June 15, 2019 Volume XI, Issue 6 ITE MISSA EST

A Newsletter from the Missions Office/Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Ohio Heart of , full of goodness and love, have mercy on us To monthly mission donors: The Popes on Devotion to Love is nothing more than laying Thank you for your support! the down your life for the good of another. The Gospel is centered On behalf of His Excellency The feast of the Sacred Heart was not so much on our love for God, Robert Brennan, the Bishop of approved for specified dioceses but God’s love for us. Columbus, and Very Rev. Father by Clement XIII in 1765, and extended to the whole Church by The Sacred Heart teaches us that Andrew Small, OMI, the true love is always costly, but it National Director of the Pius IX in 1856. In 1889, Pope Leo XIII elevated it to the rank of always gives life. Pontifical Mission Societies in first class, and through an the United States, I would like to These are ways we can honor the encyclical letter in 1899 dedicat- Sacred Heart of Jesus: thank you for your , ed the whole Catholic world to sacrifices and financial support the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Consecration: Jesus continues for the missions. to give Himself to us at Holy Devotion to the Sacred Heart was Communion. The most ******************************** also an essential component of reasonable thing to do is to love The Church celebrates the John Paul II’s hopes for the “new Him in return by consecrating our Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of evangelization” called for by the life to Him. Jesus on the Friday following the Church. second Sunday after Pentecost. In Enthronement: Let us make addition to the liturgical “For evangelization today”, he Jesus King of our life and our celebration, many devotional said, “the Heart of Christ must be family. exercises are connected with the recognized as the heart of the Church: It is He who calls us to Reparation: Every time a sin is Sacred Heart of Jesus. Of all committed, His heart is wounded. devotions, devotion to the Sacred conversion, to reconciliation. It is He who leads pure hearts and Let us make acts of reparation for Heart was, and remains one of the abuse that His heart receives. the most widespread and popular those hungering for justice along in the Church. the way of the Beatitudes. It is He First Fridays: Let us try to go to who achieves the warm Mass and receive communion on Understood in the light of Scrip- communion of the members of every First Friday of the month. tures, the term “Sacred Heart of the one Body. It is He who Jesus” denotes the entire mystery enables us to adhere to the Good Frequent : Despite our of Christ, the totality of His be- News and to accept the promise busyness, from time to time, let ing, and His person considered in of eternal life. It is He who sends us say a short prayer like, its most intimate essential; Son of us out on mission. The heart-to- “Sacred Heart of Jesus, have God, uncreated wisdom; infinite heart with Jesus broadens the mercy on us”. charity, principal of the salvation human heart on a global scale”. Imitation: Let us do sacrifices for and sanctification of mankind. others. Do things that we do not The “Sacred Heart” is Christ, the “Behold the heart which like. Love and forgive those who Word Incarnate, Savior, has so loved you” hurt us. intrinsically containing, in the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Missionary activity: Let us bring Spirit, an infinite divine-human Jesus is a worship of the love Jesus’ love to others. Bear wit- love for the Father and for His with which God, through Jesus, ness to the fact that Jesus is our brothers (Excerpted from the loves us. King who we serve. Bear our and Liturgy) crosses lovingly and patiently. *************************** When you receive grace, God changes your heart. Give your heart to Christ and He returns the favor, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.” (Ezek. 36:26) *************************** Pope Francis’ June Prayer Intention: That priests, through the modesty and humility of their lives, commit themselves actively to a solidarity with those who are most poor.

A joke a priest can tell... Bob forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was mad. Be an Instrument of The early Christians provided God’s Mercy! material support that the Disci- She told Bob: “Tomorrow ples could distribute to those in morning, I expect to find a gift in The USCCB (United States Con- need. (Acts 4:34 - 35) (11:29) the drive way that goes from 0 to ference of Catholic Bishops) 200 in 6 seconds. And it better be along with other bishops’ confer- As members of the Catholic there!” ences around the world, has des- Church, through the Peter’s ignated one collection a year to Pence Collection, unite ourselves The next morning when his wife provide Pope Francis with the with the concerns of Pope Francis woke up, she looked out the financial means to help those who and help him fund his charitable window and saw a box…gift are suffering as a result of war, works for the relief of those in wrapped...in the middle of the natural disasters, and diseases. need. driveway. In the Diocese of Columbus the Pope Francis encourages us to She opened it and found a brand collection will be taken on the become instruments of God’s new bathroom scale. weekend of June 22 and 23. mercy. Each of us is called to be Bob has been missing since last Please be generous. a witness of charity. Friday. Please pray for Pope Francis as For, “it is precisely, in the meas- ure to which we open ourselves he reaches out compassionately **************************** to make our world less cold and to others that life becomes fruit- more just. Pray for those ful, society regains peace and Leandro (Lany) Tapay, Director suffering around the world who people recover their full dignity”, Gina Sergio, Program Coordinator will benefit from the collection. Pope Francis teaches us (General Visit us on the web at Spread the message with those Audience, October 26, 2016). www.columbuscatholic.org who might be interested to help Let us be a witnesses of charity Follow us on Twitter the marginalized. The collection and let us help Pope Francis offer has ancient roots that reach all the hope to those who suffer around Like us on Facebook way back to New Testament the globe. Follow us on Pinterest times.