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MIRACLES OF ELISHA
Parts the river Jordan with his coat Purified the water of a spring with salt Ditches become filled with water Called rain down to water the thirsty animals and men Oil continuously poured from windows jar Raised to life a boy who died after complaining of a headache Curs poison in the stew with some flour Feed 100 men with 20 loaves of bread Naaman cured of leprosy The floating ax head Syrians struck blind and led to the king of Syria Page Two 17th Ordinary Sunday July 25, 2021
PARISH AND SCHOOL STAFF REFLECTION ON SUNDAY’S READINGS Telephone:(708) 366-7090 Fax:(708) 366-7092 www.svfparish.org Email: offi[email protected]
Fr. Simon Felix Michalski, OP, Pastor x100 Fr. Steven Kuhlmann, OP , Parochial Vicar x113 Fr. Raymond Bryce OP, Parochial Vicar x104 John Gaughan, Deacon Kate Cahill, School Principal x140 Camela Daley, Music Director x118 TH Jean Finnegan, CPA, Business Manager x114 JULY 25 , 2021 TH Laura Finnegan, School Accountant/Office Mgr x143 17 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Lakresha Johnson, Administra ve Assistant x141 Bistra McCullough, Religious Educa on x144 Sr. Immaculata Nneji DDL, Pastoral Minister x109 2 Kings 4:42–44 Sylvia Ochoa, Secretary x100 Ephesians 4:1–6 Judy Bolton, Director of Development x135 John 6:1–15 (Email addresses can be found at www.svfparish.org)
CHURCH: Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament 7525 W. North Ave., River Forest, IL 60305 expecta on to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the SCHOOL OFFICE: Lord who comes to feed His people. 1515 Lathrop Ave., River Forest, IL 60305 Tel (708) 771-5905 No ce the parallels between today’s Gospel and First Reading. Both h p://www.svfschool.org/ Elisha and Jesus face a crowd of hungry people with only a few “barley” loaves. We hear similar words about how impossible it will RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OFFICE: be to feed the crowd with so li le. And in both the miraculous 1527 Lathrop Ave., River Forest, IL 60305 mul plica on of bread sa sfies the hungry and leaves food le over. Tel (708) 366-7090 X144 The Elisha story looks back to Moses, the prophet who fed God’s PARISH OFFICES/PRIORY: people in the wilderness (see Exodus 16). Moses prophesied that God 1530 Jackson Ave., River Forest, IL 60305 would send a prophet like him (see Deuteronomy 18:15–19). The Tel (708) 366-7090, Fax (708) 366-7092 crowd in today’s Gospel, witnessing His miracle, iden fies Jesus as Office Hours: that prophet. Sunday 9:00am — 1:00pm Monday-Friday: 8:00am — 12:00pm The Gospel today again shows Jesus to be the Lord, the good 12:45pm —7:30pm shepherd, who makes His people lie down on green grass and spreads Saturday: 9:00am — 1:00pm a table before them (see Psalm 23:1, 5).
MASSES: The miraculous feeding is a sign that God has begun to fulfill His Saturdays: 8:00am and 5:30pm in Church promise, which we sing of in today’s Psalm—to give His people food in Sundays: 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am and 5:30pm in due season and sa sfy their desire (see Psalm 81:17). Church.
Monday through Friday: 7:00am, 12:00pm (except But Jesus points to the final fulfillment of that promise in the Wednesday) Eucharist. He does the same things He does at the Last Supper—He Civil Holidays: Go to www.svfparish.org takes the loaves, pronounces a blessing of thanksgiving (literally, SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: “eucharist”), and gives the bread to the people (see Ma hew 26:26). Monday— Friday 12:30pm No ce, too, that twelve baskets of bread are le over, one for each of Saturday: 4:45pm and by appointment the Apostles.
DOMINICANS IN RESIDENCE AT SVF PRIORY Fr. Richard Peddicord, OP, Prior These are signs that should point us to the Eucharist—in which the Church founded on the Apostles con nues to feed us with the living Fr. Raymond Bryce, OP Fr. Christopher Johnson, OP bread of His Body. Fr. Steve Kuhlmann, OP Fr. Richard LaPata, OP Fr. Jude McPeak, OP Fr. Simon Felix Michalski, OP In this Eucharist, we are made one Body with the Lord, as we hear in Fr. Thomas O’Meara, OP Fr. Ma hew Strabala, OP today’s Epistle. Let us resolve again, then, to live lives worthy of such Bro. Joseph Trout, OP Fr. Andrew Wisdom, OP a great calling.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
July 25 (Sunday): Masses 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:00am and 5:30pm in Church.
July 26 (Monday): Masses 7:00am and 12:00pm in Church; 12:30pm Confession and Adora on in Church; 6:30pm Vo ve Mass of the Precious Blood of Jesus in Church.
July 27 (Tuesday): Masses 7:00am and 12:00pm in Votive Mass of the Church; 12:30pm Confession and Adora on in Church; 7:00pm Rosary Group in Precious Blood of Jesus Church. (To be offered for our July 28 (Wednesday): 7:00am Mass in Church; 7:30am country) Coffee and Donuts in Kyte Hall; 12:30pm Confession and Adora on in Church; 6:30pm Intercessory Prayer Monday, July 26th at 6:30 PM Group in Cabrini Room.
July 29 (Thursday): Masses 7:00am and 12:00pm in Church; 10:00am Bible Study in Cabrini Room; 12:30pm Dear Friends, Confession and Adora on in Church; 7:00pm Rosary Group in Church. Join us for Mass for the healing of our country
July 30 (Friday): Masses on July 26th at 6:30 PM. We will offer the 7:00am and 12:00pm in Church; 12:30pm Confession votive Mass of the Precious Blood of Jesus and and Adora on in Church. pray a Litany of the Precious Blood. July 31 (Saturday): 8:00am Mass in Church; 12:00pm Our great country needs our prayers. Wedding in Church; Confession and Adora on 4:45pm in Church; 5:30pm Mass in Church. Page Four 17th Ordinary Sunday July 25, 2021
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK:
Monday, July 26th 7:00AM 12:00PM +Julio Perez BAPTISM: th Tuesday, July 27 Ryan Christopher Stamm 7:00AM +Viole a Dabrowa
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Wednesday, July 28th PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK: 7:00AM Marie Prester Baby Mildred Karol, Gina Brattman, Dolores Boveri, Robert Boveri, Joe Briglio, Debbie Carlson, Heather Carsello, Elaine Thursday, July 29th Castanoli, John Cecala, Rica Conci, Tom Considine, Sabrina 7:00AM +Merrill Sklenar Conforte, John Corcoran, Sam Cozzo, John Dalicandro, 12:00PM Veronica Dela Torre, Celia Guevara, Sue Mack, Donna Morales, Dewey Paccagnini, Larry Prester ; Marie Prester; Friday, July 30th Jacob Signa, John Summaria, Jan Sylvano 7:00AM 12:00PM May our prayers bring them strength, healing and peace. st Saturday, July 31 Please call our Parish Office to add a loved one’s name to our parish 8:00AM +Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nneji prayer list. Names are removed after four weeks unless contacted. 5:30PM +Antonia Hernandez
Sunday, August 1st PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: 7:30AM Bart, Augus na, Charles, Mona, Louise Thomas Joslin Cor le 9:00AM +Corrine Albergo
11:00AM People of the Parish PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE SERVING IN THE 5:30PM +Biondi Family MILITARY AND POLICE: Senior Airman Armando Chavez (Air Force) READINGS FOR THE WEEK: Captain Daniel Armstrong (USMC) Monday: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34 / Ps 106 / Mt 13:31-35 Officer Robert Reeves and Staff Sergeant Stephen Sandoval Tuesday: Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28 / Ps 103 / Mt 13:36-43 Captain Kevin Zander Wednesday: Ex 34:29-35 / Ps 99 / Mt 13:44-46 Joseph Dominic Vecchio Thursday: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38; /Ps 84 / Jn 11:19-27
Friday: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37 / Ps 81 / Mt 13:54-58
Saturday: Lv 25:1, 8-17 / Ps 67 / Mt 14:1-12 HOLY FATHER’S PRAYER INTENTIONS Sunday: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15 / Ps 78 / Eph 4:17, 20-24 / Jn 6:24- FOR JUly: 35 SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES We pray that, in social, economic and poli cal situa ons of Monday: Ss. Joachim and Anne conflict, we may be courageous and passionate architects of Thursday: Ss. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus dialogue and friendship. Friday: St. Peter Chrysologus Saturday: St. Igna us of Loyola July 25, 2021 17th Ordinary Sunday Page Five
Simon Says ...
Thinking about the Eucharist…
When we are medita ng on the Eucharist, it is also good to think about the altar. We give the altar a lot of honor and respect. Why do we do that?
Consider what the Catechism says:
“Catechism of the Catholic Church 1383 : The altar, around which the Church is gathered in the celebra on of the Eucharist, represents the two aspects of the same mystery: the altar of the sacrifice and the table of the Lord. This is all the more so since the Chris an altar is the symbol of Christ himself, present in the midst of the assembly of his faithful, both as the vic m offered for our reconcilia on and as food from heaven who is giving himself to us. "For what is the altar of Christ if not the image of the Body of Christ?"214 asks St. Ambrose. He says elsewhere, "The altar represents the body [of Christ] and the Body of Christ is on the altar."215 The liturgy expresses this unity of sacrifice and communion in many prayers…”
The altar also brings to mind the many saints and martyrs who gave their lives to Christ and who intercede for us daily. Some altars even contain the relics of saints which are housed in altar stones. When the priest kisses the altar, he is thanking the Father for the gi of the Son and thanking the Saints for their prayers and intercessions. I, myself, like to quote St. John The Bap st and pray, “I must decrease while you (Lord JESUS), must increase” This helps me to set aside my pride and earthly cares and place God in the forefront of our worship.
Note that the altar is also honored with incense at the Holy Mass. This is a sacred rite which symbolizes our prayers going to heaven, the “sweetness” of being in God’s presence, and the smoke also points to the mystery of what is happing at the Holy Mass, (you cannot see through the smoke easily).
Consider the world of Monsignor Romano Guardini:
“The offering of an incense is a generous and beau ful rite. The bright grains of incense are laid upon the red-hot charcoal, the censer is swung, and the fragrant smoke rises in clouds. In the rhythm and the sweetness there is a musical quality; and like music also is the en re lack of prac cal u lity: it is a prodigal waste of precious material. It is a pouring out of un withholding love.” {Sacred Signs, English transla on, 1956 St. Louis, Pio Decimo Press. (ewtn.com/library/liturgy/sacrsign.txt)}
The incensing of the altar also brings our minds to the Book of Revela on and the wonderful descrip ons of heavenly worship and the end of me, when Jesus returns. Revela on chapter 8 is the best example of this, but there are others.
Consider this passage from Revela on Chapter 5:
“6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth; 7 and he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints; 9 and they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and na on, 10 and hast made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on earth.”
We honor the altar for all these reasons, and many more. Take some me to mediate on the Holy Altar and what it symbolizes. Page Six 17th Ordinary Sunday July 25, 2021
Dafne's blindness le her unable to care for her three young Arizona Woman's children, which completely broke the young mothers heart. On January 7, 2016, "so as to not be an addi onal burden on Blindness her family", she was approved for admi ance to a nursing home, because "she could not take care of herself or her Miraculously Cured children, due to her blindness and seizures", and was scheduled o be admi ed soon. "What hurt me the most was Through not being able to see my children again," she said.
Around the same me last January 2016, Dafne heard a St. Charbel Spanish radio news report that the first class relics of St. Charbel (or Sharbel) Makhlouf were on a pilgrimage honoring the Lebanese saint's 50th bea fica on Within 48 hours anniversary, and were going to be coming to a nearby a er visi ng the church — St Joseph Maronite Catholic Church in Phoenix — relics of St. for the weekend of Jan. 16-17.
Charbel, her Neither Dafne or her family had ever heard of this saint. Yet eyesight was interes ngly, later that same day Dafne's sister-in-law called completely and told her she'd seen an announcement about the visit of restored to 20/20 the relics, and suggested Dafne and her husband go with vision. The her. So the blind mother of three was taken to visit the bone remarkable and relics of miracle worker St. Charbel during a special sudden healing venera on and healing service at St. Joseph Church. was confirmed later by several Dafne prayed on the way to the church. "Please God heal physicians.The joy me — if not for me, then do it for my kids! I'm redI'm red of a Phoenix parish of going to You praying and asking You to heal me...I am is spreading along giving in. If You don't want to do it for me, then do it for my with the news of kids. That is the way I went in [to the Church] I'm giving in to 30-year-old You. Do it for my kids"
parishioner Dafne's Once at the Church she prayed to God, and then to St. Gu errez's complete cure of blindness. Charbel: "I don't know who you are, but please help me."
The reported miracle of the wife and mother of three is A er Mass celebrated by parish priest Fr. Wissam Akiki, and bringing people from around the country to visit St. Joseph the venera on of St. Charbel's relics, her sister-in-law Maronite Catholic church in Phoenix, Arizona. helped her to the confessional. Fr. Akiki was told about her When she was just 13 years old in 1999, Dafne was officially blindness and blessed her with holy oil touched to the first- diagnosed with the medical condi on, idiopathic intracranial class relic of St. Charbel, praying specifically for her to be hypertension (IIH). One effect of this condi on can be cured. "I put my hand on her head, then on both eyes, and I another condi on called papilledema, where the pressure in asked God to heal her through the intercession of St. the brain is greatly increased. This pressure affects the op c Charbel.” Fr. Wissam told her that he would be praying for nerves, which in some cases such as Dafne's her and that he believed her vision would be restored. eventually results in complete blindness. Dafne said she "felt very strongly that someone was standing next to me on my right side." A erwards the The various medica ons and treatments which were tried priest said to Dafne's daughter: "Don't worry, your mom will for Dafne all failed. In 2014 the eyesight in her le eye see again." deteriorated drama cally. Her physicians tried two separate surgeries, installing different types of shunts in an a empt After the prayers and blessing with the relic, Dafne asked to drain and reduce the pressure in her brain, but these too her sister-in-law, "Who was that standing next to me, on my failed, leading to complete blindness in her le eye. right side?" Her sister-in-law said, "There was no one Meanwhile the sight in her right eye was also deteriora ng, standing next to you other than Fr. Akiki." To this day, Dafne and she was declared legally blind. She was soon in total is not sure who was standing next to her at that moment, darkness, saying in 2015 that she could look directly at the but is sure "someone" was there. sun and not see any light whatsoever. She also experienced
"vise-like" headaches, seizures, nnitus (ringing in the ears), vomi ng, and dizziness. Her doctors declared her blindness to be "permanent and medically irreversible." July 25, 2021 17th Ordinary Sunday Page Seven
"From that moment" Dafne's stated "I started to feel would never be able to see again... It is such a blessing!" different. I can't explain it but my body felt different". The Exactly one month a er Dafne's sight was restored, a special next day, Sunday January 17th, 2016, she again went to St. Mass of thanksgiving and blessing with the holy oil of St. Joseph Church for the 3:00 p.m. Mass and to once again Charbel took place at St. Joseph Church on February 18, venerate the relic of St. Charbel. 2016, and was presided by Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, Maronite Catholic bishop of Los Angeles, California. That same Sunday evening at 4:00 a.m. she suddenly awoke Daffne spoke to the crowd who had gathered to give thanks with her eyes burning. "They were like burning — really to God for her healing through the intercession of St. burning," and her head hurt "like a er an opera on." She Charbel: "All the doctors have said: 'There is no woke her husband up exclaiming that her eyes were burning. explana on'.....God healed me." He asked how that was possible since she had no sensa on in In an interview on YouTube, she encouraged everyone: "I just her eyes. He then put his hands on her eyes and no ced they want to keep on telling everybody; Don't lose faith. God does felt hot and he said, "They are vibra ng and moving" and he exist. Just have faith ... [go to] confession. Don't lose hope." also no ced a strong smell like "burning meat". Dafne then realized that she could actually see her husband very vaguely Sr Charbel Makhlouf (1828-1898) was a Maronite Catholic — like a shadow. She shouted, "I can see you! I can see you monk from Lebanon who died on Christmas Eve at age 73. He with both of my eyes! I started crying... I wiped my eyes and spent the last 23 years of his life in a rugged cabin in then opened them again to see if I really could see, and I complete solitude, with poor heat and the bare necessi es of could." life, and was known for his prac ce of penance and mor fica ons, ea ng very li le and sleeping on the ground. "I could not believe it. I did not want to close my eyes,” she Three days a er his death he was buried in the monastery stated a erwards in an interview. “My children were cemetery, and for the next 45 nights his tomb was shou ng: ‘Mom can see! God healed mom!’” surrounded by a dazzlingly bright light. As the days passed Within 48 hours (precisely three days a er her weekend visit this phenomenon was witnessed by an increasingly large to venerate the relics) her sight was completely restored to number of local villagers who informed the religious 20/20 vision. The remarkable and sudden healing was Maronite monastery, none of whom could provide an confirmed that day by an ophthalmologist, and later by explana on. Permission was sought from the ecclesias cal several other physicians. authori es for the monk’s body to be exhumed. Four months In a statement, Doctor Anne Borik, D.O. stated: a er his death permission was obtained, and upon the Medically speaking, what is interes ng — and what captured exhuma on his body was found to be completely incorrupt, my interest in this [case] — is that you don't see resolu on of even though he had been buried in the ground without a vision in 48 hours from a long standing op c nerve problem casket. Charbel was given fresh clothing before being placed such as Dafne had. My job as a medical physician is to try to in a wooden coffin in a corner of the monastery’s private find out how this happened medically. We discussed this case chapel. with a neuro-ophthalmologist, and also an outside consultant Soon a strange liquid was found exuding con nually from the reviewed the en re case, and basically there is no [medical] casket, coming from the pores of his body. Described as a explana on how Dafne Gu errez's vision was one day mixture of fluid and blood, it con nually flowed from his completely blind, and then 48 hours later was restored to remains day and night. Soon, a local custom began where normal ... And so based on this informa on, we as a medical pieces of cloth soaked in this fluid were soon being community in reviewing this case cannot explain this distributed as relics, and were being credited with effec ng medically. cures. To this day this custom of "holy oil" touched to the At the very least, the physicians felt that even if she had relics of St. Charbel used as a blessing is s ll a very common regained some of her eyesight, there should have been some prac ce of the faithful, as was used in Dafne's healing. permanent damage and vision loss in at least her le eye, for that eye had been affected for two years. It is expected that Pa y Knap Pa y Knap calls herself a “born again” Catholic. there should be at least some op c nerve damage, and that She planned to be a wife and mother of four or five kids with there is simply no medical explana on for a complete several girls, but as life played out, she’s a single mom with restora on of 20/20 vision in both eyes. two young adult boys. She counsels at a crisis pregnancy center, teaches CCD, takes online classes with the Avila "Faith and confession" is what Dafne Gu errez con nues to Ins tute, and loves the beach, dalma ans and America’s repeat me and me again when asked about her healing. "I na onal parks. She also saves recipes in a pile un l it gets big was desperate when I walked into St. Joseph Maronite and then throws them out. Catholic Church. I felt like God never heard me before, but h ps://www.ncregister.com/blog/arizona-womans-blindness this me was different, just different. For me to be able to -miraculously-cured-through-st-charbel see and read the papers [medical reports] that say that I
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BUILDING & GROUNDS UPDATE 2021 SUMMER PROJECTS:
Dear Parish Family,
Here are the main projects we are undertaking this summer. Our beau ful campus needs to be properly cared for. Thanks for your support. 1. Repairs to school roof-$4000 2. School tuck-poin ng-$14,000 3. School Library tuck-poin ng-$5000 4. Church parking lots- repair and sealing-$4000
5. School boiler repairs-$17,000-$30,000 6. New flooring in three school class rooms-$34,000 7. Church sound system –upgrades-$40,000 8. Church Floors and under the Pews wax and buff-$6000-$9000
Peace, Fr. Simon Felix
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