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Mission: We are a dynamic and welcoming Catholic community, cooperating with God’s grace for the salvation of souls, serving those in need, and spreading the Good News of and His Love. Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón Misión: somos una comunidad católica dinámica y acogedora, cooperando con la gracia de Dios para la salvación de las almas, sirviendo a aque- llos en necesidad, y compartiendo la Buena Nueva de Jesús y Su amor.

Pastoral Team Pastor: Rev. Fr. Michael Niemczak Deacons: Rev. Mr. Juan A. Rodríguez Rev. Mr. Michael Rowley Masses/Misas Monday: 5:30p.m. Tuesday: No Wednesday: 12:10p.m. Thursday/jueves: 5:30p.m. (Spanish / en español) Friday: 12:10p.m. Saturday/sábado: (Vigil/vigilia) 6:00p.m. (Spanish / en español) Sunday: 8:30a.m., 10:30a.m. & 5:00p.m. At this time, we will be authorized 200 parishioners per Mass in the church. Hasta nuevo aviso, solo podemos tener 200 feligreses dentro de la iglesia por cada Misa.

Church Address/dirección 921 N. Merriwether St. Clovis, N.M. 88101 Phone/teléfono: (575)763-6947 June 6th, 2021 / 6 de junio, 2021 Fax: (575)762-5557 Email: Corpus Christi [email protected] [email protected] Confession Times/ / Website: www.sacredheartclovis.com Confesiones Adoración del Santísimo facebook: Mon. & Thurs./lunes y jueves Thursday / jueves www.facebook.com/sacredheartclovis 4:45p.m. - 5:20p.m. 12:00p.m. to 5:15p.m. Food Pantry/Despensa: Wed. & Fri./miércoles y viernes Friday / viernes 2nd & 4th Saturday/2˚ y 4˚ sábado: 11:30a.m. - 12:00p.m. 6:30a.m. a 12:00p.m. 9:00a.m.– 10:00a.m. Sat./sábado: 4:00p.m. - 5:30p.m. Corpus Christi Corpus Christi June 6th, 2021 of the Month St. Norbert of Gennep from saintscatholic.blogspot.com, n.d.

Norbert of (c. 1080 – 6 June 1134), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a bishop of the Catholic Church, founder of the Premonstratensian order of , and is venerated as a saint. Saint Norbert was born in Xanten on the left bank of the Rhine, near Wesel, in the Electorate of . He grew up there and was also educated there. His father, Heribert, Count of Gennep, was related to the imperial house of and the House of Lorraine. His mother was Hedwig of Guise. Through the influence of his family he obtained a financial subsidy from the parish church at Xanten when he accepted ordination to the subdeaconate. His only task was to chant the Divine Of- fice at the Church, but he apparently paid someone a small fee to take his place in the choir, because he gained an appointment as a chaplain (religious counselor) to the emperor, Henry V in Cologne. The salaries from the Xanten fund and the royal treasury were enough to equip him to live in the style of the nobility of the times. He avoided ordination to the priesthood and even declined an appointment as bishop of Cambrai in 1113. One day as he rode his horse to Vreden, a nearby village, a thunderbolt from a sudden storm struck at his horse’s feet. The animal threw him and he lay unconscious for nearly an hour. Following a near-fatal horse-riding accident, his faith deepened, he renounced his appointment at Court and returned to Xanten to lead a life of penance, placing himself under the direction of Cono, of St Sigeberg, near Cologne. In gratitude to Cono, in 1115, Norbert founded the of Fürstenberg, endowed it with a portion of his property, and made it over to Cono of Siegburg and his Benedictine successors. Norbert was then in his thirty-fifth year. He was or- dained to the priesthood soon afterward. St Norbert was a great devotee of the and Our Lady. He also adopted an asceticism so fierce that it killed his first three disciples. This may account for the failure of his attempts to reform the canons of Xanten, who denounced him as an innovator at the Council of Fritzlar in 1118. He then resigned his benefice, sold all his property and gave the proceeds to the poor. He visited Gelasius II, who gave him permission to become an itinerant preacher and he preached throughout lands in what is now west- ern Germany, Belgium and northern , being credited with a number of miracles. In settlement after settle- ment he encountered a demoralized clergy, lonely, often practicing concubinage and feeling that the official Church cared little about them. In Paris he would have witnessed the Canons of St. Victor, who had adopted the ascetic ideals of William of Champagne. At Clairvaux and Citeaux he would have beheld the Cistercian reforms of the world among the monks. He also became acquainted with the Cistercian administrative system that created an international federa- tion of monasteries with fair amount of centralized power, though local houses had a certain amount of independ- ence. These reforms, written up in their “Charter of Charity” would affect him significantly in his own future work. At the Council of in October, 1119, Pope Calixtus II requested Norbert to found a religious order in the Di- ocese of Laon in France. On Day, 1120, Norbert established the Canons Regular of Prémontré. Norbert chose a valley in the Forest of Coucy (a grant from the Bishop of Laon), about 10 miles from Laon, named Pré- montré. Blessed Hugh of Fosses, Saint Evermode, Antony of Nivelles, seven students of the celebrated school of Anselm, and Ralph of Laon were among his first thirteen disciples. By the next year the community had

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grown to 40. They all took their vows and the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré was founded. The young community at first lived in huts of wood and clay, arranged like a camp around the chapel of Saint , but they soon built a larger church and a monastery for the reli- gious who joined them in increasing numbers. Going to Cologne to obtain for their church, Norbert is said to have discovered, through a dream, the spot where those of and her companions, of Saint , and of other martyrs lay hidden. In 1125, the constitution for the order was approved by Pope Honorius II. St Norbert gained adherents in Ger- many, France, Belgium and Transyl- vania, and houses of his order were founded in Floreffe, Viviers, St- Josse, Ardenne, Cuissy, Laon, Liège, , Varlar, Kappenberg, Gross- wardein (/Nagyvarad) and elsewhere. Count Theobald II of Champagne wanted to enter the new order, but Norbert counseled him to remain a layman and marry. Norbert prescribed a few rules and invested Theobald with the white scapular of the order, and thus, in 1122, the Third Order of St. Norbert was instituted. He continued to preach throughout France, Bel- gium and Germany and was successful in combatting a eucharistic heresy in Antwerp proposed by one Tanchelm. In of this, St. Norbert has been proclaimed the "Apostle of Antwerp". In 1126 Pope Honorius II appointed Norbert to the Archbishopric of , where he put into practice the precepts he instituted at Prémontré. Several assassination attempts were made as he began to reform the lax disci- pline of his see. He was especially vigilant in protecting the Church's rights against the secular power. In the schism following the election of Pope Innocent II in 1130, Norbert supported Innocent and resisted Anti- pope Anacletus II. In Norbert's last years, he was chancellor and adviser to Lothair II, the Holy Roman Emperor, persuading him to lead an army in 1133 to to restore Innocent to the papacy. When Norbert died in Magdeburg on June 6, 1134, both the canons at the cathedral and the canons at St. Mary's Abbey claimed the body. The two parties resorted to Lothair III who decreed the body should be buried in the Norbertine Abbey. In 1524, preached in the city and, as a result, Magdeburg became a Protestant city. Numerous attempts were made over the centuries by the Abbey of Strahov in to retrieve the saint's body. Only after several military defeats at the hand of Emperor Ferdinand II was the abbot of Strahov able to claim the body. On May 2, 1627, the body was finally brought to Prague where it remains to this day, displayed as an auto-icon in a glass-fronted tomb. Saint Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582, and his statue appears above the Piazza col- onnade of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Corpus Christi Corpus Christi June 6th, 2021 Servers If your child has received their 1st Holy and is interested in becoming an , please call the church office “For I was hungry and you at (575)763-6947. We will be scheduling gave me food, I was thirsty additional training for those who are inter- and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed ested. We are looking forward to seeing me” Matthew 25:35 some new faces on the altar! The food pantry operates each 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at 9:00a.m. in an effort to help the less fortunate of God’s children in our community. Thanks be to God, our Food Pantry Monaguillos is now the largest in Eastern New ! Anyone interested in volunteering, please come at 8:30AM or call Rosie Buchan at Si tus hijos han recibido su primera comu- 575-309-5040 for further information. nión y están interesado en ser monaguillos, We are only providing commodities outside of the gym. This pueden llamar a la oficina de la iglesia a drive-thru system will be in effect until further notice. (575)763-6947. Vamos a programar un The Food Pantry is in need of the following items: ensayo para todos que están interesado. Canned fruit, kids drinks, canned soup, granola bars, oatmeal packets. Esperamos ver algunas caras nuevas en el Many thanks to all those who donate their time and goods to altar de nuestro Señor. this wonderful ministry!!!

Here we go Sacred Heart! It is officially time to begin our joint endeavor that is the Annual Catholic Appeal. Praise be to God and the overwhelming generosity of you, our parishioners, we have met our ACA goal for the last two consecutive years. Let’s get this year started right! ¡Vámonos parroquia del Sagrado Cora- zón! Ahora es el momento para empe- zar con nuestra empresa conjunta del Campana Católica Anual. Gracias a Dios y ustedes, nuestros feligreses, hemos cumplido nues- tros objetivos para el CCA los últimos dos años. ¡Vamos a empezar este año bien!

Remember folks, NO CASH will be accepted! Ensure your contributions are done so by check or money order. Also remember that the amount of the contribution is not as important as participating! You can also donate to the ACA by visiting the Archdiocesan website at www.archdiosf.org, click on “Offices”, click on “Annual Catholic Appeal”, then click on “Donate” or “Pledge Here” if you are not yet ready to donate but wish to make a pledge and pay the entire sum later or in installments.

¡Recuérdense, NO EFECTIVO! Solo aceptamos cheques o giro postal. También re- cuérdense que participación es más importante que el tamaño de su contribución. Si quieren, también se puede donar visitando el sitio web de la Arquidiócesis en www.archdiosf.org, hagan clic en “Offices”, hagan clic en “Annual Catholic Appeal”, luego hagan clic en “Donate” o “Pledge Here” si quieren pagar después.

Archdiocesan Goal / Objetivo Arquidiocesana- $2,750,000 Parish Goal / Objetivo Parroquial - $33,000.00 Total Pledged / Total Comprometida - $23,292.00 Total Paid / Total Pagado - $20,690.90 Shortfall / Déficit - $9,708.00 Registered Families / Familias registradas - 1,391 Families Participating / Familias participando - 77

Corpus Christi Corpus Christi June 6th, 2021 The Story Behind the Feast of Corpus Christi by Gretchen Filz, catholiccompany.com, 2017 The of the Most Holy Body and , historically known by its name, Corpus Christi, celebrates the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. It is traditionally celebrated on the Thursday following the So- lemnity of the Holy Trinity. The feast dates to the and originated with a visionary nun and a Eucharis- tic miracle. In 1263 a German priest, Fr. Peter of Prague, made a pil- grimage to Rome. He stopped in Bolsena, Italy, to celebrate Mass at the Church of St. Christina. At the time he was having doubts about Jesus being truly present in the . He was affected by the growing debate among certain theologians who, for the first time in the history of the Church, began introducing doubts about the Body and Blood of Christ being actually present in the consecrated bread and wine. In response to his doubt, when he recited the prayer of consecration as he celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, blood started seeping from the consecrated host and onto the altar and . Fr. Peter reported this miracle to Pope Urban IV, who at the time was nearby in Orvieto. The pope sent delegates to investigate and ordered that host and blood-stained corporal be brought to Orvieto. The relics were then placed in the Cathedral of Orvieto, where they remain today. This confirmed the visions given to St. Juliana of Mont Cornillon in Belgium (1193-1258). St. Juliana was a nun and mystic who had a series of visions in which she was instructed by Our Lord to work to establish a liturgical feast for the Holy Eucharist, to which she had a great devotion. After many years of trying, she finally convinced the bishop, the future Pope Urban IV, to create this special feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, where none had existed before. Soon after her death, Pope Urban instituted Corpus Christi for the Universal Church and celebrated it for the first time in Orvieto in 1264, a year after the Eucharistic Miracle in Bolsena. Inspired by the miracle, Pope Urban commissioned a Dominican friar, St. , to compose the Mass and Office for the feast of Corpus Christi. Aquinas' hymns in honor of the Holy Eucharist, Pange Lingua, , , and are the beloved hymns the Church sings on the feast of Corpus Christi as well as throughout the year during Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

7 Corporal Works of Mercy 7 Spiritual Works of Mercy 7 Obras Corporales de Misericordia 7 Obras Espirituales de Misericordia 1. Feed the Hungry 1. Instruct the Ignorant 1. Dar de Comer al Hambriento 1. Corregir al que se Equivoca 2. Give Drink to the Thirsty 2. Counsel the Doubtful 2. Dar de Beber al Sediento 2. Enseñar al que so Sabe 3. Give Alms to the Poor 3. Admonish the Sinner 3. Vestir al Desnudo 3. Aconsejar al que lo Necesita 4. Shelter the Homeless 4. Forgive Injuries 4. Hospedar al Peregrino 4. Consolar al Triste 5. Visit the Sick 5. Comfort the Sorrowful 5. Visitar al Enfermo 5. Soportar los Defectos con Paciencia 6. Visit the Imprisoned 6. Bear Wrongs Patiently 6. Visitar a los Presos 6. Perdonar las Ofensas

Corpus Christi Corpus Christi June 6th, 2021 Weekly Readings

Monday, June 7th: 2COR 1:1-7 PS 34:2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9 MT 5:1-12 Tuesday, June 8th: 2COR 1:18-22 PS 119:129,130,131,132,133,135 MT 5:13-16 Wednesday, June 9th: 2COR 3:4-11 PS 99:5,6,7,8,9 MT 5:17-19 Thursday, June 10th: 2COR 3:15—4:1,3-6 PS 85:9ab&10,11-12,13-14 MT 5:20-26 Friday, June 11th: Sacred Heart of Jesus HOS 11:1,3-4,8c-9 IS 12:2-3,4,5-6 EPH 3:8-12,14-19 JN 19:31-37 Saturday, June 12th: 2COR 5:14-21 PS 103:1-2,3-4,9-10,11-12 LK 2:41-51 Sunday, June 13th: 11th Sunday in Time EZ 17:22-24 PS 92:2-3,13-14,15-16 2COR 5:6-10 MK 4:26-34 Monday June 7th, 2021 5:30PM For the intentions of the celebrant Sacred Heart Prayer Warriors! Tuesday June 8th, 2021 No Mass If you or someone you know is in need of prayer, please contact Mary Shockley at Wednesday June 9th, 2021 (575)799-6402. She will 12:10PM For the intentions of the celebrant place that individual that is in need of prayer into a circle of prayer. Parishioners of Thursday June 10th, 2021 Sacred Heart Church will then pray for those individu- 5:30PM For the intentions of the celebrant als to Almighty God. This is a wonderful ministry and privilege for us to be able to pray for you. Friday June 11th, 2021 12:10PM For the intentions of the celebrant

Saturday June 12th, 2021 6:00PM For the intentions of the celebrant Signing in to FORMED is easier than ever! Visit formed.org and sign in using our zip code, 88101. This is Sunday June 13th, 2021 - Corpus Christi all that you need to enjoy excellent Catholic content for 8:30AM Alvos & Mary Jacobs your spiritual growth and that of your families! 10:30AM †Joseph Gurule, †Ignacio Gurule Sr., Holy January 1st - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God †Lupe Duran, Thomas Duran May 18th - Ascension of our Lord Days of August 15th - Assumption of the Blessed Mary Obligation November 1st - All Day 5:00PM Michael & Luciana Sepulbeda, Michelle Madrid 2021 December 8th - December 25th - Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ

Corpus Christi Corpus Christi June 6th, 2021 Ministers—Saturday, June 12th, 2021 (Spanish) Sacristans 6:00PM Lupe Sosa Lectors 6:00PM Ana Hernandez & Martha Nava Altar Servers 6:00PM Leonardo Martinez & Neftaly Loya

Ministers—Sunday, June 13th, 2021 Sacristans 8:30AM Mary Shockley 10:30AM Francisco Rodríguez 5:00PM Gabby Campos

Lectors 8:30AM Grace Padilla & Megan Palla 10:30AM Ricky Sisneros & Jeanne Blackburn 5:00PM Martha Campos Altar Servers 8:30AM Gregory Bryant & Jacob Clark 10:30AM Edgar Reyna & Luke Rodríguez 5:00PM Christopher Bouchard & Julia Bouchard

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