Holy Cross Catholic Church Parish Founded and Staffed by the Congregation of Holy Cross Since 1966
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HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH FOUNDED AND STAFFED BY THE CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS SINCE 1966 AUGUST 15, 2021 ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY WELCOME Please introduce yourselves and register in order to become a member of this community of believers. We welcome your gifted presence in the life of our parish. OUR MISSION Holy Cross Parish, a community centered in Pastoral Staff the Eucharist, is committed in faith and love Fr. Bradley J. Metz, C.S.C., Pastor of Jesus Christ to fulfill the profoundly human Fr. John M. Santone, C.S.C., Parochial Vicar and spiritual needs of its parishioners and the Deacon Gary Donahue, Pastoral Associate larger community it serves. We seek to inspire Margaret Dwyer-Hogan, Dir. Of Faith Formation all, through deeds and by example, to do the Deborah Kelley, Finance work of Christ: to make God known, loved, Christopher Iannitelli, Director Of Music Paul Celia, Plant Manager and served. Lindsay Franzoni, Parish Administrative Assistant MASS SCHEDULE 225 Purchase Street • Easton, MA 02375 Weekday Mass [email protected] Monday - Friday 9:00am Monday - Friday 9:00am-4:00pm Weekend Mass Saturday Vigil 4:00pm 508.238.2235 Sunday 8:30am, 10:00am www.holycrosseaston.org Holy Days of Obligation www.facebook.com/ 9:00am, 7pm holycrossparisheaston.ma Confession https://giving.parishsoft.com/App/Giving/ Saturday 3:15 - 3:45pm holycrosschurch Other by Appointment HOLY CROSS CHURCH GOSPEL MEDITATION - ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE August 15, 2021 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary They are courageous, wise women who ground us, focus us, and inspire us. They are the good mothers who walk with us and light our way. They teach us life lessons and help us heal and navigate through challenges and difficulties. We need people to point the way. Sometimes, these wise ladies are not our biological moth- ers but women in our lives, who through their strong and faithful presence, anchor us and remind us that we are loved. We need these women. Human beings do their best when they have cheerleaders in their lives. They show us that even when facing despair there is always a brighter tomorrow. Jesus needed his mother. She had to be that faithful anchor, that guiding presence, in his life. Jesus needed to be affirmed and encouraged just like any other human being and Mary had to be there, right by his side, doing precisely that. Even when her heart was pierced as he was nailed to a tree, she did not give up hope. Most certainly, she continued to wait, watch, hope, and love until he took his final breath. That’s what moth- ers do. Even when their heart breaks, they persevere. Today, our Blessed Mother is our cheerleader once again. Taken up to heaven in body and soul, she points to and directs us toward our final destiny. Life eternal waits! Any disappointment, fear, or anxiety can be set aside as she gently reassures us of God’s love and promise. Always a mother filled with grace and hope, she calls us to reaffirm our faith in God and in the gifts we have each been given. We can persevere and do what we need to do to live life well, with faith, hope, and love as our guiding lights. Knowing who we are and who we will one day become helps us to better chart the course and direction of our earthly lives. Looking to the example of our Blessed Mother, we receive the assurance we need. Question: What lessons should I learn from the Assumption of Mary? Answer: Growing in holiness is similar to training in a sport. We need someone to show us how we can live our faith well. Mary is a model of sanctity. She shows us how to be faithful to God’s will, living each day with confi- dence in God’s mercy and love. At the Nativity, in Jesus’ public ministry, and at the Crucifixion, we see her steadfast trust. She allows the Lord to use her life to accomplish his plan for her and for all of us. In the Pref- ace of the Mass for the Assumption of Mary, we pray: “For today the Virgin Mother of God was assumed into heaven as the beginning and image of your Church’s coming to perfection and a sign of sure hope and com- fort to your pilgrim people.” It is this image of holiness that we strive to imitate. In the office, at home, or in our community, we look for signs of God’s grace that call us to an ever greater love of him and each other. A greater awareness of God is a sign of our conversion of heart that lives the lessons Mary teaches. ©LPi 2 ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SPONSOR A DAY MASS INTENTIONS Thank you to the following parishioners who sponsored a day in August: Saturday, August 14 4:00pm The Daly Family Lloyd Spiegel Jeffrey Muir Requested by Diane McGuinness Bryan Blood Rosemary Heppler Mark & Lindsay Franzoni Harold & Claire Smith Sunday, August 15 Bob & Donna Sullivan Elizabeth Connors 8:30am Jordan Snow Jim & Leslie Fitzgerald Victor Romeiro Requested by Joyce Isiminger Judith Pope Bob & Fran Murphy 10:00am Francis Dupuis 10th Anniversary Julie Clapp Jenny Ventura Requested by His Family Paul Cahill Jennifer Hanley Monday, August 16 Tim Meyers Chris & Kerry Mills 9:00am Michael Bosse Francis & Jessica Kennedy Brad & Sandra McMenimon Claire Berg Tuesday, August 17 9:00am Carla Aronstein Karen Michetti Wednesday, August 18 Bereavement Support 9:00am The Diocese continues to offer online support groups Thursday, August 19 and hopes to begin offering live sessions in the Fall. 9:00am Frank & Helen McCabe These online virtual programs are being offered through Birthday Remembrance Catholic Social Services on Tuesdays. Requested by Paula Burgoyne The links to register for either of the one-hour sessions Friday, August 20 are as follow: 4:30 PM - https://bit.ly/SupportGroup4 or 9:00am 7 PM - https://bit.ly/SupportGroup7. Saturday, August 21 In addition to the online sessions, one-on-one sessions are also offered via phone. 4:00pm Timothy Cremin 21st Anniversary Requested by Family For more information, contact Rose Mary Saraiva at 508-674-4681 Ext. 1111 or 774-253-4097, or by Sunday, August 22 email at [email protected] 8:30am 10:00am If you are a family member whose loved one is being remembered in the Mass and would like to bring the gifts to the altar, please see one of the priests or ushers prior to the start of Mass. * He (Jesus) said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” (Mark 6:31) Why not plan a day away with Jesus in prayer and reflection? 3 AUGUST 15, 2021 READING I Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. A great sign ap- peared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then another sign ap- peared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven di- adems. Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and his throne. The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed One.” RESPONSORIAL PSALM 45:10, 11, 12, 16 R. (10bc) The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. READING II Eph 4:30—5:2 Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through man, the resurrection of the dead came also through man. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death, for “he subjected everything under his feet.” GOSPEL Jn 6:41-51 Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.