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Corpus Christi Catholic Church 1415 W. Lies Road Carol Stream, IL 60188 630-483-4673 February 21, 2021 - First Sunday of Lent Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the angels ministered to him ~ Mark 1:12-15 Mass Intentions Please pray for all those on our prayer list... Saturday, February 20 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Santhamma Abraham Kathy Morris 5:00 p.m. ╬ John & Mary MacDonnell by Bill Bowers Joe Ernest Alonto Elida Navarro ╬ Victoria Algarate by Olivia Laurel Adnan Alonto Michael Novak ╬ David Bridges by Corpus Christi CCW Ana Marie Azarcon-LoIacono Bill Ohlhaber ╬ Jack Hamilton by Debbie & Tony Molinaro Janay Bell Mary Reda Brian Bennett Shirley Rickert Sunday, February 21 First Sunday of Lent Lynn Bierman Rosa Rodriguez Bill Bowers Dolores Salerno 8:30 a.m. ╬ Maria Felix Blanco by Mila Cathy Brill Martin Salerno ╬ Regina Hanusiak by Karen Bilek Bud Brown Donna Sanchez ╬ Bob Termini by Dora Gibellina Melanie B. Marilyn Savegnago SI Arlene Szotek Mike Durnil Christine Scardina Ike Eichenberger Jacob Seither 11:00 a.m. ╬ Romualdo V. Dayon by Hanrahan Family Laura Franchini Francesca Selvaggi ╬ Alvaro and Jorge Sievert by Angara Family Clarence Groves Russell Schauer Dr. Dan Haraf Shari Sharon 12:30 p.m. SI Aniela & Franciszek by Jarzabek Family Larry Hartnett Amy Sheehan Polish Mass SI Renata Moskal Donna Hawko Antonio Sievert ╬ Emilia & Jozef Bugaj Debbie Henke Alberto Sievert Mark Herwaldt Evelyn Simonetta Monday, February 22 The Chair of St. Peter Pamela Jacobs Nicki Simonetta 9:00 a.m. ╬ Nancy Bonfiglio by Joe S. Sperlazzo Family Geoffrey Johnson Lorna Sonen Shawn Jurgensen Lorraine Standiford Tuesday, February 23 St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr Ann Krueger Arzy Staten Westin Lafeuer Kathy Staten 9:00 a.m. ╬ Karoline Seitz by Anne, Frank and Carole Gloria Londres Jurao Robert Strawn Irene Mamica Vicki Strawn Wednesday, February 24 Lenten Weekday Darnell Matesi Lorenzo Tamburello 9:00 a.m. ╬ Jack Langerman by Mary Lou Conroy Kevin McKinney Mike Tkaczuk Larry Miller Janet Watson Thursday, February 25 Lenten Weekday Roger Miller Susan Wong 9:00 a.m. ╬ Albert LaMantia by Crockett Family Josephine Miller Friday, February 26 Lenten Weekday In Loving Remembrance 9:00 a.m. ╬ Charles Curtin by Gerry Conte Nancy Bonfiglio, Felice Fortunato ╬ Marigel Estacio by Rene and Lee Patricia Walsh, Melba " Jean" Simonetta Laverne F. Malinowski Saturday, February 27 Lenten Weekday 5:00 p.m. ╬ Skvorak Family by Bill Bowers ╬ Marigel Estacio by Rene and Lee ╬ Jack Hamiliton by Agata & Music Ministry Readings for the Week Feb 20 Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday, February 28 Second Sunday of Lent 8:30 a.m. ╬ Eugene Henke by Henke Family Feb 21 First Sunday of Lent ╬ Rudolfo Rodriguez by Pauline Murphy Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22;Mk 1:12-15 ╬ Jim Strawn by Deacon Andrew & Kathy Jalove Feb 22 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 4-6; Mt 16:13-19 11:00 a.m. ╬ Aurelia Carrera Feb 23 Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7, 16-19; Mt 6:7-15 ╬ Stella & Tony Marzana by Debbie & Tony Molinaro Feb 24 Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19;Lk 11:29-32 ╬ Jack Hamilton by Debbie & Tony Molinaro ╬ Jim Strawn by Corpus Christi PPC Feb 25 Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 Feb 26 Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26 We are continuing Mass requests. Please Feb 27 Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48 call the office 630-483-4673 or email at Feb 28 Second Sunday of Lent [email protected] with your Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 116:10, 15-19; Rom 8:31b- intention. 34; Mk 9:2-10 The Year of Saint Joseph is a great opportunity for all of us to become more familiar with this amazing servant of God. In 1989, Pope John Paul II delivered an apostolic exhortation (a special document or letter) named Redemptoris Cus- tos (Guardian of the Redeemer) on the occasion of the centenary of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical dedicated to St. Joseph. In Redemptoris Custos, Pope John Paul II discusses the importance of Saint Jo- seph in the Holy Family, his role in the plan of redemption, and portrays the saint as a model of a loving father. At the end of the document, Pope John Paul II states that today we still have good reason to commend everyone to St. Joseph, and to ask for his intercession: "Most beloved father, dispel the evil of falsehood and sin...graciously assist us from heaven in our struggle with the powers of dark- ness...and just as once you saved the Child Jesus from mortal danger, so now de- fend God's holy Church from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity." [continued from last week...] The Service of Fatherhood 7. As can be deduced from the gospel texts, to name the child. Finally, even the Virgin Mary, Joseph's marriage to Mary is the juridical basis of well aware that she has not conceived Christ as a his fatherhood. It was to assure fatherly protection result of conjugal relations with Joseph, still calls for Jesus that God chose Joseph to be Mary's him Christ's father." spouse. It follows that Joseph's fatherhood - a The Son of Mary is also Joseph's Son by virtue of relationship that places him as close as possible to the marriage bond that unites them: "By reason of Christ, to whom every election and predestination their faithful marriage both of them deserve to be is ordered (cf. Rom 8:28-29) - comes to pass called Christ's parents, not only his mother, but through marriage to Mary, that is, through the also his father, who was a parent in the same way family. that he was the mother's spouse: in mind, not in the While clearly affirming that Jesus was conceived flesh." In this marriage none of the requisites of by the power of the Holy Spirit, and that virginity marriage were lacking: "In Christ's parents all the remained intact in the marriage (cf. Mt 1:18-25; Lk goods of marriage were realized-offspring, fidelity, 1:26-38), the evangelists refer to Joseph as Mary's the sacrament: the offspring being the Lord Jesus husband and to Mary as his wife (cf. Mt 1:16, 18- himself; fidelity, since there was no adultery: the 20, 24; Lk 1:27; 2:5). sacrament, since there was no divorce." And while it is important for the Church to profess Analyzing the nature of marriage, both St. the virginal conception of Jesus, it is no less Augustine and St. Thomas always identify it with important to uphold Mary's marriage to Joseph, an "indivisible union of souls," a "union of hearts," because juridically Joseph's fatherhood depends on with "consent." These elements are found in an it. Thus one understands why the generations are exemplary manner in the marriage of Mary and listed according to the genealogy of Joseph: Joseph. At the culmination of the history of "Why," St. Augustine asks, "should they not be salvation, when God reveals his love for humanity according to Joseph? Was he not Mary's through the gift of the Word, it is precisely the husband?... Scripture states, through the authority marriage of Mary and Joseph that brings to of an angel, that he was her husband. Do not fear, realization in full "freedom" the "spousal gift of says the angel, to take Mary your wife, for that self" in receiving and expressing such a love. "In which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. this great undertaking which is the renewal of all Joseph was told to name the child, although not things in Christ, marriage-it too purified and born from his seed. She will bear a son, the angel renewed-becomes a new reality, a sacrament of the says, and you will call him Jesus. Scripture New Covenant. We see that at the beginning of the recognizes that Jesus is not born of Joseph's seed, New Testament, as at the beginning of the Old, since in his concern about the origin of Mary's there is a married couple. But whereas Adam and pregnancy, Joseph is told that it is of the Holy Eve were the source of evil which was unleashed Spirit. Nonetheless, he is not deprived of his on the world, Joseph and Mary arc the summit fatherly authority from the moment that he is told from which holiness spreads all over the earth. The Savior began the work of salvation by this virginal and holy union, wherein is manifested his all- adequately fulfill it, we must recognize that Joseph powerful will to purify and sanctify the family - showed Jesus "by a special gift from heaven, all that sanctuary of love and cradle of life." the natural love, all the affectionate solicitude that a father's heart can know." How much the family of today can learn from this! "The essence and role of the family are in the final Besides fatherly authority over Jesus, God also analysis specified by love. Hence the family has the gave Joseph a share in the corresponding love, the mission to guard, reveal and communicate love, love that has its origin in the Father "from whom and this is a living reflection of and a real sharing every family in heaven and on earth is in God's love for humanity and the love of Christ named" (Eph 3:15).