26. With the theme of, “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World”. Pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Chicago will have a full and vivacious experience that will last from August 18 through August 27, which will include a tour of Ireland’s most sacred places, the three day congress, the festival of families and the closing liturgy. For more information please contact Clarissa Aljentara at [email protected] or 312.534.8051.

Theology on Tap featuring Fr. John Kartje, Ph.D. Place: Joy District Rooftop, 112 W Hubbard Street in Chicago Date: 05/29/2018 Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Description: Theology on Tap, an archdiocesan free speaker series for young adults, will host astrophysicist and priest Father John Kartje, Ph.D., for a talk entitled, “Miracles and Science: How Rational People Can Be- lieve in Supernatural Events”. Fr. Kartje is the President and Rector of the University of St. Mary of the Lake. The event will take place at the Joy District Rooftop, 112 W Hubbard Street in Chicago for thought -provoking conversation.

Vigil Lights in North and South Lobbies Vigil Lights are available in the north and south lobbies for $25.00 for 6 months. Your prayer intentions are calling out to God day and night for you after you have lit your candles, left the church and gone home. You have the choice of lighting a candle for your living or deceased family and friends. Call the parish office for more information.

The Pope’s intentions for the month of June 2018 Universal – Social Networks That social networks may work towards that inclusiveness which respects other for their differences.

Saint Thomas More Church, musical recordings of Ave Verum Corpus and Ave Maria are available

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Page 5 Mass Intention Book opened for 2018 (http://pwhs.ph/prayer-warriors-of-the-holy-souls/) The prayer of St. Augustine (A.D. 430) for his mother, St. Monica, is another important testimony from the early Church about prayer for the dead. He wrote, “Forgive her too, O Lord, if she trespassed against You in the long years of her life after baptism. Forgive her I beseech You; do not call her to account. Let Your mercy give Your judgment an honorable welcome, for Your words are true and You have promised mercy to the merciful.” (Confessions, Book 9:13) To quote St. Thomas Aquinas, “Of all prayers, the most meritorious, the most acceptable to God are prayers for the dead, because they imply all the works of charity, both corporal and spiritual.” St. Anselm reminds us that “a single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death.” The Mass heals the living and the dead.

For all who serve in the military READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF May 28 –June 2

including: Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9 Ps 111:2,5-6,9,10c Mk 10:17-27

Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16 Ps 98:1-4 Mk 10:28-31 MSG Kevin Daley Cpl. Brian Husum Wednesday: 1 Pt 1:18-25 Ps 147:12-15c, 19-20 Mk 10:32-45 E3 Marcellus J. Lane Pvt. Andy Oziemkiewicz Thursday: Zep 3:14-18 (Ps)Is 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6 Lk 1:39-56

Pvt. Jose Xavier M. Rosales Friday: 1 Pt 4:7-13 Ps 96:10-13 Mk 11:11-26

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL FOR THE SICK OUR FINANCES ~ Your Gifts Matter Fr. Anthony Bus, D. Benish, Donna N., Sophia B., Lisa & Kelly Burke, June Carlson, Kelly Carr, Dominic – SUNDAY COLLECTIONS FISCAL YEAR 2018 Cannonito, William Clark, Gloria Contino, Maureen E., Martina Eromosele, Maria Fairman, Diane Budgeted Amount for 5/20/18 $5,500.00 Flaherty, J. Fowler, Betty Hedderman, Darin Her- Collected Amount for 5/20/18 $6,343.40 man, Rosemary Hatzell, Eddie, Hazel Janke, Eileen K., Ron & Marilyn McEathron, Nicholas Miceli, D. OVERAGE $843.40 Morg, Michelle Nugent, Tim O’Connell, Colleen O., Tony Philbin, Dorothy Pines, Dolores Pogor, Len Reilly, Joseph Signore Sr., Phyllis Spizzirri, Mary THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! Tadda, Rudy & Theresa Unger, Ken Watterson and Mary Young. Please contact the parish office to submit the Please remember St. Thomas More names of loved ones who become ill. Names will in your estate planning. be listed for four weeks, then you will need to contact the parish office to renew the name.

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Page 6 A Church for All Seasons

Earlier this year, Pope Francis designated that Monday the day after Pentecost Sunday was to be an an- nual obligatory memorial honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title as Mother of the Church. The feast of Pentecost having been celebrated last Sunday and the memorial on this past Monday, the text of the decree establishing this memorial is listed below and is provides some history to the development of this title for the Blessed Mother as well as its relevance for the Church and her evangelizing work in our time. In Christ—Fr. Matt DECREE on the celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Church in the General Roman Calen- dar The joyous veneration given to the Mother of God by the contemporary Church, in light of reflection on the mystery of Christ and on his nature, cannot ignore the figure of a woman (cf. Gal 4:4), the Virgin Mary, who is both the Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church. In some ways this was already present in the mind of the Church from the premonitory words of Saint Augustine and Saint Leo the Great. In fact the former says that Mary is the mother of the members of Christ, because with charity she cooperated in the rebirth of the faithful into the Church, while the latter says that the birth of the Head is also the birth of the body, thus indicating that Mary is at once Mother of Christ, the Son of God, and mother of the members of his Mystical Body, which is the Church. These considerations derive from the divine motherhood of Mary and from her intimate union in the work of the Redeemer, which culminated at the hour of the cross. Indeed, the Mother standing beneath the cross (cf. Jn 19:25), accepted her Son’s testament of love and welcomed all people in the person of the beloved disciple as sons and daughters to be reborn unto life eternal. She thus became the tender Mother of the Church which Christ begot on the cross handing on the Spirit. Christ, in turn, in the beloved disciple, chose all disciples as ministers of his love towards his Mother, entrusting her to them so that they might welcome her with filial affection. As a caring guide to the emerging Church Mary had already begun her mission in the Upper Room, praying with the Apostles while awaiting the coming of the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14). In this sense, in the course of the cen- turies, Christian piety has honoured Mary with various titles, in many ways equivalent, such as Mother of Disciples, of the Faithful, of Believers, of all those who are reborn in Christ; and also as “Mother of the Church” as is used in the texts of spiritual authors as well as in the Magisterium of Popes Benedict XIV and Leo XIII. Thus the foundation is clearly established by which Blessed Paul VI, on 21 November 1964, at the conclusion of the Third Session of the Second Vatican Council, declared the Blessed Virgin Mary as “Mother of the Church, that is to say of all Christian people, the faithful as well as the pastors, who call her the most loving Mother” and established that “the Mother of God should be further honoured and invoked by the entire Christian people by this tenderest of titles”. Therefore the Apostolic See on the occasion of the Holy Year of Reconciliation (1975), proposed a votive Mass in honour of Beata Maria Ecclesiæ Matre , which was subsequently inserted into the Roman Missal. The Holy See also granted the faculty to add the invocation of this title in the Litany of Loreto (1980) and published other formularies in the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1986). Some countries, dioceses and religious families who petitioned the Holy See were allowed to add this celebration to their particular calendars. Having attentively considered how greatly the promotion of this devotion might encourage the growth of the maternal sense of the Church in the pastors, religious and faithful, as well as a growth of genuine Marian piety, Pope Francis has decreed that the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, should be in- scribed in the Roman Calendar on the Monday after Pentecost and be now celebrated every year. This celebration will help us to remember that growth in the Christian life must be anchored to the Mystery of the Cross, to the oblation of Christ in the Eucharistic Banquet and to the Mother of the Redeemer and Mother of the Redeemed, the Virgin who makes her offering to God. The Memorial therefore is to appear in all Calendars and liturgical books for the celebration of Mass and of the Liturgy of the Hours. The relative liturgical texts are attached to this decree and their translations, prepared and approved by the Episcopal Conferences, will be published after confirmation by this Dicastery. Where the celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, is already celebrated on a day with a higher liturgical rank, approved according to the norm of particular law, in the future it may continue to be celebrated in the same way. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding. From the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 11 February 2018, the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes. - Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect, - Arthur Roche, Archbishop Secretary (Accessed on 21 May 2018, https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2018-03/pope-institutes-new- celebration-of-mary--mother-of-church.html.) Page 7 Chalet Florist No Job Too Large or Small ED THE PLUMBER FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS JOHN YERKES ED THE CARPENTER • Best Work 12250 S. 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