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Saint Matthew Catholic Church June 6, 2021 - Corpus Christi The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ While they were eating, He took bread, said the blessing, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my Body.” Then He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is my Blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.” Mk 14:22-24 We welcome your attendance at Mass. Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction Parish Center Office (Oficina) Social distancing guidelines are being followed. Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 9 am - 5 pm (Behind school/atrás de la escuela) 221 S 28th Avenue - 715-842-3148 Mass Schedule - Horario de Misas Benediction at 4:50 pm Office Hours: Weekends: Saturday: 4:30 pm * Televised Weekend Mass (La Crosse Diocese) Wausau TV channels (Ch): Monday - Thursday: 8 am - 4 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am Friday: closed through Labor Day Español-Spanish: 12:00 noon Cable & Satellite: Ch 12 at 6:30 am Sunday Public Access: Ch 980 at 6 pm Sat, 9 am Sun Website: www.stmatthewwausau.org * Saturday 4:30 pm Mass is live streamed on our Internet Daily Mass: www.youtube.com YouTube: St. Matthew Wausau website & YouTube and can be watched later. Facebook: St Matthew Catholic Church YouTube offers the daily Mass from all over the * Bishop Callahan has currently dispensed the Emailed Bulletins: www.parishesonline.com world. To watch the Mass you are interested in, obligation to attend Sunday Mass & Holy Days. type in YouTube’s search bar: “Catholic Mass” Online Donations to St Matthew Parish: Weekdays: Monday - Saturday: 8 am * and “St. Matthew Wausau” or “La Crosse” or www.stmatthewwausau.org/donations * Masses are live streamed on YouTube. “EWTN” or “Relevant Radio” etc. Diocese of La Crosse: www.diolc.org VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ FOR MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH Today we celebrate Corpus Christi — the Body and Blood of Christ. Jesus’ Body and Blood was sacrificed for us on Calvary, Volunteers make a parish run! In churches all but before that excruciating event, He humbly bound Himself to across the country, the volunteer model of ministry human hands in the Eucharist. As St Thomas Aquinas has been used to do some wonderful things in the name of Christ. It is an expresses, “In this sacrament sins are purged away, virtues are expectation of everyone who is a member of a parish to volunteer some increased, the soul satiated with an abundance of every time each year for the good of the parish. spiritual gift. No other sacrament is so beneficial.” The flowers and plants in the church, who arranges them, cares for Our Gospel today recounts the Last Supper. As Jesus ate the Passover meal them, and waters them? Volunteers. The choir members, cantors, ushers, with His apostles, He broke bread, telling them, “This is my Body,” and again, poured wine, saying, “This is my Blood… which will be shed for many.” In this servers, lectors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion are all moment, Jesus sacrificially gave us Himself in the Eucharist by foreshadowing volunteers. Our catechists, money counters, Holy Communion distributors His passion, death, and resurrection. to the sick and homebound, funeral cooks and servers, committee Out of total love, Jesus holds nothing back from us. He gives us His entire self. members – all volunteers. The people who plan parish events and manage We must ask ourselves; do we understand Who we consume at every Mass? It is them ... all volunteers. (Holly Hall, Coffee and Donuts, Lenten soup our Precious Redeemer. suppers, Jubilee House, Sunday breakfasts, etc.) Volunteers come to As life becomes busy and our minds are filled with the countless things, we decorate the church for Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. And the list must get done each day, we often forget to acknowledge our Savior at Mass; or goes on ... to spend time with Him throughout our week; or to accept all the graces He wishes to bestow on us as we receive Him. So let us stop and recognize the real To try and operate without the assistance of volunteers is a suicide presence of our Savior. mission for church staffs. From the various fund raiser volunteers to the Jesus gave us the perfect and loving Gift of Himself so that we might be Religious Education catechists, from the choir members to the parish nourished, strengthened and more fully united to Him as we journey to eternal committee members – without volunteers we would be lost. life. Let us strive to intentionally honor and reverence Him at every Mass; strive to fully partake in each Eucharistic meal; and let us find time to visit our Savior in As we open up a little more we find that over the last year and a half the Tabernacle. some of those we relied on have passed or are no longer able to fill their previous position in ministry. We are always attentive to accommodating June 11th your schedule and trying to schedule families together for Masses as Promises of the ushers, lectors, servers, etc. Sacred Heart of Jesus We especially need: made to Ushers/Hospitality Ministers for the 4:30 pm Saturday Mass, and for 8 am and 10 am Sunday Mass. Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Lectors: needed for all weekend Masses 1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life. Acolytes/Servers: If you are entering the third grade or above and 2. I will give peace in their families. would like to serve at the altar we need you. Fr Bob will be 3. I will console them in all their troubles. contacting the youth in our parish about being servers. Expect a 4. I will be their refuge in life and especially in death. call or letter from him soon. 5. I will abundantly bless all their undertakings. Catechists: for our school year catechetical program. Please 6. Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy. contact Joy Orozco, our DRE (Director of Religious Education). 7. Tepid souls shall become fervent. Choir Members or choir groups: We have one adult choir and a 8. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection. few cantors for Masses on the weekends. I would really like to 9. I will bless those places wherein the image of My Sacred Heart shall be have a couple of more choirs, a youth choir perhaps, a trio, a exposed and venerated. 10. I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts. quartet. If you like to sing, join the choir. 11. Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written We are always in need of volunteers willing to spend a couple of hours in my Heart. each month with one of our homebound parishioners, or visiting 12. In the excess of the mercy of my Heart, I promise you that my all powerful parishioners in the nursing homes. We need you, we need your gifts, your love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, talents - please help us to help you grow more Christlike in your life. for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments; and my Heart will We will be having a sign up for the various ministries in the near future be their secure refuge in that last hour. after Mass, or you can call the office and leave your name and number/ email address and the type of volunteer work you would like to offer. The Immaculate Heart of Mary Some of you who recently joined our parish have expressed an interest in Edited & used with permission by Catholic News Agency volunteering for different ministries. Thank you for your generous offer. The main difference between the devotions to the hearts of We will be in touch with you soon. Jesus and Mary is that the one concerned with Jesus emphasizes His divine heart as being full of love for mankind, JUBILEE HOUSE WILL BE OPENING UP SOON! but with this love for the most part being ignored or rejected, St Matthew’s has been home to Jubilee House for more than seven June 12th while devotion to Mary's heart is essentially concerned with the years. Jubilee House was started around 2001 by then pastor of St love that her heart has for Jesus, for God. Matthew, Fr John Parr. Fr Parr envisioned a Dorothy Day type of house Therefore, it is not an end in itself, so the love of her heart is meant to be a that would cater to the homeless, those in difficult situations, and the model for the way we should love God. The fact that her heart is immaculate, that greater community. is sinless, means that she is the only fully human person who is able to really love God in the way that He should be loved. Jubilee House offers a free meal on Thursday evening for the community Honoring Mary's Immaculate Heart is really just another way of honoring Mary in the school cafeteria. Each week a different group from throughout the as the person who was chosen to be the Mother of God, recognizing her city of Wausau volunteers to provide the meal. The volunteer group buys extraordinary holiness and the immense love she bestowed on Jesus as His the food, cooks it, and serves it.