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THE MOST HOLY TRINITY - JUNE 7TH, 2020 MISSION STATEMENT Faithful to the Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, St. Raphael Parish and School promotes the Universal Call to Holiness for all the People of God. WORSHIP CONTACT SACRAMENTS Weekday Masses Fr. Michael Rudolph, Pastor x 205 Reconciliaon Monday - Saturday: *8:00 am [email protected] Weekdays: 7:30 - 7:50 am First Friday: 7:00 pm Fr. Robert Aler, Parochial Vicar x 206 Saturday: 7:30 - 7:50 am, Extraordinary Form Lan [email protected] 8:30 - 9:30 am and 4:00 - 5:15 pm Weekend Masses Parish Email: [email protected] Marriage Saturday: 5:30 pm Parish Phone: 763-537-8401 Please contact Fr. Rudolph. Sunday: 8:30 am, *10:30 am, and Parish Office Hours Bapsm 12:30 pm Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Please contact the Parish Office. * Masses also live-streamed. Friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 7301 BASS LAKE ROAD, CRYSTAL, MN 55428 | WWW.STRAPHAELCRYSTAL.ORG PAROCHIAL VICAR’S LETTER Last month we began our consideraons of the Fi h mother and baby will die, then the baby can be taken to save the Commandment and its prohibion against killing. life of the mother. In ordinary cases, this would be exceedingly We menoned that the basic understanding of the rare. With modern medicine, mothers in high risk pregnancies commandment is that it forbids the unjust taking of can be cared for and babies can be safely removed when they innocent human life. We addressed the fact that are old enough to live outside the womb. killing babies in the womb was the worst violaon of The second disncon is the one made above: the indirect this commandment because they are the most innocent of all aboron. This is when a baby is conceived and the implantaon human persons in our world. As it is with any of the takes place somewhere other than the womb, most o en in the commandments, there are very important disncons that must fallopian tube. This is known as an ectopic pregnancy and, as the be made. baby grows, the fallopian tube will rupture and both mother and For instance, we must make the disncon between a direct baby will die. In such a case, it is permissible to perform a aboron and an indirect aboron. A direct aboron implies the surgical procedure to cut out the fallopian tube. Surgeries intenon is to kill a baby growing in the womb of his or her entailing the removal of parts of the body are permissible only mother. This can be done through a variety of means, but the when there is something wrong, normally disease. In this case, intent is always the same. In the law there has been an aempt the baby is implanted in a spot that will not only destroy the to say aborons can only be for cases of rape, incest, or where fallopian tube, but will also cause the death of both mother and the life of the mother is in danger. baby. The intent is not to abort the baby, but to remove the Regarding the points of rape and incest, both of these are tube that will rupture. Since the child would be only several terrible sins and horrible violaons of the dignity of a woman. weeks since concepon, there is no possibility of the baby living, The argument is that it would be unfair to a woman to have to so the tube can be removed and, as a result, the baby growing in carry the baby to term and have to live every day with the effects the tube will die. So, the death of the baby is indirect, the of something she did not want. It sounds very compassionate, unavoidable result of another necessary surgery. but it is false compassion. There are two reasons for this. First, Another disncon that must be made has to do with the the woman has already been violated in an abominable manner, willfulness of the persons involved. There is certainly no sin on but the suggeson here is that in “compassion” she should be the part of a mother who is forced to abort her child. The same violated in an even more despicable way. Second, while the is true of an unintenonal miscarriage, an accident, or anything woman is innocent in the act which brought about the that might occur in the mother’s life that causes the death of her concepon of the child, this “compassion” would make her baby in the womb. On the other hand, if there is willfulness complicit in the death of her own child. involved, not only is there grave sin, but there is also an Another reason why this line of thinking is incorrect is that it fails excommunicaon for anyone who is directly involved in the to take the baby into account. First of all, a human person has successful procurement of an aboron. This means anyone who been conceived, regardless of the means. The baby had no say in willfully parcipates in a direct aboron, the doctors, nurses, the the concepon and is absolutely innocent with regard to how the person paying for the aboron, the mother (if she is willfully concepon occurred. God said children would not be punished parcipang), etc. incurs the penalty of excommunicaon. Also, for the sins of their fathers. Why should a child, who is note that it says the successful procurement of an aboron. This completely innocent, be put to death because the way he or she means that if the aempt is not successful, the excommunicaon was conceived was selfish, violent, and degrading? The dignity of does not apply. The intent is sll a mortal sin, but there is no both mother and child remain fully intact, even though the excommunicaon. dignity of the mother has been violated. The fact that one man That said, we need to make a couple of other disncons. First, acted against a woman’s dignity does not make it right for one must know that excommunicaon is the penalty for someone else to act against her dignity or against her child’s parcipang in aboron. If a person did not know this was the dignity. penalty, there is no excommunicaon. Second, aboron can be It is certainly true that the trauma of how the baby was forgiven in the confessional and the excommunicaon can also conceived would make the pregnancy very difficult, but the quick be removed in the confessional. Aboron is among those sins fix of an aboron will cause the woman a lifeme of difficulty. known as “reserved sin” meaning it is reserved to the Bishop to Children are to be conceived in love; obviously, neither of the decide if a person can be absolved and the excommunicaon situaons menoned above have anything to do with love. li ed. However, in our diocese, and most in the United States, However, even if the act that results in concepon was not the Bishop has extended to the priests in the confessional the loving, the baby (and the mother) is sll a person made to love permission to forgive the sin and remove the censure. If there is and to be loved. Everyone around the woman needs to love her anyone has been involved in an aboron, please, come to our and, while it would be difficult, she needs to love the baby. St. Lord in the confessional and receive His mercy. There is no sin John of the Cross said: “Where there is not love, put love, and too big for God to forgive, and there is no one who will rejoice there will be love.” A woman in such a difficult situaon can more than the child who was aborted that his mother, father, or change something where there was not love into a situaon of the doctor or nurse who was part of his demise has converted true and pure love, as only a mother would be able to do. and sought reconciliaon with God. If God will forgive, and the The other “excepon” has to do the life of the mother. This is baby will forgive, it is also necessary to forgive yourself. This where we must make more disncons. First, if either the does not mean to say it was okay, but to accept God’s mercy and mother or the baby will die, the baby is to live. If both the be free. 2 PARISH INFORMATION PARISH DIRECTORY FAITH FORMATION PASTORAL COUNCIL Parish Office: 763-537-8401 Director of Youth Ministry Mario Chavez, Sco Gregory, Sharon Joseph Turner (x211) Hedman, Bey Kreuter, Roselyn Lawrence, PRIESTS Jacob Nelson, Rose Pislli & Mike Vecellio Pastor Family Discipleship Director, Fr. Michael Rudolph (x205) Youth Ministry Assistant & Parochial Vicar Confirmaon Coordinator Pastoral Council Meengs Fr. Robert Aler (x206) Josh Stegman (x211) If you would like a parcular item on RCIA Coordinator the next Parish Council agenda please PARISH ADMINISTRATION Mary Jo Smith (x511) contact Fr. Rudolph. Business Administrator WORSHIP Ginny Metzger (x202) FINANCE COUNCIL Part-Time Administrave Assistant Prayer Line (x528) Sue Kubovec (x201) Bullen Prayers for the Sick Steve Cheney, Kevin Hejna, Nancy Holovnia, Administrave Assistant/ (x523) Shawn Horn, & Tony Pislli Bullen Editor Adoraon Coordinator Marie Nachtsheim (x222) Bey Kreuter (763-537-1399) STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Social Needs Coordinator SCHOOL MAY 24, 2020 CONTRIBUTIONS Bunny Arseneau (x214) School Office: 763-504-9450 Contribuons ………………………….…..$16,885.13 Crisis Pregnancy Hotline (x500) Budget ………………………………………. $16,623.00 School Principal PARISH TRUSTEES Paul Dull (x352) Building Fund …………………………………..$140.00 Ronald Gieneart Budget……………………………………..…….$1,419.00 Alan Johnson Mr.