Church Bulletin for June 14th, 2020

Church of the

Ludlow, VT

Holy Name Of Mary

Proctorsville, VT

Father Thomas Mosher, Pastor Lord’s Day Mass Schedule

Saturday ...... 4:30 P.M. Sunday ...... 8:00 A.M. & 10:00 A.M.

Holy Days and Daily Masses: As scheduled in the bulletin

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 3:45 to 4:15 P.M. Tuesday 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. Sacraments of Baptism and Marriage: By appointment Sacrament of the Sick: Please call the Parish Priest at 802-228-3451

New Parishioners: Welcome! Please pick up the registration forms at the Church entry ways, fill in your information and mail to the Parish office.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS 7 Depot Street Ludlow, Vermont 05149 Tuesday 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Friday 8 AM - 12:00 PM Phone: 802-228-3451 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 802-228-7012 Website: www.okemovalleycatholicparishes.com Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Holy Name of Mary Parish

ANNOUNCED MASSES FOR THE WEEK

Please pray for our Sick Members (Note: If you are wanting a name added or removed from the sick list, please let the Parish Office know via email or phone). SATURDAY June 13 ABVM Robert Martin, Joel Rivera, Rosa Maria Santos, Ashley Fountain, Denis 4:30 PM Jan & Janina Sliwinski Tanguay, Mr. Kosh, Geraldine Miller, Castiel Anderson, Maurice By Family and Friends Doucette, Louise Leary, Jack Collins, Jack Miller, Mike Ahern, Mary Pat Mulholland, Cheryl Gurdak, Daniel Adler.

SUNDAY June 14 ABVM Please remember our Faithful Departed 8:00 AM Theresa Garrow and Robert Raymond Kirkbride, Jim Ghia, Peggy Stratman, James Casey, Jr., William Garrow, III Laura Williams, Albert LaPlante, Margaret Jaird, Robert Krieger, Lisa Ann By the Mike Tuomisto Family Martel, Charlene Kolenda, Patricia Kirkbride, Vincent Pallotta, Pember, Frank Romano, John Montgomery, Elizabeth McElligott, Paticia O’Connell, Gary McElligott, Robert Kirkbride, Ellen Parrish, Seamus 10:00 AM Wierzbicki Family in Armstrong, John O ’ Neil. By Kamelia Wierzbicki

Lectors at Annunciation Church MONDAY June 15 ABVM This weekend: T.Kelly, D. Simmons, J. McLaughlin 8:00 AM Francis Leonard Next weekend: I. Montgomery, J. Corrigan, R. Dunseith By Paul and Clorinda Noonan Ushers at Annunciation TUESDAY June 16 ABVM This weekend: D. Sheehan, J. Nicoll, T. Gurdak-Carter 5:30 PM Pro Populo Next weekend: D. Sheehan, J. Nicoll, T. Gurdak-Carter

WEDNESDAY June 17 ABVM Eucharistic Ministers 8:00 AM Henry Keough This weekend: TBA By Paul and Clorinda Noonan Next Weekend: TBA

THURSDAY June 18 NO MASS

FRIDAY June 19 ABVM 8:00 AM For the Conversion of Sinners

SATURDAY June 20 ABVM 4:30 PM Bob Kirkbride PART-TIME POSITION AVAILABLE By Lorriane Hughes The Pregnancy Center of the Upper Valley, a pro-life facility working with pregnant women and couples, located in Leba- SUNDAY June 21 ABVM non, New Hampshire, is looking for a part-time Counselor. 8:00 AM For Living & Deceased Fathers For more information on this position, please call the Center Director, Anne Burge, at (603) 288-6123. 10:00 AM Jan & Janina Sliwinski By Family and Friends

HOW TO PUT OUR PARISH IN YOUR WILL : After providing for your families and loved ones, parishion- ers may want to include the Parish in your wills, thus helping to assure the long-term future of the Parish and the work that must continue in generations to come. Bequests are free of estate tax and can substan- tially reduce the amount of your assets claimed by the government. You can give needed support to either of our Parishes by simply in- Parish Support cluding the following words in your will: "I give, devise and bequeath to Church of the Annunciation Parish Charitable Trust in Ludlow, June 7, 2020 Vermont… or… Holy Name of Mary Parish Charitable Trust in Proc- torsville, Vermont (insert amount being given here) to be used to sup- Offering Fuel port the ministry of the Parish". Annunciation $2,575 $550 A bequest can be a specific amount, a specific piece of property, a percentage of an estate, or all or part of the residue of an estate. You can also name the Parish as a contingency beneficiary in Holy Name of Mary $270 $90 the event someone named in your will is no longer living. It is recom- mended that a lawyer help in drafting or amending a will. June 14th The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, At the end of this week we observe maker of heaven and earth, the twin Feast Days of the Sacred of all things visible and invisible. of and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. While the titles resemble one an- I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, other, the feasts do not share the same liturgical rank. The Sa- the Only Begotten son of God, cred Heart of Jesus enjoys the status of Solemnity, the highest born of the Father before all ages. category, but the Immaculate Heart of Mary is observed as an God from God, Light from Light, Obligatory , a station of lesser prestige. If nothing true God from true God, else, this distinction in order can speak to non-Catholics who begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; accuse the Church of holding the Blessed Virgin Mary in too through Him all things were made high an esteem. For us men and for our He came down from heaven. When we use the image of the of Jesus and Mary, we must first look at what the word “heart” means in our religious (Here we bow for the next line.) tradition. In an article I read recently, the late Cardinal Cerejei- ra, Patriarch of Lisbon, wrote that the Sacred Scriptures speak . . . And by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, of the heart to express the innermost place in a man, the seat of and became man. his interior being: his feelings, his urges, and his desires, but also his memory, will and intellect: one knows well only with For our sake, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate, the heart. The heart is one’s “secret garden” that no one knows He suffered death and was buried, except God alone. What God seeks is the heart: this is why the and rose again on the third day heart is the place where God allows Himself to be found, since in accordance with the Scriptures. God dwells in the human heart. Thus to speak about the heart of He ascended into heaven Jesus or of His Blessed Mother is obviously not to discuss their and is seated at the right hand of the Father. cardiac health. Nevertheless, it is certainly a way of penetrating He will come again in glory into the mystery of the God who takes flesh in Christ, who be- to judge the living and the dead comes man without thereby ceasing to be God. It is similar with and His kingdom will have no end. the heart of Mary, which has become the instrument of the Holy Spirit living in her. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Love has always been associated with the heart, so it was who with the Father and the Son only natural that the love of God became represented by the is adored and glorified, of Jesus, and that the greatest of human love be who has spoken through the Prophets. represented by the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The love of Jesus for humanity conquers sin and death; the love of the Blessed I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, Mother for her Son and for the Church whose Mother she be- I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins came at the foot of the Cross, directs us in our imperfect hu- and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead manity toward the perfect love of Jesus for His Church. The and the life of the world to come. Amen heart of the Blessed Mother is the repository for human ac- ceptance of the mystery of the Lord’s Incarnation. Saint Luke tells us that when Mary witnessed various events in the life of Our Lord, she "kept all these things in her heart.” Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, The images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate be our protection against the snares and wickedness Heart of Mary look similar. They are both depicted with a flame of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; emanating from the top, an image of the deep passion of human and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, love. Our Lord’s heart is surrounded with a crown of thorns, by the power of God, thrust into Hell designating his Passion and suffering. There is sometimes a Satan and the other evil spirits who prowl about sword shown piercing His Sacred Heart, reminiscent of the the world for the ruin of souls. Amen. lance thrust into His heart as He hung upon the Cross. The Blessed Mother’s heart is surrounded by a crown of roses, speaking of her spiritual suffering emanating from her humility, obedience and purity. Her heart is also shown pierced with a sword, recalling the words of Simeon at the Lord’s Presenta- tion: “…and you [Mary] yourself, a sword will pierce.”

When we draw close to Christ in the mystery of His heart, this enables us to dwell on the great mystery of our faith, that God is love. Then the heart of the Blessed Mother inspires us to imitate her love for God and for Our Lord Jesus and, with her, to help build a civilization of love.